Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists in Edmonton, AB
I have 14 years of progressive experience delivering trauma-specific care in community/clinical mental health, hospital (University of Alberta ICU/Burn Unit), and private practice. I have specialized training in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) and trauma. This can range from treating single traumatic events to the more complex histories of adverse childhood experiences, other relational traumas and attachment issues, to psychosis and dissociative disorders. I have experience with people of all sexual orientations and many ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
I have 14 years of progressive experience delivering trauma-specific care in community/clinical mental health, hospital (University of Alberta ICU/Burn Unit), and private practice. I have specialized training in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) and trauma. This can range from treating single traumatic events to the more complex histories of adverse childhood experiences, other relational traumas and attachment issues, to psychosis and dissociative disorders. I have experience with people of all sexual orientations and many ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
You're always someone worth caring for - can't stress that one enough. Therapy is an invitation to explore your relationships with others, with yourself; to find safety and meaning, in whatever that looks like. For some folks, that means negotiating the things that used to work but no longer do, for others that might be truly feeling like they can feel safe with themselves.
You're always someone worth caring for - can't stress that one enough. Therapy is an invitation to explore your relationships with others, with yourself; to find safety and meaning, in whatever that looks like. For some folks, that means negotiating the things that used to work but no longer do, for others that might be truly feeling like they can feel safe with themselves.
Angela MacLeod - Unstuck Psychological
Psychologist, RPsych, MACP
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Edmonton, AB T6W
Waitlist for new clients
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!
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!
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.
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.
Trauma Therapy - Equine Haven Therapy Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, RCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Many people who find their way to me arrive feeling a sense of confusion about who they are. Often having experienced a life of pain inflicted by those who were meant to offer safety and protection, they find themselves wanting connection and closeness and yet feel a block in being able to trust others. They may not be sure how to have the type of relationship they want; perhaps those familiar feelings of shame and fear surface, causing anger to flare and strains their relationships.
Many people who find their way to me arrive feeling a sense of confusion about who they are. Often having experienced a life of pain inflicted by those who were meant to offer safety and protection, they find themselves wanting connection and closeness and yet feel a block in being able to trust others. They may not be sure how to have the type of relationship they want; perhaps those familiar feelings of shame and fear surface, causing anger to flare and strains their relationships.
Are you going through something emotionally painful? Experiencing anxiety, panic, depression, or addiction? I will work efficiently and effectively with you to find the root of your struggles, so you can put an end to your suffering and find permanent resolution to the problems you are experiencing. I use a highly specialized approach that can help restore happiness and clarity in your life, regardless of how complex or upsetting your situation may be.
Are you going through something emotionally painful? Experiencing anxiety, panic, depression, or addiction? I will work efficiently and effectively with you to find the root of your struggles, so you can put an end to your suffering and find permanent resolution to the problems you are experiencing. I use a highly specialized approach that can help restore happiness and clarity in your life, regardless of how complex or upsetting your situation may be.
Dr. Robin Chamberlain
Psychologist, PsyD, RPsych
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Edmonton, AB T6W
Waitlist for new clients
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!
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!
Justin Long
Psychologist, MCP, RPsych
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Edmonton, AB T6E
Waitlist for new clients
Hello! You are likely here to find a therapist, which is not an easy task. I hope to make it as easy as possible for you to see if I might be a good fit, and if we aren't, I'll help you to find a therapist who is. Fit with your therapist is a very important part of what makes therapy successful, and helping you find successful treatment at the end of the day is what is important to me.
Hello! You are likely here to find a therapist, which is not an easy task. I hope to make it as easy as possible for you to see if I might be a good fit, and if we aren't, I'll help you to find a therapist who is. Fit with your therapist is a very important part of what makes therapy successful, and helping you find successful treatment at the end of the day is what is important to me.
Latoya Taneisha Reid
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, Dip Ed
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Edmonton, AB T6E
Difficult days are inevitable on life’s journey. You may be having challenges in a relationship, struggling to cope with a past or recent trauma, be a victim of abuse, bullying or race based trauma, going through a divorce or separation, worried about your relationship with children or other family members, experiencing anxiety, self-doubt, depression, stress, grief or just going through a difficult period of your life. Whatever the challenge or struggle, you don’t have to suffer in silence. IT IS OK TO NOT BE OK!! Reassuringly, there is collaborative support available to get you through.
Difficult days are inevitable on life’s journey. You may be having challenges in a relationship, struggling to cope with a past or recent trauma, be a victim of abuse, bullying or race based trauma, going through a divorce or separation, worried about your relationship with children or other family members, experiencing anxiety, self-doubt, depression, stress, grief or just going through a difficult period of your life. Whatever the challenge or struggle, you don’t have to suffer in silence. IT IS OK TO NOT BE OK!! Reassuringly, there is collaborative support available to get you through.
Psychotherapy creates a safe place where issues and difficulties can be put on the table and looked at - with no judgement, with patience and courage. My job is to help you face and accept yourself, to take responsibility for your self in a way that safeguards your integrity. Psychotherapy is private. Psychotherapy should help you look closely at the tough stuff. It is not always easy but it should honour both your humanness and your dignity. There is a Paul Preston out there that advocates spanking (that's not me).
Psychotherapy creates a safe place where issues and difficulties can be put on the table and looked at - with no judgement, with patience and courage. My job is to help you face and accept yourself, to take responsibility for your self in a way that safeguards your integrity. Psychotherapy is private. Psychotherapy should help you look closely at the tough stuff. It is not always easy but it should honour both your humanness and your dignity. There is a Paul Preston out there that advocates spanking (that's not me).
Maia Mazanishvili
Registered Provisional Psychologist, BA, MSc, CCC
Verified Verified
Edmonton, AB T5K
Registered Provisional Psychologist. PhD Psychology student. Educator with expertise in Mental Health Management,Supervision,Trauma informed Leadership,Clinical Consultation & Therapy. 18 years in the field of Psychodiagnostcs,Psychotherapy, and Counseling, specializing in Complex Trauma, Personality Disorders, justce/correctons/forensics & military psychology, Substance Dependence, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Chronic illness, Suicidal ideation. Using: Object Relations therapy, CBT,DBT,ABA, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy,Attachment, Family Systems, Narrative Psychotherapy,MI, Theraplay and culturally sensitive biopsychosocial approach.
Registered Provisional Psychologist. PhD Psychology student. Educator with expertise in Mental Health Management,Supervision,Trauma informed Leadership,Clinical Consultation & Therapy. 18 years in the field of Psychodiagnostcs,Psychotherapy, and Counseling, specializing in Complex Trauma, Personality Disorders, justce/correctons/forensics & military psychology, Substance Dependence, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Chronic illness, Suicidal ideation. Using: Object Relations therapy, CBT,DBT,ABA, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy,Attachment, Family Systems, Narrative Psychotherapy,MI, Theraplay and culturally sensitive biopsychosocial approach.
Meet Our Dissociative Disorders (DID) Counsellors
I help people who are struggling with life transitions (e.g. job/career, family, relationship, loss) and recovery (e.g. trauma, depression, stress/anxiety, isolation). I am pleased to work with mature minors and adults, and have experience making therapy a "port of entry" for you to engage and achieve your goals. My office is located at the Ritchie Mill Building, near the corner of Saskatchewan Drive and Gateway Blvd, and I am available during daytime office hours. Free 2 hour parking.
I help people who are struggling with life transitions (e.g. job/career, family, relationship, loss) and recovery (e.g. trauma, depression, stress/anxiety, isolation). I am pleased to work with mature minors and adults, and have experience making therapy a "port of entry" for you to engage and achieve your goals. My office is located at the Ritchie Mill Building, near the corner of Saskatchewan Drive and Gateway Blvd, and I am available during daytime office hours. Free 2 hour parking.
You deserve therapy that meets you where you are at! I’m Milo – I provide a safe, welcoming space for you to feel your feelings and be yourself. I offer sessions in my Edmonton office, walking outside, or virtually across Alberta. I blend trauma-informed practice, nature & forest therapy, narrative therapy, and IFS-informed Parts Work to make being human a little easier.
You deserve therapy that meets you where you are at! I’m Milo – I provide a safe, welcoming space for you to feel your feelings and be yourself. I offer sessions in my Edmonton office, walking outside, or virtually across Alberta. I blend trauma-informed practice, nature & forest therapy, narrative therapy, and IFS-informed Parts Work to make being human a little easier.
Hi, my name is Candace, and I specialize in working with women who have experienced relational trauma. Most of my clients don’t use that term instead, they talk about childhood abuse, sexual trauma, domestic violence, or experiencing narcissistic abuse. They share stories of pain, manipulation, and survival. Many of my clients feel stuck in self-doubt, shame, and overwhelm, struggling to trust themselves or others after betrayal and manipulation. They carry unprocessed trauma, battling anxiety, low self-worth, and unhealthy relationship patterns that leave them feeling unseen, unheard, and unworthy of real love and safety.
Hi, my name is Candace, and I specialize in working with women who have experienced relational trauma. Most of my clients don’t use that term instead, they talk about childhood abuse, sexual trauma, domestic violence, or experiencing narcissistic abuse. They share stories of pain, manipulation, and survival. Many of my clients feel stuck in self-doubt, shame, and overwhelm, struggling to trust themselves or others after betrayal and manipulation. They carry unprocessed trauma, battling anxiety, low self-worth, and unhealthy relationship patterns that leave them feeling unseen, unheard, and unworthy of real love and safety.
I am a psychologist with over 10 years of training in counselling psychology and a decade of clinical experience. I work with individuals, couples, and families in managing a variety of different concerns and difficulties; including, trauma, depression, anxiety, interpersonal challenges, self-esteem, perfectionism, family-of-origin difficulties, relationship problems, and identity development. I work collaboratively with my clients and provide emotional, and spiritual safety, by seeking to understand each client's personal experiences, beliefs, and worldview.
I am a psychologist with over 10 years of training in counselling psychology and a decade of clinical experience. I work with individuals, couples, and families in managing a variety of different concerns and difficulties; including, trauma, depression, anxiety, interpersonal challenges, self-esteem, perfectionism, family-of-origin difficulties, relationship problems, and identity development. I work collaboratively with my clients and provide emotional, and spiritual safety, by seeking to understand each client's personal experiences, beliefs, and worldview.
I am located in Edmonton and offer both in person and telephonic counselling sessions. I use counselling styles that focus on your strengths to empower you to create the desired changes in your life. I am a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with over 25 years experience working in the human service field. My professional experience has focused on supporting military members and families, supporting veterans, supporting caregivers, bereavement support and supporting addiction recovery. I have a Masters in Counselling and I am a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).
I am located in Edmonton and offer both in person and telephonic counselling sessions. I use counselling styles that focus on your strengths to empower you to create the desired changes in your life. I am a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with over 25 years experience working in the human service field. My professional experience has focused on supporting military members and families, supporting veterans, supporting caregivers, bereavement support and supporting addiction recovery. I have a Masters in Counselling and I am a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).
I have a very rational and direct approach to counselling; I will say it how I see it, but with a sense of humor if appropriate. My knowledge and experience is well suited for clients that are dealing either with trauma (especially sexual violence or childhood abuse), or would like to have more effective thoughts and behaviours. Healing is not easy, but by looking at what can change, and what could be accepted, clients often find a new balance that helps their thoughts and feelings become more adaptive, helpful, and much less painful. I am currently taking clients in person or online.
I have a very rational and direct approach to counselling; I will say it how I see it, but with a sense of humor if appropriate. My knowledge and experience is well suited for clients that are dealing either with trauma (especially sexual violence or childhood abuse), or would like to have more effective thoughts and behaviours. Healing is not easy, but by looking at what can change, and what could be accepted, clients often find a new balance that helps their thoughts and feelings become more adaptive, helpful, and much less painful. I am currently taking clients in person or online.
I absolutely love working with clients who are navigating trauma and learning to process big emotions. Life is incredibly complex, and being able to hold space for you in this way is an honour.
I absolutely love working with clients who are navigating trauma and learning to process big emotions. Life is incredibly complex, and being able to hold space for you in this way is an honour.
If you visit Rediscover Psychological Services you can expect a safe and supportive environment to tell your story. You already have a great deal of strength and resilience from all the storms you've had to weather through life’s messiness. It is understood that you wish to be heard, understood and validated because we all walk a similar rocky path at some point in our humanness.
If you visit Rediscover Psychological Services you can expect a safe and supportive environment to tell your story. You already have a great deal of strength and resilience from all the storms you've had to weather through life’s messiness. It is understood that you wish to be heard, understood and validated because we all walk a similar rocky path at some point in our humanness.
Hello! I am a Registered Psychologist and I am passionate about working with teens and adults who have experienced trauma, sports related concerns, and challenges in life, and helping them to overcome the impacts of these challenges. I believe the relationships and experiences in our lives influence our development and belief systems and inform the way we interact with our environment and the people in it. Understanding the impacts of experiences clients have had allows me to appreciate their journey while creating safety in a therapeutic relationship.
Hello! I am a Registered Psychologist and I am passionate about working with teens and adults who have experienced trauma, sports related concerns, and challenges in life, and helping them to overcome the impacts of these challenges. I believe the relationships and experiences in our lives influence our development and belief systems and inform the way we interact with our environment and the people in it. Understanding the impacts of experiences clients have had allows me to appreciate their journey while creating safety in a therapeutic relationship.
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How does therapy for dissociative disorders work?
Dissociation may be triggered by stress or other upsetting circumstances, and therapy can address the traumatic events at the core of an individual’s dissociation. Understanding why a person may dissociate can help the therapist and the individual come up with alternative methods of coping. A person with a dissociative disorder may get stuck on negative thinking, for example, and treatment like cognitive behavioral therapy is a gold standard for breaking such thinking. And dialectical behavior therapy, for example, can help a person manage their anguish through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for dissociative disorders?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic, schema therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful memories and past traumas. These therapies work to integrate an individual's different identities into one person.
Are there specific medications for dissociation?
There are no specific medications prescribed for dissociative disorders. However, psychosis, depression, anxiety, and/or panic often co-occur in dissociative disorders. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for any accompanying symptom—which may include antipsychotics like aripiprazole, antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or anti-anxiety drugs like benzodiazepines.
How often and how long are therapy sessions?
Like any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. There are still other patients, especially those who have co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, who may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months.