Sleep or Insomnia Therapists in Red Deer, AB

Feeling really worried? Having trouble sleeping? Struggling to adjust to change? I can help. I work with adults to manage unpleasant emotions and thoughts; improve sleep ; develop decision making and problem solving skills; deal with imposter syndrome; and cope with life transitions (i.e., becoming a parent/caregiver, changing job/career, moving to a new place, retirement, relationship challenges). Together, we can make sense of your current situation and determine how you can improve your wellbeing and overall life satisfaction. I have worked with diverse populations and welcome all adults.

Lasting change often starts with developing an understanding of how we think and act during the challenges we face and learning how to respond to the difficult emotions that arise. I aim to collaboratively explore each client’s strengths and current difficulties to help develop and improve coping skills, increase flexibility in their response to stressful situations, process traumatic events, and support a meaningful change in their life. I foster a compassionate and empathetic therapeutic relationship that allows clients to feel respected, understood, and empowered.

Welcome! I am a PhD trained Clinical Psychologist. Areas of expertise are OCD, anxiety (panic, phobias, social, generalized), health fears/illness anxiety, and somatic distress.

Each story is unique and I am here to help. The foundation of therapy is built on a strong therapeutic connection. My approach to therapy is compassionate yet direct. I strive to help you uncover the best version of yourself and identify how to manage the ongoing stressors of life. I understand that each individual enters therapy at a different stage. I will help you discover how past experiences, relationships, and environments have influenced your life and current behaviours. Together we will create a new understanding and value for oneself and your journey.

Welcome! I am currently offering evening and weekend appointments.

"My ideal client is turning their focus to personal growth and healing. We all deserve a meaningful life"... Life is too short to let the past control you, the future to cause fear, to engage in bad relationships, or continuing unhealthy patterns keeping you from happiness. My wish for you is to find meaning in your life, solutions to your problems, while letting go of pain and anxiety. I do not view therapy as a one way street, where you take the role of "listener", and I of "expert". I believe all my clients are the true experts of their lives, and have solutions and hidden strengths to overcome "any and all" challenges.

Hello and thank you for reviewing my site! I possess 30 years of experience in a variety of counselling contexts. I aspire to provide each client with a meaningful experience in each session. My focus of work includes women's & men's issues, health & wellness, marital issues, infertility, phase of life, healthy boundaries, menopause, life transitions & changes, parent-teen conflict, adolescence, and relationship challenges. I work with adults, parents, teens and couples. Counselling, coaching and consulting best describe my practice with a focus on your desired change-oriented outcomes whereby healing and growth can occur.

I help people get unstuck from patterns of chaos, overwhelm, depression, isolation, unhelpful thinking, and self-sabotage so they are open to more possibilities of calmness, clarity, joy, connection, confidence, and self-worth. Providing an inclusive environment for individuals from diverse backgrounds, I offer therapy for individuals, couples, and groups to address challenges like grief/loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal challenges.

Through all my personal and professional experience it seems that the foundation for much of our suffering and of our healing is in the context of our relationships with each other. I have found that exploring and unpacking our relationship experience and expectations provides new pathways for healing. I love seeing people's excitement as they become newly aware of the thoughts and feelings of their family, their community, and even their own selves. May we find more hope together. Together may we find your pathways home.

Have you experienced trauma that is negatively impacting your daily life? Are you experiencing performance anxiety, blocks, slumps, Focal Dystonia and/or want to expand performance/creativity? Do you have behaviors associated with craving, temporary relief, and long-term negative consequences that you are unable to stop? Brainspotting locates, targets, processes, and releases trauma in the brain and body, expanding performance and creativity, from the source.

ARE TRAUMA AND EMOTIONAL INJURIES IMPACTING YOUR DAILY LIFE? The reality is, EVERY person has experienced some form of trauma or emotional injury. Whether it happened last week, last month or years ago, these events can leave us emotionally wounded, limit our perspective and stunt our growth and potential. Shame, guilt, sorrow, anger and resentment act as powerful undercurrents poisoning our ability to fulfill our hopes and dreams. Often the root of past trauma and emotional injury (either big or small events) are what poisons the potential for our future. Counselling releases you from the negative impact of trauma!

This journey through life is not always an easy one. We are faced with life-altering challenges regularly and this can cause us to become depressed, anxious, or to suffer from trauma, amongst other things. I can help make this journey smoother and more manageable. In addition to individual therapy, I also do couple's therapy. This is my chance to help a couple who is struggling through one of the hardest relationships they will ever have. I can help. I use the Gottman Method and Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy to help couples become un-stuck.

Welcome my name is Ron. I will give you a safe, relaxing place with absolute Confidentiality. I have worked in many areas of the counselling field including Program Director of a Treatment Centre, Group Therapist, Family and Codependency Therapist. I have worked as a Teacher having 25 students learning to work in the Addiction field with Dumont Technical Institute. I bring my 28 plus years of experience as a Counsellor and my personal experiences with recovery from addictions, suicide, grief, relationship issues, stress and anxiety, co-dependency, family of origin issues, emotional issues, post traumatic stress disorder.

Raising a child with emotional or behavioural challenges is overwhelming and can leave you feeling like you have failed as a parent. With my clinical experience, we can work together, on how you can enhance your relationship with your child and manage challenging behaviours. I will work with you to gain confidence and rediscover the joy of parenting. I have worked in different countries and I bring a broad range of experiences from a multitude of settings and I also work in Forensic Psychiatry.

After working in psychiatric inpatient care, community mental health, and private practice I realized that I have a deep affection & passion for helping teens and adults realize their potential, create connections, and reacquaint themselves to their inner knowing and self. It is these wonderful youth and young adults who prompted the development of my own private practice, DC Psychological Services, as well as the community-building network of Sister, Sister. Helping youth & adults manage aspects of daily living, trauma, anxiety, depression, stress, & family of origin issues is my specialty.