Shontelle Prokipcak has been providing collaborative mental health and addiction services for youth, young adults, and families in the Ottawa region for the past 20 years. Shontelle works closely with individuals and families to identify the best treatment plans to meet their unique needs.

It is her goal to help individuals, families, and the community gain knowledge, understanding, and treatment for mental health and addiction issues.  Shontelle does so by providing assessments, education, treatment plans, treatment, advocacy, referrals, by participating in intra-agency, intra-professional collaborations, and public speaking.

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Shontelle specializes in trauma. Many of the people she works with have more than one issue they would like to work on, and she uses a holistic approach, and address all the issues that are presented often collaborating with schools, the family, the justice system, family doctors, and other specialists.

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Shontelle has a special interest in trauma as a result of colonization past, present and future. Inuit, First Nations and Metis issues and mindfulness.

Shontelle offers SMART Recovery groups on Saturday Mornings from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, Wedneday nights 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm as well as SMART Family and Friends meetings Saturday afternoon 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm.