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INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
 
kakiyaw miyo-ayawin
ᒥᔪ-ᐊᔮᐏᐣ

(All encompassing, wellness and wellbeing)

Give us a call at 587-594-9855
(Administration Office hours 9:00AM to 4:00PM Monday to Friday)
or
Book Online

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Who We Are

Tanisi, Tawow! /Hello, Welcome!

We offer psychological and counselling services for Indigenous, BIPOC, and Non-Indigenous people. We provide services to all communities and populations residing in Alberta with locations in Edmonton, and Calgary,  and through online formats.

We are immersed in the culture we share on Turtle Island and believe in being inclusive. 

Our team believes in the Two-Eyed Seeing by Elder Albert Marshall approach to helping people. We need to understand the importance of culture and how this can impact a person's healing and well-being in a psychological setting. In addition, we as professionals need to engage in the culture to truly understand the meaning and how this can help the people we work with. All our providers are trauma-informed and have certification in one or more of the following: Somatic, Somatic Attachment, Indigenous Focused Oriented Therapy, ART, EMDR, and more. We are a growing practice that allows others to share their passion for working with Indigenous populations. 

  •        Counselling is neurological and embodied approach;

  •        Trauma and resource-informed perspectives;

  •         Psychological techniques that centre around emotional burden trans-generational trauma, discrimination and           racsim, lateral violence  and multiple forms of abuse;

  •         Providing a holistic approach and application of the Medicine Wheel or other Cultural techniques that  are                   healing and guided by Elders and Knowledge Keepers. 

  •         Providing awareness around systematic oppression, intergenerational and complex  trauma;

  •         Value acceptance, transparency, respect, and kindness.

  •         We embodying the importance of relationships and collaboration.

  •         For many off our clients there is an importance of not only the individual but. family, community and society.

  •         Understanding and respecting the multiple and intersecting identities of Indigenous peoples, such as: Status,             Non-Status, Metis, Inuit, First Nations;  

  •         Connecting and referring to resources, as well as, different funding opportunities available;

  •         Each Counsellor and psychologist is under their individual entity and vary with in their own scope of practice.

  •         Each psychologist must oblige by the standards and regulations set by CAP and HPA.  They are Contractors                 responsible for their own actions. 

Our Purpose 

Our Services

Therapy Services

  • Individual Counselling

  • Couples Counselling

  • Group Counselling

  • Family Counselling

  • Trauma Therapy

  • Indigenous Counselling

  • Telehealth (Video or Phone Sessions)

  • Sharing Circles

  • Child Therapy

  • Youth Counselling 

  • Parent-Child Reunification 

  • Play Therapy

  • EMDR, Somatic and Accelerated Resolutions Trauma therapy. 

  • Workshops 

  • Trainings 

  • Community events

  • Conferences and Seminars

Group Therapies

  • Men's Group 

  • Woman's Groups

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  • Healthy Relationships/Kinship

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  • Trauma Foundations Group

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  • Early Development Group

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  • DBT Group ​​

Medicine Wheel

Workshops, Trainings,  & Programs
 

  • Training -Bridging Clinical and Cultural Practices

  • Research on the Benefits of the Somatic Wheel and how to put into Practice. 

  • Indigenous Awareness Training and the Workplace for Staff

  • Two Eyed Seeing Approach and Best Practice. 

  • Mental Health Trauma and Addictions

  • Neuro-Decolonization 

  • Healthy Relationship and Kinship 

  • Impacts of Residential Schools and the Influence it has today

  • Intergenerational Trauma and Trauma informed Therapies. 

  • Intergenerational Trauma and the Brain

  • Trauma Foundations for Frontline

Pricing will reflect PAA standards. 

Here is a breakdown of the trainings offered: 

How Indigenous Psychological Services is Creating Change

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We are also involved in several communities of practice. In partnership with Alberta Council of Women's Shelters and Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association.

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A safe place created to embody the wellness and healing of our Medicine Wheel  and Holistic Approaches 

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Indigenous Psychological Services is dedicated to ensuring that our spaces are inclusive for all communities. We welcome you to our sacred space where every voice is honoured and celebrated. We are proud to support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community with culturally sensitive care, respect, and understanding.

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Edmonton

West End Location

10335 172 St NW, Suite 104

T5S 1K9

 

Calgary: Multiple locations with different providers 

 

Provinces: Quebec, British Columbia, New Brunswick

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional territories of Treaties 4, 6, 7, and 8 on Turtle Island—ancestral land of many Nations, including the Blackfoot Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, Siksika), Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney-Nakoda, Tsuu T’ina, and the Métis Peoples.

We honour the deep connection of these Nations to the land, and our shared responsibility to protect and respect Mother Earth. We pay tribute to the ancestors, the children, the missing and murdered Indigenous women and men, and all those who rest here.

We recognize the ongoing journey of healing and the shared duty of all treaty people. We stand in solidarity with those present, forgotten, and lost, and seek guidance and wisdom from the land.

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