Odyssey Health Services is committed to the provision high quality, evidence-based services.
Odyssey Health Services provides a broad spectrum of services ranging from complex, multidisciplinary assessment and treatment (integrating medical and behavioural science) to psychological/behavioural assessment and treatment.
A collection of resources suggested by the team at Odyssey Health Services that relate to our overall approach.
Our Mission
We are passionate about using the best that science has to offer to help people achieve a more meaningful life. For more than 20 years, the most challenging work related disability issues have become our successes. We help our patients to reclaim their lives and move towards what matters to them most.
Odyssey Health Services – Available in the Comfort of Your Home
Since the news of COVID-19 first broke, Odyssey Health Services, a division of J Marlin and Associates Inc., has focused on protecting the health and wellbeing of our employees, families, patients, customers, suppliers and our communities, as well as ensuring our ability to continue business operations. Like most organizations, our emphasis has been on preparedness.
Odyssey Health Services is following the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and we believe we are well positioned to meet the challenges of this pandemic for several reasons, including:
- Our patients remain safe and comfortable receiving treatment in their own home.
- We have had a long-standing work from home policy for all of our staff that enables our employees to work remotely, without disruption, to fully serve the needs of our patients and our customers.
- We have been using a health compliant, web based video conferencing platform to deliver our services for several years. Our clinicians and administrative staff have both the training, experience and tools necessary to fully utilize this platform.
- Our knowledgeable team is committed to delivering evidence-based services with respect, compassion and integrity to our patients and our customers.
- Our clinical teams are comprised of licensed health care providers including Registered Psychologists, Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Kinesiologists in addition to Behavioural Therapists who work under the direct supervision of a Psychologist.
- We are able to provide our services across Canada even in the most remote locations, ensuring accessibility for all Canadians.
We are so fortunate to be able to conduct our business from our homes. To the health-care workers, emergency service providers, airline and transit personnel, retail employees and others on the front lines, we thank you wholeheartedly for your important work.
Our Benefits
Our services are accessible and we strive to provide an initial appointment within 5-10 business days following a call to our office or our receipt of a referral.
Our treatment is goal oriented and we monitor an individual’s progress in a very structured manner in order to determine whether we are being effective.
Our services are cost effective both in terms of reducing the duration individual’s suffering and reducing costs associated with work accommodation, absenteeism and work disability.
Our treatment focusses on improving an individuals level of daily functioning so that they can return to activities that they previously enjoved including a return to meaningful, gainful emplovment.
We have worked extensively with employers and have significant expertise in return to work planning and implementation.
We can provide vocational assistance for clients who are not currently employed.
We understand issues related to absenteeism and disability and are able to help navigate through that system.
