Children (6 to 10) Therapists in Sherwood Park, AB

During our therapy sessions, I am here to hold a space of gentle compassion, curiosity, and safety. To help you feel seen, heard, and understood. When we share space together, my goal is that you feel safe and comfortable to explore your emotions; we can become curious together, share laughter, and work collaboratively towards your goals. I enjoy working with children, adolescents, and adults who experience anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, boundary issues, and other mental health concerns.

I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and young adults. I am a certified play therapist and supervisor (CPT-S) through the Canadian Association of Play Therapy (CAPT). I take an integrative, client-centered approach to therapy, which also incorporates modalities such as sandtray, attachment theory, polyvagal theory, sensorimotor psychotherapy, narrative therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, Theraplay, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), family systems, and others.

I am a Registered Psychologist offering a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe environment to help support you through life's challenges that may have you feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Whether you are struggling with a current concern or feeling like past events are impacting your present day life and relationships, seeking support may offer a way to move forward. I genuinely enjoy getting to know each of my clients, and I tailor my approach based on each individual's unique needs.

I take a strength-based and collaborative approach to helping an individual and their family understand their unique learning and behavioural profile. I am passionate about helping my clients identify the way they learn best and in turn, provide individually tailored, evidenced-based recommendations. I strive to help students, families, and school personnel teams navigate student's unique academic challenges.

Within a safe and caring relationship, I support clients who are experiencing symptoms related to acute, chronic, historical, and intergenerational trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD, I also support clients experiencing anxiety, depression, grief and loss, identity issues, life transitions, role strain, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, and mental health impacts related to food allergy. I also have extensive experience supporting individuals impacted by family violence.

I work with children, teens and adults. I help people from these age groups, and all socio-economic backgrounds deal with stress, social skills challenges, depression, anxiety, trauma and communication difficulties. I am nearly completed all the coursework for my Play Therapy Certification and Certification as a Sand Tray Specialist. I love working with children and parent-child dyads to help repair and rebuild relationship. My adult clients typically say I provide a calming and steadying presence.. The questions I ask help them to sort out life difficulties in a successful way.

I work with individuals, couples and families in guidding their relationships towards meaningful connection. Together, we identify and address patterns that are making you feel "stuck", and open doors for healing, growth, and compassion. The foundation of my work is creating a safe space and building an authentic relationship where one can approach difficult experiences and navigate accompanying emotions in a space of acceptance.

At Wholeness Psychology Centre, we work with a variety of concerns, including trauma, depression, anxiety, addictions, identity crisis, and relationship conflict. We recognize that short-term, solution-focused modalities are appropriate for some presenting concerns. For others, a more heart-centred, holistic, depth-oriented approach to therapy is necessary. Our team has the skills and training in both areas to best meet your therapeutic needs and goals. Our approach is multifaceted and involves working with several layers simultaneously and getting to the core of your experience and needs in assessments and counselling.

NOT currently taking new clients-> I enjoy supporting children, teens and parents through life's challenges such as depression, divorce, grief, anxiety, or social struggles. I offer compassionate treatment for individuals to make sense of themselves and the world. I also have a passion for sports psychology and work with athletes of all ages. As a former competitive athlete and nationally certified coach for 20 years I help athletes with performance anxiety, life-sport balance, coping with injury, managing retirement, and moving past fears and mental blocks.

Welcome, I am accepting new clients! You deserve to show up to therapy as your authentic self without judgement or shame. I believe that therapy is less about the modalities or therapy approaches used, and more about meeting you where you're at in your unique journey. My approach is not one-size-fits-all; it's a personalized experience that respects your needs and individuality. Collaboration is important, and our work together will be a partnership based on trust, compassion, empathy.

No matter what you’re aiming to work on, we’re here to support you. Our team is diverse, just like you. Each therapist at Little Tree brings a unique approach and expertise to their practice. Our mission is to offer the most effective, personalized service to each client. We believe that everyone has the inner resources to tackle life’s challenges, and we’re here to help you uncover those strengths. Together, we’ll develop a strategic plan to address your concerns and achieve lasting positive change. Our goal is to provide a safe, nonjudgmental environment where you can explore and create a better life.

For the past 14 years, I have worked extensively with children, youth, and families experiencing crisis in their lives. My practice has also included extensive work with Indigenous populations, and I am able to provide a culturally-sensitive environment. I offer counseling services for children, youth, adults, couples, and families. I firmly believe that individuals and families can heal from trauma and other difficult experiences in their lives and reach their goals.

It takes courage to tell your story, and I aim to foster an environment where you can feel safe to do so. Developing a strong therapeutic relationship is essential, so you can expect warmth, genuineness, and humour as I work to help you navigate life's challenges. As I believe that people are experts of their own lives, you can expect each session to meet you where you are at, to discover your unique strengths, acquire coping skills, and get in touch with your values in order to live a rich and meaningful life.

If you are concerned about your child/youth’s anxiety or mood, I have two decades of experience that I can offer. If you have an anxious/sensitive personality, or are a perfectionist that worries too much, or find yourself over thinking everything - we may be a great fit. If you simply need a safe place to work towards personal growth, self discovery, work/life balance, or living your best life, I would love to help you on your journey. If you are experiencing fertility or reproductive setbacks that impact your identity or parenting/family challenges that others just don’t seem to understand, I would invite you to connect with me.

Are you looking for an integrated approach to psychology that explores connections between mind/heart/body, intellect/intuition, spirituality/science, intention/action? Do you long to express the fullness of who you are? Would you like to explore how to thrive and not just survive? Through a holistic psychology approach, I support you in experimenting with creating the life you desire, one choice at a time. Within the collaborative therapeutic relationship, I honour your internal wisdom and creativity, which help guide the process of self-discovery, acceptance, and healing.

Hi! I'm Claire, and I'm dedicated to supporting your child through life's challenges and you through the complexities of parenting! I am committed to helping you navigate parenting with Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. IFS dives into understanding parenting styles, exploring our past, and healing our childhood wounds to strengthen bonds with our own children. It enables us to adjust our parenting behaviors, break free from old patterns, and parent from a healing place. Additionally, I have a passion for working with children and offer play therapy, EMDR therapy, and equine-assisted therapy to children and teens.

My goal is to help you maximize your fullest potential on and off the playing field, as well as provide helpful strategies to help you achieve your goals. Many obstacles can present themselves in our daily lives that can be overwhelming, confusing, or uncomfortable. This can leave us feeling disconnected from our experiences, goals, and ultimately our lives. By removing barriers that may prevent you from performing optimally, you make space for a bigger opportunity to grow, learn, and develop more self-awareness and to get a closer, deeper look at what you are capable of.

Hello and welcome. Are you currently struggling and feeling overwhelmed? Are you finding it difficult to manage stress? Therapy provides the space to explore these challenges, so you can create new meanings, hope and new beginnings. As a therapist, I work in partnership with you, providing a warm, supportive environment where you can explore your thoughts, feelings and experiences. Together, we can work toward finding solutions to the problems you've been struggling with, identifying ways that you want to create meaningful change in your life.

I have worked in diverse settings over my 10 years as a Social Worker, but my focus and passion has always been on lifelong holistic family wellness. I believe that in order to heal, process, or explore oneself, a safe, compassionate, empowering, and authentic environment must be created. I strive to do this by bringing my whole perfectly imperfect self into session and want you to come as you are. This way we can work together to create a partnership where what you want, need, and believe is valued foremost. Through this partnership we work together to embrace the wholeness and fullness of who you are.

I am honoured to support people in finding their path to healing. I believe that we have our own capacity to move through difficult times and know that taking this step can be pretty tricky. My approach is gentle and fairly eclectic, I tend to use the modality that best suits the clients needs with an attachment based lens. I tend to focus on play therapy and emotion focused therapies with children as well as utilize some dyad work. With adults I tend to use EMDR, trauma processing, solution focused therapy, person centred and emotion focussed therapy modalities. I offer a free 15 minute consultation to ensure I am the right fit.

Deciding to talk to someone about your deepest and inner thoughts can be scary. You are making a decision to embark on a journey to help understand what your experiences mean to you. When we talk about our emotions, it is one step closer to healing within. The way we express ourselves can be different for everyone, and I provide a space that is safe and accepting for you to be you.

I work with children, adolescents and adults with a range of presenting challenges, such as anxiety, depression, lack of social skills, low self-esteem, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, ADHD, FASD, Autism, relationship issues, grief and loss, and trauma. I also work with families to address behavioral challenges or to rebuild strained relationships.

I am a Registered Psychologist and Registered Play Therapist with a passion for working with children. I have sixteen years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults in the area of psychological health and wellness. My clinical training is primarily based in cognitive behavioral therapy, however, I draw from a number of approaches including Client-Centered Therapy, Trauma-Informed Practice and Solution-Focused Therapy. I also specialize in psycho-educational assessment and identification of learning challenges, intellectual delays, emotional difficulties, behavioral difficulties and developmental delays.

I have diverse and invaluable experiences when it comes to supporting individuals with a variety of presenting concerns and mental health challenges. I am open and keen to supporting clients in different areas and am most passionate about supporting clients with testing and evaluation, emotional regulation, self-esteem, stress management, sexuality, school/work-related challenges, life transitions. I have experience working with individuals who have symptoms of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders and provide an neuroaffirming lens. I would be honored to work with you and I hope to connect with you soon!