Founder and owner of Alchemy Psychological.
EMDR Certified Therapist, Consultant, and Training Coach.
Favorite areas of practice
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Assist in the recovery from trauma including religious or spiritual, conversion therapy, early abuse or neglect, attachment injury, accidents, natural disasters, bullying, and micro-aggressions
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Empower clients to communicate assertively, and set boundaries
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Improve relationships and work towards secure attachment
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Manage difficult and overwhelming emotions
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Affirming sexual and gender minorities, and supporting folks on their gender transition journey
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Parts/Ego States work - supporting people to protect, heal, and nurture their young and traumatized parts
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Skin picking and hair pulling
Fun facts
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Prior to becoming a Psychologist, Natalie spent 6 years working in performing arts​ and the service industry​​
Human superpowers
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Roasting potatoes, making chicken noises, solo dance parties & cat whisperer
Therapeutic superpowers
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Goofy and authentic moments in therapy; guiding insight and addressing the root cause, rather than just the symptom; supporting people to live authentically and learn to accept and even celebrate themselves; support lifelong transformational change
Key Values
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Authenticity, acceptance, diversity, compassion, humor
Therapeutic approaches
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Certified EMDR Therapist, Consultant, and Training Coach; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Coherence Therapy (CT); Parts/Ego States work; Attachment focused; Dialectical and Behavior Therapy Skills (DBT), Mindfulness and Compassion focused. Intersectional feminism, sex-positive, and kink aware
Populations served
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Adolescents and adults 15yrs-108yrs for individual therapy. Queer, LGBTQ2S+, Transgender & gender diverse folks, and allies. Psychologists, social workers, nurses, and other allied health care professionals. Those who practice a variety of relationships structures including consensual non-monogamy
Education and licensure
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University of Alberta B.A. with distinction, major in Psychology, minor in Anthropology. University of Alberta Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology. Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, and the Northwest Territories Psychologists Act