Jennifer Glave

Jennifer has over 20 years of experience working in various Non-For-Profit agencies including Youth Shelters, Group Homes, Youthdale and Open Custody.
Jennifer also has 10 years’ experience in child protection and foster care, providing support to children, families and individuals experiencing ongoing verbal and physical conflict, challenges in parenting, mental health, substance misuse and other life challenges. Jennifer offers compassionate and sensitive support to children, adolescents, adults and families experiencing issues relating to anxiety, depression, stress, mood disorder, trauma, abuse and self-esteem. She applies a variety of methods in her work including, Family Systems, CBT, DBT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Her goal is to improve the lives of clients by enhancing their social and emotional growth and providing solutions to enhance their mental health and well-being. 

Jennifer has extensive experience working with “hard to serve” populations in a variety of social work settings. She has 23 years of experience working with clients affected by mental health diagnoses and addictions. As a clinician and community service worker, Jennifer has developed comprehensive assessments, treatment and discharge plans for clients served within medical, treatment, child welfare and correctional programs. She has acquired highly developed
clinical, organizational and client service skills. As a result, she has excellent crisis intervention skills to determine the degree of risk to the community as well as diffuse potentially hostile situations. 

Jennifer has also acquired an excellent working knowledge of the Family and Criminal Justice Systems and as a result of her experience, she has developed exceptional skills in supporting anyone facing these dilemmas by giving them a voice and providing the opportunity to be heard.