Transcend Psychological Services

Individual Therapy

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Individual therapy is a collaborative, one-on-one process between you and a trained therapist — a space that belongs entirely to you. Whether you’re working through a specific issue like anxiety, trauma, or grief, or simply feeling stuck and unsure why, individual therapy helps you explore your thoughts, emotions, and patterns in a safe and non-judgmental environment.

Our practitioners draw from a wide range of evidence-based approaches, tailoring their methods to your unique needs, goals, and lived experience. There is no one-size-fits-all path to wellbeing — and we believe the therapeutic relationship itself is one of the most powerful tools for lasting change. Whatever you’re carrying, you don’t have to carry it alone.

Mood & Mental Health

When Your Inner World Feels Heavy

Depression

Depression is more than sadness. It’s a heaviness that makes even simple tasks feel impossible and a hopelessness that makes it hard to imagine ever feeling okay again. Therapy can help lift that weight, reconnect you to what brings you joy, and support a return to peace and wellbeing.

Stress & Anxiety

Stress and anxiety take a real toll — on your body, your relationships, and your quality of life. While some stressors can be addressed through practical changes, others run deeper. Therapy helps you relate to those challenges differently, drawing on principles of acceptance and self-compassion to reduce internal distress.

Grief & Loss

Loss can cause a kind of suffering that feels impossible to move through. Therapy provides space to reflect on and honour what’s been lost, and helps you find a way forward — not by erasing the grief, but by helping you carry it differently. Through that process, therapy can also deepen your understanding of your own values and beliefs, and bring some reconciliation to an incredibly difficult experience.

Trauma, Addiction & the Body

Healing What Lives Beneath the Surface

Trauma

Trauma happens when an experience — whether a life-threatening event or a moment of profound helplessness — disrupts your sense of safety in the world. It can show up as anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares, and disorientation, or more subtly in your daily life and relationships. Without treatment, the effects tend to deepen over time. Our therapists are highly trained in trauma treatment, using empirically supported approaches including EMDR and Somatic Processing.

Addiction

Addiction takes many forms. Some involve physiological dependency on substances; others are rooted in the brain’s reward system, making things like gambling, shopping, or pornography just as compelling and destructive. Often, addiction develops as a way of coping with emotional pain. Therapy helps address the underlying vulnerabilities that led there, while building new strategies for managing life’s challenges without it.

Chronic Pain & Somatic Issues

The mind and body are not separate. On a neurological level, pain is a mental perception — which means emotional distress can directly influence how much pain we feel, and even increase our sensitivity to it. Therapy can help you develop awareness of how your emotions show up physically, allowing you to work through the underlying causes and consciously release the tension.

Growth & Direction

Moving Toward Who You Want to Be

Career & Vocational Counselling

Career satisfaction is shaped by many factors — your interests, strengths, and abilities, but also the internal barriers that can quietly hold you back. Vocational counselling helps you better understand yourself professionally, work through the emotional and psychological hurdles standing between you and your goals, and build a concrete plan for getting where you want to be.

Life Coaching

If you feel like you’re not living up to your potential — in your career, your relationships, or your personal life — life coaching can help. It’s a practical, forward-focused process that helps you get clear on where you want to be, build concrete strategies for getting there, and deepen your self-awareness along the way.

You Can Book Individual Therapy with any of These Practitioners

Cassandra Kleefman, Registered Psychologist Transcend Psychological Edmonton

Cassandra Kleefman

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MC
Registered Psychologist/Co-Owner
tami-lee duncan registered psychologist western canada

Tami-Lee Duncan

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M.Ed.
Registered Psychologist/Owner
carly bruce registered psychologist edmonton

Carly Bruce

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MC
Registered Psychologist
Lisa Rowse Edmonton psychologist at Transcend

Lisa Rowse

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MA
Registered Psychologist
Katherine Hannis edmonton psychologist

Katherine Hannis

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MC
Registered Psychologist
Crystal tracy sex therapist registered psychologist edmonton

Crystal Tracy

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MC
Registered Psychologist
harpreet gill edmonton psychologist

Harpreet Gill

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Ph.D
Registered Psychologist
Tyrone Powell canadian certified counsellor at transcend in edmonton

Tyrone Powell

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MA
Canadian Certified Counsellor
Christine Lee Registered Psychologist Edmonton

Christine Lee

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M.Ed.
Registered Psychologist
Erin Nesbitt Edmonton Psychologist at Transcend

Erin Nesbitt

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RD
Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor

Approaches to Therapy

offered by our team of practitioners

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Accelerated Resolution Therapy

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

Clinical Hypnosis

Grief Recovery Method

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Gottman Method

Polyvagal

Existential

Emotion-Focused Therapy

Internal Family Systems

Get in touch

Don't hesitate to reach out

We respond to all enquiries personally and aim to reply within 1–2 business days.