Healthcare Professionals

 

 

Services may be offered both in-person and online. Check with the provider for more information!

Many services are offered by privately-funded care providers, such as psychologists and dietitians who specialise in eating disorders.

For a comprehensive list, please refer to the appropriate region you are seeking care within. If you know you know of other specialists offering support for the treatment of eating disorders, please let us know.

Edmonton and Northern Alberta 

(Includes: Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, and Whitecourt)

Red Deer and Central Alberta

(Includes: Banff, Camrose, Canmore, Edson, Jasper, Lloydminster)

Calgary and Southern Alberta

(Includes: Medicine Hat, and Lethbridge)

Registered Psychologists

Amanda Slugoski

Based in Edmonton
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Equinox Therapeutic And Consulting Services

Amanda focuses primarily on addictions counselling, trauma therapy, couples counselling, self-harming behaviors, and anxiety/depression counselling.  She has specialized training in treating complex trauma and addictions and uses a variety of modalities including those drawn from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioual Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Structural Dissociation Theory, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Focus: Addictions, trauma therapy, couples counselling, self-harming behaviors, anxiety/depression

Specialization: Equine-Assisted Mental Health

Treatment therapies: EMDR, CBT, DBT, Structural Dissociation Theory, AAT, Polyvagal Theory, Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, EFT.

Serves: individuals, couples, group therapy

Katie Poirier

Based in Edmonton
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Poirier Counselling

Katie is a Registered Psychologist with over five years of counselling experience. Over the past several years, she has worked effectively with people experiencing trauma-related effects and addictions, including eating disorders. Katie values working with both individuals struggling with trauma/eating disorders and their supporters such as parents, partners, and friends. Katie embraces a client-centered framework that emphasizes equality and empowerment, and she considers a genuine therapeutic relationship to be paramount for healing, growth and change.

Focus: individuals struggling with trauma, addictions, eating disorders and their supporters such as parents, partners, and friends

Specialization: Sexual assault/abuse, eating disorders, depression 

Treatment approaches: CBT, Couples Counselling, EFT, Humanistic, MBT, Narrative, TFT 

Serves: adult and senior individuals, couples, groups 

Brandi Gruninger 

Based in Edmonton
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Evolution Psychology

At evolution psychology we strive to help our clients to change, evolve and adapt to life’s inevitable challenges.

Focus: depression, anxiety, relationship issues

Specialties: anxiety, eating disorders, pregnancy, prenatal, postpartum

Treatment therapies: CBT, DBT, EMDR, Feminist, Humanistic, MBCT, Trauma Focused

Serves: adultsadolescents 

Communities: Bisexual Allied, Gay Allied, Lesbian Allied, Transgender Allied

Dr. Michelle Emmerling

Based in Edmonton
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Emmerling Psychology

Dr. Michelle Emmerling is a Registered Psychologist practicing in Edmonton with a PhD in Counselling Psychology from the University of Alberta. She is also a founding member and partner at Red Tree Psychology. Dr. Emmerling’s professional training and experience includes working with individuals (adults and adolescents), couples, and families struggling with eating disorders, body image concerns, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and more.

Focus: Eating Disorders, Body Image, Self-Esteem, Anxiety, Depression, Perfectionism, OCD

Specialization: Eating disorders. See Michelle’s approach to working with eating disorders. EFT for Eating disorders, and EFFT for families. 

Treatment therapies: EFT, EFFT

Serves: individuals, (adults, adolescents), couples, families

Additional information: Offers EFFT workshops for parents and loved ones.

Monica Hinton

Based in Edmonton
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Phoenix Counselling Services

For the past 10 years, Monica has specialized in treating those diagnosed with eating disorders. Depression, anxiety, addiction and trauma typically accompany disordered eating/eating disorders and are also addressed in sessions. She has also spent the past 8 years working with active duty and retired Canadian Armed Forces personnel working from a cognitive and experiential trauma treatment focus. Monica’s 15 years of clinical work includes government, non-profit and private practice work.

Virtual services available in Alberta

Focus: anxiety, depression, marital and premarital, sexual abuse, suicidal Ideation

Specialization: Eating disorders, trauma, PTSD, self-harming

Treatment therapies include: CBT, DBT, Gestalt, SFT, strengths based, experiential, MI, IFS, guided imagery, humanist, feminist therapy

Serves: Civilian and military individuals and couples.

Communities: Aviation Professionals, Body Positivity, Gay Allied, Lesbian Allied, Open Relationships Non-Monogamy. Veterans.

Dr. Amanda Stiller

Based in Edmonton
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Stillar Psychological

Dr. Amanda Stillar specializes in working with people with eating disorders, and uses Emotion-Focused Family Therapy with parents, partners, and caregivers to help them support their loved one’s recovery.

Among other techniques, Dr. Stillar utilizes:

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)

Specialization: Eating disorders, trauma and PTSDchild or adolescent

Treatment therapies:  EFT, CBT, EFFT

Treatment therapies: Attachment-based, Compassion Focused, DBT, EMDR, EFT, Family / Marital, Humanistic, Person-Centered, Play, Sandplay, Somatic, Trauma Focused

Clients Served: individuals (toddlers, pre-shoolers, child, teen, adult), familycouples

Additional information: Psychotherapy groups for emotion regulation, EFT for eating disorders, emotion coaching for parents.

Mona Ullah

Based in Edmonton
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Mona specializes in eating disorders, ADHD, disordered eating, relationship issues, self-esteem, trauma, depression, and healing from attachment wounds from childhood. She also specializes in EFT, EMDR, CBT.

Focus: help clients illuminate their ability to face challenges from the past and future.

Specialization: Eating Disorders, ADHD, Self EsteemMood/Personality Disorders

Treatment therapies: EFT, EMDR, CBTDBT, ACT, Attachment-based, Biofeedback, Existential, Family / Marital, Feminist, GM, Humanistic, IFS, Interpersonal, Intervention, Jungian, MBCT, MI,  Multicultural, Narrative, Neuro-Linguistic, Person-Centered, PET,  REBT, SFBT, Strength-Based, SFT, TFT. .

Serves:  Individuals (aged 6 and over), couples, family, elders,  bisexual, gay, lesbian. Indigenous and other racial or ethnic backgrounds.

Communities served: Body Positivity, Cancer, Open Relationships Non-Monogamy, Veterans

Additional information: Also speaks: Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu

Erin Botterill 

Based in Edmonton
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Pine Health

Focus: Eating Disorders, Body Image, Anxiety, Depression, Perinatal Struggles (Incl. Adjustment Difficulties, Postpartum Anxiety & Depression), Coping Mechanisms, Life Transitions & Being a New Parent, Stress & Burnout, Grief & Loss (Incl. Infertility & Pregnancy Loss)

Clients served:  adults

Alex Schinke

Based in Edmonton
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Mindbuffs

At Mindbuffs, they bring collective experience in athletics, business, e-sports, and coaching into their Sport and Performance Psychology practice to help you achieve your goals. They are committed to the pursuit of excellence in every area of your life as you bring your game to the next level by flexing the most important muscle in your kit: your mind. Their work is relational; they come alongside individuals, teams, businesses, and organizations, working together to develop the self-awareness, culture, confidence, and focus that guides high performance.

Focus:  athletes, performers, business leaders, esport gamers, female teen development 

Specialization: sports performance, child, adolescent, eating disorders

Treatment therapies: ACT, CBT, Hypnotherapy, MI, Narrative, P-C, Positive Psychology, SFBT, Strength-Based

Serves: preteens through elders. Communities: body positivity, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary and Queer allied, Veterans.

Additional information: speaks German

Jody Lamb

Based in Edmonton
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Email: newchance@shaw.ca

Jody is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse who currently works in an out-patient setting as a Mental Health Therapist. Jody holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology. She works primarily with adults experiencing mental health concerns including eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar, addictions, and personality disorders. She utilizes a variety of approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and psychodynamic therapy in her practice.

Focus: eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar, addictions, personality disorders.

Treatment therapies: CBT, DBT,  psychodynamic therapy

Serves: adults 

Dr. Agatha Murray

Based in Edmonton
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Email: newchance@shaw.ca

Jody is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse who currently works in an out-patient setting as a Mental Health Therapist. Jody holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology. She works primarily with adults experiencing mental health concerns including eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar, addictions, and personality disorders. She utilizes a variety of approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and psychodynamic therapy in her practice.

Focus: eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar, addictions, personality disorders.

Treatment therapies: CBT, DBT,  psychodynamic therapy

Serves: adults 

Ward Psychology

Based in Edmonton
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Email: newchance@shaw.ca

Jody is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse who currently works in an out-patient setting as a Mental Health Therapist. Jody holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology. She works primarily with adults experiencing mental health concerns including eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar, addictions, and personality disorders. She utilizes a variety of approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and psychodynamic therapy in her practice.

Focus: eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, bipolar, addictions, personality disorders.

Treatment therapies: CBT, DBT,  psychodynamic therapy

Serves: adults 

Nicolas Allen

Based in Edmonton
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Theravive Listing

Nicolas specializes in treating athletes with eating disorders. He has an extensive background in sport psychology and counselling with over twenty years of athletic coaching and mentoring experience and was a five-time member of the Canadian National Fencing Team. With a background in exercise, sports performance, and sport psychology combined with training in exercise rehabilitation, he offers unique insight into eating disorders, weight control challenges, chronic pain management, and sport psychology needs. (note: office is located in a sports performance facility, which may be triggering for some sufferers).

FocusAnxiety, depression, eating disorders, concussion diagnosis and rehabilitation, injury rehabilitation and life transitions. 

Specialization: eating disorders, weight control challenges, chronic pain management, sport psychology

Treatment therapies: tailored and include SFT, CBT. 

Serves: Pre-teens, teens, young adults, adults. 

Additional information: welcomes amateur and professional athletes

Dr. Michelle Brewer

Based in Edmonton
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Information & Booking Site

Specialization: Eating Disorders, Women’s Issues

Treatment therapies/Treatment Approach/Types of Therapy: Coaching, CF, Compassionate Inquiry; Culturally Sensitive, EFT, Feminist; GM, Humanistic, Imago, MBCT; Psychodynamic; Re-Evaluation Counselling, Somatic, TF 

Ethnicity: Indigenous Peoples. Individuals, adults, adolescents / teenagers (14 to 19). Groups

Additional information: Also speaks German and French. Buddist faith. Offers weekly group meetings: Mindful Meals on Sunday nights. Daring and Sharing Weekly Call, a support and coaching call that runs as a book club. Trained in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy

Ajay Pandhi

Based in Edmonton
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Pandhi Counselling & Meditation 

Ajay’s ability to connect and produce positive change stem from over 15 years of solid work experience, as a mental health therapist, manager of therapeutic business services and as a social worker trained in clinical practice. His innate wisdom comes from someone who has been in the trenches of life. This wisdom mingled with his diverse and multi-faceted work experience make him therapeutically much sought after.

Renata Logan

Based in Edmonton
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Root to Rise Counselling

Treatment Therapies:

  • Emotional Focused Couples Therapy
  • Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy
  • Humanistic and Person-Centered Therapies
  • Family Systems, Attachment and Narrative-based Therapies
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (for trauma)
  • John Gottman’s Model for Couples

Serves: youth (ages 16 and up), adults, couples, families, people of all backgrounds and diversities

Dr. Michelle Brewer

Based in Edmonton
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MJB Psychological Services Ltd.

Self-esteem and positive body image workshops for children and teens, using expressive arts. Run by registered psychologist and drama therapist, Michelle Buckle.

Specialization: trauma-informed use of expressive arts therapy and play. 

Clients served: individuals, couples, families and groups

Treatment therapies:  Drama, Movement, Play, Art, Music, Sandplay, Games, Poetry, Journaling

Group programs: Self Esteem & Body Image:  Beauty From Within and Circle of Security Parent Training

Additional information: also works with families, acts as liaison with teachers, administrators, professionals. Assessment of learning, emotional or behavioural disabilities.

Kris Uitvlugt

Based in Edmonton
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krisuccbt@gmail.com

Focus: Emotion dysregulation, self-harm behaviour, disordered eating, relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety

Specialization: Trained in CBT-E for eating disorders, and specializes in DBT.

Treatment Therapies: DBT, CBT, ACT

Serves: Adults and teens (age 14+), parents or caregivers wanting to support their loved ones

Dr. Joanna Bolster 

Based in Edmonton
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Dr. Joanna Bolster Psychological Services

Joanna is a registered psychologist whose practice is located on the south side within Edmonton, Alberta.  She has been licensed as a psychologist for 15 years now, and has worked as a therapist for a further five years prior to being licensed.  Joanna has worked at the University of Alberta Hospital, Yellowhead Youth Centre, Bosco Family Services, Alberta Care-a-Child, Ermineskin Elementary School (Hobbema, AB), and several different private practices.  In addition to her private practice work, she am also a clinical lecturer with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta; providing supervision and training in the provision of psychotherapy, to physicians in training to be psychiatrists.

Focus: broad, including eating disorders, health psychology, stress, anxiety, addictions

Treatment therapies: integrates different styles to suit client

Serves: individuals, families, couples, parent(s), children, teens

Michelle J. Buckle

Based in Edmonton
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MJB Psychological Services Ltd.

Self-esteem and positive body image workshops for children and teens, using expressive arts. Run by registered psychologist and drama therapist, Michelle Buckle.

Specialization: trauma-informed use of expressive arts therapy and play. 

Clients served: individuals, couples, families and groups

Treatment therapies:  Drama, Movement, Play, Art, Music, Sandplay, Games, Poetry, Journaling

Group programs: Self Esteem & Body Image:  Beauty From Within and Circle of Security Parent Training

Additional information: also works with families, acts as liaison with teachers, administrators, professionals. Assessment of learning, emotional or behavioural disabilities.

Wendy Salvisberg

Based in Edmonton
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Phone: 780-455-8181, voicemail inbox 2 (office)
Email: wsalvisbergccbt@gmail.com

Melanie Samaroden

Based in Edmonton
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Focus: Eating disorders/disordered eating in athletes.

Specialization: Trained in both DBT and Hakomi methods of therapy.

Treatment Therapies: DBT, CBT, MBCT, Somatic.

Serves: Adults and teens.

Kathy Rolfe

Based in Edmonton
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Balance Psych Services

Kathy has an interest in working with people of all ages and has training in counselling psychology and behavior modification. She has experience working with children and youth with ADHD, ODD, FASD and children on the Autism spectrum. She is also a certified Clinical Traumatologist. Her experience has given Kathy the ability to work with families, critical incidents, PTSD, depression, stress/anxiety and relationships to name a few.

SpecializationTrauma and PTSDstress management, addiction, depression. Full listing of concerns addressed on Kathy’s website

Treatment therapies: CBT, EMDR, EAP, Family / Marital, Family Systems, GM, Intervention, MBCT, MI, SFBT, Trauma Focused

 

Dr. Tamara D. Hanoski

Based in Edmonton
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Based in Edmonton.

Tamara D. Hanoski is a registered psychologist offering counselling in Edmonton, Alberta. She has completed both her masters and doctoral degrees in the area of counselling psychology, through the accredited program at the University of Alberta. She has over 17 years of experience in the counselling field, where she has worked with adults, adolescents, and children, as well as couples and families. This would include working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and different sexual orientations.

Issues addressed include: Depression, anxiety, grief, loss, relationships/divorce, stress. Anger management, self-esteem/assertiveness, post-partum, disordered eating

Treatment therapiesCBT, eclectic, EFT, GM, narrative, person-centered, play, sandplay, SFBT

Clients served: individuals, children, adolescents, adults, elders, family, couples.

Janet Caryk

Based in Edmonton
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Focus: OCD, anxiety, eating disorders

Specialization: CBT for individuals and families affected by OCD and other phobic avoidance anxiety disorders

Treatment therapies: Exposure therapy and ERP for treatment of Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias and Health Anxiety. 

Serves: individuals (preteens to elders), couples, groups

Matthew Bain

Based in Grande Prairie
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MMB Counselling & Consulting

Matthew has an extensive psychology background in a broad range of areas. Clinical diagnosis and treatment, family centered practices, motivation, performance concepts, and emotional management have led to a depth of practice.  Matthew has Master’s degrees in both Education and Sport & Exercise Psychology, doctoral level work in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, and is currently doing his PhD in Sport Psychology, focusing on personality and motivation across the lifespan.

Phone: 780-505-2590

Kendell Banack

Based in Camrose
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Kendell works with clients to explore painful, stuck areas in their lives in order to open the possibility of relating to themselves and others in more adaptive, accepting, and meaningful ways. She has worked with clients who struggle with bulimia nervosa as well as anorexia nervosa. She offers a slight sliding scale and is registered in Ontario as well as Alberta.

Centre for Restorative Mental Health
Camrose, AB T4V
(587) 805-1077

Beth Murray

Based in Edmonton
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Fresh Hope Counselling

Beth Murray is the Founder of Fresh Hope Counselling and is a Registered Psychologist in the Province of Alberta.  She is an experienced Level II EMDR Therapist & Eating Disorders Specialist and has a Post-Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain Management, PgCPain, from the University of Alberta Rehab Medicine Faculty. Beth Murray started counselling in 1999.

Specializations: Eating Disorders, mood disorders, trauma and PTSD, chronic pain, highly sensitive people (HSP), depression, damaged core beliefs/self-image, anxiety, body image, faith issues.

Treatment Therapies: Christian counselling, CBT, DBT, EMDR , Eclectic, EFT, Interpersonal, MI, Positive Psychology, REBT, SFBT, Trauma Focused 

Serves: adult individuals, couples, elders, families

Additional information: Registered Dietitian services available.

Matthew Bain

Based in Grande Prairie
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MMB Counselling & Consulting

Matthew has an extensive psychology background in a broad range of areas. Clinical diagnosis and treatment, family centered practices, motivation, performance concepts, and emotional management have led to a depth of practice.  Matthew has Master’s degrees in both Education and Sport & Exercise Psychology, doctoral level work in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, and is currently doing his PhD in Sport Psychology, focusing on personality and motivation across the lifespan.

Phone: 780-505-2590

Kendell Banack

Based in Camrose
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Kendell works with clients to explore painful, stuck areas in their lives in order to open the possibility of relating to themselves and others in more adaptive, accepting, and meaningful ways. She has worked with clients who struggle with bulimia nervosa as well as anorexia nervosa. She offers a slight sliding scale and is registered in Ontario as well as Alberta.

Centre for Restorative Mental Health
Camrose, AB T4V
(587) 805-1077

Adele Fox

Based in Calgary
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Adele Fox & Associates

  • Specializes in relationships, anxiety/stress issues, disordered eating, work stress and coaching.

Phone: (403) 809-7809

Email: adele@adelefox.com

Velma Johnson

Based in Lloydminster
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Freedom Counselling
#205 5101 48 Street
Lloydminster, AB
T9V 0H9
Phone: 780-875-6311

Jennifer Beattie

Based in Camrose
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Based in Lloydminster.

Focuses on bulimia and binge eating disorder.
Triune Systems Inc.
6209 – 44th Street
Suite C, Yellowhead Business Centre
Lloydminster, Alberta Canada T9V 1V8
Phone: (780) 874-0335
Email: jennifer@triunesystems.ca

Joe Johnson

Based in Red Deer
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Patty Rempel

Based in Red Deer
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Phone: (587) 602-1505
Email: jennifer@redtreepsychology.com
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Sara Jungen

Based in Calgary
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Menla Psychological Counselling

  • Specializes in stress and anxiety, anger management, trauma, depression and unexpected life changes.
  • The approach stems from a mindfulness perspective and a conviction that at the core of all people there is basic goodness that is always urging us towards growth and well-being.

Phone: (403) 228-2425

Email: sara.menla@gmail.com

Audrey Tait

Based in Red Deer
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Inspirational Insights Counselling, Inc
#301 4820 50th Avenue
Red Deer, AB, T4N 4A4
Phone/text: 403-848-2432
Email:  info@inspirationalinsightscounselling.com

Audrey Tait is a Canadian Certified Counsellor with a Master’s Degree and Registered Dietitian with specialized training in Eating Disorders (binge eating, overweight, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia); therefore, Audrey can deal with the psychosocial and the nutritional issues at the same time. Beyond this, she is trained in trauma, attachment/developmental issues, addictions, cognitive therapy, and expressive art therapy. Her books I Am Wonderfully Me: Positive Affirmations for Me! Vol 1-3 are helpful. She is a National Speaker on the subject and is available for speaking engagements. Her private practice includes working with individuals, groups, couples, family, youth, LGBTQ and First Nations community.

Dr. Natasha Kutlesa

Based in Calgary
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  • Special interest in supporting people through transitions and challenges relating to life, sport, or business; treatment of depression, anxiety, and eating disorders; solving complex relationship, family, workplace, and team dynamics; and conflict resolution.

Phone: (403) 229-0090
Cell: (403) 630-7270

Brenda Parkinson

Based in Calgary
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Core Counselling

  • Specializes in eating disorders and also provides therapy to individuals, couples and families facing other psychological challenges and stressors.
  • Treatment focus includes family of origin work, which looks at how relationships and patterns in the past effect present choices.

Phone: (403) 465-2253

Email: brendaparkinson@shaw.ca

Debra Johnson

Based in Calgary
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Healing Minds Psychology  

  • Specializes in Narrative Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and EMDR.
  • Works with individuals who struggle with a variety of mental health concerns. These include trauma, developmental/attachment trauma, PTSD, eating disorders, grief and loss, addictions, anxiety, depression, personality disorders, and problems associated with major life changes.

Phone: (403) 460-4697

Email: debra@healingmindspsychology.ca

Jen Eld

Based in Calgary
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Looking Glass Counselling

Specializes in counselling for eating disorders, body image and self-esteem.

Email: lgc.jen@gmail.com

Keri Sullivan

Based in Calgary
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Phone: (403) 828-5511

Email: kerisullivan007@hotmail.com

Joanna Jewell

Based in Calgary
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Jewell Counselling 

  • Specializes in individuals, couples and family counselling.
  • Utilizes an empathic integrated approach using Interpersonal (Psychodynamic), Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Phone: (403) 397-9925

Email: joannajewell@gmail.com

Jen Eld

Based in Calgary
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Looking Glass Counselling

Specializes in counselling for eating disorders, body image and self-esteem.

Email: lgc.jen@gmail.com

Ashley Wanamaker

Based in Calgary
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Ashley Wanamaker Psychological Services 

  • Registered Psychologist working in an individual, one-to-one private setting, providing therapeutic treatment and interventions.
  • Specialized focus working with trauma, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and body image concerns with adolescent and adult clients.

Phone: (403) 383-5039

Email: info@ashleywanamaker.com

 

Carol Fredrek

Based in Calgary
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Healing Matters

Utilizes research-proven counselling methods such as Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Phone: 403.249-9337

Email: cfredrek@healingmatters.ca

May Melnyk

Based in Calgary
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Parallel Counselling

  • Registered Marriage and Family Therapist & Registered Social Worker (Master’s level – Clinical Specialization)
  • Passionate about working with individuals, couples, and families, particularly in the areas of eating disorders, disordered eating, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, body dissatisfaction, and matters related to ADHD and other neuro-diversities.
  • 9 years experience exclusively treating individuals and families with bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa; 4 years with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.
  • Practices primarily from: Systemic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (CBT-AR), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for skills coaching.
  • Provides exposure therapy and live in-person meal coaching for the treatment of all eating disorders.

Phone: (587) 880-4798

Email: 20connect@parallelcounselling.ca 

Ashley Pettigrew

Based in Calgary
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Ashley Pettigrew Psychological Services 

  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
  • Specializing in eating disorders and disordered eating, body image concerns, trauma and PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, and anxiety disorders including OCD. Trained in DBT, CBT and ACT.

Phone: (403) 969-9136

Email: info@ashleypettigrew.com

Ellen Robertson

Based in Calgary
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Tandem Psychology

Ellen is the co-founder of Tandem psychology, where we emphasize and support family wellbeing. Ellen’s professional focus is on parent coaching, behaviour management, anxiety, and pediatric feeding challenges. She offers treatment for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in children through several evidence-based approaches including behavioural and cognitive behavioural therapy. Treatment may include individual sessions with children and/or coaching parents through strategies they can use at home to support their child while increasing food repertoire. Whether we work directly with children or parents, our goal is to increase your child’s comfort and flexibility with new foods. Parent groups are also available.

Rachel Jose

Based in Calgary
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Fong Ailon Psychologists

  • Specializes in disordered eating, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, personality disorders, trauma, self-harm, anxiety, depression, suicidality, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD).
  • Provides parent consultation and support.
  • Trained in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), as well as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). Incorporates aspects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and the Neuro-Sequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)

Email: connect@parallelcounselling.ca

Meisha Kolbuc

Based in Calgary
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MeishaKolbuc.ca

  • Specializes in the treatment of eating disorders for all ages and all genders, since 2012.
  • Utilizes evidence-based interventions for the treatment of eating disorders including Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for anorexia, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Family Systems, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) for trauma.
  • Meisha operates from a Health At Every Size (HAES) approach and utilizes a body acceptance framework.
  • Meisha has also worked since 2012 as an educator for professionals, families and parents in helping them learn more about the complex nature of eating disorders and how to support those who are struggling with these serious illnesses.

Phone: (403) 993-4003

Mail: info@meishakolbuc.ca

Registered Dietitians

Erin Nesbitt

Based in Edmonton
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Intuitive Eating Certified Counsellor
Email: connect@erinnesbittrd.com​

Focus:

Helping people recover from active eating disorders

Teaching the principles of intuitive eating to people who have dysfunctional eating patterns and want to learn how to have a healthier, more peaceful relationship with food and their bodies.

Specialization: eating disorders, Maudsley-based family therapy, treatment plans for refeeding, weight restoration, recovery treatment for eating disorders. Weight neutral approach to learning to change eating patterns

Stacie Frey

Based in Grande Prairie
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Based in Grande Prairie.

Stacie is a Registered Dietitian in Grande Prairie who helps clients from all over Alberta. She uses motivational interviewing and a non-diet, weight neutral approach to help clients improve their food relationships.  Stacie works with clients who struggle with disordered eating as well as diagnosed eating disorders. She does one-to one or family counselling sessions. Stacie is registered in Alberta, but current regulations allow her to see clients in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well if needed.

Jessica Begg

Based in Calgary
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Shift Nutrition
Phone: 403-862-6197

Grace Wong

Based in Calgary
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Grace is a certified eating disorder registered dietitian and an approved supervisor recognized by the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals.  She provides care for all feeding and eating disorders diagnoses (including AN, BN, BED and ARFID) and other mental health conditions (e.g. anxiety, depression, ASD, ADHD etc).

Phone: 403-771-4233

Email: gracewongrd@gmail.com

Autumn Dyck

Based in Red Deer
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RD Nutrition

Unit E8, 5560 45 St. Red Deer Alberta

Email: info@rdnutrition.ca

Phone: 403-347-1292

Selene Yan

Based in Edmonton
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Embodied RD
Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor.

Focus: Weight-inclusive and Health at Every Size® approach. Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. Specializes in nutrition counselling for disordered eating and body image healing

Specialization: binge/compulsive eating, eating disorders, body image healing

Additional information: Provides group programs, workshops, services across Canada

Audrey Tait, MSc, RD

Based in Calgary
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Inspirational Insights Counselling, Inc
#301 4820 50th Avenue
Red Deer, AB, T4N 4A4
Phone/text: 403-848-2432
Email:  info@inspirationalinsightscounselling.com

Audrey Tait is a Canadian Certified Counsellor with a Master’s Degree and Registered Dietitian with specialized training in Eating Disorders (binge eating, overweight, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia); therefore, Audrey can deal with the psychosocial and the nutritional issues at the same time. Beyond this, she is trained in trauma, attachment/developmental issues, addictions, cognitive therapy, and expressive art therapy. Her books I Am Wonderfully Me: Positive Affirmations for Me! Vol 1-3 are helpful. She is a National Speaker on the subject and is available for speaking engagements. Her private practice includes working with individuals, groups, couples, family, youth, LGBTQ and First Nations community.

Rachel Tu

Based in Edmonton
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Food Flow Thought

Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor & Yoga Instructor.

Specialization: Health at Size through Yoga Philosophy & Intuitive Eating. Specializes in food and body image healing.

Additional Information: Services are offered across Canada excluding BC, Ontario & PEI at this time

Andrea Holwenger

Based in Edmonton

Megan Wallace

Based in Edmonton
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Sprout Nutrition

Focus: Individual and family nutrition consulting

Additional information: group presentations and nutrition education for parents, corporate wellness, staff education and industry

Lindsay Gervais

Based in Edmonton
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Nutrality Nutrition Consulting

Specialization: eating disorders, eating across the spectrum.

Allison Easton Kalin Herbach

Based in Edmonton
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The Nourish Collective

Focus: Weight-inclusive, Health at Every Size® (HAES®) aligned dietitians

Specialization: eating disorders, disordered eating

Additional information: Free downloadable self- compassion workbook

Kathleen McDavid

Based in Edmonton
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Fresh Hope Counselling

Specialization: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa

Serves: family-based support for children and teens with eating disorders, emotional eating, and those who wish to end the cycle of dieting and weight re-gain.

Angela Wong

Based in Edmonton
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Edmonton West Primary Care Network

Suite 124 Meadowlark Health and Shopping Centre
156 Street & 87 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5R 5W9
Phone: 780-443-7477 (ext: 7502)|

Fax: 780-481-9149
​*Experienced with disordered eating and food relationship recovery
NOTE: if you are referred to Angela by an Edmonton WEST Primary Care Network doctor, her service is covered by Alberta Health. (i.e. publicly-funded)

Serena Benali

Based in Edmonton
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In Good Nutrition

Focus:. emotional eating, intuitive eating, eating disorders, specifically binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.

Serves: Individuals, groups

Additional information: offers specific program for binge eating disorder. Please refer to my website for this.

Katie Brown

Based in Edmonton
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Inspire Nutrition

Specialization: Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor

Focus: Online dietitian helping women escape diet culture and eat for enjoyment

Additional information: Diet-Free Moms Program, free “10 Daily Activities for a Diet-Free Life” information

Nora Heighton

Based in Calgary
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Registered Dietitian compassionately supporting clients to develop & maintain skills and strategies to overcome eating disorders, disordered eating and body image healing.

ED Freedom Nutrition
Phone: 587-893-9326

Vincci Tsui

Based in Calgary
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Registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor specializing in adults struggling with chronic dieting, disordered eating, and eating disorders. https://vinccitsui.com/

Email: ​vincci@vinccitsui.com

Phone: 403-650-9336