Susan Hossack

·       Susan was raised in rural south western Manitoba. She also married into a farm family in Saskatchewan. Her personal experiences along with assisting many farm clients over the years have highly influenced her understanding of the difficulties and challenges unique to farm families. She holds an advanced degree in Applied Cultural Anthropology from University of Manitoba, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from University of Regina and Master's degree in clinical Social Work from McGill university. She has nearly three decades of experience working as a therapist.

Prior to entering private practice, Susan worked in both rural and urban communities including two hospitals in Mental Health and Addictions services, as well she has thirteen years with a Community Service Agency in Saskatoon as a senior staff therapist.

She has a variety of clinical passions including working with relationship issues; Whether you are single and dating, or partnered or married she can assist you with any problems or difficulties which may arise in your relationship. She is also a specialist in working with couples. She can help as well if you are experiencing a separation or grieving a relationship. She is also a certified Discernment Counsellor if you are considering separation or divorce.

She is a specialist in working with trauma and is certified in neuro-biological based, affect-focused treatment models for trauma treatment. She also is highly experienced with issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, family problems, workplace issues, identity issues, and more. She is pleased to assist you with a wide variety of issues or concerns in any area of life in which you may need caring, skilled, supportive and compassionate guidance. She is sensitive and extremely non-judgmental. She views the therapy relationship as a collaborative process. She has a home-based office in Saskatoon and currently offers Zoom or similar sessions.

Leanne Thoroughgood

·       Leanne Thoroughgood has worked for the Dept of National Defence since 1997 as a clinical social worker providing psychosocial and mental health care to military members in Moose Jaw, SK. In 1992, she completed her BSW through University of Regina at the Saskatoon campus. She worked in the Weyburn/Estevan area from 1992-1997 at Dept of Social Services in various roles of child protection, young offenders worker and foster parent program. She also worked in the community organizations related women’s services and programs for children. In 1997, Leanne and her husband, Paul, moved to Paul’s family farm in Moose Jaw area where they have raised their family and continue to farm while also having off-farm occupations.

In 2010, Leanne took a leave of absence from her employment to pursue her Masters in Social Work through the University of Regina Graduate program. She completed her classes and practicum placement in one year before returning to work in 2011. She completed her final report in 2014 and received her Masters of Social Work degree in 2015. Leanne focused her graduate work in couples counselling and studied Emotionally Focused Therapy based on Attachment Theory. Her final report is titled Find Your Voice: Through Emotional Focused Therapy and Attachment Theory 2014. Since then, Leanne did some private practice through local agencies. She ended her private practice during the pandemic to focus on herself, her family, and to provide care to her primary occupation population.

With the emergence of virtual care, Leanne is interested in providing people in remote situations with ethical, evidenced-based therapy practices.

Phil Carverhill

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