Teen, Adult, Couples, Family
LENORE BIDGOOD
Master of Social Work (MSW), Registered Social Worker (RSW), regulated by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), specializing in individual , couples and family therapy.
About Lenore
With more than 26 years of experience, Lenore supports youth, adults, couples, and families through a wide range of emotional, relational, and life challenges.
Her work has included supporting individuals and families experiencing:
- Trauma and difficult life experiences
- Family conflict and relationship challenges
- Grief and loss
- Parenting concerns
- Addiction and recovery
- Relationship difficulties
- Major life transitions and adjustment
Lenore’s background in child welfare, education, and community mental health has given her a strong understanding of how relationships, family systems, social environments, and life experiences can influence emotional wellbeing.
Cultural Identity & Life Experience
As a Ukrainian-Canadian woman, Lenore also brings a personal understanding of themes related to:
- Cultural identity and belonging
- Displacement and adjustment
- Family and community disruption
- Intergenerational experiences
- Navigating change while maintaining connection to culture and identity
This perspective may offer an additional point of connection for clients navigating similar experiences.
Understanding Patterns & Creating Change
Lenore helps clients explore the factors that may be influencing their:
- Thoughts and emotions
- Relationship patterns
- Family dynamics
- Coping strategies
- Behavioural patterns
- Responses to difficult experiences
Her approach emphasizes developing greater insight while also identifying practical ways to move forward.
What It’s Like Working With Lenore
Lenore brings a calm, grounded, and compassionate presence to therapy. She balances empathy with practical guidance and creates space for difficult conversations to happen with care and respect.
Clients are supported in:
- Understanding themselves more deeply
- Developing healthier coping strategies
- Strengthening communication and relationships
- Navigating conflict and life transitions
- Building confidence and resilience
- Creating meaningful and lasting change
Individual, Couples & Family Therapy
Whether you are seeking support for yourself, your teen, your relationship, or your family, Lenore works collaboratively to understand what is happening and what may help.
She provides individual therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy, tailoring her approach to each client’s needs, goals, relationships, and life circumstances.
How Lenore Works
Lenore believes meaningful change happens when clients feel both supported and empowered.
Therapy is not about being told what to do or having someone solve problems for you. Instead, Lenore views therapy as a collaborative process that helps individuals, couples, and families better understand themselves, strengthen relationships, and develop practical tools for navigating life’s challenges.
Individualized & Collaborative Care
Lenore recognizes that every youth, adult, couple, and family brings their own experiences, strengths, relationships, and circumstances into therapy.
Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, she adapts therapy to each client’s:
- Needs and concerns
- Personal strengths
- Goals for therapy
- Relationships and family dynamics
- Life experiences
- Stage of life
Therapeutic Modalities
Lenore draws from a range of evidence-based and clinically informed approaches, including:
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) — supporting clients in understanding and processing the impact of trauma
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) — developing emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and coping skills
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — helping clients respond more flexibly to difficult thoughts and emotions while moving toward what matters to them
- Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) — exploring emotions, attachment needs, and relationship patterns
- Narrative Therapy — helping clients examine the stories and beliefs that may be shaping how they see themselves and their experiences
- Solution-Focused Therapy — identifying strengths, practical steps, and possibilities for change
- Family Systems Approaches — understanding how relationships, roles, communication, and family patterns can influence individual and family wellbeing
Supporting Meaningful Change
Through therapy, Lenore helps clients:
- Recognize patterns that may be contributing to distress
- Process difficult or painful experiences
- Strengthen emotional regulation and coping skills
- Improve communication
- Navigate conflict more effectively
- Develop greater insight and self-understanding
- Strengthen relationships and family connections
- Build practical tools for lasting change
Areas Lenore Works With
Youth
- ADHD
- Anxiety and depression
- Behavioural concerns
- School-related issues
- Emotional regulation
- Social skills development
- Adolescent emotional and developmental concerns
- Child and adolescent therapy support
Couples & Relationships
- Communication difficulties
- High-conflict relationships
- Infidelity recovery
- Relationship challenges
- Separation and divorce counselling
- Relationship support with consideration of family dynamics
Family & Parenting
- Family conflict and relationship challenges
- Communication difficulties
- Parenting concerns
- Caregiver support
- Strengthening parent-child relationships
- Family therapy and child-focused support
Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression
- Trauma and PTSD
- Stress and burnout
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Personal growth
- Emotional regulation and coping skills
- Resilience building
- Grief and loss
- Individual therapy for emotional and mental wellbeing
Trauma & Violence
- Trauma and complex trauma
- Childhood trauma affecting adolescence or adulthood
- Domestic violence survivors
- Individuals seeking support related to using violence in relationships
- Recovery from adverse life experiences
- Trauma recovery and resilience
- Individual therapy focused on healing and recovery
Addiction & Recovery
- Addiction recovery
- Relapse prevention support
- Coping skills and maintaining recovery
- Support for family members affected by addiction
- Individual and family therapy related to addiction and recovery
Workplace & Life Transitions
- Career stress
- Workplace conflict
- Compassion fatigue
- Frontline worker support
- Stress and burnout
- Major life transitions
- Adjustment to significant life changes
Let’s Find Your Right Fit
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