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MHASO, Mental Health and Addiction Services of Ottawa

Rebecca Azala Rutland

BA, BSW, MSW, RSW

Everyone has a story or two behind them…and stories yet to write!


Rebecca comes to her work with a wide variety of experiences in providing support,

including the areas of women’s reproductive health, sexuality, identity, child welfare, parenting,

hospital and community mental health for adults and youth, women in conflict with the law,

substance use and addiction, caregiving, psychoeducation, living in recovery, making meaning

and sense of lived/living experiences with mental health, and wellness coaching. She is a skilled

ally in working with all those she meets including particular interest for 2SLGBTQ+ folx,

neurodiversity, living with (dis)Ability, older and aging persons, and Canada/Turtle Island’s

Indigenous communities of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

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Rebecca is passionate in supporting and walking with her clients through explorations of

identity, meaning, to the create the lives they want, while building the skills needed to survive

and thrive in a difficult world. She comes to her work with the immense value and ethical,

intentional use of her own lived experiences of challenges – combined with excellent education

and ongoing training. Rebecca is committed and passionate about being part of your journey

bringing expertise in the areas of trauma, substance use/addiction, mood disorders, family-of-

origin work, animal companion relationships, identity, caregiving, life transitions, grief and loss,

and adjusting to illness and/or (dis)Ability. Her firm belief in using a relational approach, natural

curiosity, connection, compassion, kindness, trust, and non-judgment support collaborative

therapeutic relationships that are empathetic, trauma-informed, person-centred and respectful

of the unique individual each of us is.

Preferred Modalities

Scope of Practice

Narrative Therapy

ACT

IFS

Mindfulness and Compassion-based therapies

CBT

DBT

Solution-focused therapy

Motivational Interviewing

Nature and Animal Therapy

Familiar with traditional healing

Eastern Philosophies

Trauma/Complex Trauma

Mood Disorders

Identity and Meaning

Human-Animal bond

Grief and Loss

Life Transitions

Caregiving including end-of-life

Family of Origin/Adverse Childhood Events

Substance Use / Addiction

Interpersonal and Relationship skills

Adjustment to illness and disability

Conflict with the Law




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