Kurtz Social Work
Kurtz Social Work provides therapy and assessment services for children, youth, and adults, with a focus on building resilience, strengthening families, and supporting mental health recovery. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, the practice offers a compassionate, trauma-informed approach that helps individuals and caregivers navigate challenges and find pathways toward healing and growth.
A Bit About Arliss
Kurtz Social Work provides therapy, assessment, and consultation services for children, youth, families, and adults. With more than 30 years of experience in mental health, child welfare, early childhood education, and forensics, Arliss Kurtz offers compassionate, evidence-informed care. The practice is committed to supporting individuals and families through challenges with respect, integrity, and professionalism, always with the goal of fostering resilience and wellbeing.
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Professional Profile
Meet Arliss Kurtz
Arliss Kurtz is an independent, registered clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience across early childhood education, child welfare, mental health, and forensic settings.
In her private practice, she primarily provides therapy and assessment services for children and youth, addressing a wide range of emotional, behavioural, social, and mental health concerns. She also works closely with caregivers to support parenting challenges and strengthen healthy family connections. Arliss has extensive experience supporting young people who have experienced trauma, abuse, adversity, or loss.
Alongside her clinical expertise, Arliss is a registered yoga teacher (RYT 200). She often integrates mindfulness, breathwork, and meditation into her sessions, offering a holistic approach that promotes resilience and well-being.
Arliss has specialized training in providing therapy for children and youth who engage in problematic or harmful sexual behaviours, as well as conducting juvenile psycho-sexual risk assessments. Her therapeutic approach is grounded in trauma-informed care and draws from multi-systemic, cognitive-behavioural, solution-focused, and strength-based models. Her work emphasizes recovery, healthy lifestyle choices, therapeutic parenting strategies, and stronger attachments between youth and their caregivers. She also collaborates with professionals across systems to ensure coordinated, compassionate support for each young person.
In addition to her clinical work, Arliss is a certified presenter of the Mental Health First Aid Standard and Basic curriculum. She offers professional development workshops tailored to staff training needs, delivered virtually or on-site.
Ethics & Professional Standards
At Kurtz Wellness, professional ethics guide every aspect of the social work practice. As a Registered Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience, Arliss Kurtz upholds the highest standards of integrity, accountability, and respect for the people and communities she serves.
Core Commitments
Confidentiality: All client information is treated with the utmost care and kept private in accordance with professional regulations.
Informed Consent: Clients are fully informed about services, goals, and processes before therapy or assessment begins.
Respect & Dignity: Every individual is valued and supported without discrimination, judgment, or bias.
Competence: Ongoing professional development ensures that practices reflect the most current knowledge, research, and best standards in the field.
Integrity in Practice: Services are delivered honestly and transparently, with clients’ best interests at the center of all decisions.
Professional Memberships & Guidelines
Arliss adheres to the ethical codes and practice standards of:
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The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW)
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The Manitoba College of Social Workers (MCSW)
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Relevant legislation and provincial regulations
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