Community Resources

As a practitioner, Aden offers advocacy services. “For Indigenous clients who are covered by NIHB, advocacy is included as part of the service provided. However, for people who are paying for my services through insurance or otherwise, I may need to charge extra for some advocacy services but I would make sure to let you know that I would need to charge you before providing the service.” “Please note that if I offer to do some advocacy for you, such as make a call, send an email, make a referral, or write a support letter, this means that I am not going to charge you. I want to help you because it is important to me and this often comes when medical advocacy may be required through a letter or phone call.” “If you need me to write a specific support letter to another professional or organization, this is likely the type of thing that I would need to charge for as it does take some time for me to do this. I like to review files, assessments, and notes before I write a letter to capture everything that I need to say. Tasks such as emailing someone, making a referral, or making a quick call are not things I would charge for. I would charge for advocacy calls that are challenging or if a referral was a very long and intense one (such as The Registry application). I do not have set charges for this. I would rather make this affordable for you so we would negotiate the price.” Each practitioner may be different in how they will provide advocacy services so it is best to check with your helper to see what they can provide you. Right now, Healing Journey has an amazing administration person who is Clinic Manager of Healing Journey named Krista Hansen, who is supporting us with advocacy pieces so that we are able to do this faster and more efficiently than ever!