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Hello

Are you looking at being the best version of yourself despite your lived experience, then you are at the right place.

 

I am passionate about supporting individuals to meet their goals and working with individuals struggling with a wide variety of issues, including addiction, anxiety, depression, stress, parenting, trauma, burnout, and self-esteem, using a trauma-informed lens.

 

I specialize in providing services to individuals, families, youths, couples, and groups. I work from a client-centered stand using interventions such as

 

  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Strengths Based

  • Narrative Therapy and Motivational Interviewing.

My Story

I am a Social Worker registered with the Alberta College of Social Workers and authorized to perform psychosocial interventions. I hold a Master of Social Work from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Social Work. I have provided social work services to individuals from diverse backgrounds for over ten years and counseling services for the past 5 years.

 

My goal in each session is to help individuals identify issues that get them stuck and work on developing practical strategies to help overcome these issues.

 

Whatever your goal in counseling looks like, I am here to work alongside you to enable you to discover your hidden potential. With several years of working in the social services field, I believe that you are the expert of your own life, and my role as your therapist is to serve as a guide as you work towards your goals.

Education and Certifications

  • Masters in Social Work

  • Registered Social Worker

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Ilera Psychological Services is not a crisis center, If you are in crisis or need someone to talk to, help is available 24/7:

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  • 📞 Mental Health Helpline (Alberta) — 1-877-303-2642
    Free, confidential support for mental health concerns.

  • 📞 Distress Centre Calgary — 403-266-4357 (HELP)
    Available 24 hours a day for anyone in crisis, including youth and families.

  • 📞 Talk Suicide Canada — 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)
    Text 45645 (4 p.m.–12 a.m. MST)

  • 📱 If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911.

Location

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  • In-person in Calgary at  310 14st NW Calgary, AB. 

  • Virtual all over Alberta. 

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In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, Ilera Psychological Services would like to honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta Districts 5 and 6. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory.

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