Consulting Services

Social Work Consultant 

  • Consultation on child and youth mental health concerns and school social work practice. 

Clinical Supervision for New Social Workers (< 5 years in clinical practice)

  • Supervision support for new/recent clinical social workers in the field 

Qualitative Research Consultant 

  • Qualitative research design 
  • Survey and interview question development 
  • Data analysis 
  • Ethics considerations 
  • Transcription Support/Services (Equipped with Nvivo Software and Transcription software)
  • Scoping reviews 
  • Manuscript writing

Publications

Fearing, G., Fearing-Afflick, G., Burosch, S., & Grose, T. (2025). Teaching Note—Proposing a School Social Work Practice Course for Master of Social Work Students: Call for a Canadian Perspective. Journal of Social Work Education, 61(3), 501–508. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2025.2484484

Fearing, G. (2024). Caregivers’ help-seeking for child and adolescent mental health: A look into their journey through the lens of mental health literacy. Children and Youth Services Review, 158, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107479

Fearing, G., Sheppard, C., McDonald, L., Beaulieu, M., & Hitzig, S. (2017). A systematic review on community-based interventions for elder abuse and neglect. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 29(2-3).

Fearing, G., Barwick, M., & Kimber, M. (2013). Clinical transformation: manager’s perspective of evidence-based practice implementation. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 41(4), 455-468. doi: 10.1007/s10488-013-0481-9 (online first).

Publications – Invited Manuscript Collaborations

Alaggia, R., Csiernik, R., & Fearing, G. (2023). Coming Home: Rediscovering the Family in Addition Treatment in Canada. In Responding to the Oppression of Addiction. [Book Chapter]

Kourgiantakis, T., Ashcroft, R., Mohamud, F., Fearing, G., & Sanders, J. (2021). Family focused practices in addictions: A scoping review. Journal of Social Work Practice in Addictions, 21(1), 18-53.

Mishna, F., Sanders, J., McNeil, S., Fearing, G., & Kalenteridis, K. (2020). “If somebody is different”: A critical analysis of parent, teachers and student perspectives on bullying and cyberbullying. Children and Youth Services Review, 118, 105366.

Ashcroft, R., Kourgiantakis, T., Fearing, G., Robertson, T., & Brown, J.B. Social Work’s Scope of Practice in Primary Mental Health Care: A Scoping Review. (2018). The British Journal of Social Work, 7(11).

Mishna, F., Regehr, C., Lacombe-Duncan, A., Daciuk, J., Fearing, G., Van Wert, M. (2018). Social media, cyber-aggression, and student mental health on a university campus. Journal of Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/09638237.2018.1437607

Kimber, M., Barwick, M., & Fearing, G. (2012). Becoming an evidence-based service provider: Staff perceptions and experiences of organizational change. The Journal of Behavioural Health Services and Research, 39(3), 314-332.

Barwick, M., Kimber, M., & Fearing, G. (2011). Shifting sands: A case study of process change in scaling up for evidence-based practice. The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, 10(8), 97-114.