Emotionally Focused Therapists in Calgary, AB

Located in Calgary, I am a senior Psychologist providing therapy to individuals and couples experiencing emotional and interpersonal challenges, & relationship issues (e.g., affairs, conflict, trust, communication; divorce); mental health disorders, risky/problematic substance use, and/or more general problems of living. I have advanced training in several therapeutic approaches, including, but not limited to: Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and couples therapy (Gottman method, Integrative Behavioural Couples Therapy, and Emotionally-focused Therapy). I regularly train PhD students, psychology residents, and provisional psychologists. Additionally, I have expertise working with families (and their adult children), and the assessment/treatment of adult ADHD.

I am a Registered Provisional Psychologist, and I love working with children, adolescents, adults and families. I will provide you an environment to allow you to process thoughts, feelings and/or to come up with solutions if needed. I am passionate about guiding you towards lasting positive changes and wholeness.

Braelyn is committed to helping her clients to live healthy and fulfilled lives according to their personal values and strengths. She understands how difficult it can be to begin counselling and compassionately guides clients throughout the process to help them achieve meaningful change. Braelyn views the therapeutic relationship as an essential part of the healing journey and strives to develop a trusting relationship with her clients. Her intention is to create a safe and accepting environment for clients to explore their concerns and experiences. Braelyn believes that thoughts and beliefs play a powerful role in the way we feel.

As a registered psychologist I have been working with individuals and families for over a decade. My clients face a variety of life problems including depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), work and school stress, grief and loss, family conflict, challenges with emotional regulation and relationship difficulties. My approach to therapy is person-centred, compassionate and non-pathologizing. My hope is to provide a safe space to explore your specific struggles and help you to find lasting solutions that allow for a more connected and grounded life.

I am a Clinical Psychologist with a family-focused practice and over 15 years of experience. Children, youth, families, and parents/caregivers often see me when there are concerns about behavior, sleep, anxiety, emotion regulation, family and peer relationships, adjustment (e.g., parental separation, medical diagnosis), and disrupted attachment (e.g., foster care, adoption). Adults seek my services when they have concerns and goals related to relationships, coping, and adjustment. I have worked in diverse settings including children’s hospitals, school districts, a not-for-profit organization, and my private practice.

As a therapist with a Masters degree in Counselling and as a Registered Nurse, I help people heal, change, and grow. I provide counselling for trauma, addictions, life transitions and crises, depression, anxiety, anger, childbearing issues, parenting, illness, grief, and relationship difficulties. I have post-graduate training in sensorimotor psychotherapy for the treatment of trauma. I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and a Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist. I also have training in the treatment of sex offenders.

I aim to meet my clients apart from the pretension and stigmas of the psychology world, as well as the norms of culture/society in general. Creating a space apart from all the things we think we need to be and should be allows for an authenticity to engage the obstacles in life in a new way. Therapy should not be “one size fits all” and so with the expertise that you have of your life, combined with my skills and training, we can work together to get past both the internal and external things keeping you from being more of the human you were meant to be; creating a new mental space where you can continue to grow and thrive.

If you are searching for meaning, purpose, and healing in your life, you don't have to journey alone. My approach is emotionally-focused & client-centered; I utilize mindfulness and body-integrated modalities to help you connect with your innate resources and inner knowing. Whether you are experiencing depression or anxiety, compulsive behaviours, a loud inner critic, feelings of overwhelm, or painful patterns in relationships, I will hold a light in the dark and see you through to the other side.

The Calgary Counselling and Psychology Centre is a psychology practice in South Calgary. Our psychologists have varied therapeutic orientations and clinical trainings and will work with you to find the right approach for you and your goals. As an agency, we aim to support people in reconnecting with themselves, creating meaningful relationships with others, and building a sense of empowered agency in their lives. We often work with people who are struggling with mood (e.g., anxiety and depression), navigating historical or recent trauma, feeling disconnected from themselves and others, or are looking to heal their relationships.

By taking an attachment-based and developmental lens to therapy, I believe that people have good reason for their current unhelpful responses/patterns in life. Often, these responses/patterns were developed in childhood and were functional once upon a time. However, many times people find that behaving in old ways are not serving them in new situations and with new people. Through compassion and empathy, I work with clients to cultivate awareness of the patterns that are no longer serving them, help elicit adaptive change in the areas they are struggling with, and assist them in accepting the things that they cannot control.

I am a clinical psychologist in Calgary, and provide individual, family, as well as group therapy. I also provide comprehensive psychological assessment services, as well as consultation to parents, schools, health care providers, and other professionals. My experience includes previous and current employment in the health care and educational sectors, including hospital and community settings. I typically practice from a cognitive-behavioural therapy model, and use a brief, solution focused approach to therapy. My work with couples and families tends to be more emotionally focused , attachment based, and I use a family systems approach.

Over 30 years, I have the privilege of talking to, listening to, walking with and praying for women & couples who struggle with their family, marital, and interpersonal relationships. In 2002, I graduated with a MA in counselling. Since then I have been counselling formally in the Calgary area. I love to help women to reconnect with God in their spiritual struggles and work on their relationships with others. I have journeyed with many women who experience domestic abuse. The vicious cycle has kept many in terrifying living situations. I also enjoy working with couples who love each other but have a hard time getting along.

Welcome to a space that is non-judgmental, intelligent and effective! Are you ready to feel better? Ready to learn skills and let go and reprocess messages and incidents that no longer serve you? Is it your turn to feel calmer and empowered instead of stressed, overwhelmed and stuck? If so, let's connect! Our team is proud to serve Alberta, Saskatchewan, NWT & Ontario

I am dedicated to helping people make lasting and meaningful change in their lives. I offer sincere empathy and thoughtfulness in which you can come to a deeper understanding of yourself, and feel safe, understood and accepted. Additionally I offer practical tools that you can use on your own which have been shown by research to be powerful and effective, so that you can navigate difficulties and reach your goals.

My name is Anna and I am here to offer you the relief that you have been seeking. If you are finding yourself struggling to cope, whether it be personally, at home, at work, with friends, with family, or in your personal relationships, please know that you are not alone. I offer a trauma-informed, strength-based, person-centered, emotionally-focused approach. I believe that you are the guide in your therapeutic journey and I am here to hold the flashlight as we walk, illuminating the things you might be missing, or those that need a little extra attention. I am here to walk alongside you and to provide the nudges you need to grow.

My passion in helping disconnected couples and families find their way back to each other. My work assists couples who seek that connection and experience of being seen, heard and deeply understood by their partner. I pay particular attention to those interactions where couples get stuck, and guide them to create more trust and safety in those moments where the "signals get scrambled'. My family therapy focus is informed by an attachment based, developmental approach. This is a parent coaching model that empowers parents/caregivers by grounding them in the science of attachment while providing "in the moment" strategies.

I work from a strength base perspective, specializing in individuals who have had early childhood trauma, with those who have C-PTSD, episodes of dissociation through to multiple personalities, personality disorders, ADHD or Autism, as well as with Couple and Family relationship issues. I seek to identify breakages in thought that produce skewed emotions undermining unity of being. Trauma dislodges us from ourselves. The disturbance / horror clients witnessed, needs to be answered and mended through revealing, liberating, and engaging their immense inner strength with competent care - which brings about release, freedom and healing.