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Posted: Mar 16, 2021 5:00 AM AT | Last Updated: March 16
Access Consciousness is a practice whose proponents say it helps clear energies from the body through physical touch. Taron, a Nova Scotia resident who uses the pronoun they, said a social worker who used the practice crossed the boundaries between client and counsellor. The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers agreed and revoked the counsellor s registration.(CBC)
Taron expected the counsellor would offer help to recover from complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
Instead, more than four years after the first therapy session in a Halifax clinic, the Nova Scotian said their life was spiralling through sleeplessness, thoughts of suicide and a struggle with the toll it was all taking on Taron s marriage.
Posted: Mar 14, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: March 14
The province began an overhaul of child welfare services in 2015. It s not clear how long the process is expected to continue.(Costea Andrea M / Shutterstock)
Nova Scotia s Department of Community Services is looking for outside help once again on an overhaul of the child welfare system that started six years ago.
The province issued a tender on March 4 for a partner to support new and emerging initiatives that advance child welfare.
The initial focus of the partnership, according to tender documents, is the development and rollout of new programming in the category of prevention and early intervention.