Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists in Edmonton, AB

Imagine how your life would be without the old fears, anxieties, stress and sadness that you have been carrying for years. Imagine life with new skills that let you cope and thrive. With therapy this new life can be yours. Therapy can help you gain insight into why you function like you do. It can help you learn what needs to change and how to change it. Therapy can help you learn to understand and manage your own emotions, and to understand and deal with the emotions of others. Therapy has been shown to work in peer reviewed studies and in the lives of many people. Therapy works, and it can work for you.

When you’re not feeling your best, things can really seem out of control, I believe that you have the power to make changes in your life, no matter the challenges. I want to help you find a realistic, and achievable path to the you that you want to be!

Are you struggling with trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD or chronic pain? Are you so overwhelmed by these unbearable problems that you dont feel like you can even cope with life? I know how you feel! I struggled with similar issues & understand how they can get so bad that you don't feel like you will EVER get through it! I know firsthand how chronic pain & trauma also lead to many other problems, including anxiety, depression & dissociation. But there IS hope & you WILL get through it! Let me teach you all I know. Let me help you live a life free from your constant battle with emotional & physical pain. We will get through this together!

Hello! I have a passion for working with emotional intensity, trauma, dissociation, and addiction. I'm also always sensitive to gender and sexuality, and my goal is to help clients establish trust in themselves and in the therapeutic relationship. Therapy is a collaborative process, so we set goals together - whether it's maintenance, getting unstuck, or acceptance, the goals start with trust, common ground, and an understanding that my approach is always nonjudgemental.

Joanna has a focus on and treats dissociative disorders in co-occurrence with trauma and stressor-related disorders, using a combination of Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). She also helps clients who come to the clinic with symptoms of de-personalization, de-realization, and dissociative identity disorder concurrent to personality disorders and addictions. Additionally, Joanna specializes in treating addictions; she uses a dual diagnosis and dual treatment approach applicable to addictions.

It takes a lot to invest in therapy - emotions, time and finance but more importantly it takes a lot of courage. Asking for help is not an easy task but when someone does, they want their therapist to be invested in their wellbeing. I believe in every individual's innate capacity to bring a positive change and improve their feelings of satisfaction and the overall quality of their lives. My goal is to provide them skills and tools that can help them achieve this change. I provide therapy to adult individuals which includes (but not limited to) Veterans, First Responders, and Motor Vehicle Accident clients.

My style of therapy is collaborative. I believe that everyone has a unique story and that although I have a lot of theoretical knowledge, you are the best source of knowledge about yourself. We will work together to understand your past and create a present and future around your determined priorities and goals. I view everyone as having a unique path for growth and it is my privilege to be included in discovering that path. I practice a non-judgemental attitude toward the past, believing that the past is part of each of us, but the present is where the work happens.

Hi, I am Candace. I specialize in working with adult women who have experienced relational trauma, using both individual and group therapy. The truth is most of my clients do not use the term "rational trauma" to describe what they have experienced. Instead, they explain that they have decided to reach out for help because they desire to take control of their lives after experiences such as intimate partner violence and maltreatment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, workplace bullying, being betrayed by someone they trusted, childhood trauma and coping with the impact of being in a narcissistic abusive relationship.

I am a Registered Provisional Psychologist that has a clinical background training in Emotional Disorders (e.g., Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Depression, and Anxiety), Sleep Disturbances, Chronic Pain and Couple Distress. Additionally, I concentrated in Child Psychology where I helped adolescents overcome childhood traumas and developmental issues.

Need help? We all do at some point in our lives. I am here to walk you through whatever problems you may be facing. I have expertise and a special interest in working with children and youth with a variety of emotional and behavioral issues, as well as, with parents who are struggling with common parenting issues including managing their child's negative behaviors and improving the relationship with their child. I also have experience working with adults who struggle with anxiety/stress, depression, poor self-esteem, body-image issues, trauma, and relationship issues.

You are not alone. At REACH we build real connections with real people walking through our door. Humor, genuine compassion and empathy are necessary for healing-especially the humor part-and combined together, they create a healing force! We know that sometimes, life is just hard. It can come out of nowhere, but know that counselling helps during the tough times. It helps us endure when we don’t think we can, helps us recover from what we’ve survived, teaches us how to gain insight about who we are and find our way back to "our normal" when we feel lost and alone. We are here for you.

Welcome! My name is Laura and I provide psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults, and couples across Alberta. My interests and experiences include working with individuals experiencing complex trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, insominia, substance use, and life transitions. I provide services in both English and Spanish and enjoy working with diverse populations using multi-cultural counselling. My therapeutic approach draws from Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Attachment-based approaches.

Complex Trauma, PTSD, ADHD, Borderline Personality Disorder & Narcissistic Abuse share a lot in common. Each can feel confusing, scary and hard to face alone. Each is associated with a set of often overlapping signals from your psyche alerting you that something deep inside needs expert care and attention for you to truly heal, feel authentic and whole, and find relief from inner suffering. Expertly listening with in-depth attunement, genuine compassion and skillful curiosity to what's going on beneath the surface inevitably reveals a path forward toward living a life enriched with a greater sense of meaning, fulfillment and ease.

I want you to know that you can feel better. The effects of patterns like depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and people-pleasing don’t need to rob you of a life lived well. Soul-sucking patterns like these gobble up your time, money, physical energy, thoughts, and the ability to focus on yourself. Life feels hard in this place. The good news is that pain is motivating! You've likely tried a bunch of things to feel better, but now your inner wisdom is whispering to you to find outside help for the inside pain, and here you are. If this resonates with you, I'd love to work together!

A crucial part of being human is gaining awareness of one’s issues to bring healing, change, and growth. My vision is to join you in your journey to self-discovery and healing as you realize your strength and resilience to develop positive and effective long-term change. I look forward to working with individuals, couples, and families impacted by trauma, resulting in anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and emotional regulation disorders.

Anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses do not need to run or ruin your life, your relationship or the life of the children you care for every day. With specific training in anxiety, trauma and PTSD, parenting, play therapy and couple's counselling I invite you to contact me for an in-person (health permitting) or online session. We can work together to develop confidence, self-esteem, peace, growth and meaning during this time. I work online and/or in person with children, teens and adults, couples, parents and families.

As the founding Director of Creating Solutions Inc. my practice reflects the Agency mission statement, "Creating strategic solutions through client capacities". My belief is, the client and their capacities are at the centre of co-constructing creative solutions to the various problems that bring them into therapy. My direct communication style is effective with clients who have been stuck in their interpersonal conflicts.