Our Goal is to Empower People to Create Solutions

The Centre has been serving West Central Saskatchewan residents since 1984. We have helped more than 22,000 people in our communities. Our goal is to empower clients to take responsibility for their lives and to create workable solutions for individual or family problems.

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Our Team

We're a small, friendly and talented team. We are dedicated to helping you!

OUTREACH PROGRAM/CRISIS CENTRE STAFF:

Michelle Weber – Executive Director
michellew@westcentralcrisis.ca

Misty Leismeister – Outreach Manager/IVA Counsellor
mistyl@westcentralcrisis.ca

Emil Eyford – Addictions & Mental Health TherapisT
emile@westcentralcrisis.ca

Sarah Andersen – Emergency Intake Coordinator/IVA Counsellor
saraha@westcentralcrisis.ca

Geetha Harjeet – Addictions & Mental Health Counsellor/IVA Therapist (children/ youth focus)
geethah@westcentralcrisis.ca

Monica Shields – Traumatic Events Response Team Coordinator

Family Support Program:

Jaycee Hebron – Family Support Coordinator

Wendy Sawatzky – Family Support Worker

Shawna Tryhuba – Family Support Worker

SUPPORT STAFF:

Judy Lavoie – In house Bookkeeper/Payroll Balanced Bookkeeping Plus
accounting@westcentralcrisis.ca

Jason DeHaan – Project Manager – Project Development
Development of Agency Growth and West Central Family Healing Centre

Emma Wilson – Jr Project Coordinator
Development of Sensory Decompression Room; Therapeutic Sensory Room; and Children’s Forensic Interview Room

West Central Treatment Program (Matrix):

Emil Eyford – Addictions & Mental Health Therapist

Geetha Harjee – Addictions & Mental Health Counsellor/IVA Therapist (children/ youth focus)

Shawna Tryhuba – Intake Worker/Crisis Worker, Addictions Worker

Chantelle Ouimet – Intake Worker/Crisis Worker, Addictions Worker

Other:

Murlin Electronics – Tech Support, Web Development & More

Board of Directors:

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Meaghan Friederick – President

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Lori McManus – Vice President

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Marge Warrington – Secretary

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Wayne Cormier – Director

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Cheryl Anderson – Director

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Chantal Morgotch – Director

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Pat Perkins – Treasurer

Services

Outreach services

We now have established Satellite Offices in two surrounding communities. On Tuesday there is a counsellor in Kerrobert and on Wednesday there is a Counsellor in Eston.

Please call 306.463.6655

to make an appointment.

Victim Services

• Domestic Violence Response

• Traumatic Events Response

• Sexual Assualt Victim Support

• Safety Planning

• Critical Stress Management

After Hours ph: 306.463.1860

Counselling Services

• Individual Counselling

• Marital Counselling

• Crisis Counselling

• Short Term Counselling

• Family Counselling

• Youth Counselling

• Suicide Prevention

• Anger Management

• Budget Counselling

Other Services

• Client Advocacy

• Referrals

• Santa’s Hut

• Resource Library

• Seniors Services

Programs

We have many programs to help support you.

Therapeutic and Front-Line Crisis Counselling

-Personal Stress, relationship breakdown, blended family struggles, loss/grief etc.

Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Programming

-Victim and survivor support experiencing (historical included) physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse, intimidation, and financial abuse etc.

Teen and Youth Empowerment Programming

-Empowered self-awareness building, self-esteem development, stress debrief, goal setting, peer mediation, etc.

Children Exposed to Violence Programming

-Counselling offered to youth aged 0-18 years who have or are witnessing abuse.

Family Support Program

-In-home support focused on improving wellbeing of family and reducing child protection concerns.

Outpatient/Day Treatment Program

-Addictions and acute mental health programming (Matrix)

-Outpatient based intensive day treatment (6 weeks) or unstructured intensive day treatment (16 weeks).

Transitional Safe Beds

-10-8 transitional bed facility available for individuals who have completed their detox program and are awaiting start dates for drug-treatment or housing programs.

Traumatic Events Response

-24-hour crisis line. CISM responses to life events including defusing’s, debriefings, crisis management briefings, group and one on one interventions.

Mandated Counselling (Court and Correction Referred)