Deborah Meir
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Deborah Meir
B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed. (School Counselling- In Progress), Counsellor in Training deborah@heartwoodfamilywellness.com Deborah is a dedicated and passionate teacher, mom to three children and is finishing her M.Ed. In school counselling. Deborah has been an educator for eight years in learning support and inclusive education. Over the past two years, she has worked as a middle school counsellor throughout her practicum and internship in her master’s program. Deborah takes a trauma-informed, person centered, and solution focused approach believing that we all have the inherent ability to find the strength and resiliency within ourselves for growth and change. Deborah’s empathy, care, and presence allows clients to feel safe, seen, and heard. Deborah is particularly passionate about child advocacy, building confidence, self-worth and social skills and working with the LGBTQ2SI+ community. She is experienced in supporting families and children with navigating school challenges such as social and emotional regulation, separation anxiety, academic strategies for learning, Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and teacher and school staff collaboration. Deborah is well-informed in the areas of anxiety, depression, self-harm, attention difficulties, neurodivergence, child abuse, and trauma. Deborah acknowledges that she lives, works, and learns on the traditional, unceded, and occupied territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Coast Salish peoples, the Lək̓wəŋən peoples of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and the T’Sou-ke and Scia’new Nation and Nuu-chah-nulth: Pacheedaht Nation. |
