Counterpoint Psychology

Counterpoint Psychology

Offering thoughtful answers, practical support, and a place to feel understood while honouring your whole story.

Affirming care is a core value at Counterpoint Psychology.
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Support that is thorough, affirming, and practical for children, young people, and those who care for them.

How Counterpoint can help

Services built around understanding

Children, adolescents, and young adults

Psychoeducational assessment

A comprehensive assessment of thinking and reasoning, academic skills, attention, memory, and executive functioning. Results are used to clarify strengths, learning needs, and diagnostic profile, and to provide practical recommendations that support future success.

  • Learning and academic concerns
  • Specific learning disorders (SLD), including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia
  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Giftedness and complex learning profiles
  • Planning for school and post-secondary supports

Children, adolescents, and young adults

ADHD assessment

A thorough, evidence-based assessment of attention, executive functioning, and core ADHD symptom areas, considered alongside learning, behaviour, social-emotional functioning, and other aspects of development.

  • Attention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, regulation, and executive functioning
  • Comprehensive information gathered from multiple sources
  • Diagnostic clarity
  • Practical, individualized recommendations for school, post-secondary settings, and daily life

What an assessment involves

Bringing together the whole picture

Psychoeducational and ADHD questions often overlap. Both types of assessment draw on several sources of information to understand the person in context, not simply a set of test scores.

  • A thorough developmental and educational history
  • Interviews with the client, caregivers, teachers, and other relevant people
  • Direct testing of cognitive abilities, academic skills, attention, memory, and related areas
  • Consideration of behaviour, social-emotional functioning, and executive functioning
  • An integrated formulation, clear feedback, and practical, individualized recommendations

Pamela's ongoing work in schools helps ensure that recommendations intended for classrooms are realistic and workable in real school settings.

Children and adolescents

Counselling

Counselling begins with a supportive therapeutic relationship. Pamela uses an eclectic, client-centred approach that often includes acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and always unconditional positive regard. Her practice is neuro-affirming and LGBTQ2S+-affirming.

  • Emotional regulation, stress, and big emotions
  • School reluctance, engagement, and executive functioning
  • Understanding ADHD and learning disabilities
  • Friendships, life transitions, and values-based action

Parent and caregiver communication is an important part of supporting children. Check-ins and occasional joint sessions may be included while protecting the privacy children need for a trusting therapeutic relationship.

Pamela Blotnicky

Meet Pamela

Pamela Blotnicky
M.A., Registered Psychologist

Pamela is a Registered Psychologist with more than 15 years of experience across school and private-practice settings in Nova Scotia.

Her work includes comprehensive psychoeducational and ADHD assessments, counselling, parenting support, consultation, and educational planning. She has extensive experience working with and supporting children and adolescents, as well as post-secondary students attending college or university.

Pamela's assessment work pairs careful differential diagnosis and formulation with individualized recommendations that families, schools, and post-secondary students can put into practice right away. She holds a Master of Arts in School Psychology from Mount Saint Vincent University, completed in 2010. Alongside her private practice, she continues to work as a school psychologist with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education. She has also supervised several early-career psychologists and graduate students in school psychology.

In addition to her professional work, Pamela is a mother of four in a blended family, with children spanning early childhood through the late teen years. Her experience as a parent has deepened her understanding of family life and continues to shape the practical, compassionate support she offers parents in their own parenting journeys.

The Counterpoint approach

Every person is more than test scores, diagnostic labels, or difficult moments.

Psychological care can make space for complexity, emphasize strengths, and help the next step feel clearer.

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What to expect

A clear path from first question to next steps

  1. 01

    Start with a conversation

    Call or email Pamela. She can respond by email or arrange a time to talk, whichever works better for you. You do not need to have everything figured out before getting in touch.

  2. 02

    Clarify the right service or support

    Pamela will learn what is bringing you in, answer initial questions, and make sure Counterpoint is a good fit.

  3. 03

    Meet in a welcoming space

    Counselling and direct assessment appointments take place in person at the Bedford office. Some parent or caregiver interviews and assessment feedback sessions may be offered by phone or secure video.

  4. 04

    Leave with a way forward

    Assessment feedback and reports are designed to be understandable, individualized, and useful at home, at school, and beyond. Throughout counselling, Pamela may also offer practical suggestions for children, parents, and teachers to help carry new skills and decisions into daily life and support progress toward counselling goals.

Fees and insurance

Clear information before you begin

Pamela will discuss the anticipated scope, fees, and payment schedule before services begin.

The fee for all services is $225 per clinical hour, aligned with the current recommended rate established by the Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia (APNS).

Most assessments involve approximately 14–15 hours of professional time, for a typical total of $3,150 to $3,375. This includes appointments, testing, scoring and interpretation, feedback, and preparation of the written report.

Private psychological services are not covered by MSI. Coverage varies by private insurance plan, so please confirm coverage, referral requirements, and annual limits directly with your insurer. Direct billing is available for some insurance providers.

Where appropriate, assessment components may be invoiced as they are completed. Payment timing may differ for assessments funded by a specialized post-secondary funding program or another third-party funding source.

HST is not charged on the psychological services described here. Fees not reimbursed by insurance may be eligible medical expenses for income-tax purposes; please consult current Canada Revenue Agency guidance.

Frequently asked questions

Helpful information before you begin

Who does Counterpoint Psychology work with?

Assessments are offered for children, adolescents, and young adults. Counselling is offered for children and adolescents. Pamela also provides parenting support and consultation with families, educators, accessibility professionals, physicians, and other service providers.

Are services in person or virtual?

All counselling and direct assessment or testing appointments are provided in person at the Bedford office. Parent or caregiver interviews and assessment feedback sessions may be held by phone or secure video. Counterpoint does not offer virtual counselling or virtual assessment sessions.

How do I know which assessment is needed?

You do not need to select the answer on your own. An initial conversation helps clarify the referral question, whether assessment is appropriate, and what kind of information would be most useful.

How long does an assessment take?

Most assessments include an initial interview, two or more testing appointments, time to score and integrate the results, and a feedback meeting. The overall timeline depends on the referral question, scheduling, and information needed. Pamela will explain the expected appointments and current report timeline before the assessment begins.

Are psychological services covered by insurance?

Private psychological services are not covered by MSI. Coverage differs between private insurance plans, so families are encouraged to check whether their plan covers services provided by a Registered Psychologist, whether a referral is required, and what annual limits apply. Direct billing is available for some insurance providers.

Contact

Ready to begin the conversation?

Call or email Counterpoint Psychology with general questions or to ask about the right place to start. Pamela can respond by email or arrange a time to speak with you.

Email Pamela 902-818-1198

Bedford office

222 Waterfront Drive
Suite 103

Bedford, Nova Scotia
B4A 0H3

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The office is accessible, and there is lots of free parking on site.