Be authentically you.

Welcome to Infinity Minds Mental Health Centre! My name is Ruth-anne and I'm a AuDHD Registered Counselling Therapist - Candidate.

As a Pluralistic NeuroAnarchistic Therapist, I centre my work from an identity-affirming trauma informed position, viewing my clients as autonomous beings with their own choices, motivations and ways of being that drive who they wish to be. Although we share the human experience - each of us is unique. This means that what we explore together is directed by your desires for yourself, informed and affected by all that you are and will be. You know yourself best, and I'm here to provide support, knowledge, skill, guidance, and a safe non-judgemental space to explore expand and shift from a positive and strength-based foundation.

As a late-discovered Autistic person, I recognize the importance of identity and its development throughout the lifespan, especially intersecting identities that define our individual and collective lives and how others see and treat us. Mental Health is so much more than self-care and individual perspective, it is also deeply affected by systemic discrimination based on ableism, racism, gendered norms, privilege and oppression in all its varieties. This is why my work always involves a focus on social justice and affecting change within the individual client, but also in the society in which they reside.

Ruth-anne Donellsen MEd, RCT-C

Hi! Welcome to Infinity Minds Mental Health

Ruth-anne integrates lived experiences of self and others with educational insights, employing relevant evidence-based methods to form the core of my practice. Committed to client-driven, strength-based therapy, I collaborate closely to customize approaches that transcend traditional talk-therapy, and can incorporate a more pragmatic focus.

My inclusive approach caters to adults navigating diverse intersections of identity, encompassing culture, religiosity, gender, communication, disability, and socioeconomic factors. Operating from a non-judgmental, anti-ableist, neurodiversity, and gender-affirming stance.

I provide a trauma-informed, safe, and supportive environment. Sessions with me offer a diverse range of techniques, adapting to your preferences, limitations, and needs. This may include in-office or virtual therapy, text messaging, movement therapy, creative arts, skill development, advocacy, boundary work, coaching, and more.

Prioritizing accessibility, I encourage the use of alternative communication forms for those with varied use and access to speech. Any suggestions to enhance our time together are encouraged. I offer single-session, short-term and long-term counselling depending on need, topics addressed, and resources. Local house calls may be possible.

New Centre Services

Expanding to better support our clients and community

∞Direct Billing∞

We are now able to directly bill a LIMITED number of insurance providers via Telus E-Claims.

These include:

Alberta Blue Cross
Beneva
BPA
Canadian Construction Workers Union (C.C.W.U.)
Chambers of Commerce (Johnston Group)
CINUP (Johnston Group)
ClaimSecure
Coughlin & Associates Ltd.
Cowan (Express Scripts Canada)
D.A. Townley
Equitable
First Canadian (Johnston Group)
GMS Carriers 49 and 50 (Express Scripts Canada)
Industrial Alliance
Johnston Group
LiUNA Local 183
LiUNA Local 506
Manulife Financial
Maximum Benefit (Johnston Group)
MDM Insurance Services
People Corporation
Simply Benefits
TELUS AdjudiCare
Union Benefits
UV Insurance

For all other providers, full receipts are issued after payment is received in full for you to submit for reimbursement.

∞No Cost Peer Support Services∞

Peer Volunteer: Kendra (she/her)

Kendra studied at the University of Victoria, receiving her Bachelor of Social Work. Working for many years in the field of Mental Health and Addiction. She is proud to use her lived experience as an Autistic + ADHD individual to support others who identify as being neurodivergent and are facing challenges at work, school, or in their personal lives. Kendra is mildly obsessed with her niece and nephew, poetry, trees, and flowers, and currently lives in the HRM. Below are some of the supports Kendra can provide.

Coaching and Advocacy

As a Volunteer Coach, Kendra offers coaching/advocacy services. She can chat with clients over video using Google Meet and communicate by phone, text, or email. If the client needs to create a weekly or monthly calendar to track tasks, appointments, or deadlines. She can help them develop a calendar, break tasks into smaller steps, or look for creative ways to solve problems.

Kendra can help research available services, look up contact information, support clients as they are navigating services, and assist with paperwork and applications. Kendra is also an excellent advocate and has a great deal of knowledge surrounding asking for accommodations at work or school.

Accountability Text Check-ins

Clients can text Kendra at a predetermined time in the morning with their intentions for that day/week/specific task. Later in the day/evening, she will text them back at a predetermined time to discuss how their day went. I can celebrate accomplishments, or if they encounter barriers, we can break them down and see if we can approach the task in another way.

Body Doubling

Ever feel like having someone around might help you get those to-do tasks you despise off your list? Body doubling simply means doing a task in the presence of another person. The other person may help with the task, such as when a couple or housemates do housework together. They may work on the same task, but independently, such as when friends do homework together. Or they might simply be present, listening to music or quietly performing an unrelated task. Kendra can serve as a body double for clients to provide that additional presence to make the task easier to accomplish and feel less daunting.

Currently Accepting New Clients 19+ in Nova Scotia.
Infinity Minds Mental Health Centre is located in the Annapolis Valley. Sessions are offered via virtual tele-health throughout Nova Scotia, and in-person for clients in the Greenwood area. For those in other locations across Canada, please contact us to see if Ruth-anne is able to provide services in your area as some provinces have regulations which restrict this. No international clients at this time). The Greenwood Mall 2nd floor location is not accessible to those unable to use stairs. For those with limited mobility AND ability to access virtual services (local area only), in-home sessions "house calls" may be possible depending on location and other factors. Use the form below to request more information.

Fees & Services

$130

50 min sessions

$180

80 min sessions

$130/hr and up

Consultations with Parent or Professional

No Cost Peer Support (NS Clients only)

Body Doubling

Advocacy, Executive Functioning and Communication Supports and more.

Ruth-anne offers weekly and bi-weekly counselling appointments. Offering both short-term and long-term counselling in-person or virtual sessions - so whether you have something you wish to share with someone in a one-and-done appointment, or whether you're looking for someone to debrief with regularly that you can develop a trusting relationship with and see over the longterm. Ruth-anne offers 60 and 90 minute sessions weekly or bi-weekly standard. Require other arrangements? We are happy to accommodate sessions to meet clients needs as long as it doesn't compromise our ability to offer beneficial, ethical and safe service. Please don't hesitate to ask for what you need so we can explore options together.

Peer volunteers will assist you on an individualized schedule according to your needs and their availability.

***If you would like to apply to volunteer with us to offer Peer Support, please use the form below to contact us. Volunteers must identify as Autistic, ADHD, or multiply neurodivergent (self-dx accepted) AND be far enough along their self-discovery journey that they're feeling positive, comfortable and confident in their own neurodivergent identity and self-understanding.

Volunteers can offer any type of service they are competent and skilled to offer - this is not limited to what is advertised currently, or what is typically classified as "mental health support". We would like to be able to offer a wide variety of supports and services that could be useful to our community members, and these will change often (we hope) since they will be based on the strengths and skills of our current pool of volunteers. (Need for these offerings may vary, so we don't guarantee you will have peers to support at all times)***

We strongly encourage all clients to specify as clearly as possible in their intake form all of their environmental, physical, and emotional needs/requests within the counselling environment that would make the experience a better one. We are happy to make adjustments, as possible, to ensure you can get the most benefit from our time together.

As a RCT Candidate, Ruth-anne is under the supervision of Brenda Johnson MEd, RCT, CCC, MTA

Important Links

NSCCT has requested that all Registered Counselling Therapists add the following informational links to their website following the recommendations of the Mass Casualties Commission in order to empower clients.