Creating Solutions Psychology

Online Counselling and Therapy in Edmonton, and throughout Alberta

Online therapy makes it easier for Albertans to care for their mental health and work toward their goals.

When finding time for your wellbeing becomes difficult, chose online counselling

Have you recently experienced a major life change such as a relationship ending or death? Is your stress, mood, or negative thoughts becoming unmanageable on your own? Maybe you are experiencing headaches, stomach aches, or fatigue.

Online therapy makes support more accessible, flexible, and comfortable. Whether you’re managing stress, relationship challenges, or simply seeking personal growth, virtual sessions provide the same level of care as in-person therapy.

Common issues addressed in virtual therapy include:

  • anxiety & stress,

  • depression & mood concerns,

  • self-esteem & confidence,

  • trauma, loss & grief,

  • life transitions,

  • family & parenting challenges, and

  • relationship issues.

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How Online Therapy and Counselling in Edmonton, Can Make a Difference

Through secure video sessions, you can connect with a therapist from the privacy of your own space.

Access Care Conveniently: instead of factoring in travel time, traffic, or parking, you can join your session with just a few clicks. This makes therapy easier to fit into busy days and can help you focus on the support and not the stress.

Build Comfort and Consistency: meeting from a familiar environment - such as your home - can make it easier to open up and feel at ease. For some, being in a personal space reduces the anxiety of starting therapy, making it more natural to share thoughts and feelings. You can talk freely without worrying about who you might run into in a waiting room.

Increase Flexibility: Life is full of responsibilities - work, family, and personal commitments. Online therapy allows you to schedule sessions at times that work best for you, with more options to adjust around unexpected changes in your day. This flexibility helps you prioritize your mental health without sacrificing other areas.

Stay Connected: With online session, therapy doesn’t have to stop when you travel, work away from home, move to a new city in Alberta, or face obstacles that would otherwise prevent in-person visits. This continuity means you can maintain progress and support no matter where life takes you.

Common techniques used in therapy

  • Confidentiality and an Emotionally Safe Space: Therapy provides a private, judgement-free environment where individuals can openly express their thoughts and feelings without fear.

    Therapeutic Relationship and Guidance: Therapists offer compassionate listening, validation, and professional guidance to help clients navigate challenges, improve self-awareness, and find solutions right for them.

    Personalized Strategies and Techniques: Therapy is tailored to each person’s needs. Evidence-based approaches are used to help clients work through difficulties and create the life they are working towards.

  • CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns that lead to emotional distress. It is goal oriented and empowers individuals to develop healthier ways of thinking and coping.

    Key CBT Techniques

    • Identifying Negative Thought Patterns: Helping clients recognize negative or distorted thoughts to replace them with more healthy ones.

    • Reframing Thoughts and Perspectives: By challenging negative beliefs, CBT encourages more balanced and realistic ways of thinking, improving overall emotional well-being.

    • Coping Skills: Specific skills are developed to support problem solving, relaxation, and healthy responses to stressors.

    • Building Emotional Resilience: By practicing new coping and perspectives, individuals gain long-term skills to manage future challenges more effectively

  • Somatic therapy helps individuals heal by connecting the mind with the body. Rather than focusing solely on thoughts and emotions, somatic therapy techniques incorporates body awareness, movement, and other methods to address emotional pain that might be stored in the body.

    Key Somatic Therapy Techniques for Children

    • Enhances the Mind-Body Connection: techniques like breathwork, grounding exercises, and gentle movement supports clients to reconnect with their bodies and feel more present.

    • Improves Emotional Regulation: By learning to recognize physical sensations that are linked to emotions, individuals can gain better control over stress, anxiety, and feelings of overwhelm.

    • Releases Stored Trauma and Tension: Stress and trauma can be become trapped in the body. This can lead to chronic pain, tension, or distress. Somatic therapy helps release these stored experiences through guided awareness and movement.

    • Self-Awareness and Healing: Individuals can gain deeper insights into their emotions and develop healthier coping mechanisms.

  • Exposure therapies like Prolonged Exposure and Systematic Desensitization are designed to help people process and reduce the distress caused by trauma-related memories, thoughts, and experiences. It has been found to be effective for those experiencing post traumatic stress and other anxiety.

    Key Exposure Therapy Techniques

    • Reduces Fear and Avoidance: many individuals who experience a traumatic event avoid reminders of their trauma, which can reinforce fear. Exposure therapies help clients to face these fears gradually, reducing the emotional intensity over time.

    • Helps Process Traumatic Memories: people recount and process their traumatic experience in a safe environment, helping to desensitize them to the connected distressing emotions and thoughts.

    • Encourage Real-World Engagement: As they heal, clients are gradually reintroduced to activities, places or situations they have been avoiding. This supports individuals to regain a sense of control.

  • Solution Focused Therapy is a short-term, goal oriented approach that focused on practical solutions to challenges rather than past problems. It empowers clients by emphasizing their strengths, resources, and positive change.

    Key Solution Focused Therapy Techniques

    • Positive Mindset: SFT shifts the focus from problems to solutions, helping people see possibilities for change rather than staying stuck in difficulties.

    • Focus on Strengths and Resources: Clients are guided to recognize their existing skills, past successes, and naturally occurring supports to build their confidence.

    • Sets Clear and Achievable Goals: SFT focuses on simple and effective techniques that can be applied immediately to create meaningful progress.

    • Boosts Self-Efficacy and Independence: The client’s existing successes and frameworks are used to support them to make positive change and move forward with confidence and clarity.

Who Provides This Service?

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How Online Therapy At Creating Solutions Works

  • Through the first sessions a Creating Solutions’ therapist gets to know you and will develop unique strategies and interventions aimed at supporting you in achieving your therapy goals, reducing current distress, and building resiliencies for the future.

  • Getting ready for online therapy is simple, but a little preparation can help you feel more comfortable and get the most out of sessions:

    • A private space: choose a quiet, comfortable place you feel safe to talk openly without disruptions.

    • Stable internet connection: a reliable Wi-Fi or data connection ensures your video and audio are clear so they don’t disrupt your session.

    • A device with camera and microphone: a computer, tablet, or smartphone work. Just make sure your camera and microphone are working properly before the session starts. Many clients prefer headphones.

    • Minimize distractions and gather what you need: close other apps or programs, silence notifications, and let others you need uninterrupted time. Many like to have water, tissues, or a notepad close by so you can focus on your session.

  • At Creating Solutions we understand our clients are active participants in therapy and experts in their own lives. We work collaboratively with you to ensure therapy is responsive to where you’re at currently and supporting you to find solutions that fits with who you are, including your beliefs, culture, and life goals.

  • Creating Solutions requires all clients to go through informed consent during their first session so they know their rights and the expectations during therapy. This includes a conversation with their therapist and the review of consent forms. Anytime there is a change or question, a Creating Solutions’ therapist will revisit this conversation so the process of therapy is clear and comfortable.

Setting Up Virtual Therapy

If you are ready to get started contact us to complete the intake and schedule an initial session.

If you are not sure what you may need to get started let us know you want to book a phone consultation with one of our therapists to ask questions and get clear direction.

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