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Southwest Counselling Services offers professional and accessible counselling and therapeutic services to all ages residing in Sarnia & surrounding area.

Southwest Counselling Services is a group of clinical social workers that offer professional and accessible counselling and therapeutic services to adults, youth, and children residing in the city of Sarnia and surrounding area.

11/08/2025

✨ Staff Spotlight: Lauren Markos, B.A.H., MSW, RSW ✨

As we continue celebrating 10 years of Southwest Counselling Services, we’re highlighting the incredible people who bring care, compassion, and expertise to our community.

This week’s spotlight shines on Lauren Markos — a dedicated clinician whose human rights and trauma-informed approach creates a safe and empowering space for clients of all ages. Lauren works with individuals, couples, and families, drawing on her training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, mindfulness, and self-compassion to guide meaningful change.

Her passion for solution-focused and trauma-specific therapy reflects her deep commitment to helping clients navigate life’s challenges — from grief and loss to anxiety, depression, and relationship stress. Lauren’s warmth, professionalism, and dedication to human dignity embody the very heart of our mission at Southwest Counselling Services. 💛

11/06/2025

We were honoured to be in Windsor this week working with the hockey team and helping them grow their mental skills toolkit! 💪🧠

It’s been a pleasure mentoring an MSW student with throughout her time with the team and to work with these amazing athletes! 🙏

11/05/2025

Story #3 of "10 Stories in 10 Weeks" in celebration of our 10th Anniversary: Walking With Grief

Over the years, one of our most meaningful community programs has been Walking With Grief — a simple yet powerful idea that brought people together to heal while moving forward, one step at a time. What began as a short-term walking group soon grew into an ongoing space for connection, reflection, and shared strength. 💙

Programs like this remind us why we do what we do — helping our community find comfort, hope, and companionship through life’s hardest moments.

11/01/2025

✨ Staff Spotlight: Michele McPherson ✨

As we celebrate 10 years of Southwest Counselling Services, we’re taking time to highlight the incredible people who make our work possible.

This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Michele McPherson — our first ever MSW student and associate therapist. Michele is a compassionate and creative clinician who brings a mind-body approach to therapy. Michele works with individuals, couples, and families, and is especially well known for her guided breathwork and movement workshops in group settings. Her ability to help clients connect physical movement with emotional well-being is something truly special and she has championed our vision and mission since her start with us in 2018.

We’re so grateful to have Michele on our team and to celebrate the impact she continues to make in our community. 💛

10/30/2025

🎉 We’re celebrating 10 years of making big impacts! As part of our “10 Stories in 10 Weeks” series, here’s one of our favourites: our “Spin It Out” initiative.

🚴‍♂️ What is it? We partnered with local youth and Ironworks Health and Wellness in 2017, giving teens a free cycling-based program to build both physical strength and mental resilience. Research shows that raising the heart rate releases chemicals like serotonin which improve concentration, focus —and can help prevent deeper mental-health struggles.

🧠 Led by our team, the sessions combined exercise with psycho-education, giving young people practical skills to recognise symptoms and proactively cope. This was our first community initiative combining both the mind and body to help people build coping strategies outside of the traditional talk-therapy environment.

We’re proud of how far we’ve come…and we’re only just getting started.

👉 Stay tuned each week for another story from the last decade.

10/27/2025

🌟 As part of our 10th anniversary celebration, we’re honouring the people at the heart of SWC—our team. Today we celebrate Kristen Freitas, our Office Manager and the backbone of our practice.

Since day one, Kristen has been a steady, compassionate presence—quietly keeping things moving, welcoming every client with care, and supporting our clinicians so they can do their best work. A Lambton College (2018) Office Administrative – Health Services grad with experience in the medical field and childhood studies, Kristen brings equal parts professionalism and heart. We are deeply grateful for your dedication, Kristen—you’ve helped shape who we are since you joined our team in 2018. ❤️

10/24/2025

🎉 We’re celebrating 10 years in Sarnia-Lambton with 10 weeks of 10 stories—a weekly look back at the moments, programs, and partnerships that shaped Southwest Counselling Services. From grief walking groups and trauma therapy to mental performance consulting and group therapy, we’re proud of this journey—and the people who made it possible.

To start, here’s the very first article about our practice from The Sarnia Journal in 2016 (Link in comments) as well as an interview on the 'Social Work Spotlight' Podcast highlighting the origins of Southwest Counselling Services.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/international-episode-2-matt-canada/id1508305074?i=1000726633769

Follow along each week and share your memories with us. 💚

10/20/2025

We hope to see you this FRIDAY!!!! 🎉

As we celebrate our 10th year of working in this amazing community we are offering free yoga sessions with .michele , door prizes, tours of our facility and VR meditation sessions along with some delicious treats!

📆October 24 from 12-3pm
📍704 Mara Street, Point Edward

10/17/2025

An update from the 40th Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference in Montreal 🧠💪

-keynote from Olympian and PWHL hockey player and “Captain Clutch” Marie Philip Poulin
-endless seminars, panels and workshops on the latest research and applied practice methods for working with high performers
-Our 1st poster presentation of the conference on embedding an MSW student in a University Varsity Hockey team alongside , and
-Connecting with trailblazers in the field including Dr. Dawn Anderson-Butcher of and Ohio State University
-Soaking up Montreal’s culture and cuisine with a Schwartz’s smoked meat sandwich
-More learning and presenting to go for Days 3 & 4!

10/10/2025

We’re proud to be part of such a strong community!

Thank you to the Point Edward Minor Athletic Association for allowing us to support the U8 soccer team again this season, and to the players and coaches for bringing such great spirit to the field ⚽️👏🍦

10/08/2025

We’re grateful to be celebrating 10 years of service in our community! ✨

Join us for an Open House featuring door prizes, free yoga sessions, tasty treats, a chance to experience our VR meditation pods, tour our facility and meet our team!

We hope you can drop in to unwind, connect and celebrate with us!

📆 October 24 | 🕕 12-3pm | 📍704 Mara Street, Point Edward

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704 Mara Street, Unit #207
Point Edward, ON
N7V1X4

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 7pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+15193363100

Website

http://www.swcounselling.ca/

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