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Rachelle Fagen, MSc

Psychoeducator

(she/her/elle)

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IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL SERVICES

 

As a Psychoeducator, I have an expertise in working with children, adolescents and families. I specialize in one-on-one interventions, group facilitation (child and parent groups), family work and parent coaching.
 

In my work with children and adolescents, I focus on building on an individual`s strengths to help them develop more appropriate coping strategies, communication skills, and emotional regulation skills.

In my work with parents and families, I view parents as the experts on their child and collaborate with parents in helping them become more confident and effective in their parenting skills, in helping strengthen the child/parent relationship, and in improving communication within the family. I help parents set appropriate limits/boundaries while validating their child`s emotions. I build on a family’s strengths and look at what is working well, in order to help this happen more frequently. My goal is to help parents experience more harmony within their home.

 

In addition, I can help with school challenges related to behaviour and advocate for helpful strategies in the classroom to best support a child/adolescent.

Client Focus

Children

Teens

Young Adults

Parents
Families

Groups

Schools

Organizations

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Concerns

Behavior Difficulties
Anxiety
Stress Management

Emotional Regulation

Low Self-Esteem

School Issues

Parenting Issues​

Life Skills for Adolescents

Life Transitions

ADHD

Approaches

 

Interventions are informed by the following approaches:

Client-Centered
Humanistic
Cognitive-Behavioral (CBT)
Attachment

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Services Offered

One-on-one sessions with children, teens, or parents

Child, adolescent, and parent group interventions

Parent coaching with concrete strategies to help elicit change and strengthen the child/parent relationship

Family interventions with concrete strategies that help create a positive change and improve family functioning

Helping adolescents with life skills

School observations and working directly with educators

Collaboration with different professionals in best supporting a child/adolescent

Values

Professionalism

Integrity

Respect

Destigmatization

Empathy

LGBTQIA+ allied

Neurodiversity affirming

Culturally responsive

Client-centered

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Qualifications

  • Licensed Psychoeducator with the Ordre des Psychoéducateurs et Psychoéducatrices du Québec

  • Master's in Psychoeducation (MSc) from Université de Montréal

  • Certified Connect Parent Group Facilitator

  • Certified Stop Now and Plan (SNAP) Facilitator

  • Services in English or French

Professional Experience

Rachelle is a licensed Psychoeducator, with a Master’s degree in Psychoeducation from Université de Montréal. She specializes in working with children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties, as well as parents and families.

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Rachelle has received clients in private practice since 2016 and has worked at the Jewish General Hospital for the past 7 years, on the Outpatient Team in Child Psychiatry. Her role at the hospital has included animating parenting groups and social-emotional groups for children, parent coaching, family work and individual work with adolescents.

 

Previously, Rachelle worked extensively at West Island non-profit organizations in various program and project coordination roles, including the well-known Stop Now and Plan Program (SNAP Ouest-de-l’Île), as well as in helping roles working directly with youth and families.

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