Dr. Bains earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology prior to studying medicine at the University of Manitoba. He completed a psychiatric residency at Dalhousie University where he went on to complete a fellowship in ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy).

Subsequent to graduating in 2006, he has practiced as an inpatient psychiatrist, as well as a psychotherapist. Dr. Bains has gone on to do both inpatient and outpatient work, as well as practice as a psychotherapist.

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Hello there! Melissa is so happy you stopped by on your journey to read a little bit about her. Melissa is well acquainted with journeys, having started her psychology path east in Nova Scotia, far from where she finds herself now.

Melissa completed her graduate training in Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary. Her career path has been full of vibrant twists and turns, always allowing her to follow her love of learning and growth.

Melissa is clinically trained in EMDR and is somatic and IFS/ego state informed. Her 10-year+ counselling path spans community, walk-in, women’s shelter, higher education, private practice, and healthcare. She treasures the adaptability she has gained and the bravery she continues to witness in those she serves.

Melissa’s most recent learning venture was working at a ketamine assisted therapy clinic. Melissa has witnessed first hand the transformative therapeutic possibilities of psychedelic assisted therapy. Melissa has specialty training to support folks struggling with maternal mental health and is 2SLGBTQI, polyamory, and neurodiverse informed.

Melissa’s counselling approach draws from trauma informed modalities, with client agency deeply embedded in her practice. Melissa looks forward to collaborating with you as an affirming guide on your journey and supporting you to connect with your inner wisdom.

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Eric completed his Master of Counselling Psychology Degree and is a member of the College of Alberta Psychologists and Psychologists’ Association of Alberta. He has experience counselling adolescents, adults, and older populations in individual, couples, families, and group treatment forms. He believes that when a person is on their path to healing, having a viable therapeutic relationship can be an important catalyst for evoking positive change. He offers a warm and safe environment for those changes to take place. Eric has been working in mental health since 2007, and has studied various treatment modalities related to counselling, such as solution-focused brief therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and client-centered therapy. Additionally, his treatment is also guided by his experience working in the field of functional medicine which has helped him to better understand the connection between the mind and other factors such as the body, nutrition, and the environment. One of his areas of specialty is treating concurrent disorders; the confluence between mental health disorders and substance or behavioral addictions. He has experience working with those facing anxiety, depression, work issues, family issues, and grief and loss, among many other presenting issues.

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Lisa Kemp is a registered nurse with over 20 years of experience in healthcare as a clinician, operations manager, and clinical educator. She has held leadership roles that facilitated building mental health capacity in primary care, enhancing indigenous services in remote areas, and serving as a governance representative. This work repeatedly demonstrated the importance of integrated interdisciplinary team models that share expertise and create a network of support for healthcare providers while ensuring seamless quality care for patients. Lisa’s passion for the area of psychedelics led her to join the ATMA CENA team, to continue working with service providers and clients from diverse backgrounds and build quality programs that support healing for those in need.

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Offering sessions in Alberta and Ontario Brynlyn is a witnesser, deep listener, ardent advocate and devotee of the interconnected consciousness. She values the implicit knowing of the physical, cognitive, soul and emotional selves, and is interested in the ideas of body knowing, relation, movement of energy, discernment and acknowledgment of all versions of ourselves, to assist in bringing harmony to the wildness of the human experience. Brynlyn honours collaborating with divinity through colloquial and ritual expression. She brings grounded protocols and harmony of living in the ordinary and non ordinary realms through integrating clinical psychotherapeutic and spiritual practices. She aligns body knowing, listening and responding, brings forth expression of experiences in the non ordinary realms, and creates opportunity to externalize experiences for alchemical transformation. She has extensive experience and training in trauma, crisis, attachment, loss, regulation, integration and survivorship practices. Brynlyn’s therapeutic framework brings a perspective of harmony within the clinical and transpersonal traditions of healing and she witnesses clients through the wildness of the human experience. She acknowledges that psychotherapy alone is incomplete because the wisdom of mind, body, soul and heart exist in all beings. In order to better serve clients, she has broadened her therapeutic offerings with trainings and certifications in Depth Hypnosis, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, meditation, Qigong, parts work, Narrative Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Ancestral Medicine, dream and journey work, Buddhist philosophy, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, somatic movement, Rose Lineage Priestess Initiation, quantum energy healing and ongoing consciousness development. Brynlyn’s people come from Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the British Isles and she resides on the unceded lands of the Îyârhe Nakoda people of the Rocky Mountains. She is committed to actively honour, learn from, and co-construct with Indigenous resurgence, language, knowledge and ways of knowing through relationship and embodying the TRC’s Calls to Action.

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Whatever comes up during our sessions, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I have been a witness to it, and I can tell you it is healing. The important element in my sessions is that we have trust and a connection to work together. That is why I offer no-charge consultations, so we can establish this when we first speak. Following both modern therapeutic methods as well as more global and Indigenous modalities, I guide others to un-cover what they come to know. During our sessions, as we discover more about you, this information informs me to choose the best approach/method that will guide you while you uncover your truth. The focus of the healing process is the restoration of relationships that have become out of balance. As a therapist, one is a supporter in a shared experience of learning and growing, with assessments usually being completed by the person being helped. I use questions, storytelling, humour, modelling, somatic modalities, parts therapy, and other proven methods to raise your awareness of your wholeness and interrelationships within life. When called, I use the healing power of hypnosis for connecting within ourselves: spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional. I use a two-eyed approach of both modern and Indigenous knowledge as much as possible during our sessions.

In my private practice, I work one-to-one, in groups, and online with clients from all over the world, guiding others to un-cover possibilities and paths to life. In terms of my recognized titles, I am a Counselling Therapist with the Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta, a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, and a Counselling Hypnotherapist. In terms of memberships, I am a Member of the Psychodynamic Association of Canada as well as the current Board President, a Senior Member of the ACCPH UK, a member of the Society for Shamanic Practice, and a Member of the Psychedelic Association of Canada. I am also a member of different committees and advisory boards when able, such as the MAPS Canada SAP Coop Committee.

When asked, I will step into being a helper during ritual, ceremony, or other. I am in gratitude to the Balinese and Cree knowledge keepers that have mentored me, guided me, and protected me as I learned what I can and cannot do. I do not presume to represent these lineages beyond permissions extended by my teachers. With respect and appreciation, I often gather on territory of the Syilx People of the Okanagan Nation, on traditional Coast Salish territory known as Greater Vancouver/Fraser Valley, on traditional Anishinaabe Algonquin territory known as the National Capital Region, and on the land of the Seminole in Florida. I also acknowledge the enduring presence and deep traditional knowledge, laws, and philosophies of the Indigenous Peoples with whom I also share land with during my work. We are all people with a responsibility to honour all our relations, for all that we have as a result of so many sacrifices and hardships endured by those who came before us.

Some of my studies include an Advanced Counselling Skills Diploma, an Advanced Bachelor’s degree, a Post Baccalaureate Graduate Diploma. My recent completed academic history is in the areas of Psychedelics: a completed Microprogram in Psychedelics and Spirituality Studies at the University of Ottawa, an Introduction to Psychedelic-assisted Therapy certificate and the Advanced Psychedelic-assisted Therapy (PaT) Certification Program with ATMA ( Psychedelic Therapy Training Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in Canada   ATMA Academy). Presently I am completing an MA at the University of Ottawa with my thesis in psychedelic studies.

I am increasingly focused in on emerging areas of trauma therapy. My approaches include: Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner, a 240-hour, year-long, graduate level training in a psychotherapy mental health approach developed by Gabor Mate, Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner as well as Master Practitioner of NLP, practicing approaches and areas of parts therapies, Deep Brain Reorienting as pioneered by Frank Corrigan, indigenous modalities, and the growing field of plant medicines/ psychedelic studies.

In summary, I use a variety of modalities when needed, all listed in my site. My broader primary focus outside my one-to-one, group or individual practice is in Mental Health consulting, such as coaching or counselling mental health support workers/first responders, acting as mental health support, counselling and assessment/care plan teams within Aboriginal Services, partnering with Mental Health teams in special projects, or coaching and supporting other counsellors how to manage both clients and a practice.

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I have over 15 years experience working in the mental health field and enjoy supporting individuals of all ages with navigating any experiences that may be interfering with their everyday lives. I specifically specialize in supporting individuals who have experienced trauma or who are impacted by ADHD related symptoms. I enjoy helping clients to transition from struggling from these experiences to being able to get to a place where they can thrive, and feel more connected to themselves.

I have an extensive background working with individuals who have experienced trauma and navigating through these experience using different types of trauma based approaches including somatic based therapy, yoga, meditation, mindfulness and EMDR.

I look forward to creating a safe space that allows you to explore and understand your experiences in a way that helps you to heal, grow and understand yourself better. I hope to help provide tools that will help you better connect with what you are experiencing and how to improve your mental well-being in a way that works for you.

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