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I'm Jaleesa Bygrave

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Helping others find their inner voice and ways to express it is my passion. When I'm not practicing Social Work, I'm passionate about social justice, mental health, racism/ableism

👩🏻 Woman, 30 - 50

😀 Pronouns: She/Her

🗣️ Languages: English

📍 Location: Hamilton, Ontario

💵 Hourly Rate: $90

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Jaleesa Bygrave
About me Hours & Location Qualifications Specialty Clients Accessibility
About me
I have a wealth of social work experience working in the areas of child welfare, primary care, corrections, HIV and AIDS support, community engagement and health promotion.

My passion lies in advancing the interests of racialized persons living with dis/abilities and I have conducted presentations and podcast interviews discussing my own experiences being a racialized woman living with a speech impediment.

In building therapeutic relationships with clients, my interactions are informed by a vast array of treatment modalities such as brief-solution focused therapy, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectal behavioural therapy, narrative therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion focused therapy.

I utilize a critical social work lens and operate from a cultural humility perspective in my therapeutic encounters with clients.
Identify as racialized
Yes
Ethnicity
Identity based upon a presumption of shared history and common cultural inheritance.
Black or African American
Race
Identity based on physical/genetic characteristics.
Black Canadian
Immigration history
We use the term "settler" rather than "immigrant" to emphasize that we live on Indigenous land.
Second generation settler (parent/s came from a different land)
Identify as 2SLGBTQ+
Yes
Sexual orientation
This information may help clients looking for a provider with specific kinds of lived experience.
Not Available

Hours & Location
Available hours
Weekday evenings (after 6 PM)
Weekends during the day
Weekend evenings (after 6 PM)
Hourly rate
$ 90
Location
Hamilton, Ontario

Qualifications
Licensed to practice in Ontario
Yes
Professional designation
Registered social worker (RSW)
Professional association
Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
Education
Master of Social Work
York University , 2017
Approaches to care
  • Understanding the role of past trauma in clients' lives
  • Highlighting clients' strengths and abilities
  • Based in mindfulness and emotional awareness
  • Emphasizing the client as the expert in their own life
  • Incorporating an awareness of power, privilege and oppression
  • Therapeutic Modalities
    Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
    Dialectical Behavioural (DBT)
    Emotion Focused (EFT)
    Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
    Motivational Interviewing

    Specialty
    Addictions
    General topic(s) related to addiction
    Substance use
    Adjustment & Transitions
    General topic(s) related to adjustment & transitions
    Immigration
    Behavioural Concerns
    General topic(s) related to behavioural concerns
    Self-harm
    Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation
    Bi
    Gay
    Lesbian
    Transgender or transsexual
    LGBT2Q+ Member/Ally
    Emotions
    General topic(s) related to emotions
    Anxiety
    Depression
    Emotion regulation & Anger management
    Ethnicity & Culture
    General topic(s) related to ethnicity & culture
    Experience with refugees
    Experience with 1st generation immigrants
    Experience with 2nd generation immigrants
    Illness & Disabilities
    General topic(s) related to mental health or physical illness and/or disabilities
    Chronic illness
    Mental health disorders
    Neurocognitive Differences
    Academic or workplace functioning concerns
    Physical Health
    General topic(s) related to physical health
    Relationships
    General topic(s) related to relationships
    Relationships & Intimacy
    Separation & Divorce
    Loss & Grief
    Stress & Trauma
    General topic(s) related to stress & trauma
    Work stress
    Historic and intergenerational trauma
    Post-traumatic stress
    Other Topics
    Domestic abuse and violence
    Covid-19

    Clients
    Type of therapy
    Individual
    Age groups
    Younger Adults (19-35)
    Adults (36-64)
    Seniors (65+)

    Accessibility
    Modes of delivery
    Phone
    Video
    In-person
    Sliding scale
    No
    Physical accessibility features
    Not Available
    Experience working with clients with disability
    Not Available
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