
Forging Forward Counselling Services
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, RRP, TITC-CT (she, her)


Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $145
- Couple Sessions $165
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Blue Cross
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Canada Life | Great-West Life
- First Nations Health Authority
- Great-West Life
- Manulife
- Medavie Blue Cross
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- SunLife
- TELUS Health
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- WSIB

Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Membership with Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers Lisa Bowman
- In Practice for 17 Years
- Membership with Traumatology Institute Canada Clinical Traumatologist / 2015
- Membership with VRA Canada 5165 / 2012
- Attended Carleton University , Master Social Work, Graduated 2014
Registered Social Worker: Lisa Bowman
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
Expertise
- Addiction
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioural Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Career Guidance
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Motor Vehicle Accident Treatment -Psychotherapy
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Veterans
- Video Game Addiction
- Vocational Return to Work Treatment -Psychotherapy
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Participants
Communities
Ethnicity
Age
Participants
Communities
Ethnicity
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Clinical Supervision and Qualified Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Gottman Method
- Narrative
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Trauma Focused
- Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)
Groups
Virtual Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) Adults

FFCS is open to starting a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group if enough clients show an interest in attending virtual group sessions. We will create a list until we reach 8-10 participants. We use the On Call Health Platform (which supports up to 25 participants) for the virtual Adult group 18+.
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Location
Forging Forward Counselling Services
224 Pembroke Street West
Suite 223
Pembroke, undefined K8A
In Person Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

DBT Skills Training Group for Youth & a separate group for adults being facilitated. The program focus is on Skills Development: Mindfulness: Distress Tolerance: Emotional Regulation: Interpersonal Effectiveness. Location: Pembroke Business Centre or online. Cost: $50.00 per session, per participant x (12 sessions) Contact us at (613) 366-2967 or appointments.ffcs@gmail.com for more information. https://forms.gle/MiRG3irzCvJDvRna6 to register for the upcoming Youth Group! Adults email for waitlist
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
Pembroke Business Centre
234 Pembroke Street West
Boardroom
Pembroke, undefined K8A
Location
Additional Location
Forging Forward Counselling Services (Satellite)
45 Prince Street
Suite 203
Sydney, NS B1P
(343) 312-6828