“Courage is a love affair with the unknown”
-Osho
Therapy Specialties & Areas of Focus
LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
LGBTQ+ clients often seek therapy for concerns that are not so different from those experienced by anyone else — anxiety, relationships, trauma, stress, identity, grief, or self-worth. At the same time, social and systemic experiences such as discrimination, oppression, rejection, minority stress, and historical or ongoing trauma can add additional layers of pain and complexity. These experiences may show up within families, healthcare systems, workplaces, religious communities, media, and everyday life.
Cascade Health provides LGBTQ+ affirming therapy in Calgary grounded in compassion, inclusivity, and respect for each person’s lived experience. As a queer-owned psychology practice, our clinicians offer trauma-informed care that supports identity exploration, emotional wellbeing, relationships, and healing in a space where clients can feel seen, safe, and understood. All are welcome.
Trauma
Trauma is not only what happened to you, it is the lasting impact those experiences can have on the nervous system, relationships, identity, and sense of safety. Trauma can be acute, chronic, relational, or intergenerational, and may contribute to anxiety, emotional overwhelm, burnout, PTSD, and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD).
Cascade Health specializes in trauma-informed therapy in Calgary, offering evidence-based care for individuals navigating trauma, chronic stress, attachment wounds, and nervous system dysregulation. Our goal is to help clients build safety, emotional regulation, self-understanding, and meaningful healing at a pace that feels supportive and sustainable.
Our psychologists integrate approaches including:
EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Somatic and Polyvagal-informed therapy
Nature-based and walk-and-talk therapy
Attachment-focused and relational therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Narrative therapy and identity-focused care
Trans and Gender Affirming Care
Exploring gender identity or navigating transition can bring up questions, stress, excitement, and the need for supportive, affirming care. Cascade Health offers gender-affirming therapy in Calgary for trans, nonbinary, gender-diverse, and questioning individuals seeking a safe and inclusive space for identity exploration and mental health support.
Our psychologists support clients through social, legal, and medical transition and provide care grounded in WPATH Standards of Care. Clinicians are members of the Trans Affirming Network through Skipping Stone and offer compassionate, trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy tailored to each person’s goals and lived experience.
We also provide gender-affirming surgical readiness assessments and documentation for individuals pursuing medical and surgical transition care.
Couples/Family Therapy
Relationship stress can sometimes become overwhelming. You may feel stuck in a never ending cycle of the same arguments, hurt feelings and disconnection. Psychologists at Cascade Health have extensive experience working with family of origin and/or chosen family stress and conflict, partner(s)/intimate relationships, CNM/poly relationships, and parenting issues. Sometimes relationships can use some support and outside perspective. All couples therapy services are offered virtually.
Anxiety & Burnout
If your mental health is struggling, reaching out for support can sometimes feel like one more overwhelming thing to do. Making one difficult step to begin therapy can give you the power to create real and lasting changes in the way you behave, think, and cope on a daily basis. Some common mental health concerns we work with include trauma/PTSD, anxiety, depression and emotion regulation.
First Responders, Healthcare Workers, Helping Professionals
Shift work, on-call, overtime, low staffing, risk exposure, all while working in a high stress environment can challenge the most resilient individuals. All of these factors can stretch providers and first responders to the breaking point. Have you wanted to work with a therapist who understands the stakes of the healthcare world? Get in touch today.
Addiction
Addiction can take many forms and show up in many ways. Psychologists at Cascade Health have specific education, training and work experience that specializes in addiction and mental health. Cascade Health takes a harm reduction, client directed approach to help clients achieve success in reducing, limiting or eliminating substance use and/or addictive behaviors.
ADHD & Neurodivergence
If your mental health is struggling, reaching out for support can sometimes feel like one more overwhelming thing to do. Making one difficult step to begin therapy can give you the power to create real and lasting changes in the way you behave, think, and cope on a daily basis. Some common mental health concerns we work with include trauma/PTSD, anxiety, depression and emotion regulation.
Walk and Talk Therapy
Sometimes healing happens more naturally side-by-side instead of sitting across from someone in an office. Walk-and-talk therapy combines therapy with movement and connection to nature, offering a more relaxed, grounding, and conversational approach to therapy.
Cascade Health offers year round outdoor walk-and-talk therapy in Calgary for individuals who feel more at ease outside, have difficulty sitting still in traditional therapy settings, or are looking for a more flexible and embodied approach to mental health care. Being outdoors can support nervous system regulation, emotional processing, mindfulness, and a stronger sense of connection to yourself and your surroundings.
Walk-and-talk therapy may be especially supportive for individuals navigating anxiety, trauma, ADHD, burnout, stress, grief, identity exploration, life transitions, or emotional overwhelm. Sessions are collaborative, paced intentionally, and adapted to each client’s comfort, accessibility needs, and goals.
Trauma
Trauma is not only what happened to you, it is the lasting impact those experiences can have on the nervous system, relationships, identity, and sense of safety. Trauma can be acute, chronic, relational, or intergenerational, and may contribute to anxiety, emotional overwhelm, burnout, PTSD, and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD).
Cascade Health specializes in trauma-informed therapy in Calgary, offering evidence-based care for individuals navigating trauma, chronic stress, attachment wounds, and nervous system dysregulation. Our goal is to help clients build safety, emotional regulation, self-understanding, and meaningful healing at a pace that feels supportive and sustainable.
Our psychologists integrate approaches including:
EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Somatic and Polyvagal-informed therapy
Nature-based and walk-and-talk therapy
Attachment-focused and relational therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Narrative therapy and identity-focused care
Grief & Life Transitions
Estrangement is a complex issue, and is more common than you may think. It can look like strain, distance, or an emotional detachment from others, or the total loss of a meaningful relationship entirely. This painful and complex occurrence can leave us feeling alone in our hurt. Addressing estrangement in therapy involves exploring the pain, grief and loss, fractured relationships, also while fostering areas for individual growth. Therapy can assist in curating a life with safe, supportive and healthy relationships.
Supervision, Speaking & Advocacy
Whit provides clinical supervision and consultation for provisional psychologists pursuing registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists, with a focus on reflective practice, clinical confidence, trauma-informed care, and sustainable work in the helping professions. Supervision is collaborative, relational, and grounded in creating a supportive space for clinicians to grow their skills and professional identity.
In addition to clinical work, Whit offers speaking engagements, advocacy, and community education related to LGBTQ+ affirming care, trauma-informed practice, affirming care in healthcare settings, gender-affirming mental health care, and innovative approaches to therapy.