Miriam Hofsink

Online Option

Miriam Hofsink operates a private counselling practice in Coaldale, Alberta.  In addition to seeing clients at her home and counselling online, Miriam spends one day per week at a large K-12 Reformed school providing mental health support for both students and staff members, as well as one day at the Run Free Counselling Centre in Lethbridge, where she counsels clients from various churches.  Prior to her counselling practice, she was a high school teacher for approximately 20 years.  Miriam worships and is a member at Trinity United Reformed Church in Lethbridge.

Miriam grew up in the Netherlands, lived in South Africa for 12 years, and them immigrated to Canada. She provides counselling in three languages: English, Dutch, and Afrikaans. Her years in South Africa provided her with experience of working with sensitive multicultural issues.

Miriam and her husband Gerrit are blessed with 5 children and 19 grandchildren.

Education

  • Bachelor of Education, (Major: English) Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
  • Master of Arts in Counselling, Providence Theological Seminary, Otterburne, Manitoba

Counsellor Training and Certification

  • Certified Professional Counsellor – Professional Association of Christian Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
  • Project Rachel (post-abortion counselling) – Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary
  • Alberta Teaching Certificate

Counselling experience

  • Anxiety and depression
    • all ages
    • childhood anxiety & guiding parents 
    • post-partum depression
  • Trauma 
    • especially sexual abuse & assault: male & female-  guiding victims through reporting requirements & legal procedures/court hearings
    • inter-generational trauma
    • trauma related to pornography
    • trauma from emotional family abuse 
  • Grief and Loss 
  • Counselling spouses and siblings of family members struggling with addictions
  • Counselling teachers in classroom management and support for individual students
  • Counselling and support for school administrators

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