About me
Joey Ward (she/her) is a Grief and Loss Counsellor and a certified Narrative Therapy practitioner. She lives and works in the Ottawa/Gatineau region and can accommodate in-person or virtual care.
Joey is a mother of six, a grandmother, and has been married to her husband for over forty years. She has a reputation for wearing her heart on her sleeve and following it where it leads her. Joey has a passion for people and a deeply curious mind. These attributes have produced a rich body of experience throughout her professional career.
Joey is also a certified End-of-Life Doula (EOLD) who specializes in meditation, relaxation massage and laughter yoga. Joey incorporates these additional modalities into her practice when appropriate.
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Services
Counselling for Grief & Loss
Experiencing grief and loss can be the most difficult and transformative experiences in a person’s life.
As a Grief and Loss Counsellor and certified Narrative Therapy Practitioner, Joey will work with you to help you re-author the negative, painful, and harmful stories you tell about yourself so that you can separate who are you from the problems and challenges you face.
End of Life Doula Services
Death and dying can be hard things to plan for.
Joey is a certified End of Life Doula (EOLD), a graduate from Douglas College, and a retired geriatric nurse.
She provides emotional support, Advanced Care Planning, logistics, mediation, and advocacy to ensure that the dying person’s wishes are honoured.
Meditation & Laughter Yoga
Deep breathing, meditation, and in some cases even laughter can be powerful ways to navigate grief and loss.
Joey is a trained Meditation Instructor and also a Laughter Yoga Instructor. She offers these services as part of her practice, when appropriate, or as independent services.
Testimonials
Joey is an amazing counsellor! She is both kind and professional. She provides a safe environment where I can express myself fully. I really appreciate her preferred style of narrative therapy. I find it helpful and logical. Joey is very thorough and attentive. I would recommend her counselling services to anyone.
I recently had the great pleasure of working with Joey. Joey is highly professional, very personable, and extremely well organized. I would have no hesitation in recommending her and working with her again.
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