The following fundamental principles guide the work of Mojo Counselling:

a) Beneficence  - being proactive in promoting the client's best interests
b) Fidelity - honouring commitments to clients and maintaining integrity in counselling relationship
c) Nomaleficence - not wilfully harming clients and refraining from actions that risk harm
d) Autonomy - respecting the rights of clients to self-determination
e) Justice - respecting the dignity and just treatment of all persons
f) Social Interests - respecting the need to be responsible to society

Limits of Confidentiality
​I understand that my therapist will hold in confidence all information obtained in the course of professional services except under the following circumstances: 

• if disclosure is required to prevent clear and imminent danger to the client or others, or when a child is in need of protection, 
• when legal requirements demand that confidential material is released.  
• We as counsellors have a duty to warn if we become aware of the intention or potential of clients to place others in clear or imminent danger,  We will use reasonable care to give threatened persons such warnings as are essential to avert foreseeable dangers,  ​​

Referrals
​If Mojo Counselling determines that a referral is needed, the therapist will provide alternatives including programs and/or other professionals who may be available to assist me. In cases where coordination of professional services is required, any exchange of information will be made only with written permission from the client.

Missed Appointments and Late Policy
Although this will be dealt with on a case to case basis, MOJO Counselling reserves the right to charge a full clinical hour for missed appointments without 24 hour notice.  In the case of a late appointment, clinical time may be cut short due to scheduling issues and out of respect for subsequent clients. ​

Fees
​All intake, regular therapeutic appointments, and email/messaging appointments will be $140 / 50 clinical minutes.

Client Rights

1. You have the right to be treated fairly and with respect.
2. You have the right to ask questions at any point in the therapeutic process.
3. You have the right to request another therapist and receive competent referrals.
4. All people, including your therapist, have biases and values. You have the right to a therapist who will acknowledge personal values and will not attempt to impose them on you. The job of the therapist is to help you find your own way.
5. You have the right to ask about your therapists training, theoretical orientation, supervised experience, and information pertaining to any other specific therapy modalities or interventions he or she claims to practice.
6. You have the right to ask about your therapist(s)’s policy regarding confidentiality. You have the right to grant or deny permission to your therapist to discuss your progress with others.
7. You have the right to stop therapy when you want, whether or not your therapist agrees with your decision. It is usually worthwhile to discuss with your therapist your reasons for wanting to stop your sessions. However, the decision is always yours.
8. You have a right to request to view your file in the presence of your therapist and to have a copy of relevant clinical information be transferred to any other therapist or agency you choose, subject to photocopying charges.
9. Your therapist will not always be contactable or available. In the event of an “emergency” you have the option of going to the nearest hospital emergency room or calling the crisis and distress centre in your area. In Calgary the DISTRESS CENTRE CRISIS LINE is 403-266-HELP(4357).

Potential benefits of therapy:

1.  Improved Understanding of Self and Others.  
   The trained perspectives of the therapist can help many clients better understanding their own feelings and behavior as well as those of others.
2. Progress Toward Defined Goals and Objectives. 
   At Mojo, I work with the client to set specific goals and objectives in therapy. We usually identify a way to measure progress towards those goals. Most clients can clearly identify the changes in feelings and behaviours that they make through therapy.
3. Greater Sense Of Control Over Moods and Behaviour. 
   As clients measure progress and identify the tools used to make headway, they often gain feelings of power over mood and behaviour.
4. Improved Self-Esteem. 
   With greater self-control, clients often improve their self-concept.  Confronting and managing one’s difficulties often lead to improved self-esteem.
5. Improved Self-Assertion. 
   Many clients increase their ability to assert themselves.  As self-esteem and feelings of self-control improve, they feel more able to stand up for their own rights without infringing on the rights of others.
6. Improved Relationship With Others. 
   By reducing unwanted behaviours and increasing more desirable behaviours, our clients often improve relationships with family members, friends and co-workers.
7. Improved Capacity For Independence. 
   Before therapy many of our clients may have depended on others for their sense of well-being. Therapy may lead to an increased ability to meet their own needs.

Potential risks of therapy:

1. Lack of Progress. Some clients do not appear to improve in therapy. For example, depression or anxiety may become worse. Your therapist will monitor your progress with you to determine if this happens and to plan alternatives should it occur.
2. Upsetting Insight. Therapy may lead to insight into your own behaviour or the behaviour of others that is upsetting. Some clients, following therapy, wish they had not discovered some things about themselves or others. Your therapist will monitor your feelings with you and discuss these concerns if they arise.
3. Feelings of Distress. Discussing your personal concerns can be upsetting in itself. Clients may experience feelings of sadness, anger, anxiety, or depression in talking about their personal or family difficulties. Clients may also have bad dreams or nightmares as a result of talking about concerns. Part of therapy often involves learning to handle such feelings more effectively when they occur. Your therapist will work with you to develop coping strategies for these feelings if they arise.
4. Change in Relationships. Although behaviour and moods may change in a way that the client desires, others may not like the changes and may not adjust to the changes the client makes. Improvements in client self-esteem, self-assertion, or sense of self-control may negatively affect others. However, other individuals with whom the client has a relationship may initiate changes when the client does not want to do so. Your therapist will work closely with you to try to anticipate such problems in therapy.