Family Counselling Services in High River, AB.

Family relationships can be deeply supportive, and at times, deeply complex. When communication breaks down, conflict escalates, or a family is navigating stress, trauma, or major life transitions, it can impact every member of the system. Renee provides a structured, respectful space where each voice is heard and valued, while working toward healthier patterns of connection. Family therapy with Renee focuses on strengthening understanding, clarifying roles and boundaries, and fostering emotional safety within the home.

Parenting is hard. Co-parenting? Often harder. Parenting while separating? That’s a whole different level of emotional gymnastics. We support parents who are trying to raise healthy, emotionally safe kids in the middle of some seriously complicated dynamics—whether that’s co-parenting after a breakup, trying to stay connected through conflict, or just figuring out how to not lose yourself in the chaos of parenting. You’re not failing. You’re doing something incredibly hard. Whether you're parenting together, apart, or somewhere in between, our goal is simple: Support the adults so the kids don’t have to carry the weight.

Family therapy with me focuses on improving communication, repairing disconnection, and creating a sense of balance and respect among all family members. Unlike couples counseling, family therapy considers the full system—each person’s role, patterns that have developed over time, and how individual needs and dynamics impact the whole. I work collaboratively with families to untangle misunderstandings, strengthen bonds, and build healthier ways of relating. Whether you're navigating a life transition, parenting challenges, or generational tension, we'll create space for each voice to be heard and supported.

Gerard has many years of diverse experience as a psychologist and leader in social services, schools, university, workplaces, and his private practice. Using a theoretical foundation of social learning and cognitive-behavioural training, he is well-versed in various kinds of formal and informal assessment and solution-focussed approaches. He listens carefully to understand your needs and relies on his extensive experience to help you find solutions.

People exist in relation and within relationships; change affects everyone and can sometimes be uncomfortable. Where appropriate, I welcome and invite families in to avoid common pitfalls and create better environments of success for therapy. I create a non-judging atmosphere where each persons view is respected and heard. Family members often have great insight and perspective on the problem.

If you or a loved one are struggling with a diagnosed mental health condition such as anxiety, bi-polar disorder or depression, it is probably putting the whole family under pressure. Dr Mervin (Paraklesis Counselling) can come alongside and help families understand and cope as a unit. Often family members are unsure how to deal with their family member’s treatment needs; sometimes they place pressure on them to stop or start medication; other times they struggle to keep their loved one compliant in taking the medication. A family session with Dr Mervin will not only inform on these matters, but will also help you manage the family dynamics surrounding it.

Shift family therapy or family counseling is designed to address specific trauma or issues affecting the health and functioning of a family and individuals within it. It can be used to help the family through a difficult period of time, a major transition, or mental or behavioral health problems in family members. We often break family members up into individual sessions to target are beliefs that we hold about ourselves and the world that become part of our identity.

I help families practice communication skills and build strong relationships while helping them address individual and family issues with skills from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), a research based approach in which I am certified. I combine individual meetings with sessions involving more than one family member at different points in my work with a family.

Healthy communication and regulation skills foster positive and healthy family relationships. In session, we can explore and build on a family's communication skills, ability to navigate conflict or family crisis, and improve family coping styles. Together, we can build positive practices to provide a safe and supportive environment for you and your family.

Despite the best intentions of ourselves and our family members, we are often tangled in patterns of invalidation, rejection, frustration and blame. It can feel so messy that we operate in a constant state of fear and a crippling sense of unworthiness. In 2008 I started my counselling career as a family therapist. A combination of individual and joint sessions will take place to allow the space for all voices to be respectfully heard, while helping to identify bigger ‘systems’ patterns that keep you stuck in pain and finger-pointing. I will help to smooth out communication, make room for wants and needs and to heal the old wounds holding you back from having a healthier relationship.

Family in knots? Need healing? Christian Counselling for couples and families can help you understand each other, to see relationships in a new light, to learn to resolve conflict, to restore that spark of intimacy and to learn to love again. You can learn the relational skills that allow you to untie those knots and set hearts free to be what they were always supposed to be.

Cory has had over 15 years of practice doing family therapy using many different models including systemic theory, structural theory and strategic models... To name only a few. Not only has Cory been working with families for an extensive period of time but has been able to apply many of these skills to his own family/children. Cory's general belief is that although the complete family is preferred, family therapy can be done with only one or two individuals as long as we can impact change from just one source.

My job as a family therapist is to help families to get along and resolve conflicts. This allows for clarity in communication and closer relationships. My work is grounded in many family therapy methods such as Systems theory, Bowen therapy, Narrative family therapy and EMDR for families. We all need to feel safe and loving by the people we love. If you have tried to solve it by yourselves that are getting nowhere give us a call. We can help you navigate these difficult conversations.