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Empowered Wellness & Solutions

Welcome to Empowered Wellness & Solutions, where inclusive, compassionate care meets you where you are at. Our team brings together therapists from varied backgrounds, cultures, and languages, making it easier to find support that resonates with your unique experiences. We’re here to support individuals, children, youth, couples, families and communities with a range of needs-from managing stress and relationships, to trauma and grief, and even assessments and diagnosis.

At Empowered Wellness & Solutions, our approach to mental health is based on compassionate, evidence-based strategies to support and guide you in reaching your goals. Helping you reach the best version of yourself is our personal passion and vision.

McColl Therapy

We’re here to help you thrive in your interests, responsibilities, and relationships. Our team of Occupational Therapists deliver proven approaches for mental health, physical wellness, and improved function. Please visit our website to learn more and to book a free consult call!

Occupational Therapy is a “function-focused” health discipline that targets real-world success with mind-body principles and practical strategies. By helping you live and function at your best, we see improved mental wellness, achievement, and quality of life.

Therapy isn’t one size fits all. We specialize in various approaches to address issues of emotions, pain, cognition, communication, daily function, professional performance, trauma, and more.

Ivan Chow

Ivan is a Registered Social Worker and can counsel clients in Alberta. He is passionate about providing a collaborative, non-judgmental therapeutic space for clients. He patiently works to build a strong and warm connection with each person, welcoming all who are seeking support. Ivan believes that building rapport and trust in a therapeutic relationship is crucial for positive change.

Ivan works with those wrestling with Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, meaning in life, and draws from a diverse pool of models, including CBT, DBT, and Attachment Theory to work with clients based on their individual needs.

Ivan is fluent in both English and Cantonese and can provide counselling in both languages.

Harrison Orpe

Welcoming men, women, and teen clients, I focus on helping them discover, or re-discover, their own joy and meaning in life while equipping them with the tools to sustain it. I use an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based approach while drawing on other techniques including Existential Theory, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and DBT. With a genuine passion for helping others live their most fulfilled lives, I am committed to guiding clients toward greater self-understanding, resilience, and emotional well-being. My other passion is high-level athletes and sports performance psychology. I also offer Psychoeducational Assessments for children and adults as well as Adult ADHD Assessments. You deserve to find joy every day.

Trudi Jane Wyatt

I work with individual men and women in Alberta experiencing the effects of trauma, relationship difficulties, stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and other challenges that they have decided they are ready to explore and address towards a more satisfying, meaningful, values-oriented, and peaceful life. I generally guide sessions with an approach called Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and sessions are non-judgmental, safe, confidential (within legal/ethical limits), and professional. I have a physical office location in Calgary (Kensington), or we can meet by video or phone. In addition to the above I am a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCPA), Counselling Therapist (ACTA), and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. For more information, please visit my website, and/or contact me if there are any questions or uncertainties that I can address.

George Wahba

My therapeutic approach integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Somatic Therapy models to help you navigate life’s challenges and thoughts in a way that aligns with your core values. At the heart of this work is the therapeutic relationship, which provides a safe space so you may explore your vulnerabilities. Grounded in trauma-informed care, my approach will support you in reconnecting with your values and spirituality, empowering you to engage more fully and authentically in your relationships and life overall.

Nadine Hynd

Nadine is a registered psychologist and can counsel clients in Alberta, Nunavut, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

She can counsel individuals, couples, and families and also provides psychological assessments for mental health, executive functioning, ADHD, and for adoptions.

Nadine specializes in trauma, personality disorders, domestic violence, self esteem, grief, and anxiety and depression. She also greatly enjoys incorporating and exploring faith and spirituality with clients in sessions.

She utilizes cognitive behavioural therapy, trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment, dialectic behavioural therapy, and emotion focused therapy with clients, amongst other therapies to give the best service to reach client.

Dr. Laurie Ali

My approach involves understanding your unique circumstances, building a strong and trusting relationship, applying proven interventions and practical solutions to the problems, and using direct feedback to increase awareness of blind spots. I work with clients to address immediate challenges and to identify and treat the root causes for lasting change. My style has been described as warm, validating, and honest with a dash of humor.

Joel Wilkinson

I am committed to helping clients achieve a greater sense of well-being, fulfillment, and success through working collaboratively to develop better personal awareness, overcome limitations and implement effective strategies in order for clients to live more inspired and purposeful lives.

I provide counselling and coaching to my clients from a genuine place of caring and commitment to my client’s goals and concerns. Specific approaches used with particular clients may include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Guided Imagery, Relationship Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Sport Psychology as well as career, life, and relationship counselling.

Maria Malouf

Sometimes, the challenges we face can overwhelm our abilities to cope. This can lead us away from our values, sense of self and can make the future look uncertain.

During times of transition and uncertainty, we may require some extra support to help us make sense of the things getting in our way. My role as a therapist is not to provide you with an answer, it is to help you make meaning of your experiences.

I believe each person has their own innate wisdom and my job is to create a safe relational space for them to access it.

Zinah Al-Saffar

I am a Registered Psychologist and EMDR Therapist and I am licensed in both Alberta and Ontario. In addition, I provide services in both English and Arabic.

My areas of clinical expertise include anxiety, trauma and C-PTSD, dissociation, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, parenting, relationship difficulties, couple and family issues, anger management, disordered eating, postpartum depression, managing emotions, addictions, sleeping issues, self-esteem, body image, nightmares, and others. I work with youth, adults, couples and families.
I integrate many modalities into my practice, which include EMDR, Ego State, Gottman Method Couples Therapy (level 1 training), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution-focused Therapy, Attachment based practice, and Cognitive-behavioral Therapy (CBT) and others.

Peter Miller

Through more than a decade practicing as a Registered Psychologist, I have developed a deep understanding of the internal and external dynamics of commonly experienced mental health disorders. I have extensive experience treating borderline personality disorder, and also specialize in mood disorders, anxiety, and emotion regulation. I work with adults (18+), mainly using cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), and I see both individuals and couples.

I provide online sessions for clients located in AB, NU, NB, and NS. If you would like to have a quick chat before booking your first appointment, I offer a free 15-min consultation to ensure we are a good fit. Looking forward to connecting with you!

Matt Hudson

I am honored to help those desiring meaningful change in their lives – personal mental, emotional and behavioural change is some of the most difficult work one can do and that is why most avoid it. From 27 years of practice and having worked with very challenging situations, I have refined my therapeutic approach to quickly assist with understanding of your symptoms, the real problem and practical strategies to gain relief. Therapy is a process yet a ‘deep dive’ into what troubles you can be achieved within a few sessions! I am determined to assist in the most effective and efficient way!

Joel Mader

As part of my practice I use interventions and techniques that are practical and have been shown to be effective in addressing specific mental health issues. This includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Structured Relapse Prevention and Motivational Interviewing. My approach emphasizes collaboration, empathy, warmth and understanding, recognizing that these are important factors in developing an effective therapeutic relationship.

Sadiya Shah

I specialize in the assessment and treatment of adult ADHD and PTSD, and generalize in the treatment of most mental health disorders. I utilize an integrative and transdiagnostic approach to mental health treatment which incorporates a biopsychosocial view of the individual. I enjoy focusing on increasing good health behaviours by understanding the relationship between life experiences, socialization, stress, and current functioning. My goal is to work with the client in making tangible and meaningful life changes as well as gaining a good understanding and perspective into what drives their behaviours, emotions, thoughts, and physiological processes.