Stephanie completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology with Yorkville University. She holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a Master of Science in Mental Health Psychology. As a Mummy of two little kids, Stephanie is passionate about creating the optimal healing experience from an empathetic and compassionate trauma-based perspective.

Stephanie spent most of her life in West Africa and South East Asia where the importance of culture and the humanistic approach grounded the way she moves through the world. Understanding that each person holds unique expertise of their experiences is central to her practice. Stephanie’s journey into motherhood has been foundational in her desire to work with those connected to parenthood, specifically coloured by her miscarriage and her expatriate life.

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Shannon is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (C.C.C.) and a graduate of the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program with Yorkville University. She holds an undergraduate degree in Human Ecology with a specialization in Family Studies from the University of Alberta. As a Human Ecologist, Shannon works with clients following a holistic approach by honouring all their relationships and all levels of their environment.

Shannon worked for a number of years with a non-profit organization supporting teen parents and their families. Her professional work experience also includes supporting young adults in a community setting from a strengths-based perspective. She is a wife and a mother of two daughters. Her passion to continue working with mothers in a therapeutic setting has been guided by the loss of her first daughter and the unexpected journey of motherhood.

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On parent leave, currently not accepting new clients Kayla Gurski is a mother, therapist and social worker. Kayla’s extensive background includes over 8 years of experience working with parents from all walks of life including: pregnant and parenting teens, new parents, survivors of family violence, couples waiting to become parents through adoption, and parents of children with mental health diagnoses. It is important to Kayla that sessions are collaborative and that clients feel heard and respected. The modalities that she offers are Narrative Therapy and mindfulness based behavioural models such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

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Eugena Maguire is a registered social worker, Neufeld Institute course facilitator and former foster parent. She has been studying the attachment based developmental paradigm since 2013 and has implemented it into both her practice with clients and her everyday life. Eugena has a vested interest in supporting clients in the perinatal period and generally through grief, including loss related to suicide, and healing after trauma. She is adept at supporting clients with anxiety, depression or attentional challenges and offers a fresh spin on many issues, informed by the concept of ‘turning towards’ emotions and working with the wisdom of one’s neurobiology. As a queer person herself, Eugena is passionate about working with 2SLGBTIQ+ individuals and families and holds the vision for a world that is safe for all people to express who they are and access the services they need. Eugena also offers parent coaching to help parents make sense of their children from the inside out as well as navigate co-parenting dynamics. Eugena has training in parts work and is passionate about helping clients explore deeper parts of themselves, heal and integrate outdated neural response patterns. Eugena is trained in Gottman and EFT (emotionally-focused therapy) for couples and can attest to witnessing the power of working within the context of relationships themselves.

Eugena has facilitated countless workshops and psychoeducational and therapeutic groups on the following topics: parenting, living libraries, boundaries, making sense of suicide, intimate partner violence, anxiety and grief and loss. She curated The Art of Mental Health exhibit and Stand up for Mental Health comedy show and sees the value of the arts as a vehicle for expression, transformation and healing.

She currently lives in Leduc County near Amiskwaciy Waskahikan on Treaty 6 territory. In her spare time Eugena enjoys writing poetry, travelling, event organizing and connecting to nature. She finds play through learning and is a self-proclaimed children’s book enthusiast. Eugena is passionate about trauma-informed theory and how contemporary neuroscience can be applied to our everyday lives to help us thrive. She is the host of the Parenting Human Beings Podcast which she created to help adults gain insight so they can feel empowered as the answer to their children. Through years of deep inner work and play, hitting the books, and healing, Eugena has discovered what drives us as human beings: our need for connection.

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