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We are a community of counsellors and psychologists, working as independent contractors, with a focus on Indigenous Trauma and the guiding principles of Two-Eyed Seeing.

Meeting Students Where They Are: Our Heart-Centered, Land-Based Approach to Wellness in the Classrooms. We believe true ...
10/22/2026

Meeting Students Where They Are: Our Heart-Centered, Land-Based Approach to Wellness in the Classrooms.

We believe true support means stepping away from clinical offices and stepping directly into Indigenous values. We don’t wait for students to come to us, we go to them, building relationships right where they feel most comfortable.

Here is how we are showing up for our students on the Nations:

Active Outreach: From classroom visits to school yards, our counselors are on the ground, integrating into the daily lives of students.

Connect & Create Groups: We host engaging lunch activities that foster community, laughter, and safe spaces for self-expression.

Cultural & Land-Based Healing: We facilitate workshops and groups that integrate cultural identity and honor the land as a powerful source of wellness and emotional regulation.

Classroom Collaboration: Our team partners with teachers to introduce movement breaks, relational yoga techniques, and grounding supports directly into the classroom.

By weaving together culture, community, and connection to the land, we are honoring holistic well-being and supporting our kiddos every step of the way.

We believe in deep accountability and transparency. To honor this commitment, we provide MONTHLY REPORTS detailing the services we deliver and the concrete ways we are actively decolonizing mental health to better serve our students and communities. Our students matter.

We cannot heal in isolation. We need connection.As human beings, we are wired for connection. Our nervous systems are de...
10/22/2026

We cannot heal in isolation. We need connection.

As human beings, we are wired for connection. Our nervous systems are designed to seek safety, co-regulation, and understanding through relationships with others, our communities, and the land.

In Indigenous cultures, wellness has always been understood through a collective lens: collective healing is more powerful than individual healing. When we come together, share our burdens, and heal as a collective, we tap into a shared strength that is far greater than facing difficult things alone.

Trauma often isolates us, but healing happens in community. At Indigenous Psychological Services, our relational approach honors this collective wisdom. Through the guiding principle of Two-Eyed Seeing, we walk alongside you to rebuild the vital connections to yourself, to others, and to community that make deep, lasting healing possible.

You don't have to carry this journey alone. We are stronger together.
Reach out to us at 587-594-9855 to connect with our supportive team.

Can I access services at Indigenous Psychological Services if I am NOT Indigenous?YES. We welcome and support all people...
10/22/2026

Can I access services at Indigenous Psychological Services if I am NOT Indigenous?

YES. We welcome and support all people.

At Indigenous Psychological Services, our mission is to provide healing pathways for everyone, regardless of background. We guide our practice using the value of Two-Eyed Seeing, an approach that honors and integrates the strengths of both Indigenous teachings and Western therapeutic modalities.

Central to our work is a RELATIONAL approach to wellness. We believe that healing happens through CONNECTION, respect, and community. Because we value RELATIONSHIPS above all, our commitment is to help all people navigate their healing journeys in a safe, holistic, and trauma-informed space.

Whether you are seeking somatic therapy, EMDR, IFOT, or general mental health support, our doors are open to you.

We are here to help. 📞 Reach out to us today at 587-594-9855 to connect with our team.

If the body is holding the trauma, the body must be part of the release.When we experience trauma, it doesn’t just live ...
10/22/2026

If the body is holding the trauma, the body must be part of the release.

When we experience trauma, it doesn’t just live in our minds or our memories, it imprints itself deeply into our physical bodies. It gets stored in our muscles, our tissues, and the patterns of our nervous system. This is why we can’t always talk our way out of trauma.

If the body is holding the trauma, it needs body-based (somatic) methods to safely release it.

At Indigenous Psychological Services, we integrate specialized, somatic therapies to help you gently access and release what your body has been carrying:

Somatic Therapy: To help you tune into your body's physical sensations and safely discharge stored survival energy.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): To help your brain and body reprocess traumatic memories so they no longer trigger a physical stress response.
IFOT (Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy): A body-centered, land-based approach that honors the physical and spiritual connection to healing.
True healing happens when the mind and body work together. Let us help you guide your body back to a state of safety, ease, and balance.

Your body knows how to heal. Let’s listen to it together. 📞 Reach out to us at 587-594-9855 to connect with a somatic therapist.

In Indigenous cultures, collective healing is more valuable over strictly individual therapy. Rooted in concepts regardi...
10/19/2026

In Indigenous cultures, collective healing is more valuable over strictly individual therapy. Rooted in concepts regarding interconnectedness, relational accountability, and the nature of well-being.

1. The Principle of Interconnectedness (All My Relations)
In many Indigenous worldviews, an individual is not seen as an isolated entity, but as an intrinsic part of a larger web of relations that includes family, community, ancestors, future generations, and the natural world (often expressed in Cree as wâhkôtowin). Because everyone and everything is connected, an individual’s suffering is not just their own; it affects the collective. Conversely, the wellness of the collective directly supports the wellness of the individual. Healing is therefore viewed as a shared responsibility and a shared benefit.

2. Historical and Intergenerational Context
Much of the trauma experienced by Indigenous peoples such as the impacts of colonization, residential schools, and systemic displacement was inflicted upon the collective rather than just the individual. Because the wounding was collective, the healing must also be collective. Addressing systemic and intergenerational trauma within a community setting helps de-stigmatize suffering, validates shared experiences, and reconstructs the social fabric that colonization attempted to disrupt.

3. Co-Regulation and Shared Strength
From a neurobiological and somatic perspective, human beings co-regulate. In collective healing practices (such as talking circles, ceremonies, and land-based gatherings), the shared presence of supportive community members helps regulate individual nervous systems. Facing adversity alone can overwhelm an individual's coping mechanisms, whereas facing it within a collective provides a container of shared strength, reducing the burden of isolation.

4. Reciprocity and Relational Accountability
Western individual therapy often focuses heavily on self-actualization and personal autonomy. While valuable, Indigenous therapeutic frameworks emphasize relational accountability—understanding one's roles, responsibilities, and contributions to the community. Collective healing fosters pupose and belonging.

Free Youth Craft Nights are Back! We are so excited to offer a free, creative space for youth to connect, express themse...
10/19/2026

Free Youth Craft Nights are Back!

We are so excited to offer a free, creative space for youth to connect, express themselves, and create beautiful keepsakes!

Starting Wednesday, October 21st, we are launching our weekly Youth Craft Night for ages 9 to 13.

When: Every Wednesday from Oct 21 – Nov 18
Time: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Where: 10335 - 172 St
Cost: 100% FREE (all supplies provided!)

Featured Crafts Include:
Pumpkin Painting
Mini Teepee Making
Dreamcatchers
Rock Painting

Space is limited, and we can’t wait to create together! Bring a friend and join us for an evening of fun, culture, and connection.
Please Register by calling 587-594-9855
or
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfltovl0g1YsCDJlWRP3FYv6Tx3q6MqhM9aCf0H6ooYZKPyZw/viewform

Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) brings together the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and Western psychology to support hol...
10/18/2026

Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) brings together the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and Western psychology to support holistic healing. When we honor both perspectives, we create safer, more comprehensive spaces for trauma-informed care.

Here are 3 ways Two-Eyed Seeing guides our practice:
1. Rooting care in cultural identity and connection to land
2. Utilizing evidence-based somatic and psychological techniques. Using genocide trauma techniques to help with genocide.
3. Viewing community support as essential to personal recovery. Connection heals.

How do you integrate traditional wisdom into your wellness routine? Leigh harvests the plants for tea at our office. Let us know yours below.

We Cannot Survive the Storms Alone: Lessons from the Trees on Two-Eyed Seeing."In times of struggle, division, and heavy...
10/17/2026

We Cannot Survive the Storms Alone: Lessons from the Trees on Two-Eyed Seeing."
In times of struggle, division, and heavy storms, we often look for ways to survive. To find the path forward, we can look to the wisdom of Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk) and a beautiful teaching shared by the late Mi'kmaw Elder Charles Labrador.

Elder Charles Labrador spoke of the forest to teach us how to live in harmony. He explained that if you look at the trees, you will see that they all stand as individuals above the ground. But beneath the earth, where we cannot see, their roots are holding hands.

When the fierce winds blow and the heavy storms hit, a single tree standing completely alone is easily uprooted and knocked down. But in a healthy forest, the trees survive the storm because they are holding onto one another underground. They share the stress, they support each other’s weight, and they weather the storm as a collective. At times if we do not hold hands, we can easily turn on to eachother.

This teaching is a powerful reminder of how we must hold lands and hold hands right now, more than ever.

🌲 We cannot survive the storms alone. When we try to carry our trauma, our stress, and our daily burdens in isolation, we become vulnerable to the wind. But when we connect when we reach out and hold hands with our community, our colleagues, and our loved ones we build an unbreakable foundation of shared strength.

Holding hands means:

Choosing connection over isolation.
Supporting one another when the load gets too heavy. When we isolate - we turn on eachother.

Remembering that our survival has always depended on relationships and community.

Standing together, rooted in our shared humanity, to protect the generations coming after us.

Reach out today. Hold onto someone. We are stronger together. 🤝💚

The body knows how to heal itself, it starts with your relationship with you.Your body is incredibly wise. It carries yo...
10/16/2026

The body knows how to heal itself, it starts with your relationship with you.

Your body is incredibly wise. It carries your history, holds your experiences, and possesses an innate capacity for healing. But to unlock that healing, we must first change how we relate to ourselves.

So often, we treat our bodies as projects to fix or obstacles to overcome. True healing begins when we shift from criticism to curiosity, and from neglect to connection. When you learn to listen to your body’s signals, honor its boundaries, and offer yourself genuine compassion, you create the safe internal environment your nervous system needs to release stored trauma and restore balance.

Through somatic and trauma-informed therapies, we help you rebuild that vital connection, guiding you back to the wisdom your body has held all along.

Deepen your relationship with yourself today and see what your body is trying to say. Connect with us at 587-594-9855 to start your journey.

We are made of land. Land knows a lot about trauma and it knows a lot about healing itself. AND so does our body. Our bo...
10/16/2026

We are made of land. Land knows a lot about trauma and it knows a lot about healing itself. AND so does our body. Our body has the ability to heal itself. Our biology can carry th stress and pain and it can create pathways to healing by : TRUST the BODY, FEEL the BODY, GET to KNOW the body, and allow the body to RELEASE and CONNECT with what it needs. Allow pain to have a pathway.

Every breath, bone, and heartbeat is made of the same elements as the earth.

Because our bodies are made of the land, we carry the earth's ancient wisdom of regeneration inside us. Just as the forest knows how to rebuild after a storm, your body knows how to find its way back to balance.

If you are carrying a heavy load today, step outside. Put your feet on the earth, and let the land remind your nervous system how to heal. 🌲🪶

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#104 10335 172st NW
Edmonton, AB
T5S1K9

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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