I specialize in treating anxiety disorders, depression, and chronic interpersonal difficulties, using a thoughtful integration of several models of therapy including acceptance and commitment, cognitive behavioral, dialectical-behavioural, emotion-focused, and short-term psychodynamic approaches. My focus is on improving client insight into why their relationships can become a struggle, teaching coping skills, and helping clients to clarify the nature of their emotional reactions so that they can successfully manage these reactions, and perhaps even learn from them.

You feel disconnected from your inherent capacity to achieve your goals. The voice in your head isn't helping, it's holding you back. The things you're saying to yourself hurt and prevent you from feeling empowered. It's like you're not a central part of the team at work, in sport, or in your relationships. In fact, it's like you're playing against yourself. You try to make changes and once again find yourself on the sidelines of your own life. Perhaps things aren't dire, but you know things could be better. It's not that there's something wrong with you, but something just doesn't feel right.

I am constantly amazed at the resilience we all show, as we navigate our lives amidst the challenges that invariably arise! Sometimes the demands on us outweigh the resources we have available in that moment. It takes a courageous person to recognize the need for, and to request and accept, support. I am honoured every time clients invite me to join them along their journeys toward improved insight, skill, interaction, and overall living.

I think everyone should have a therapist. I realize how self-serving that sounds, but if we see a medical doctor on a regular basis (yes, you should do that too!) for our physical health, why wouldn’t we have someone in our pocket for mental health as well? If there is a stigma around mental health, there is stigma of having a therapist as well. I regularly meet with people that have never accessed a mental health professional and after one session you can see the anxiety leave them as I help take away those social pressures and instead focus on you, that’s what I want, to be team YOU!

Finding the right fit of counsellor can be one of the most important factors in a therapeutic relationship. I am dedicated and passionate about helping people create lasting change in their lives and do my best to tailor my services to each individual client. I have special interest in working with youth and families, challenges with mental health, life transitions, relationship struggles, as well stress related responses to traumatic events such as childhood abuse or car accidents. I am committed to collaborating with my clients to empower them to make the desired shifts in their lives.

Throughout my years as a social worker and now as a therapist I have come to realize that everyone’s normal looks different and there is no one size fits all. Appreciating a person’s uniqueness, beliefs and aligning with their values is paramount to helping meet someone where they are at. As a therapist I feel that building a relationship with you is the most important aspect of helping you move forward in your journey. Perhaps you are struggling with a problem/issue that is getting in the way of living your best life?

Feeling anxious, stressed out, overwhelmed, or like the coping tools you've learned in the past aren't working for you right now? I understand that it can be hard to reach out to someone for help. I can help you find positive ways to manage whatever is holding you back in life so that you can get back to truly living. Whether it's worry, stress, anxiety, overwhelm, indecision, depression, self-esteem, or a life transition - let's chat so we can make life more manageable for you again.

Thank you for viewing my profile. I feel privileged to work with people who are willing to reveal who they really are in order to help themselves grow and change. It is through the process of self-discovery, reflection, and willingness to make changes that we are able to come closer to being our authentic selves. Gaining insight into your situation, learning about yourself and the issue you are facing, and developing new ways of coping with life's challenges are part of that process.

Have you ever heard that a fish is the last to discover water? Sometimes individuals are so embedded in their mindsets that they can become blind to seeing their lives in any other way. We all have our individual way of seeing our lives, but sometimes this special lens through which we look at life can be limiting. Using evidence-based psychotherapies, I hope to provide you with new ways of seeing and being in your world. There are specific, efficacious tools to help people escape the feeling of being trapped in anxiety, depression or other personal or relationship issue.

At times life can become complicated by stress and adversity which is difficult to navigate on our own. My counselling philosophy is grounded in the knowledge that everyone has strengths and resources that can help them thrive and all of us need genuine caring relationships to live our best lives. Unfortunately, the challenges in our lives can cause us to lose sight of our strengths and strain key relationships leaving us feeling lost, confused and overwhelmed. At these times, counselling can help to explore these thoughts and feelings, identify meaningful solutions and restore hope and overall resilience.

Life can be hard sometimes and sometimes we don't have the map or skills to know how to deal with it. We all have blind spots that counselling can help with. I commend you for taking this step. As a counselling psychologist, I can help you learn how to cultivate a healthier relationship with yourself and those closest to you. I have worked successfully with a wide range of adults from top performers and working professionals and leaders, to post-secondary students, artists and sensitive souls facing a variety of life transitions.

Is your life all you want it to be? Are you struggling to make changes on your own and it just ISN'T working? I offer skilled and compassionate counselling in a non-judgmental, safe and confidential environment where you can share your concerns, gain perspective and learn specific, targeted tools to help you navigate life's challenges, improve wellness and heal and move past life's difficulties. Working from a person-centered, holistic approach I blend cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic (including attachment focused) and interpersonal therapies to individualize the best care for you.

In my practice a core value and focus is to help you achieve a balance in overall health and wellbeing. I truly believe that with support, personal exploration and reflection that we all have the ability to build resiliency and bounce back from adversity. In my work with individuals and families I draw from both my professional and personal experience to engage with individuals on meaningful, collaborative, and supportive levels. My goal is to support you in overcoming life's adversity by setting goals, working towards improving your overall wellness, and to decrease stress in your life.

Life can be challenging and although we may be able to cope with the majority of difficulties that come our way sometimes an issue arises that feels too difficult to manage on our own. This may be a problem within ourselves, our relationships or a situation which is seemingly beyond our control. Let me support you in tapping into your natural strengths and resiliency to overcome the problem that is facing you today. We can work together to find the solution that will work the best for you.

I am a Registered Psychologist in Alberta and the Northwest Territories dedicated to offering compassionate, warm and attentive support in-person and by video. With dignity and respect we can approach the troublesome barriers, pain or patterns keeping you stuck. Together we can explore and restore what is valued and meaningful, whether that be related to improving your personal well-being or your relationships. I am proud to offer a safe and confidential space for diverse individuals including sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ2S+), as well as individuals from various religious, spiritual, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.

My focus involves providing treatment to individuals, couples, and families coping with and recovering from traumatic events. I serve a high number of first responders and public safety personnel but my door is open to anyone who wants to understand themselves in a deeper way to live a more fruitful and fulfilling life. I have extensive clinical experience working with culturally diverse individuals and families coping with severe emotional and behavioral problems stemming from trauma, poverty, substance dependency, foster care, child welfare involvement, blending families, and immigration, among other life stressors.

Christina has an amazing range of experience that she brings to the counselling relationship from years of working in school, residential, community, and private-practice settings. Her areas of expertise include Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), trauma, attachment, depression, anxiety, self esteem, self harm, family conflict, parenting and relationships. While she works with clients from all walks and stages of life, she has a special interest in adolescent, parenting, and family work. She takes a client-centered approach, and infuses solution-focused, narrative, cognitive-behavioural, and art-therapy principles.

In relationships when great sex (or any intimacy at all) is a distant memory, communication becomes stuck, and a feeling of closeness is longed for again, these become signs that a different approach is needed to end the frustration and renew aliveness. The desire for intimacy, to feel connected, and to matter are key aspects of who we are as human beings.

My practice, over the years, has become more and more attuned to problems of conflict and issues of violence. As a trained child psychologist, I have seen first hand the raw damage an emotional injury continues to create. As a clinician, it has not been unusual for me to see the same sorts of trauma: yet locked away in one's memory, living on in current behaviour. This is what conflict can do. The issues just seem to keep on repeating themselves, inevitably with the same unfortunate outcomes. (My role sometimes is the Life Coach who becomes a personal guide.)