Lori Vinaric MSW PSW Grief Counselor

There is great strength in allowing the tears to fall and asking for help. Specializing in grief, loss, anxiety and depression I believe in the importance of educating people on coping with and understanding the impact it can have on all facets of life. Children and young teens experience grief differently than adults.

Our team of professionals have specialties in the areas of loss, individual, couple and family counselling, career counselling and family mediation. Family mediation is a conflict resolution method in which an impartial mediator helps the spouses negotiate a fair and equitable agreement.

This approach allows the needs of each party to be explored in depth and allows the participants to select the solution that offers the best protection for the interest of all family members.The family mediation program allows couples with dependent children, married or not, to receive free sessions with a professional mediator if they decide to separate or divorce or want to apply for the review of a judgment or agreement.

Family mediation helps reduce conflicts in connection with an application for custody, access and outing rights, support payments or the division of property. In addition, it helps parents take responsibility for the decision-making process.

The agreement you negotiate will ensure that your children react positively to your separation and will give you some influence over decisions that concern you, while helping you to fully exercise your parental responsibilities.The mediator's role is to ensure that each spouse freely and fully communicate their needs and expectations to each other, so that mediation is conducted on a fair and informed basis.