Marie Lembesis

Marie's training and background involve work in the following three areas:

1. Assessment: Marie provides comprehensive assessment services in the areas of psycho-vocational testing, psycho-educational and learning disability assessment, and mental health screening. Marie’s expertise extends to diagnosing adults with learning disabilities and developmental disorders. Her assessment services are for clients aged 16 and over.

2. Career Assessment and Counselling: Marie’s work in career assessment and counselling has helped individuals at different stages of their life make an informed career choice. She customizes all career assessment packages to meet the needs of a variety of people from high school students (aged 16 and up) to professionals. This service has proven to be an integral first step to career planning, whether for the first-time career chooser or for those in career transition at any point in their life.

3. Personal Counselling: Marie’s experience in the vocational rehabilitation field has afforded her the opportunities to work with adults experiencing a range of disabilities, including psychiatric, learning, developmental, physical, and neurological. She has extensive background working with adults who experience mental health challenges such as schizophrenia, depression and anxiety. Marie’s ability to provide both individual psychotherapy and short-term solution focused counselling has helped clients who felt “stuck” with their career planning or life stressors. Her counselling services have proven valuable to workers who are on leave due to disability or other concerns that prevent them from participating in the workplace.

Marie’s resume includes operating a private practice for twenty years where she offers both assessment and personal counselling services. She is a sole proprietor and consults with a senior Registered Psychologist for completion of Psycho-Educational assessments. This ensures assessment reports meet criteria for schools and government funded programs.

Prior to launching her private practice Marie worked as a team leader and program coordinator. She has worked as a Vocational Diagnostician and Coordinator of the Vocational Diagnostics program at SRS (Surrey Rehabilitation Services) Vocational Services Society for nine years. In addition to providing assessments and counselling, her work at SRS included leading a team of professionals, writing proposals, providing clinical supervision, and building community relations. Marie’s client-centered philosophy in running this program helped to establish SRS Diagnostics as a highly sought after service for government ministries and local employment and rehabilitation programs that referred their clients. Referring agencies could depend on her client-centered approach to thoughtfully assess a client’s abilities and traits and to bring out the full potential of each individual.

In addition to her work in diagnostics and counselling, Marie has worked for three years as an instructor at City University (Vancouver campus), teaching testing and assessment within the Masters in Counselling Psychology program. She has presented at career conferences as well as facilitated groups on career planning, assessment, and wellness topics in her local community. Marie is an engaging and informed speaker who consistently receives strong evaluations from her students and audiences.

Marie is a Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP) with the Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors, a Canadian Certified Rehabilitation Counsellor (CCRC), and a Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional - Fellow (CVRP(F)). She holds a Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology from McGill University and a Bachelors of Arts with a major in Psychology from the University of British Columbia.


FEES

Hourly fee: $150.00 per hour 

Please see below for a detailed list of assessment services and fees. Some clients may be eligible for a fully or partially funded assessment though their local employment centre, insurance plan, WorkBC, or through the Canada Study Grant (this grant is for currently enrolled students).


VOCATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES AND PRICE SCHEDULE
 

NOTE: Assessments requiring the signature of a Registered Psychologist (e.g., for government Ministry or school requirements) will be provided with a review and signature by a BC Registered Psychologist.

The following provides a general description of the testing packages available and associated costs. Each assessment includes a comprehensive report that outlines test outcomes, interpretation of results, and specific recommendations for career, training, and related options. Assessments can be customized to meet client needs and the following descriptions are of a typical test battery within each category:

1. Psycho-Vocational Assessment

This package covers the following areas: intelligence testing (WAIS-IV), learning abilities, academic levels (WJ-IV), career interests and/or work personality.

Cost: $1900.00 


2. Psycho-Educational/Learning Assessment

This assessment, which is used to diagnose learning disabilities, consists of learning abilities testing and academic levels (WAIS-IV and WJ-IV); and career interest testing; where clients meet criteria for a Learning Disability diagnosis their report will be reviewed and signed by a Registered Psychologist to meet any school and/or Ministry requirements.

Cost: $2300.00 


3. Psycho-Social Assessment

This package includes ALL the tests provided in package “1" described above as well as screening for mental health concerns (e.g., depression, anxiety, social phobia, etc.).

Cost: $2000.00 


4. Career Planning Package - available for virtual administration

This package includes comprehensive aptitude, career interest, and work personality testing and assists the client to make informed career/training choices. This is a virtual assessment that can be completed entirely online. The intake meeting and follow-up meeting with the counsellor are also conducted virtually (in-person meetings are available if preferred).

Online rate: $800.00 

Listed prices include all components of the assessment: client intake, test administration, test scoring, feedback session, dissemination of any related materials to client such as hand-outs on learning tips, memory strategies, and career action plan worksheet.