Dr. Dawn is a registered psychologist in Alberta, with nearly 30 years of experience in the helping profession and over 25 years as a professor in the counsellor education field.

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In her private practice, she specializes in treating complex trauma, dissociation/DID, self-harm, personality disorders, workplace stress & trauma, eating disorders, medical trauma, and violence/abuse (perpetrators, victims, & witnesses). She has clinical expertise in many areas, including providing long-term psychodynamic therapy using Transactional Analysis. She also actively uses CBT, DBT, play/creative expressive therapies, sand tray work, and ego-state interventions (e.g., adapted IFS work, Frasier's Table), as well as process-based group therapies. Furthermore, she integrates the use of attachment-based EMDR and somatic experiencing in a trauma-informed manner in her clinical work.

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She has won numerous teaching awards and been nominated for several, including, most recently, a supervision award. She has been recognized by a major Women's Shelter for providing exceptional clinical and ethical consultation to its staff.

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She is working on her second book “Counselling Ethics in Canada: Care, Consent, and Charting”.

Alyson is a registered psychologist in Alberta, with nearly 40 years of work experience as a high school teacher and as an instructor in post-secondary institutions. After retiring, she became a registered psychologist to help people enhance their quality of life.

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Although Alyson, works with variety of presenting issues, given her maturity and experience, she is specializing in working with therapists who would benefit from debriefing the stressors associated with working in this field. See her once or more often - you decide.

She is a highly ethical therapist who will make great strides to protect your privacy and offer you a supportive, healing space so you can keep helping others.

Alyson is certified in EMDR and has taken extensive training in many modalities, including Somatic Experiencing. In her work, she knows the value of feeling heard, being understood, and having the time to unpack what you need to digest. She also emphasizes the crucial body-mind connection and the power of one’s thoughts to influence their actions. In addition to EMDR and SE, Alyson has also undergone training in Transactional Analysis (TA). We will have immediate access for therapists (services are virtual - you choose, phone or video).