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The best advice Sara got from her mother was, “you can’t do it all on your own – you need help from others.”
Now a full-time counsellor at Calgary Counselling Centre (CCC), Sara is taking mom’s advice and passing it on to her many clients. She joined the Centre as an Intern in 2008, and now two years later, Sara is starting to work on her PhD in Clinical Psychology while she balances full-time work. At the Centre, Sara plays an active role in our Family Violence program, working with many clients who are mandated for counselling, people who have abused and people who have experienced abuse.
The thought of becoming a counsellor hadn’t crossed Sara’s mind until fate stepped in. In 2005, she decided to work in a shelter to help her decide which direction to take after university: becoming a doctor or a lawyer. It was at the shelter where she met the little girl who would help her make the decision that changed her life. The young girl had experienced domestic abuse and refused to talk to anyone at the shelter. She ended up confiding her story to Sara and that was the moment she knew.
“It chose me,” says Sara when asked about her decision to become a counsellor.
Sara gravitated towards work in the Centre’s Family Violence program because of her past volunteer experiences and her desire to work with clients who have more complex issues. Her job at the Centre challenges her everyday and she finds the job extremely rewarding.
“At the end of the day you have made a difference in someone’s life,” Sara expresses about her job as a counsellor.
Through Sara’s work, she has found the opportunity to provide hope to many clients. Her belief system has inspired her to have hope in her clients and look for positives in even the most challenging cases. She strongly believes all human beings are inherently good. Sara feels to have and give hope to her clients, she has to find something good in them; it doesn’t matter how big or small it is.
We guess that’s just what her mom (and dad) would recommend.
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