Trauma and PTSD therapists in Brooks, AB
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Brooks, Alberta, Canada who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
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PTSD/Trauma
Harness of Joy Psychotherapy Services
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, RCSW EMDRIA Approved Consultant & Credit Provider
When traumatic experiences shatter your sense of safety, the past has a disorienting way of invading the present. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) isn't simply a set of memories you can't forget—it is your nervous system remaining trapped in survival mode long after the threat has passed. Whether triggered by a single overwhelming event, complex relational trauma, or prolonged distress, your body stays braced for impact through sudden flashbacks, hyper-vigilance, emotional numbness, or disruptive sleep.
At Harness of Joy Psychotherapy Services, we recognize that these intense responses are not flaws, but adaptive survival strategies your system created to keep you alive. Guided by our practice values of empathy, integrity, tailored care, and authentic growth, we offer a rock-solid, trauma-informed sanctuary where healing moves at a pace that honors your boundaries—never forcing you to relive pain before you are ready.
Pathways to Restoring Internal Safety:
Unwind the Survival Alarm: Utilize gentle somatic grounding and nervous system regulation to discharge trapped physiological fight, flight, or freeze energy.
Process Traumatic Memories Safely: Integrate painful experiences using evidence-based, compassionate approaches that take the sharp, reactive edge off intrusive memories.
Reclaim Your Life & Wholeness: Rebuild an unshakable sense of present-moment safety, cultivate deep self-compassion, and step back into a life defined by peace rather than protection.
Trauma may have changed the way you experience the world, but it does not get to write the rest of your story. Together, we can help your nervous system realize the danger is over, allowing you to step out of constant defense and back into genuine connection, vitality, and joy.
26 Years Experience
Online in Brooks, AB (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Candice Seligman
Counsellor/Therapist, MACP, DVATI, CCC
Trauma can show up as persistent anxiety, emotional overwhelm, feeling shutdown, difficulty trusting yourself or others, numbness, hypervigilance, or feeling stuck in patterns that seem rooted in the past. I focus on working with CPTSD, complex and developmental trauma, including childhood and relational trauma, rather than acute single-incident trauma such as recent accidents or medical emergencies. I work somatically, trauma-informed, and with the nervous system, inner child, and energy field in mind to help release the deeper roots of trauma responses. My focus is compassionate, root-cause healing that supports safety in your body, integration of painful experiences, and movement toward greater freedom and wholeness.
6 Years Experience
Online in Brooks, AB (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Maribel Ayala
Registered Psychotherapist, M.A. Counselling Psychology, Registered Psychotherapist, CCC, EMDR Certified Therapist, Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapist
Have you gone through or witnessed a traumatic event? Are trauma or PTSD symptoms causing you psychological distress? It's important to know that trauma and PTSD are treatable, and the sooner you begin treatment, the better your chances of recovery. At my trauma-informed private practice, I offer professional treatment tailored to your needs.
I specialize in trauma, PTSD, and C-PTSD, utilizing a variety of evidence-based psychotherapies. These include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP), EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol (G-TEP), Brainspotting, and Ego State Therapy, among others.
To schedule an appointment or learn more about my psychotherapy services, please call me at 226-984-9398.
16 Years Experience
Online in Brooks, AB
PTSD/Trauma
Julie Taylor Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, MTC, RCS
Trauma immediately causes a change in our physiology and readies our body to fight, flee or freeze. Trauma embeds itself in our brains and bodies, perhaps partly because of the human will to survive. We have to both understand it and gently take away its power. Trauma is unique: what is traumatic for one person may not be traumatic to another. Trauma causes a miss-match between what we see and reality, causing us to over-react and plunge our bodies into a state of panic: adrenalin flowing and a state of readiness to fight, flee or freeze. Later, our bodies may be plunged into that same hypervigilance for no real reason: that is PTSD. Often we mask how we feel and act how we 'know we should', widening the gap between how we feel inside and what we do. If we don't recognize trauma straight off, and process and heal it, the result of that trauma builds inside us with every new traumatic event, also leading to PTSD. If you have experienced trauma - something that you personally have found traumatic - come explore it. Don't let it take over your life?
26 Years Experience
Online in Brooks, AB
PTSD/Trauma
Halyna Polityka
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MEd
Our bodies and emotional selves hang on to past pain to protect us. Let's gain more understanding of our pain and heal it so our alert systems can be updated to work better in the present.
10 Years Experience
Online in Brooks, AB (Online Only)
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Brooks, AB Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Brooks, AB average 11 years of experience and charge around $176 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (65%), Internal Family Systems (IFS) (54%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (51%).
Average years in practice
11 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$176
Accept insurance
76%
Offer sliding scale
59%
Gender ID
| 74% |
Female |
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| 21% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 68% |
In Person and Online |
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| 32% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 65% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 54% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 51% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 49% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 49% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 48% | Somatic Therapy |
| 45% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 71% | Young Adult |
| 61% | Senior |
| 60% | Teen |
| 22% | Children |
Client Focus
| 61% | Women |
| 51% | LGBTQ+ |
| 46% | Men |
| 41% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 31% | Christian |