Chronic Illness Therapists in Edmonton, AB

I work with individuals living with anxiety, OCD, depression, disability (short term, long term, permanent), compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, terminal/chronic illness, chronic pain, grief and loss, body image and self love, spirituality and existential issues as well as veterans and military family members.

Are you unable to find joy and happiness in your hobbies anymore? Do you think to yourself that no one understands your pain and your suffering? Chronic illness and chronic pain are not easy to handle. The struggle of figuring out what actions are worth your time seems like a blur but you know you want to 'LIVE' once more and not just survive. You want to have meaningful relationships and enjoy the activities you love once more. I work with individuals who no longer want to be held back by their physical and their mental health.

Living with chronic illness, disability, or neurodivergence is hard. Getting through the overwhelm of everyday life feels impossible. You're starting to feel like all you think about is your condition and everything it has taken away from you - work, hobbies, sleep, relationships. Your family and friends don’t get it. They try to help and probably mean well, but sometimes the dismissive way they say things makes you feel worse. You try to hide your symptoms to seem “normal” but inside, you feel like you might break.

*Chronic Illness/Rare Disease Therapist & Trauma/Grief Specialist* Everyone deserves safety, trust, and hope. These build the foundation for our belief in ourselves, connection with others, and help us to live a meaningful life. Stress, health diagnosis, and unexpected challenges can uproot us. When that happens it’s my privilege to create a safe, grounding connection to help you find your way back to a meaningful life. Through a combination of trauma-informed and evidence-based counselling interventions, I provide a soft place to land, where you are seen, heard, and can safely speak your truth on the road to healing.

I aim to create an open, respectful, and compassionate therapeutic space for people experiencing a variety of challenges. I specialize in supporting clients who are navigating chronic illness, life changes, grief, caregiving issues, and compassion fatigue.

Welcome, you have just taken the first step to healing! I have experience working with anxiety, depression, substance use, medical trauma & chronic illness, ADHD, brain injury, OCD, boundaries, career/life transitions, suicide, abuse, trauma, and PTSD. Additionally, I work with couples to help increase communication, overcome betrayal, or regulate emotions. I also work with families to increase boundaries, communication, and heal trauma. I work with Pre-teens, Teens, Adults, Elderly, Couples, and Families. I am also Indigenous and support inter-generational trauma, cultural and mental health issues for clients of all cultures.

Life isn't always easy and it doesn't always give us what we expect. We can find ourselves consumed with worry and spiraling thoughts or feeling so low and unmotivated, even getting out of bed seems tough. We can reel from the mental load and exhaustion that comes with chronic pain or chronic illness and feel overwhelmed or burdened with grief and loss or life transitions. We can be hard on ourselves and sometimes struggle to meet our goals. Things might feel hopeless - like they'll never get better. But you don't have to travel these roads alone.

I value working with adult individuals from all walks of life. I have 17 plus years working in the Addiction and Mental Health field. Whether you are feeling stuck, ambivalent or confused we can explore ways together to achieve your own hopes and dreams. I provide a safe and collaborative environment that fosters exploring change and growth. My style is warm, supportive and nurturing. I strive to treat all of my clients with unconditional acceptance and compassion. I hope we as a team together will be active in pursuing your personal goals for therapy.

Life can be confusing, frustrating, lonely, and painful. You may find yourself struggling with shame, fearfulness, sadness, anger, or even numbness - maybe it all snuck up on you, or maybe it came crashing down after a traumatic or hurtful event. If you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, and without direction, finding a supportive, knowledgeable and safe psychologist is a great first step. In your search for one, I am happy to answer any questions you have while looking for a good fit.

As a certified Child Life Specialist, I specialize in paediatric psychosocial care and emotional safety. In both healthcare and community settings, certified Child Life Specialists help infants, children, youth and families cope with the stress and uncertainty of acute and chronic illness, injury, trauma, disability, loss and bereavement. In the school system, I focus on challenging emotional behaviours for children with a multitude of diagnoses (ADHD, ODD, GAD, etc.) from pre school to junior high.

As a counselor I recognize my privilege and am honored to be a part of your journey. Working with me means that I see you as the expert of your lived experiences. At the end of the day we are all unique in our wants, needs, and desires, and what works for some does not mean it will always work for everyone. My aim is to work with you and meet you where you are at so we can figure out what is working, what needs to change, and how we can get there together. After all, this is YOUR journey. Counselling with me is a collaborative process where your voice, opinions, and experiences matter, are important, and are valid.

Sometimes our mind and body aren't in sync and can leave us feeling ill or debilitated. I strongly believe they are connected and believe that psychotherapy can be leveraged to improve their relationship for better overall health and improved quality of life. Our sessions will focus on understanding your chronic health issues, how they impact your life, and how to better manage them. It is my hope that you are an active participant in your care. For some people, their health issues have taken on a life of their own. Control is a theme of our work. Even as issues continue to happen, you can feel more empowered around your response.

Welcome to Horizon Counselling Service. I am a registered psychologist on the team who provides individual and family counselling to adults and adolescents. I specialize in chronic health, pain management, trauma and anxiety concerns such as OCD or Phobias. My goal in therapy is to help you cope with difficult thoughts and feelings so you can focus on doing the things you love and being the person you value and want to be. I work collaboratively with you, and provide a judgment free environment to work through your concerns. Horizon has psychologists, provisionals and a therapy cat available to support you depending on your needs.

Welcome! I am an empathetic, caring, and down-to-earth person, who is genuinely interested in supporting you through your journey in counselling. It is important to me that while we work together, you feel supported and accepted. Humor and sensitivity are key ingredients in establishing a successful working relationship. I believe that no two people are the same. As such, you can expect that my approach to your counselling will be as unique as you are.

I developed a keen interest in medically related problems and their psychological impact. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families. I do not restrict myself to one specific type of client. As a Psychologist, want to help them cope with the diagnosis and work with them throughout their treatment.

Nest Integrative Wellness is a team of mental health professionals focused on providing support for families transitioning into parenthood. Parents experiencing postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, intrusive thoughts, fertility struggles, grief and loss, birth trauma, post adoption support and other struggles are not alone. We can support you in enjoying the newborn days and navigating the rollercoaster of early parenthood.

I wish to help you feel safe, validated, and heard. I am curious to learn your strengths and cultural diversities and collaboratively create therapy goals based on exploring and reflecting on your lived experience. I am empathic and compassionate and have faced the reality of life’s ups and downs; in this space, all emotions, tears, and humour are honoured. As a healthcare professional, I understand the pressures of public service. I invite healthcare professionals who wish to reduce stress and learn healthy coping mechanisms to work with me, and in addition, I would like to offer my services to those with chronic pain.

Are you finding it difficult to cope with your own or a loved one’s cancer diagnosis? Although everyone’s experience of cancer is unique, several themes stand out when I reflect on the concerns clients commonly share with me: Many people are having difficulty living with the unknowns. Others share about sadness or a sense of loss of control. Almost all clients talk about the challenge of dealing with fear or worry about the future. If any of these kinds of experiences resonate with you, I invite you to reach out to me. Our work together cannot take away the diagnosis, but I can help you feel better able to cope with the experience.

I am a doctoral-level Registered Psychologist. I believe it takes a lot of courage to seek out help and support, and deeply respect people's willingness to engage in the process of therapy for healing and self-improvement. I use a collaborative approach with my clients in deciding how issues will be addressed in therapy and how problems will be approached. I work with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, stress, chronic pain, insomnia. I have extensive training and experience treating PTSD in Trauma Exposed Professionals: RCMP, Veterans, firefighters, paramedics, EMS, corrections, health-care providers