About Janice
Clinical Experience
My private counselling practice has become a natural extension of long-term clinical experience in the
field of grief and bereavement. Throughout my career, grief counselling has been woven through Social Work positions I have held in Acute Care medical settings, Elder/Dementia/Palliative Care and prior to the establishment of JGrief Counselling eight years ago, fifteen years in the Women’s Program at
Victoria Hospital, LHSC.
During that period, as the social worker in LHSC’s Fetal Development Clinic, I was a founding member of the Perinatal Supportive Care Team, a multi-disciplinary group devoted to supporting women in
pregnancies when a prenatal diagnosis confirms their babies will not survive. What a privilege it was to
journey with these women and their families and help them prepare for the birth and death of their
babies, as well as provide bereavement follow-up. This work also involved training with Nursing staff
and participating in educational events aimed at enhancing medical care for women experiencing
perinatal loss.​
Your Space
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Private setting:
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As opposed to a hospital/institutional setting
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Comfortable and serene
Far from the institutional settings where your story may have begun, I have created a warm,
welcoming space, in which to begin another kind of dialogue, a time of sharing, caring and
validation.
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