Melissa Sawers
Melissa is a Registered Psychologist with a Masters of Counselling.
Melissa believes that engaging in a collaborative, therapeutic process can help people live happier, healthier, more productive lives. Melissa utilizes a client-centered, holistic approach that can include elements of Solution Focused Therapy, Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotion Focused Therapy.
Melissa has extensive experience working with children, youth, and families in both educational and mental health environments.
Melissa has specialized experience providing family therapy services and working with family units to manage problems more effectively and improve coping and communication skills. Additionally, she is passionate about Perinatal Mental Health and is certified to work with pregnant and new mothers.
Melissa has training in:
Melissa focuses on building a warm, supportive environment that allows clients to identify and disrupt unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, replacing them with more positive patterns to promote health and wellness. Melissa excels at working with children and collaborates with their support networks to encourage new ways of framing and dealing with difficulties or challenges.
Lisa Thompson
Registered Psychologist
Lisa is a Registered Psychologist, with a Masters of Counselling and Art Therapy.
Lisa works with children, youth, couples, and families.
When offered the security and support of the therapeutic relationship, Lisa believes clients can identify inner strengths; recognize problematic interpersonal patterns at play within their relationships; and realize new possibilities for growth and change, resulting in greater contentment within themselves and in their relationships.
Lisa works from a collaborative, strength-based perspective. She is trained in:
Lisa also has specialized training in art therapy and can offer art as an additional therapeutic tool: engaging the creative process to help communicate, gain insight, and find solutions by viewing challenges from a fresh perspective
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Lisa has experience supporting individuals, couples, and families struggling with a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, parenting struggles, and life transitions.
Mary Lou Carlyle
Mary-Lou is a Registered Psychologist with a Masters of Counselling.
Mary-Lou recognizes that making the decision to reach out for extra support can sometimes be an overwhelming experience. Everything from not knowing which therapist to book with, to worrying about what the process will look like, to wondering how long it will take to feel better.
Mary-Lou prioritizes making her clients feel welcomed and at ease with her warm, approachable, and down-to-earth nature. She is a strong believer that the issues that bring clients into counselling can be serious and complicated, AND it is ok to incorporate humour and laughter into sessions when appropriate. Counselling does not have to be a narrow vision of a clock ticking with a therapist silently waiting for your deep responses.
Mary-Lou avoids using a cookie cutter approach and instead works with her clients to create a unique experience by drawing from elements of Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness, Attachment Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Mary-Lou has volunteered with the Calgary Distress Centre for many years, has experience working with children of all ages, couples, and has provided therapy to clients experiencing diverse challenges such as anxiety, depression, chronic pain, work-related trauma, self-esteem, and relational issues.
She has specialized training in:
Please note: Mary-Lou does not work with children under the age of 13
Kate Dinning
Registered Provisional Psychologist
Kate is a Registered Provisional Psychologist with a Master of Counselling Psychology.
Kate has experience in helping individuals and couples tackle a number of presenting concerns.
Kate works holistically and is passionate about exploring client concerns from the mental, emotional, and physical areas.
Kate has a strong interest in the mind-body connection and believes this alignment results in lasting change. She supports clients in their change process by acknowledging their strengths and building on this foundation. Kate creates a space where clients feel comfortable and empowered to create change.
Kate is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy and applies this along with a combination of therapeutic approaches highlighting emotion, attachment, cognitive behavioural tools, and communication.
Kate’s areas of interest include couples counselling, stress, anxiety, depression, boundary setting and confidence, effective communication skills, and trauma work.
(Please note: Kate is not accepting new clients under the age of 16).
Alanna Kelly
Registered Psychologist
Alanna is a Registered Psychologist. She graduated from Athabasca University with a Master of Counselling Psychology.
Before private practice, Alanna worked in early intervention programs, specialized educational environments, residential treatment settings, and programs that provided educational and occupational guidance to individuals.
Alanna approaches therapy with the belief that human beings are the experts of their own lives and that people can show remarkable resilience when provided the necessary support. Alanna believes we heal through our relationships and connection with others.
She has completed EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) training. She uses a combination of attachment-based, narrative, cognitive behavioural, and emotion-focused therapies.
Alanna works with adolescents and adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, stress/burnout, relationship stressors, perfectionism, and self-esteem concerns.
Melissa Sawers Registered Psychologist
Melissa believes that engaging in a collaborative, therapeutic process can help people live happier, healthier, more productive lives. Melissa utilizes a client-centered, holistic approach that can include elements of Solution Focused Therapy, Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotion Focused Therapy.
Melissa has extensive experience working with children, youth, and families in both educational and mental health environments.
Melissa has specialized experience providing family therapy services and working with family units to manage problems more effectively and improve coping and communication skills. Additionally, she is passionate about Perinatal Mental Health and is certified to work with pregnant and new mothers.
Melissa has training in:
Melissa focuses on building a warm, supportive environment that allows clients to identify and disrupt unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, replacing them with more positive patterns to promote health and wellness. Melissa excels at working with children and collaborates with their support networks to encourage new ways of framing and dealing with difficulties or challenges.
Lisa Thompson Registered Psychologist
Lisa works with children, youth, couples, and families.
When offered the security and support of the therapeutic relationship, Lisa believes clients can identify inner strengths; recognize problematic interpersonal patterns at play within their relationships; and realize new possibilities for growth and change, resulting in greater contentment within themselves and in their relationships.
Lisa works from a collaborative, strength-based perspective. She is trained in:
Lisa also has specialized training in art therapy and can offer art as an additional therapeutic tool: engaging the creative process to help communicate, gain insight, and find solutions by viewing challenges from a fresh perspective
.
Lisa has experience supporting individuals, couples, and families struggling with a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, parenting struggles, and life transitions.
Mary-Lou Carlyle Registered Psychologist
Mary-Lou recognizes that making the decision to reach out for extra support can sometimes be an overwhelming experience. Everything from not knowing which therapist to book with, to worrying about what the process will look like, to wondering how long it will take to feel better.
Mary-Lou prioritizes making her clients feel welcomed and at ease with her warm, approachable, and down-to-earth nature. She is a strong believer that the issues that bring clients into counselling can be serious and complicated, AND it is ok to incorporate humour and laughter into sessions when appropriate. Counselling does not have to be a narrow vision of a clock ticking with a therapist silently waiting for your deep responses.
Mary-Lou avoids using a cookie cutter approach and instead works with her clients to create a unique experience by drawing from elements of Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness, Attachment Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Mary-Lou has volunteered with the Calgary Distress Centre for many years, has experience working with children of all ages, couples, and has provided therapy to clients experiencing diverse challenges such as anxiety, depression, chronic pain, work-related trauma, self-esteem, and relational issues.
She has specialized training in:
Please note: Mary-Lou does not work with children under the age of 13
Kate Dinning Registered Psychologist
Kate has experience in helping individuals and couples tackle a number of presenting concerns.
Kate works holistically and is passionate about exploring client concerns from the mental, emotional, and physical areas.
Kate has a strong interest in the mind-body connection and believes this alignment results in lasting change. She supports clients in their change process by acknowledging their strengths and building on this foundation. Kate creates a space where clients feel comfortable and empowered to create change.
Kate is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy and applies this along with a combination of therapeutic approaches highlighting emotion, attachment, cognitive behavioural tools, and communication.
Kate’s areas of interest include couples counselling, stress, anxiety, depression, boundary setting and confidence, effective communication skills, and trauma work.
(Please note: Kate is not accepting new clients under the age of 16).
Alanna Kelly Registered Psychologist
Before private practice, Alanna worked in early intervention programs, specialized educational environments, residential treatment settings, and programs that provided educational and occupational guidance to individuals.
Alanna approaches therapy with the belief that human beings are the experts of their own lives and that people can show remarkable resilience when provided the necessary support. Alanna believes we heal through our relationships and connection with others.
She has completed EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) training. She uses a combination of attachment-based, narrative, cognitive behavioural, and emotion-focused therapies.
Alanna works with adolescents and adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, stress/burnout, relationship stressors, perfectionism, and self-esteem concerns.
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