LivingPotential  provides wholistic health and wellness services in addiction, substance abuse and mental health in the Greater Sudbury Area and Rainbow District.

LivingPotential owner James Bolan brings over 20 years of professional and lived experience in delivering ethical Counselling services, providing ADAT assessments, groups facilitation and case management to clientelle he services.

Incorporating a wholistic approach (Physical/Mental/Social/Spiritual), we employ both Western and Indigenous cultural approaches including Medicine Wheel Teachings, Seven Grandfathers Teaching, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), Emotion Focused Family Therapy, Motivational, Resistance and Solution Focused Interviewing and Trauma Informed Counselling.

LivingPotential has partnered with many local agencies over the years including NOAH's Space, Greater Sudbury Police Services, and SACY to work with the Rainbow District School Board.  One joint venture focused on the PASS Pilot Project (Positive Alternatives to School Suspensions). Students of Sudbury Secondary School who become suspended (5 days or less) were provided with a unique opportunity to experience positive alternatives to suspension. With a variety of informative, motivational and psycho-educational workshops being facilitated by LivingPotential and agency partners, the youth experienced and gained new insights, and valuable life teachings. With emphasis on students' responsibility and accountability; facilitators built on students' strengths and interests as they nurture self-worth, healthier choice-making and respectable social and life skills .Visit the link below of the Rainbow District School Board Media Release:

http://www.rainbowschools.ca/news/2014/31053.php

This form of intervention support strategy for suspended students is the first of its kind in Ontario to be piloted. We are excited, proud and grateful to be an integral and contributing partner in helping our youth to live better, more rewarding and healthy lives.