I’m Katie Turner

**+ How I work and my approach **

I listen for and work with all levels of the Mind:

I work with all levels of the mind, the conscious mind as well as the subconscious and unconscious.

I help you heal your past wounds

I am trained in multiple methods of trauma processing. I have yet to meet a single human being who has not been impacted by previous negative life events and emotions. (This is often missed in working with other professionals who do not have training in trauma processing).

It is not just a matter of ‘thinking’ or speaking logic to our emotional triggers and reactions. We need safe ways for our bodies and nervous systems to release the emotions so we can have greater peace in the present moment.

Practical Strategies and Next Steps to Integrate Healing and create new Habits

I help you self-assign your own homework to keep you on track with your progress and to further integrate the work we do together in session. I provide practical strategies and suggestions (and you let me know what you are interested/open to working on). I blend deep therapy and coaching to help you take actions and create new habits and improve (or even transform) your life and relationships.

**I believe the ego is meant to serve the soul (not the other way around) **

I believe that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I believe in a holistic approach to healing.

My work is informed by the findings of quantum physics on the nature of reality.

I draw from a blend of Western Psychological strategies and Eastern healing approaches to help my clients get to the root of an issue and to make lasting change and transformation.

Our current western culture has lost touch with ancient wisdom and teachings. Our culture values reason and the logical mind above all else.

I believe logic and the ego have an important role to play but I don’t believe they are meant to run the show.

I believe we all have a connection to our soul, the part of us that exists beyond the personality and this time and space. I believe we all have the ability to begin to tap into and listen to this part of ourselves. I believe it is our own personal compass that is meant to guide us on our soul/life purpose and path. Connecting with this guidance and our unique path is an essential component of living a life of purpose and passion.

**I help you listen to and work with your intuition and deeper knowing **

I help you to learn your own unique intuitive gifts. I am a trusted guide to help keep you grounded in the present day material world while exploring your sensitivities and intuitive abilities. I will help teach you how to be open and yet safe and protected. I will help ease the fears that can come up in the spiritual awakening process (and with my years of mental health experience I will also help reassure you that you are not going ‘insane’).

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I am a LGBTQ affirming therapist. Pronouns: she/her

+ The clients I tend to work best with:

I have successfully worked with thousands of people in my career from various backgrounds and professionals. From CEOs, medical processionals, entrepreneurs, start ups, stay at home moms, students, millennials, conscious couples, parents of HSP children and spiritual seekers.

The clients who tend I tend to work best with often share the following traits:

Are interested in their personal growth and development, they are avid readers, podcast listeners and do their best to work on themselves.

They have often been to therapy before but if not they are committed to personal development and self-help.

Despite their best efforts at change they are feeling stuck and they are open and willing to do what it takes to move past their blocks and create a new life.

One thing they all have in common is that they are looking for something deeper than what they have done in the past.

They know there is something below the surface, they can feel or sense it, they are aware of the repeating patterns and where they feel stuck. But that awareness isn’t enough to get them out of it.

In fact, it is often all the more frustrating, it can add to the feeling that they should be doing better.

They may have been through difficulties or challenges (or even trauma) but they are interested in taking responsibility for their own healing and in getting their life back.

They are open to trying new things. They realize they can’t heal with the same things they have been doing all these years.

They understand that healing is a process.

They may be really struggling or they might be rocking it in so many areas of their lives (but keep coming up against the same old patterns/feeling stuck in others)

They often have a connection to their own intuition and spirituality.

+ How we Work together/ What to expect in working with me.

I am a therapist and professional but I am a human first. I also know the value of doing my own work. I have been on both sides of the couch. I have been described as ‘non-clinical’ (in a good way) and good at normalizing the struggles that we all face on this human journey.

I know what it takes to heal. I can’t do the work for you but I will get in there with you and help direct you to the possible strategies, process and approaches that can best support you in reaching your goals

I am incredibly warm, supportive and non-judgmental (it takes a lot to phase me). But I am also committed to your growth and development and I will (lovingly) call you out on your stuff.

I tend to be more directive than many therapists. I am not the sit back and smile and nod or ‘tell me how you feel about that’ type of therapist. I bring who I am into the therapy room. I take this work seriously and treat our time together as sacred space, but we will also laugh a lot (and maybe even swear a little).

You will always be in charge of what we focus on and how deep we go but I will be there guiding you and offering different ways we can work towards your goals.

I bring a blend of clinical experience and intuitive healing abilities into the therapy room. Depending on your comfort and openness I can share what I am picking up to help guide our work together. You are always in control of what we focus on and any interventions we might try.

After over a decade in the mental health field and navigating my own spiritual awakening there is pretty much nothing that can shock or surprise me anymore. From the taboo to the wonderful and weird rabbit hole of the spiritual awakening world.

My current clients are my top priority in my practice and our space together is sacred. However I do work best with those who are committed to doing their work. I do recommend that current clients schedule their next appointments ahead of time (otherwise you have have to wait for an aviable openings).

I require 72 hours notice for any cancellations or rescheduled appointments or clients are responsible for the full session fee. (Unless it is an situtal where we both agree it is an unexpected emergency- in these cases contact me as soon as possible to provide notice).

I am not available for phone calls between sessions. I cannot communicate through text message, social media DMs or other non-secure forms of communication.

You can send me a secure message on the online system, email me or leave me a voicemail message with your email contact (so we can set up a time to connect).

I take on fewer clients so that I can offer more in depth support to those I work with.

Questions? I recommend checking out the FAQS of Services for more on what to expect in therapy. You can also send me a note.

**+ Areas of Study/Specializations/Approaches I draw from in my work: **

• Behavioural Therapy
• Breath Work
• Chakra Healing
• Client Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Counselling Psychology
• Embodied Awareness
• Emotional Freedom Techniques
• Emotional Focused Therapy
• Energy Healing
• Energy Psychology
• Existential Therapy
• Family Constellations Therapy
• Family Systems Therapy
• Gottman Couples Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Guided Imagery
• Humanistic Psychology
• Inner Child Healing
• Mindfulness Approaches
• Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change Theory
• Narrative Therapy
• Online Counselling- Skype Therapy
• Person-Centered Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Progressive Counting
• Quantum Physics
• Reiki
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Soul Retrieval
• Spiritually Directed Therapy
• Transpersonal Psychology

**+ What I can support you with ... **

• Adolescent Issues
• Anger Management
• Anxiety Counselling & Therapy
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Boundaries and Assertive Communication
• Childhood wounds
• Communication Skills
• Depression Counselling & Treatments
• Family of Origin Issues
• Grief and Loss
• Marriage and Relationship Issues
• Meditation
• Mindfulness
• Parenting Issues
• Relationship Concerns
• Relaxation Training
• Self-Harming/Suicide risk
• Self-Esteem Issues and Personal Growth
• Sleep concerns
• Spirituality and Life Purpose
• Stress Management and Self-care
• Transition/Unexpected changes
• Trauma

**+ Professional Qualifications & Affliations **

I am a Registered Psychologist in the Province of Alberta. I hold a Master’s of Science degree in Counselling Psychology and Bachelor’s (Honours) degree in Psychology from the University of Calgary.

Additional Professional Qualification:

• 2015: Registered Psychologist (Alberta) #4339
• 2007-2010: Master’s of Science, University of Calgary
• Master’s Thesis: Exploring the use of Sexual Identity Labels
• 2004 – 2007: Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in psychology, University of Calgary
• Honours Research: Establishing the Concurrent Validity of the Personal Functioning Questionnaire (PFQ)

Affiliations:

• 2013 – present: College of Alberta Psychologists (Registration #4339)
• 2013 – present: Psychologists Association of Alberta

Additional Trainings:

• Indigenous Wisdoms in Practice: Land-Based Tools for Wellness, 2024
• Finding Meaning in Loss: The Sixth Stage of Grief, 2024
• Anxious Grief: Strategies for Working with the Missing Stage of Grief, 2024
• Working with the Fallout of Narcissitic Abuse with Dr. Ramani Durvasula, 2024
• Healing the Hidden Wounds of Trauma and Disconnection: Featuring the Millennial Therapist Sara Kubric, 2023
• The Mental Load: Therapeutic Interventions to Guide Couplse in Redistrubuting the Invisable Labor of Daily Life and Rebuilding Connection, 2023
• Narcissistic Abuse In-Depth Workshop with Dr. Ramani Durvasula, 2023
• 2-Day Intensive Trauma Treamtent Certification Workshop: EMDR, CBT, and Somatic-Based Interventions to Move Clients from Surviving to Thriving, 2023
• Gaslighting: Help Clients Escape and Rebuild from a Narcissit's Emotional Abuse, 2023
• Healing from Affaris: Moving Past the Trauma of Betryal and Infidentily, 2023
• Narcissistic Relationships, Emotional Abuse & Gasighting: Treating and Empowering Surviros of Relational Trauma, 2023
  • Module 1: Treating Adult Clients of Emotionally Immature Parents
  • Module 2: Narcissitic and Psychopathic Abuse
  • Module 3: Demystifying Personality Disorders
  • Emotional Abusive Behaviours and a Closer Look at Gaslighting: Clinical Tools to Break the Cycle of Manipulation and Regain Power and Control
• Disordered Drinking: A Shame-Free Approach to Healing Clients Examine Their Relaitonship with Alcohol, 2023
• Transforming Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), 2023
• 3-Day Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Certification Training, 2022
• Attended the Psychadelic Assisted Global Therapy Summit, 2022
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Effective Strtegies to Support Grief and Treat Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression in Bereaved Parents, 2022.
• Eatings Disorders: From Image to Illness, 2021
• Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals: 2 Day Distance Therapy Training
• Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Level 2: Assessment, Intervention, and Co-Morbidities
• Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm
• EFT: Building Bonding Conversations to Shape Attachment: An Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Family Energetics Core Concepts: 13.5 CE hours
• Comprehensive Energy Psychology: Level 1
• Attended the 18th Annual International Conference for the Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology, 25 CE hours
• 2015 Embodied Awareness Certified Facilitator : 200 hours with Dr. Beth Hedva
• Level I: Inner Leadership Development
• Level II : Spiritually Directed Therapy
• Level III: Group Leadership and Facilitation Skills
• Emotional Freedom Techniques, Level 1
• Usui Reiki Master Teacher since 2013
• 2012: In-home support training, 30 hours
• 2011: Introductory Hakomi Training: Dynamic Mindfullness
• 2010: Work as meditation program at OSHO International Meditation Resort
• OSHO Active Meditation Facilitator

Certifications:

• Embodied Awareness Certified Facilitator
• Child Recovery Centre: Trauma & Attachment: Understanding & Working with them in a school based setting (Included Certification in Progressive Counting)
• CPI Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training
• ASIST Suicide Intervention Training
• Tattered Teddies Suicide Intervention Training for Children
• Psychological First Aid

Publications:

• Strong, T. & Turner, K. (2007). Resourceful dialogues: Eliciting and mobilizing client competencies and resources. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 38, 185-195.