Psychotherapy Matters is a platform that allows you to work alongside your therapist while saving you excess travel, multiple practitioner visits and lengthy wait times to address your concerns. It is a collaborative care system that connects therapists and their clients with psychiatrists and family doctors. This service enables you to have a psychiatric evaluation and medical monitoring, without leaving the comfort of your therapist’s office. Psychotherapy matters connects clients, through their psychotherapist, to a network of psychiatrists or psychologists that are accessible without the hassle of a Long waitlist. Psychotherapy matters allows clinicians, clients and psychiatrists/psychologists to meet in one sitting with the help of virtual visits, thus allowing each party to be on the same page. Altogether, these options promote a well rounded circle of care that promptly and securely addresses your needs.

Bernadette has supported and advocated for previous and current clients needing the support of family physicians, and other specialists throughout the years. While some of these collaborations have been successful and been instrumental to getting the clients the medical support they require, it has also been a frustrating process for some. In efforts to make the process more efficient and less stressful for clients, Bernadette has been trying to reach out to private clinics and keeping tabs of places that offer more immediate medical support. As of February, Bernadette partnered up with Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic to help fill the gap in this area.

Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic ( PMVC) connects clients, through their psychotherapist, to a network of psychiatrists that are accessible without the hassle of a Long waitlist (6 to 8 weeks). Psychotherapy matters allows clinicians, clients and psychiatrists to meet in one sitting with the help of virtual visits, thus allowing each party to be on the same page. Altogether, these options promote a well rounded circle of care that promptly and securely addresses your needs." Currently, Bernadette can provide this wrap around service with current clients. We will look into getting our other Street Therapists to offer this service in the future." Please note that the PMVC psychiatrists cannot fill out disability or other third party forms for the clients, but can provide additional medical information to support their family physicians in providing the forms, reports, etc.