Online Counselling in Edmonton, Alberta
Professional therapy for teens, adults, couples, and families so you don’t have to face it alone.
Have You Been Struggling with Your Mental Health?
Some days, you manage just fine. Other days, it feels like everything could fall apart at once.
You’re doing your best to juggle work, relationships, and daily responsibilities, but underneath it all… you’re exhausted. Maybe your thoughts won’t slow down, your patience feels thin, or your motivation has disappeared. You might feel tension in your body, find your sleep disrupted, or realize you’ve lost interest in things that used to bring joy.
When emotional pain or stress sticks around, it can begin to affect everything like your focus, your health, your relationships, even your sense of who you are. That’s where counselling can help.
At The Mental Health Clinic, our Alberta-licensed therapists provide compassionate online counselling in Edmonton and surrounding communities including Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Leduc, Spruce Grove, and Fort Saskatchewan. Through secure video or phone sessions, you can access professional support from home, work, or anywhere you feel most comfortable.
Our therapists use evidence-based, results-driven approaches such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, EFT, and more to help you work through whatever’s been weighing on you whether it’s anxiety, depression, stress, grief, burnout, trauma, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, or simply feeling stuck. No matter what you’re facing, therapy provides a safe, structured space to make sense of it, find relief, and start feeling like yourself again.
Find out how therapy can calm your system, lift your mood, and help you start functioning again.
What Counselling Really Does
Counselling is more than venting. It’s a structured treatment process that helps you explore, understand, and change the patterns that keep you stuck. Your sessions are focused on reducing symptoms that interfere with your daily life while helping you rebuild clarity, confidence, and emotional stability.
Through evidence-based techniques, counselling helps you:
Reduce anxiety and panic by retraining how your brain and body respond to stress
Lift depressive symptoms by restoring motivation, focus, and balance
Regulate emotions so you can think clearly and make grounded decisions
Reconnect with others through healthier communication and conflict resolution
Heal from trauma by processing distressing memories safely and decreasing triggers
Our therapists don’t just offer support they deliver personalized treatment plans backed by research and shaped around your specific concerns, history, and goals. A counsellor listens deeply, helps you recognize emotional patterns, and equips you with tools you can use immediately to start feeling better.
Most sessions naturally move through three stages:
Exploring the Concern: Understanding what’s happening, how it affects your life, and setting clear goals.
Creating Relief in the Moment: Using grounding, emotion regulation, and reframing techniques to reduce distress right away.
Building Lasting Change: Deepening insight, strengthening coping skills, and preventing old patterns from returning.
Counselling transforms emotional pain into something you can understand, manage, and overcome step by step.
Who Is Counselling For?
You don’t need to be in crisis to reach out. Many Edmontonians begin therapy when life starts to feel heavier than usual, when stress, sadness, or conflict begin to interfere with daily life, or when it feels like nothing is helping anymore.
Counselling can help if you’re:
Overwhelmed by stress or anxiety and can’t seem to relax
Feeling low or disconnected from motivation or joy
Struggling in relationships or communication
Coping with major life change like a breakup, move, loss, or new transition
Recovering from trauma or distressing memories that still linger
Trying to hold it all together but running on empty
Our Edmonton therapists support people from all walks of life from professionals and students to parents and couples working to reconnect.
We work with:
Teens navigating school pressure, friendships, or identity questions
Adults managing anxiety, burnout, or workplace challenges
Couples rebuilding trust and communication
Families adapting to change, parenting challenges, or blended dynamics
And that’s just the beginning. Even if you’re not sure how to describe what you’re feeling, therapy can meet you exactly where you are and help you move forward.
What Counselling Can Help With
Every person’s story is unique but, nearly everyone reaches a point where coping alone stops working. Therapy provides structure, guidance, and tools to problem solve, manage symptoms and strengthen resilience so life starts to feel steady again.
Emotional Health and Well-Being
When your emotions feel unpredictable or too intense, counselling helps calm your nervous system and retrain how your mind responds to stress.
Together, you’ll learn practical ways to manage anxiety, lift your mood, and find relief from constant worry, irritability, or overwhelm. Clients often notice they can think more clearly, sleep better, and regain energy for the things that matter.
Relationships and Connection
Arguments that repeat, communication that breaks down, or emotional distance that leaves you feeling unseen, these are all areas where therapy helps. In sessions, you’ll develop stronger listening and communication skills, learn to express needs without defensiveness, and rebuild trust in your closest relationships. Whether it’s couples counselling, family therapy, or boundary-setting in friendships, our focus is helping you connect in ways that feel supportive and safe.
Stress, Burnout, and Work-Life Pressure
Modern life rarely slows down. When deadlines, caregiving, or expectations stack up, stress can turn into exhaustion or shutdown. Counselling helps you identify early signs of burnout, rebalance priorities, and set healthier boundaries so your mental and physical health can recover. You’ll learn strategies to protect your energy and prevent burnout from becoming your “new normal.”
Grief, Loss, and Trauma
Grief and trauma change the way we experience the world. You may feel numb, stuck in memories, or suddenly overwhelmed by emotions that seem unpredictable. Through evidence-based treatments like EMDR, EFT, or trauma-informed CBT, therapy helps you process those experiences safely, reducing distress while honouring what you’ve been through. Healing doesn’t erase pain; it helps you carry it with more strength and peace.
Personal Growth and Identity
Counselling isn’t only for problems, it’s also for growth. You might want to explore self-confidence, purpose, or identity questions, or simply understand yourself better. Therapy can help you clarify values, navigate transitions, and make choices that align with who you want to become.
Common Concerns Our Alberta Therapists Support
Adjustments
Anger Management
Anxiety & Panic
Career
Communication
Cultural Issues
Depression
Eating Concerns
Emotion Regulation
Grief and loss
Identity
Parenting
Phobias
Relationships
Self-esteem
Separation & Divorce
Stress
Family Conflicts
Trauma
And more…
Whatever you’re facing, whether it’s clearly defined or hard to name, counselling offers relief, perspective, and lasting tools for change. You don’t have to keep holding it all together on your own.
What Happens in a Session?
Starting counselling can feel like a big step, and it’s normal to wonder what it will be like. When you start counselling, you’re not just signing up to talk; you’re beginning a structured process built around understanding, stability, and growth.
1. Exploring the Presenting Concern or Problem
Your first few sessions focus on understanding what’s happening and why. You and your therapist will talk about what brought you here, how your symptoms show up, and how they affect your daily life. This exploration isn’t about judgement or “fixing” you; it’s about identifying patterns and triggers so your therapist can create a treatment plan that fits you. Together, you’ll define clear goals; things like “I want to feel less anxious at work,” or “I want to stop avoiding conversations that matter.” This foundation builds the roadmap for everything that follows.
2. Creating Relief in the Moment
Counselling isn’t just insight, it’s also practical support. Once your therapist understands your core concerns, you’ll begin working on tools to calm your system and reduce distress right away. You’ll learn techniques for grounding, emotion regulation, or cognitive reframing that can ease symptoms like racing thoughts, panic, irritability, or emotional shutdown. These skills bring stability and confidence early on so you leave sessions with something that makes a tangible difference in your daily life.
3. Building Lasting Change
The final stage focuses on long-term growth. With safety and stability in place, therapy shifts toward deeper work, understanding the roots of patterns, healing old wounds, and strengthening the habits that support emotional resilience. You’ll explore new ways of thinking, relating, and coping that help you sustain progress outside of sessions. By the end, clients often describe feeling lighter, more present, and better equipped to handle whatever life brings next.
Every person’s process is different. Some find relief after a few sessions; others continue longer-term to deepen self-understanding and maintain growth. Your therapist will move at your pace, adjusting treatment along the way so you always feel supported and in control of your journey.
Therapeutic Approaches We Use
No two people experience mental-health challenges in the same way and no single approach works for everyone. That’s why our Edmonton based counsellors draw from a range of evidence-based therapies, selecting methods that best match your symptoms, goals, and personality. Our goal is always the same: help you feel better in the short term, and create lasting emotional change over time.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): ACT helps you notice unhelpful thoughts without getting pulled into them. By focusing on mindfulness and personal values, you’ll learn to respond to life’s stressors with flexibility instead of avoidance thereby building emotional strength and clarity.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, emotions, and actions. It’s one of the most researched forms of treatment for anxiety, depression, and stress. You’ll identify negative thinking patterns, challenge them with realistic alternatives, and develop healthier daily habits that support mood stability.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): Originally developed for intense emotions, DBT teaches four key skill areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. It helps you manage big feelings without shutting down or reacting impulsively, improving both self-control and relationships.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT): EFT helps you understand and process emotions rather than suppress them. By learning to identify what your feelings are trying to communicate, you can transform emotional pain into clarity, empathy, and deeper connection with both yourself and others.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): EMDR is a structured, trauma-focused therapy that helps your brain safely reprocess distressing memories. It reduces the emotional intensity of traumatic events, often decreasing flashbacks, nightmares, and body-based anxiety responses. Clients frequently describe EMDR as life-changing for trauma, phobias, and unresolved grief.
Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Grounded in decades of research, this method teaches couples practical ways to de-escalate conflict, communicate effectively, and rebuild emotional trust. It’s especially helpful for improving intimacy, teamwork, and resilience during stressful times.
Internal Family Systems (IFS): IFS helps you explore different “parts” of yourself (the protector, the critic, the inner child) with compassion instead of judgement. You’ll learn how these parts developed and how to bring them into balance, leading to greater self-understanding and emotional peace.
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT): Rather than analyzing every problem, SFT highlights what’s already working. Together, you’ll identify small, achievable steps that move you closer to your goals and build confidence through progress.
Integrative Approaches: Many clients benefit from a blend of approaches. Our therapists integrate multiple methods always through a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive lens to create a personalized plan that fits your pace and comfort level. Every technique we use is evidence-based, compassionate, and adapted to your unique story.
At The Mental Health Clinic, therapy isn’t about labels or quick fixes; it’s about finding the right treatment process for you.
Whether you need practical tools for anxiety, trauma recovery, relationship repair, or personal growth, your therapist will tailor sessions to deliver meaningful, measurable results.
The Benefits of Counselling
For many people, one of the greatest benefits of counselling is finally understanding why they feel the way they do. Having a safe and confidential space to share your thoughts, emotions, and experiences with a trained professional can ease the weight of carrying those struggles alone.
Over time, clients often gain new insight into their patterns, along with practical coping strategies they can apply in everyday life. These tools make it easier to manage emotions, strengthen relationships, and navigate challenges with confidence.
At The Mental Health Clinic, we believe that prioritizing your mental health is a brave and important step. With online counselling available across Edmonton and surrounding areas, support is only a call or click away. When you’re ready to take that step, our Edmonton counsellors are here to guide you with compassion, professionalism, and care.
You don’t have to face this alone anymore, professional support is one click away
Why Choose The Mental Health Clinic?
Therapists in Edmonton you can trust: Licensed professionals with advanced training and 20+ years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families.
Evidence-based and results-oriented: Every session follows proven methods tailored to your goals, so you notice progress you can feel and measure.
Edmonton-wide access: Secure video or phone sessions mean you can attend therapy from home, work, or anywhere in Edmonton.
Flexible scheduling options with morning, afternoon, evening and weekend appointments available.
No waitlists so you can start when you're ready, not months from now.
Insurance Coverage: Most major Alberta insurance providers reimburse sessions with our registered therapists.
Free consultations: Meet your therapist first, ask questions, and make sure it feels like the right fit before committing.
We know taking the first step can be overwhelming. That’s why we offer a free 20-minute consultation for a chance to meet your therapist, ask questions, and see if it feels right for you.
Meet Our Therapists
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AMY
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DANIEL
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KAREN
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