Joel has experience working with a variety of populations and ages including children, adolescents, and adults within a multitude of settings including Hull Services, Calgary Catholic School District, Calgary Board of Education, and Alberta Health Services. He specializes in anxiety disorders, personality disorders, depression, and impulse control. Joel also specializes in psychological assessment including the assessment of cognition, academics, and learning disabilities. Bridging the gap between assessment and therapy, Joel's experience and knowledge allows him to identify problem areas, design treatment plans, and utilize appropriate interventions for successful treatment.
Anxiety
Identify the root cause of your anxiety, develop resilience and learn to cope with your generalized anxiety, social anxiety, performance anxiety, OCD, panic attacks or phobias so you can lead a fulfilling life.
Depression
Identify, understand, and work through the experiences, thoughts, and feelings that are making you feel depressed and learn effective coping strategies to help you overcome them to live a happier life.
Personality Assessments
Personality assessments identify whether a person has a personality disorder such as borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, or antisocial. It is also used to help individuals find a career that suits their personality.
Trauma & PTSD
Understand, process, and work through the difficult emotions and memories that are causing you pain after the traumatic experience in a safe and non-judgmental environment to help you recover and heal.
Childhood Trauma
If you have experienced trauma as a child, counselling can help you understand, process and heal from what has happened to you so that you can move on with confidence, strength and resilience.
Self Esteem
Reframe your thoughts and experiences to challenge the unhelpful beliefs that harm your self-image so that you can start to feel good about yourself and live your life with confidence and self-love.
Emotion Regulation
Develop the skills necessary to regulate your emotions by learning how to rethink situations to reduce anger or depression, identify and challenge unhelpful thinking patters, and be mindful to reduce anxiety and stress.
Intrusive Thoughts
Learn to recognize, challenge, and take control of unwanted intrusive thoughts, images, and feelings that negatively impact your day-to-day life.
OCD
Start identifying the triggers that lead to your unwanted and intrusive thoughts to regain control of your life by learning how to sit with those feelings, rather than compulsively acting on them.
Children & Youth
Child and youth counselling is tailored to their developmental stage, personality traits, and interests to ensure that they feel safe and supported in a fun and engaging environment.
Psycho-educational Assessment
Psycho-educational assessments can help individuals find the right learning environment, determine whether they have a learning disability, and assess how best to reach their social and academic goals.
Learning Disability Assessments
Find out if your child has a learning disability in order to enable them to receive accommodations in school and access specialized resources to help them with their challenges.
ADHD Assessments
A comprehensive ADHD assessment is a way to get your symptoms and life situation assessed to help you get a proper treatment plan, as well as receive access to the resources necessary to thrive.
ADHD
Learn effective strategies tailored to your unique struggles to help you manage your symptoms and improve your quality of life, as well as keep up with daily tasks at home, at work, or in school.
Personality Disorders
Get a better understanding of your personality disorder and learn how to better cope with the feelings and behaviours that come with it, improve relationships, and build a greater self-worth.
Learning Disabilities
Having a learning disability can be frustrating, but counselling can help you understand your disorder, build a better relationship with it and learn different ways to manage your symptoms.
Autism
Develop strategies and coping mechanisms to effectively manage emotions, regulate behaviour, improve communication, and learn to better interact with your surroundings so that things aren’t as overwhelming.
Anger
Regain control in your life and learn how to control your anger by improving communication skills, expressing yourself in healthy ways, learning to relax, reframing your thoughts, and practicing gratitude.
