Some seasons are just hard to get through. Finding yourself again after a chapter closes challenges anyone. And living alongside pain that won't quit can feel impossible some days. The fact that you're here says something. Let's build on it.
In person and by video · Evenings available · Free 15-minute consultation, no charge and no commitment
You won’t be doing this alone. Sessions are warm and practical, and productive — you leave understanding yourself better than before you came in.
Solution-Focused Therapy starts from a simple assumption: you already have more of what you need than the problem lets you see. Less time circling what's wrong, more time on what's already working.
It starts by noticing the moments, however small, when the problem didn't win — proof that change is already happening. From there, the work turns practical: naming what's worked before and building the next concrete step out of it, your solutions, not mine.
Naming what works makes it repeatable. The next step makes it real.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy holds two truths at once: you're doing the best you can, and you can build skills to do better. That's the dialectic — acceptance and change, together, not in tension.
It starts by describing what's happening without judging yourself for feeling it. But acceptance isn't the whole of it — DBT then hands you concrete skills: riding out a crisis without making it worse, regulating emotions before they run the show, staying present, and asking for what you need. Acceptance makes the moment survivable.
The skills make the next one different.
Mindfulness holds a small duality of its own: you can't stop the next thought or feeling from showing up, but you get to choose how close you stand to it.
That's the shift — from being run by what's happening to noticing what's happening. It starts by returning to the present moment, on purpose, without deciding whether it's good or bad first. From there, the practice turns practical: naming what's here, letting a thought pass without chasing it, and coming back — again and again — when your attention wanders.
Noticing creates space. The space is where you get to choose.
If the wiring in your house goes, you call an electrician. Asking for help with your inner world works the same way — it's what people do when something matters enough to fix properly.
Guilt knocks, it's uncomfortable, and the instinct is to pretend nobody's home. Noticing is opening the door: naming the feeling, letting it be there, checking whether it fits the facts. Some guilt is worth acting on. Some just needs to be seen and let go. You can't sort that out from behind a closed door.
That idea runs through the whole practice. It's the one behind Rumi's The Guest House — every feeling is a visitor, and the work is meeting each one at the door, even the ones you'd rather not host.
Most people arrive carrying something they've never said out loud. That's not a bad start — that's exactly the place to start.
If you learned early that talking about it isn't "what you do," you're not unusual — and you're not stuck with it. A lot of this work is simply getting the first sentence out.
When a career, a sport, or a relationship stops fitting and you're not sure who you are on the other side of it.
Practical skills for living alongside ongoing physical pain, and for the mental weight that arrives with it.
A steady place to face the heavy ones without being swallowed by them.
DBT skills for the thought loops that run on repeat — and something concrete to do when they show up at 2 a.m.
Support for first responders, health-care workers, coaches and anyone who was there when it counted and hasn't unpacked it since.
You don't need to prepare anything or know what to say.
We put words to what you've been carrying, so it's something we can look at together rather than something you carry alone.
No package, no minimum. If it's a fit, we keep going.
Kieran came to counselling the long way around — through sport, through injury, and through the slow realization that, like a lot of men, he had no language for loss, stress, and the pressure to hold it all together. Sport had given him a physical outlet to release that tension. When it was gone, he had to learn to name his emotions instead of outrun them. Counselling is where that work happens now — for him, and for the people he sits with.
He works the way he talks: direct, warm, and a little funny. Expect plain language, a real conversation, and someone who'll tell you honestly what he thinks is going on.
Kieran is a world champion. He won gold in sledge hockey with Team Canada, and competing at that level taught him that being physically ready is only part of performing at your best. Your mindset, your confidence and how you manage what's going on in your head can make all the difference.
Sport performance sessions bring that experience to your game, using the same practical, skills-first approach as the rest of his work, aimed at how you train, compete and recover.
Tryouts, playoffs, big moments, and high-pressure situations can bring nerves to the surface. Learn how to steady your body, manage the pressure, and stay focused when it matters most—so your nerves can sharpen your performance instead of getting in the way.
Everybody makes mistakes. The difference is how fast you let them go. Skills for resetting mid-game instead of carrying the last play into the next one.
Getting hurt tests more than your body. Support for the frustration, the fear of getting hurt again, and learning to trust yourself when you're back out there.
When you've been "the athlete" for as long as you can remember, getting cut, retiring or a career-ending injury can leave a big gap. Working out who you are next.
Who it's for: competitive and recreational athletes, para athletes, and anyone who has to perform under pressure. In person in Edmonton or by video across Alberta.
These are the areas athletes most often bring in, from the first session through competition, recovery and beyond. Tap any one to see what it covers.
Every athlete is different, so we don't march through this in order. Your first session sets the plan, and it changes as your season does.
Where you are right now: your sport, your level, your season, and what's getting in the way. We figure out what you want to be different and set the plan from there.
Setting goals that actually pull you forward. The difference between chasing a result and owning the process, and how to stay driven through the long middle of a season.
The voice in your head is either a coach or a critic. Learning to notice it, argue back, and handle the outside voices too: coaches, parents, teammates and social media.
Finding the zone where you play your best, not too flat and not too amped. Breathing and body-based skills to turn the volume up or down when it counts.
Staying locked in on the next play, not the scoreboard or the crowd. Cue words and reset habits for when your attention drifts.
Building a routine you can trust before a game, a shift, a shot or a start, so you walk in ready no matter what the day has thrown at you.
Seeing it before you do it. Using imagery to sharpen skills, rehearse tough situations, and relax and recover between efforts.
Everyone makes mistakes. How to let go of the last play, get through a bad game, and climb out of a slump without losing yourself in it.
The mental side of getting hurt: the frustration, the time on the sidelines, the fear of getting hurt again, and learning to trust your body when you're back.
Managing the load of training, school, work and life. Recognizing burnout, anxiety and low mood early, and doing something about them before they take over.
Knowing your role and owning it. Working with coaches and teammates, handling conflict, and stepping into leadership.
When you've been "the athlete" your whole life, getting cut, retiring or a career-ending injury leaves a big gap. Figuring out who you are next, and taking what the sport taught you with you.
The first 15-minute consultation is free. After that, session fees are listed on the clinic's booking page — follow the booking link below to see current rates. Sessions are often covered in part by workplace benefit plans, and direct billing is available for some plans. If cost is the thing standing in the way, say so when you reach out; there's usually something we can work out.
Kieran is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC #11264020) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. Many extended health plans cover counselling by a CCC, but not all do — it's worth checking your plan's wording before your first session. You'll get a receipt after each one with everything your insurer needs.
Both. In-person sessions are available at either clinic, and video sessions are open to anyone in Alberta. Video works well, and it means you don't have to explain to anyone where you're going.
That depends on you and what you want to accomplish. Some people come for a handful of sessions around one specific thing; others stay longer. You decide, and we check in about it out loud as we go.
Yes, with the legal exceptions every counsellor has: risk of serious harm to you or someone else, and the safety of a child. We'll go over exactly what that means in the first session.
Half the people who walk in say a version of that sentence. Take the free 15 minutes and see how it lands — that's all it's for. It's a fit check, not a commitment.
A short call to see whether we're a good fit — no charge, no commitment, no forms to agonize over. If it feels right we'll book a full session. If it doesn't, that's a useful answer too.
Some people want to ask a question before they put anything in a calendar. That's fine — write as little as you like. It comes straight to Kieran, and he answers it himself.
Replies usually come within one business day.
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