Trauma and PTSD therapists in Calgary, Alberta AB, Canada CA
Trauma and PTSD
Amy Sheffield
Psychologist, Mc(Psych), Registered Psychologist
Trauma can be the catalyst for any mental health concern that impedes our ability to live our best life. Often when trauma is discussed we immediately think of experiences related to bodily harm including childhood abuse, violence, warfare, serious accidents and sexual assault. However, trauma can also refer to incidents that do not threaten one’s physical life but still disrupt emotional functioning. Examples include divorce, interpersonal conflict, infertility, financial loss, infidelity and legal trouble. I decided to obtain specialized training in trauma when I realized how frequently it was impacting peoples’ ability to be their best selves. People would often tell me that they “knew” cognitively that their thinking post trauma was impeding their progress. However, simply changing their thoughts was failing to change the physiological response their body was having in situations that triggered their trauma related memories. I therefore decided to pursue training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) to help people achieve peaceful congruency between their mind and body post trauma.
20 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Tiffany Smith
Psychologist, Registered Provisional Psychologist
Your experience of trauma can be something that is impacting your life and mental health in a variety of ways. By working with a therapist you can begin to safely explore and process your experiences. Together we can begin recognizing some of the physical sensations, thought patterns and behaviours that might be attributed to traumatic experiences. In our work together you can expect to laugh, cry, practice new skills, and explore new ways of living.
7 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Trudi Jane Wyatt
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, RP, CT, CCC, CCTP
Trauma is often viewed as an “event” or “experience” like a terrible accident, abuse, a disaster, a death, etc. And it is a common view that the event or experience has to be considered “big” like these examples. And while such events and experiences can definitely be traumatic, other views expand on this, such as with the thinking that:
>Trauma is not an event or an experience as such, it’s what’s stored in the brain and the body. (There is a book called “The Body Keeps the Score” by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk describing this.)
>“Traumatic experiences” don’t have to be so “big”, and what is traumatic for you might not be traumatic for someone else, depending on things like if someone is more sensitive than someone else.
Also, sometimes events enacted, witnessed, or experienced can be impactful because they run counter to your sense of morality and ethics, and these can be difficult to recover from too.
While some people spontaneously recover from trauma over time with the love and support of family and friends, others may suffer from effects of lasting trauma, which can vary greatly from person to person but might include living with deep emotional pain, avoiding reminders of the event or experience, feeling depressed or nervous, feeling like the event is still happening, feeling very angry or guilty, having difficulty sleeping, judgments of self or others, or other effects, long after the actual experience has passed.
In these circumstances, the support, guidance, and assistance of a counsellor can often be helpful in lessening the impact of the event or events on your life in the here and now, such as by helping you find healthy ways to cope with the lingering effects of the trauma, though certainly the road can sometimes be difficult.
If you feel you are living with the effects of trauma and are wanting a more satisfying and values-directed life, I might be able to assist.
15 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Laura Romero
Psychologist, MC, R.Psych
Trauma and PTSD are very dynamic subjects. There is an extraordinary amount of work that the therapist and client need to do together before trauma can be addressed and processed. I have training in EMDR, taking a trauma-informed approach, attachment therapy and I take a holistic approach so clients (hopefully) feel like that are in a safe and caring space. Trauma shows up for people in a variety of ways and can hijack their daily lives. I'm here to support clients on their journey to moving through their trauma, so eventually they can put some time and space between them and their trauma, which ultimately gives them more control over their lives.
4 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Diane McLeaghn
Counsellor/Therapist, BA, MA, RPC
Trauma informed therapy including EMDR, Somatic and Hypnotherapy for effective resolution.
24 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Shannon Loewen
Psychologist, M.Sc. Counselling Psychology
I use a trauma-informed and compassion-focused approach to help you explore trauma, learn to soothe your body's responses to trauma, and rebuild your sense of self and a sense of control.
4 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Daniel Klassen
Psychologist, Provisional Psychologist (P7619) in Alberta, Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC 19147) for the rest of Canada
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Level 2 (CCTP-II) Certification #285-49007, Daniel has personal experience in trauma and PTSD.
5 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Chris Graham
Psychologist, Registered Provisional Psychologist
I believe that trauma can interrupt our ability to connect with others and can be a driver of disconnection. Therapy can help us to reestablish meaningful bonds and experience safety in connection. Book your free 20 minute meet & greet today to see if I might be the right fit for you.
5 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Elliott Kemmet
Counsellor/Therapist, MSW, BSW, RSW
In my trauma and PTSD counseling, I provide a secure and compassionate setting where individuals can address and heal from the profound impacts of traumatic experiences. Understanding that trauma affects both the mind and body, I guide clients through the process of identifying and processing traumatic memories, reducing the intensity of emotional and physical responses associated with these events. My approach is gentle and empathetic, focusing on empowering clients with effective coping mechanisms and resilience-building strategies. We work together to create a path toward healing that respects each individual's pace and emotional capacity. This therapeutic journey aims to restore a sense of control, peace, and well-being, allowing clients to reclaim their lives and move forward with renewed purpose and strength.
10 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Kevin Ruddell
Psychologist, M.A., R. Psych
Trauma can be any event that as a perpetual negative impact on an individual. A common outcome from those that have been traumatizes is PTSD whereby individual re-experience feels of fear and anxiety as a result of the traumatic event. By processing the events and learning how to survive beyond the trauma we can find new ways to thrive in life rather than just survive.
15 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Megan Hanrahan
Psychologist, M.C., Registered Psychologist
Trauma is how our bodies and minds react to distressing events of the past. Sometimes trauma results in a diagnosis of PTSD, but it can also lead to various other mental health diagnoses. Trauma can show up for us in many different ways, but it can often impede our ability to connect with others, be our full genuine selves and live our lives to the fullest. In our work together, we’ll start to identify signs of trauma, how it’s impacting you and work on ways to process through it. I have training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, which is a treatment modality for processing trauma.
3 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Jayne Batten
Counsellor/Therapist, MSc, CT, RPC, MPCC
Trauma is the emotional wound that is created in response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event such as the loss of a loved one, or perhaps suffering an accident, abuse or surviving a natural disaster. Equally trauma can result from the drip, drip, drip of negative or abusive circumstances outside our control, that impact our sense of safety, trust and ‘okay-ness’ in the world around us. The emotional impact of trauma can result in long term physical and mental symptoms that make it difficult to function in our everyday lives. It wreaks havoc with our relationships with others. Depression and anxiety very often result from the experience of trauma. Talking therapy can help us to validate our experiences and the feelings, or denial of feelings, that go hand in hand with trauma. In time we can hopefully reframe what causes us to suffer and develop skills to cope, so that we can move forward in our lives.
6 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Nakasha Ogbonna
Registered Social Worker, RSW
I have extensive experience supporting clients of all ages, first responders (firefighters, police, EMS, military, etc.), university staff and faculty, and major corporations in working through trauma and on site critical incidents. I am trained in a broad range of highly effective therapeutic approaches for trauma and PTSD symptoms including prolonged exposure, accelerated resolution therapy, trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy, etc.
5 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Cheryl Placsko
Psychologist, M.A. Clinical Psychology, R. Psych.
I work with trauma and PTSD using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).
19 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Carl Conradi
Counsellor/Therapist, CCC, MSc, MBA
I understand trauma to be an experience that plays out in the body: strong sensations overwhelm its capacity to tolerate everyday occurrences; triggers and memories rip it out of the present and throw it back into the past; and being around other people leaves it feeling like a fragile object. How might we learn to listen compassionately to what our body has to say about trauma? And how might our body come to feel once it knows that it's being listened to?
2 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Broken Gold Counseling
Registered Social Worker, MACP, MSW, RSW
My primary work with trauma and PTSD is through accelerated resolution therapy (ART) which must be done in person. However, talk therapy can also be quite effective for trauma and PTSD and can be offered virtually in most cases.
11 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Josh Dempsey, Empowered Life Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, RTC
What is trauma? What are its effects on your daily life? Do you have trauma? It touches everyone at some point in their lives and acknowledging it is step 1 to understanding its origin and working better to move past it.
2 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
The Cognitive Corner
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW, R. Prov. Psych., CCC
Our therapists are trained in many different approaches to help provide those dealing with trauma and PTSD the support they need. All of our clinic's therapists have a background in supporting individuals in Trauma and/or PTSD.
6 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Meera Duncan
Counsellor/Therapist, Author, Registered Counselling Therapist, Registered Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapist, & Addictions Counsellor
Are you struggling with Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD? Are you experiencing flashbacks, severe anxiety, nightmares, and panic attacks? Healing the trauma you’ve experienced through effective treatment methods such as clinical hypnotherapy/hypnosis, counselling, & cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been proven to reduce & resolve PTSD. I incorporate each of these treatment methods when I work with individuals with this diagnosis. Take the first step towards healing and call me today.
12 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Mark Giesbrecht, MA, CCC, RCC - Psychotherapist
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, CT, CCC, RCC
Just because something very difficult and negatively impact-full happened to you doesn't necessarily mean you experienced trauma. Trauma is the bodies way of telling us we have not resolved a past event or period of extreme stress over time. There are steps you can take to change how past events continue to impact you today. Freedom from the past is possible.
29 Years Experience