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About Matthew Lipton, Pet Loss Grief Counselor
Matthew is the owner/founder of Central Valley Counselling, a
professional telephone and in office counselling service which has been
located in Creston, British Columbia, Canada (about 15 kilometers/10
miles north of the Idaho border) since 2007.
Nearly 40 years of service in many areas of counselling service has
equipped him with a large set of proven strategies to help people cope
with many life challenges, such as:
- single parent concerns
- mental health counselling for children, youth, adults and
seniors
- sexuality concerns of individuals and couples
- sexuality education for parents and
church/community groups
- family [especially teen-parent relations]
functioning
- forensic/court counselling
- employee assistance program [EAP] counselling
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- addictions counselling
- couple/marriage concerns
- anger management
- stress management
- depression/anxiety counselling
- phobia management
- grief/loss counselling
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Matthew and wife LaDonna have loved animals for all their lives and
currently share their home with black standard poodle Max.
Matthew's current memberships and affiliations include:
Alberta College of
Social Workers - Registration # 4480
Canadian Counselling
and Psychotherapy Association - ID # 2079
Creston
and District Chamber of Commerce
Creston
Valley Hospice Society
Creston Pet Adoption
and Welfare Society
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Delta Society
(The Human-Animal Health Connection)
Society for Companion
Animal Studies - UK
Association for Pet
Bereavement and Loss
American College of Sexologists
Society for the
Scientific Study of Sexuality
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