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Mental health therapists are asking the province to regulate their profession, saying it s become a dangerous place for Manitobans who seek help.
Mental health therapists are asking the province to regulate their profession, saying it s become a dangerous place for Manitobans who seek help.
Currently, people can find a therapist though a variety of sources, such as word of mouth or online, said Don Russell, chairman of the Federation of Associations for Counselling Therapists, Manitoba branch.
Don Russell, chairman of the Federation of Associations for Counselling Therapists – Manitoba, which has asked the province to regulate mental health therapists. (Supplied)
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This is the fourth in a series spotlighting this year’s YMCA Women of Excellence award recipients
In the 1970s, when Elana Johnson began her work helping pregnant women, she was the only midwife in the Forest City. There were a handful, maybe 70, like her in the entire province.
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That’s a contrast to today, when there are more than 1,000 Ontario midwives, and midwifery is a regulated profession.
It’s for her work as an advocate for midwives that Johnson has been named a woman of excellence this year.
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In order to build capacity and prepare for an unprecedented immunization campaign, the province has once again expanded the professions that will be able to protect Manitobans by administering the COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson announced.