Keisha Arshad is a Registered Provisional Psychologist on the Calgary Reconnect Counselling Group (Kids Reconnect and Couples Reconnect) teams. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from Mount Royal University and a Master’s degree in Counselling (MCouns) from the City University of Seattle – Alberta Campus. Her intellectual skills and dedication have been recognized with a City University of Seattle Scholarship (2020/2021/2023), the Dean’s Honor Roll at City University of Seattle – Alberta Campus (2020-2023), the Dean’s Honor at Mount Royal University (2014-2019), an Outstanding Sociology Student (2018-2019) award, and an Alexander Rutherford High School Achievement Scholarship.

Through her thesis research project and her experience working with nursing and medical students, Keisha has developed a deeper understanding and passion for working with professionals experiencing compassion fatigue and occupational burnout. Compassion fatigue can affect a wide range of professions and caregivers. It tends to be common among professionals who regularly work in a helping capacity.

She has honed her mental health experience in the non-profit and volunteer sectors, working with children, parents, and families in crisis intervention, developmental disabilities, interpersonal skills, counselling psychology, and mental health counselling fields. Concurrently, she complemented her non-profit experience with private clinic experience, working as a Practicum Student on our team in 2023. To date, some of her proudest professional accomplishments have been supporting Calgarians experiencing domestic violence and family conflict to heal and thrive, and helping children to grow their emotional and relational skills in a child-led group setting.

As a Registered Provisional Psychologist, Keisha uses integrative play and expressive arts in her therapy work with children at Kids Reconnect and has an interest in Strengths-Based, Trauma-Informed, Client-Centred, Attachment-Based, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Family Systems therapy approaches. Under the guidance of Dr. Terry Kottman of the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists, Keisha has completed the Beginning Adlerian Play Therapy continuing education training.

Adept at navigating multicultural and linguistic nuances, Keisha grew up in Canada and is also professionally fluent in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi. She has developed an in-depth understanding of the dimensions of diversity in relation to gender, race, social class, and age, as well as ways that macro and micro social institutions, structures, and processes influence social behaviour. Understanding each other better leads to closer connections and stronger, more peaceful communities. That’s why Keisha loves to share and grow her diversity, equity, and inclusion insights. She is a skilled facilitator of cultural diversity and multicultural issues workshops.

Keisha is back on the team as a Registered Provisional Psychologist after completing her practicum at Calgary Reconnect Counselling Group (Kids Reconnect and Couples Reconnect), where she was immersed in a variety of projects, including co-facilitating the Feelings & Friends Group for Kids.

in her new role as a Registered Provisional Psychologist, Keisha is excited to continue helping Calgary kids explore and grow the immense potential of their Superpower strengths at Kids Reconnect and to help Calgary couples grow in closeness and connection in their relationship at Couples Reconnect.

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Natalie Bergman is a registered psychologist and director of Calgary Reconnect Counselling Group.

Currently, Natalie is pursuing a Doctoral Degree in Counselling Psychology. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University in New Brunswick, Canada, and a Master of Science in Psychology (Russia).

She is a member of the Association for Play Therapy (USA), the Psychological Association of Alberta (Canada), and the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).

In the child therapy realm, Natalie completed Play Therapy training with the Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute, and two years of Functional Family Therapy. She specializes in applying Play Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy to help toddlers, children, and preteens thrive, and in helping parents find a new way of understanding their child’s behaviour and a new way of responding to it.

In supporting couples, Natalie uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) techniques to balance the emotions between partners. She has completed an Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® and Core Skills Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® with ICEEFT. She also uses Functional Family Therapy (FFT) and leverages these techniques to address the entire family dynamic, beyond the perspective of the dynamic of the couple, when it is relevant and beneficial.

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Christine is a Registered Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and a master’s degree in social work, both from the University of British Columbia. She has ample counselling, public speaking, group facilitation, and leadership experience and is a skilled trainer.

Christine’s passion is supporting her clients to surpass their dreams and be the most that they can be. Her specialty is providing an environment for children, youth, and parents that is safe and nurturing, while supporting trauma integration, healthy attachment, and development through insightful, creative interventions.

For over 17 years, Christine has honed her social work expertise in the non-profit sector. She has walked beside a myriad of clients from all walks of life, across the lifespan, from children and youth to parents and families, helping them through a depth and breadth of mental health, behaviour, addictions, parenting, and conflict challenges.

Incorporating a trauma-informed relationship-based perspective, Christine works from various theories and approaches, including Family Systems Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Solution-focused Therapy (SFT). Her training competencies include Sexual Abuse Intervention Level II, ARC (Attachment, Regulation, Competency), and PCIT (Parent Child Interactive Therapy) modalities, group facilitation for caregivers and staff, as well as children and youth. As a certified Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) facilitator, Christine has extensive expertise supporting individuals who experience suicide ideation and can assess level of risk.

Her vast experience in the foster care system has deepened Christine’s understanding of grief and loss and grown her compassionate mastery in creating therapeutic interventions that support children, youth, caregivers, and families in moving through these challenges.

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Marcella Galizia is a registered psychologist and director of Calgary Reconnect Counselling Group.

She holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from Guelph University and a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology from McGill University. She is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, and a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), the Psychologists Association of Alberta (PAA), the Alberta Play Therapy Association (APTA), the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), and the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).

Marcella has completed additional training in play-based techniques through Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute and the Alberta Play Therapy Association, as well as additional training in play-based techniques through the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists and Learn to Play Events. She has also obtained advanced training for Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for use with children and youth. Her training also includes an Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® and the 52-hour Core Skills Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® with the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).

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Jacqueline Gattens is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP). She holds a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from McGill University.

Spanning over a decade, Jacqueline’s experience in the mental health and social work fields includes counselling clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and relational issues.

Jacqueline believes in a trauma-focused, strengths-based, client-centred approach that always meets people where they are.

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Marggie is a Registered Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work (BSW) from the University of Calgary and a master’s degree in social work (MSW) with a Trauma-Informed Practice Specialization from the University of Calgary. Marggie also has a Bachelor of International Relations with a minor in Finance from the Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Throughout her career as a therapist, Marggie has supported clients of all ages, including children, adolescents, and parents facing crises and various physical and emotional well-being challenges, such as anxiety, depression, and trauma. She is adept at case management and has ample project management experience, including project coordination for the Telehealth network across the Nunavut Territory.

Marggie has completed clinical training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 and Level 2 and has trained in multiple clinical approaches and techniques, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Sensitive Yoga Foundational Training, Indigenous Awareness Training, and Critical Incident Group Debriefing.

Marggie offers child, adolescent, couples, and grief counselling at Calgary Reconnect Counselling Group.

Child and adolescent counselling

Infusing her interventions with empathy, playfulness, and curiosity, Marggie draws from multiple trauma-informed, attachment-based therapy techniques and approaches to help children and adolescents.

Couples counselling

To help couples grow their closeness and connection, Marggie draws from multiple trauma-informed, attachment-based therapy techniques and approaches, including Gottman Therapy. Her unwavering optimism and ability to have and transmit hope are grounded in her experience of seeing how receiving relationship support can bring couples closer, and she is excited to help you develop the skills you need to get there.

Grief counselling

Marggie has a special place in her heart for couples who are grieving the loss of a child. She has experience supporting individuals and couples through this immensely difficult grief and loss process.

Her grief counselling experience includes planning and facilitating support groups for bereaved individuals and couples experiencing pregnancy and infant loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Termination for Medical Reason (TFMR), infertility, loss through surrogacy, and missed adoption. With an understanding of how deeply this support is needed, she has developed resources and her capacity to educate and offer grief counselling.

Languages

Marggie is professionally fluent in English and Spanish. She offers counselling in both languages.

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As individuals and in relationships, we tell stories about ourselves and others. As we interpret our experiences and our relationships through these stories, these stories can become a core part of our identity.

You may find these stories don’t fit well for you anymore and, as the expert in your own life, you may feel like you need to pursue change. Together we can explore how experiences and challenges have impacted you and/or your children, identify your strengths and values, and work together to write new stories that help you have the relationships you want to have and live the life you want to lead. I invite couples and families to join me in exploring what is happening between you and develop ways of communicating and interacting that serve you all well. I can work with all family members in helping each other through challenging times and strengthening your relationships.

I am a Registered Psychologist and I hold a Master of Science in Counselling Psychology from the University of Calgary. In my counselling work, I use a narrative therapy lens, while drawing on cognitive-behavioural, interpersonal, and play-based interventions. I am a certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant and have experience providing counselling to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I am passionate about working collaboratively with people of all ages to create stories you can live out that align with your strengths, values, hopes, and goals.

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Catherine (Katie) Musgrove is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP). She holds a Master of Education in Counselling Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Lethbridge, and is a Certified AutPlay Therapy Provider and a Certified Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) Provider.

Katie’s specialty is working with children and parents, and she has a special place in her heart for adolescents. For over nine years, she has developed her expertise working with kids ages two to seventeen in group therapy, in-home, community agencies, educational, and (playful!) clinical settings.

Her emotional exploration skills run deep. Where parents and caregivers might see a big feeling or meltdown challenge that shows up in their child as anxiety, anger, anguish —or any other presenting condition or concern, such as depression, identity exploration, relational conflict, or trauma— Katie is adept at uncovering what is going on in a child or adolescent’s heart, behind what meets the eye. More importantly, she sees the immense Superpowers within.

That’s because with her finely child-attuned heart and mind, Katie believes in kids and their limitless strength and Superpower potential to joyfully overcome any difficulty.

Katie helps kids and teens to develop their emotional regulation skills, process their emotions, grow, and thrive using a variety of child counselling modalities, including Synergetic Play Therapy, AutPlay Therapy (a neurodiversity-informed and affirming collaborative process designed to value the individual child and highlight their strengths), Sandtray Therapy, and Child-parent Interaction Therapy (Theraplay), Emotion-Focused Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, She also supports parents to better understand their child and their strengths, as well as grow in their own communication and playful parenting skills.

As a child develops their Superpowers and parents connect more closely with them, day-to-day life at home runs smoother and more joyful. That’s when the growing up process —and the parenting experience— become fun.

Katie draws from an impressive roster of both play-based child-led (non-directive) and directive child counselling techniques that are age-appropriate for younger kids, as well as talk-based and art-based therapy modalities suitable for older kids and cool adolescents. The creative splash of humour she brings into therapy makes her sessions both effective and enjoyable. From their very first session with Katie, feeling seen and heard in an empathetic way —feeling understood, cared about, and joyfully connected with— can make a huge difference.

She is excited to welcome your child or teen to Kids Reconnect, supporting them on their exciting journey to feeling better and experiencing their life in a fuller, way more fun way.

Her graduate-level training mostly involved working with adults and she is trained in a variety of adult counselling modalities, including Emotion-Focused Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Katie has continuously found that her play therapy training has supported not only her effective counselling work with children; it has also enhanced her creative ability and therapeutic skill in counselling adolescents and adults.

Katie is a neurodiversity and 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming practitioner. She is open-minded and empathetic. Her warmth and authenticity as a therapist create a space for clients to grow into their authentic selves. She looks forward to supporting your couples counselling journey towards discovering and working through your special and unique definition of joyful connection and closeness.

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