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Cross-Cultural Counselling
Work that honours the cultures clients carry into the room. Identity, migration, family expectations across countries, language as a lifeline back to one's roots.
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By appointment only. Call to book. Phone goes directly to Irving and is returned between sessions, typically the same business day. Receipts issued for extended health benefits where the plan covers Registered Psychotherapy.
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Across language. Across culture.
Irving Keith Augustine is a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice, focused on cross-cultural counselling and Marriage and Family Therapy. Sessions are offered in either English or Spanish, depending on which language a client prefers for this kind of work.
Common work in the practice includes cultural-identity questions, migration and family-of-origin stress, couples therapy across cultures, and the ordinary anxiety, grief, and life-transition issues that bring most adults into the room. The practice draws on training as a Marriage and Family Therapist alongside a broader Registered Psychotherapy designation.
About Irving
EN · ES
Bilingual sessions
What we work on
Three areas of focused practice.
Sessions are 50 minutes for individuals and 60 to 75 for couples and families.
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Sessions in Spanish
Sesiones en español. Una opción para clientes que prefieren trabajar en su lengua materna sobre asuntos íntimos, sin perder matices en la traducción.
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Marriage and Family Therapy
Registered Marriage and Family Therapist. Sessions can include couples and families, with attention to inter-generational and cross-cultural dynamics.
How the practice works
Three principles, kept simple.
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MTS, RP, RMFT
Master of Theological Studies, Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, Registered Marriage and Family Therapist.
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Bilingual practice
Sessions available in English or Spanish. Bilingual practice is rare in southwestern Ontario and especially valuable for clients more comfortable in their first language.
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Quiet by-appointment work
One client at a time, by appointment only. Phone first, voicemail returned between sessions.
Una primera conversación
Call when you are ready.
Llame cuando esté listo.
Phone goes directly to Irving. Leave a voicemail and the call is returned between sessions.