Healthcare Professionals

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

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 

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.

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.

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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 Esteem, Mood/Personality Disorders

Treatment therapies: EFT, EMDR, CBT, DBT, 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

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

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 

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 

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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).

Focus: Anxiety, 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

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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

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

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.

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

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.

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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.

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.

Specialization: Trauma and PTSD, stress 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

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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

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

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.

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

Adele Fox & Associates

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

Phone: (403) 809-7809

Email: adele@adelefox.com

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

Blue Bonnet Psychology
Email: info@bluebonnetpsychology.com
Phone: 403-392-9426

Phone: (587) 602-1505
Email: jennifer@redtreepsychology.com
Clinician Profile as seen in “Psychology Today”

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.

• 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

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

Looking Glass Counselling

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

Email: lgc.jen@gmail.com

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

Looking Glass Counselling

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

Email: lgc.jen@gmail.com

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

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 

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.

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

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

Based in Grande Prairie.

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

RD Nutrition

Unit E8, 5560 45 St. Red Deer Alberta

Email: info@rdnutrition.ca

Phone: 403-347-1292

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.

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

Sprout Nutrition

Focus: Individual and family nutrition consulting

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

Nutrality Nutrition Consulting

Specialization: eating disorders, eating across the spectrum.

Fresh Hope Counselling

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)

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

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