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Darrah Kennedy is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists and a member of the Psychologists’ Association of Alberta. She completed her Master of Science in Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary and her thesis research focused on the impact of trauma on adult psychological functioning.

Darrah’s approach to counselling is one of curiosity. She is client-centred and uses active listening and reflective questioning to draw out important and relevant information. She strongly feels that the answers are within the client, and even children can identify what they perceive to be the problem and how they might solve it if provided a safe, non-judgmental space to explore. By co-creating this safe environment with her clients, Darrah helps to frame short-term achievable goals and highlights even small gains which instill hope and a sense of measurable progress. Modelling a growth mindset, she helps her clients use their strengths to build strategies toward success and healthy habits.

To help draw out the client’s particular experiences and challenges, Darrah employs a range of techniques and interventions, including Emotional Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Solution Focused Therapy.

Her interests include linking personal development and physical health, Vipassana meditation, and taking long walks in nature.

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Despite forays into such things as academia, early learning and mindfulness, holding space for others to heal has always been my calling. While I have academic credentials that include undergraduate degrees in sociology and social work, a Master’s degree in Social work, and a PhD …as well as specialized training in neurofeedback, EMDR, play therapy, and mindfulness, my most meaningful learning has come from over 20 years of listening to people’s stories. Throughout my career, I have always struggled with the negative stigma of mental health and the persistent false dichotomy of mental and physical health when everything I ‘know’ suggests that much of what we struggle with really is all in our head – in our brain, to be more specific. Neurofeedback has confirmed for me that many of our ‘psychological conditions’ originate in the brain and therefore can be healed or unlearned in the brain. Seeing this revealed on the computer screen during a session often releases individuals from the negative self-perceptions they have adopted to cope with society’s tendency to blame and shame individuals for their health challenges.

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