Our expertise
Bringing out the Best In You
We have worked with diverse clients to address a variety of client concerns and goals. We are committed to understanding your strengths, resources, and values. These assets will be provide us direction and momentum toward your goals.
Our Services
Parenting
Becoming a parent is a complex process with many influences including how we were parented, the products sold to us, the opinions of others, the culture surrounding us and our own brains and bodies. We can be overwhelmed by the many factors that influence how we show up for our children.
Understanding childhood development can be an important first step in deciding what to do and how to parent. We help you navigate the challenges that come along with parenting and support you to parent in the way that is right for you and your family.
Becoming a Parent
Whether you are beginning your parenting journey, have been parenting for a while, or have experienced loss, we want to come alongside you in navigating these experiences.
Fertility & Pregnancy
Growing your family is a transition that can come with many emotions, decisions and ambiguity. Each individual or couple faces different questions as they navigate family building. We are passionate about exploring these questions and helping people find clarity and greater ease as they work through this phase of life.
Parenting Over the Lifespan
As children grow our relationships shift and evolve. Conventional parenting wisdom isn’t always a good fit for a particular parent, child or family’s situation. We have experience working with diverse families and can join you in a thoughtful consideration of your parenting questions and how to approach your particular relationship and circumstance.
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Interpersonal Relationships
Whether you’re facing challenges in your personal or professional relationships, struggling to set healthy boundaries, or aiming to enhance your communication skills, we can help.
A journey to healthier relationships involves understanding the nuances of communication, setting boundaries, and building healthy connection.
Setting boundaries
Clear and respectful boundaries are at the heart of healthy relationships. We will work collaboratively to identify your needs, communicate effectively, and set boundaries that promote self-care, connection and mutual respect.
Improving Interpersonal Communication
Effective communication is the cornerstone of thriving relationships. In therapy we will work through what is being communicated and what steps you can take to enhance your communication and connection with others. Relationships can be difficult and there is not one clear or right way forward. We will work with you to understand what options you have that allow you to connect with others while maintaining your integrity.
Get in touch
Book a free 15-min call
One of the most important predictors of success in therapy is your connection with your therapist. It is important to us that our clients achieve their therapeutic goals as efficiently as possible. The purpose of a 15 minute consult is to provide opportunity for you to ask questions, share your goals and needs, and get a sense of your therapist’s approach to therapy.
At the end of a 15 minute call, we hope that you have enough information to decide if there is a good fit between you and the therapist.
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Grief & Loss
Life’s changes always involve loss. Even when things go smoothly or a transition is expected, parts of yourself and your life change forever. The loss that comes with transition is even more deep and complex when the change was unwanted or unanticipated.
For many people, there are challenges and painful experiences along the path of life that require compassionate care and support.
At Liminal Psychology, we are skilled in supporting people through difficult transitions, particularly on their parenting journey. Infertility, pregnancy loss, infant loss, traumatic births, and unexpected outcomes are all experiences that can create deep loss and grief. As therapists, we are acquainted with these losses and have supported many other people in finding a way through transition.
We can help you by:
- providing relational space and safety to speak freely and be understood in your loss
- honouring the deep importance of what you had and hoped for prior to your loss
- Exploring and expressing what was lost and complicated feelings about what comes next.
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Trauma
Trauma is an emotional and physical response to an intensely stressful event that overwhelms a person’s ability to cope with and make sense of what is happening. Trauma can occur throughout the lifespan but has particularly strong effects when experienced during an important period of development.
Trauma can influence how we see ourselves, relate to others, and navigate the world. In therapy, we work together to understand the impacts of trauma and apply treatments that will help people who have experienced trauma to calm their bodies and create healthy life structures.
- We are experts in the treatment of developmental trauma, having consulted with and taught many individuals and organizations about how to create health and healing for traumatized children and adults.
- We all have extensive experience working with individuals who have experienced developmental trauma and PTSD.
- We are trained in evidence-based therapies that are effective treatments for trauma
Developmental Trauma
Developmental trauma refers to difficult or distressing experiences that occur during the lifespan, especially during a person’s childhood. These experiences can include things like neglect, emotional or physical abuse, or significant disruptions in attachment and connection. Developmental trauma can influence how we see ourselves, relate to others, and navigate the world. In therapy, we work together to understand what has happened and foster a healthier and more secure sense of self.
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
PTSD is a response to a traumatic event that has overwhelmed a person’s ability to cope. It can result from experiences like accidents, abuse, or other life-threatening situations. Individuals with PTSD may find themselves re-experiencing the trauma through intrusive memories, nightmares, or flashbacks. They might also experience heightened anxiety, avoidance of reminders of the trauma, and changes in mood and thinking. Therapy for PTSD focuses on helping individuals process and manage these overwhelming experiences, gradually reclaiming a sense of safety and control.
Rates
Individual Psychotherapy
(50-minute) $220.00
Consultation, assessment, and supervision rates vary by practitioner
In accordance with the College of Alberta Psychologists, we are licensed to work with Alberta Residents only.
Receipts for reimbursement to insurance providers will be provided once payment is received.
Individual counselling:
- Adults
- Adolescents
- Children
- Parents & caregivers
Specializing in:
- Infertility
- Pregnancy loss
- Pre & post natal
- Life transitions
- Grief
- Trauma
- Infant-parent mental health
- Attachment
- Emotional regulation
- Anxiety
- Depression
- PTSD
- Work-related stress
- Interpersonal difficulty
Therapies Used
- EMDR
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT, DBT)
- Solution-Focused
- Trauma-Focused
- Relational
- Integrative
- Existential
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Touchpoints
Meet the Team
Jamie Pope, MSc
Registered Psychologist
I provide a number of services including therapy, consultation, psychoeducation, and professional supervision. I have over 15 years of experience working in research, healthcare, non-profit, and private practice settings. I have worked with individuals, families, youth, and adults.
Maria Malouf, MC
Registered Psychologist
I worked in the non-profit sector with children, adolescents, young adults, and families. I have spent most of my career working with trauma-related issues and training other practitioners in trauma-informed practices.
Nicole Berggren, MC
Registered Psychologist
I have over 15 years of experience working with not-for-profit agencies in Calgary and with diverse populations with complex needs and trauma. My lens is heavily influenced by brain science and an understanding of development over the lifespan.
Liminal Psychology Inc.
It is our work to accompany you while you navigate this threshold and work to uncover the path forward. We build a relationship with you for the purpose of understanding where you have been and where you hope to go.
Hillhurst Building
Suite 480, 301-14th Street NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2A1