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Our team brings years of experience and a shared commitment to excellence.
I am here to help you. With over 16 years of experience, I have the knowledge and experience to support you through the issues that are causing you distress. Together, we can find solutions that work for you.
A Little More About Me I was born and raised in Edmonton and Edmonton will always be home to me.
When I am not in the office, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, baking delicious treats, practicing my photography skills, and travelling to new destinations near and far from home.
I have always been inspired by Diane Ladd’s phrase, “if I can help one person in this world, then it’s enough, and I’ve done my job.”
I am always intrigued by how the personal story, experiences, and perspectives of each client are as unique as their fingerprints: everybody has them, but no two people’s prints are exactly alike.
I have always enjoyed helping people, so it was only right that I work in a profession where I can assist my clients accomplish their goals of learning effective problem solving strategies, learning how to successfully implement these techniques and enjoying a better quality of life
Student Therapist
Are you feeling overwhelmed, facing life’s challenges, or simply searching for more balance and clarity in your day-to-day life?
Offering free counselling for individuals, couples, and families who are ready to grow, heal, and reconnect.
With over 20 years of experience working with children, adults, and youth in education and mental health, I am passionate about supporting people navigate life’s complexities with care and understanding.
My approach is empathetic, culturally responsive, and strength-based, providing a safe and supportive space to reflect, gain insight, and create meaningful change.
Services available virtually and online in Arabic and English.
Client Population & Format
· Adults (18+)
· Online therapy across Alberta
· In-person counselling in Edmonton (every three weeks)
· Online: all day & Saturdays. In-person: afternoons/evenings.
· Free 15-minute consultation
NIHB Approved Provider
I am an NIHB-approved mental health provider and offer counselling services for Indigenous clients eligible for the Non-Insured Health Benefits program. My approach is culturally respectful, trauma-informed, and grounded in safety and empowerment.
Areas of Focus
Trauma Counselling & PTSD Therapy
I help adults heal from single-incident trauma, chronic trauma, and developmental trauma. My approach to trauma therapy integrates Somatic Experiencing, Prolonged Exposure, and Emotion-Focused Therapy, aiming to reduce symptoms such as hypervigilance, emotional overwhelm, and dissociation while restoring a sense of internal safety and stability.
Anxiety Counselling & Stress Management
Support for generalized anxiety, panic attacks, chronic worry, perfectionism, and stress-related symptoms. Therapy focuses on identifying and understanding anxiety patterns, regulating the nervous system, and developing long-term coping strategies. Clients learn to respond rather than react, build emotional resilience, and create a greater sense of calm and balance in their lives.
Burnout Therapy & Compassion Fatigue Support
Therapy for adults experiencing workplace burnout, emotional exhaustion, or compassion fatigue, especially those in healthcare, education, social services, and caregiving roles. Sessions focus on strengthening boundaries, restoring energy, and rebuilding emotional resilience.
Grief Counselling & Life Transitions
Compassionate support for adults navigating grief, loss, identity changes, and major life transitions. I help clients process complex emotions, adapt to change, restore inner stability, and discover renewed purpose and direction.
Emotional Regulation & High Stress Support
Therapy for overwhelm, shutdown, chronic tension, and feeling “on edge.” Using polyvagal-informed and somatic approaches, sessions focus on grounding, boundaries, and building a more regulated, resilient nervous system.
Romantic & Family Relationship Support
Therapy for individuals navigating challenges in romantic partnerships or family relationships, including communication difficulties, conflict patterns, emotional disconnection, and boundary issues. Sessions focus on understanding relational dynamics, improving communication, managing emotional triggers, and strengthening connection and trust. Using trauma-informed, somatic, and polyvagal-informed approaches, therapy supports healthier, more secure, and resilient relationships.
Women’s Sexual Wellness & Intimacy Support
A supportive, trauma-informed space for women navigating challenges with desire and intimacy. My approach combines somatic and psychological strategies to enhance emotional safety and connection in intimate relationships.
Therapeutic Approaches
Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Mindfulness-Based Therapy
A gentle, body-based trauma therapy approach that supports release of stored stress and unresolved survival responses. Somatic Experiencing helps clients understand patterns of fight, flight, freeze, and shutdown while building greater capacity, resilience, and emotional safety. Practical grounding, awareness, and present-moment techniques that reduce reactivity and increase emotional regulation. Mindfulness-based strategies support resilience, clarity, and a calmer internal experience.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
A research-based approach that helps clients identify, express, and transform emotional patterns contributing to anxiety, trauma symptoms, relationship difficulties, or self-criticism. EFT supports deeper emotional clarity and more adaptive responses to stress.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
A structured, evidence-based treatment for PTSD and trauma-related avoidance. PE gradually reduces fear responses, helps reclaim a sense of safety, and decreases the emotional intensity of trauma memories in a paced and supportive manner.
Clinical Hypnosis
A focused therapeutic process using guided awareness, imagery, and relaxation to address a variety of symptoms and enhance internal resources.
Attachment-Informed & Compassion-Focused Therapy
Approaches designed to strengthen self-understanding, improve relational patterns, and cultivate greater self-compassion. These frameworks are especially helpful for adults healing from relational trauma, chronic self-criticism, or insecure attachment patterns.
Dennis Barrie has been a Registered Psychologist since 2015. In that time he has focused his practice on supporting individuals, couples, and families impacted by addictions.
Dennis works with clients of all ages except for young pre elementary children. The foundation of Dennis’s work is based on his patience, experience, understanding, compassion, and curiosity.
While respecting the 12 step approach to treatment, Dennis primarily utilizes Motivational Interviewing to provide addiction support. Clients are initially giving an informal assessment where treatment options are explored, including referrals to residential programs.
Evidence based psychoeducation can be provided to individuals or loved ones impacted by the addiction. Family therapy can be utilized to support families even if specific individuals do not wish to attend.
The family therapy provided utilizes Emotionally Focused Family Therapy as well as specific experiential activities designed to shift the family to a more balanced state. Emotionally Focused Therapy is also utilized in couples counselling.
While Dennis has a focus on addictions, he is able to support individuals with comorbid issues while doing addiction support. Some of these issues include communication skills, problem solving skills, depression, anxiety, family of origin issues, grief, and trauma.
Dennis’s fundamental belief is that addiction is a coping strategy that was once beneficial but no longer benefits the client. Helping a client develop new coping skills requires the client to move from isolation to connection.
Feel free to call for a consult. If you come to the office parking is validated.
Hello! I’m Sabrina, a master’s-level Counselling Psychology student. I hold a Bachelor of Arts
from the University of Alberta, where I majored in Psychology. I provide reduced-rate individual
counselling for adults in Downtown Edmonton, under the close supervision of a Registered Psychologist.
I support adults navigating anxiety, stress, burnout, grief and loss, life transitions, relationship and friendship challenges, and concerns related to self-esteem and identity. I also work with
young adults and university students who may be feeling overwhelmed by the demands and transitions of early adulthood.
I take a flexible and collaborative approach, tailoring counselling to each client’s needs and goals
while drawing from humanistic and person-centred therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
(CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
One of the most meaningful parts of my experience has been supporting refugee and immigrant communities through my volunteer work. These experiences have deepened my appreciation for
how culture, identity, family, and life experiences can shape our well-being. I value culturally responsive counselling and recognize that cultural expectations, generational differences,
identity, and cultural background can play an important role in well-being.
If these are areas
you’re exploring, we can work together to understand their impact and consider how you would like to incorporate your cultural background into our sessions.
My goal is to help you better understand yourself, build on your strengths, and develop practical skills that support positive change. Building a strong therapeutic relationship is an important part of counselling, and I believe
feeling comfortable and understood helps create a foundation for growth. If you’re considering
counselling, I recommend a free 15-minute consultation so we can connect, discuss what you’re looking for, and see if working together feels right for you.
I offer counselling in English and Punjabi. Fun facts: Outside of counselling, I love spending time with my Havanese, reading fiction, exploring new cafés for chai, and testing new recipes!
*Please note: Counselling with practicum students is not eligible for insurance coverage.
