Begin your wellness journey with ease — get 50% off your first session and see if we’re the right match for you.

Begin your wellness journey with ease — get 50% off your first session and see if we’re the right match for you.

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Rise & Shine Psychology and Counseling

Grief and Trauma Counseling River Valley Victoria - Rise & Shine Psychology

Counseling River Valley Victoria: a restorative space for grief and trauma healing near Edmonton's river valley greenway

Individual Therapy

Couples Counselling

Family Therapy

Child & Teen Therapy

Virtual Sessions Available

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Rise & Shine Psychology and Counseling

Grief and Trauma Counseling River Valley Victoria - Rise & Shine Psychology

Counseling River Valley Victoria: a restorative space for grief and trauma healing near Edmonton's river valley greenway

Individual Therapy

Couples Counselling

Family Therapy

Child & Teen Therapy

Virtual Sessions Available

🌿 Your health. Your journey. Support shaped around your story.

Edmonton's river valley stretches for kilometers. It offers a rare kind of quiet in the middle of a busy city. Rise & Shine Psychology draws on that same restorative spirit to provide counseling River Valley Victoria residents can rely on. Processing a profound loss? Carrying the weight of an old wound? Searching for a therapist near me who understands trauma from the inside out? Our team offers a grounded, evidence-based approach that prioritizes your pace and your safety.

Edmonton's river valley stretches for kilometers. It offers a rare kind of quiet in the middle of a busy city. Rise & Shine Psychology draws on that same restorative spirit to provide counseling River Valley Victoria residents can rely on. Processing a profound loss? Carrying the weight of an old wound? Searching for a therapist near me who understands trauma from the inside out? Our team offers a grounded, evidence-based approach that prioritizes your pace and your safety.

Edmonton's river valley stretches for kilometers. It offers a rare kind of quiet in the middle of a busy city. Rise & Shine Psychology draws on that same restorative spirit to provide counseling River Valley Victoria residents can rely on. Processing a profound loss? Carrying the weight of an old wound? Searching for a therapist near me who understands trauma from the inside out? Our team offers a grounded, evidence-based approach that prioritizes your pace and your safety.

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🌿 Our Rates

  • Standard Rate – $220/hr

  • Motor Vehicle Accident - $235.00/hr

  • Affordable Options – If you don’t have benefits or face financial/accessibility barriers, you may qualify for our Affordable Option Programme.

Therapy sessions can be offered in Urdu, Hindi, Pidgin, Arabic, Bengali and Tagalog. We believe therapy should be accessible to everyone. Inquire today to explore personalised reduced rate options tailored to your unique needs.

🍀 Services

Comprehensive care for every stage of life.

Comprehensive care for every stage of life.

Individual Counselling River Valley Victoria

Major life shifts, trauma, and grief can leave you feeling disoriented and overwhelmed. Our individual therapy sessions offer targeted support using established approaches like CBT and ACT. We help you process painful emotions, rebuild personal confidence, and restore a sense of grounded balance.

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Family Therapy River Valley Victoria

When one family member carries deep distress, the tension affects the entire household. Our family therapy service brings everyone together to illuminate communication breakdowns and hidden dynamic patterns. We help parents and children foster mutual understanding and establish healthier ways of supporting one another.

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Couples Counselling River Valley Victoria

Grief, trauma, and major life transitions often create emotional distance between partners. Our couples counselling sessions help you name underlying shifts, rebuild attunement, and improve communication. Together, you will establish practical tools to navigate shared or individual loss from a stronger foundation.

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Couples Therapy

Grief, trauma, and major life transitions often create emotional distance between partners. Our couples counselling sessions help you name underlying shifts, rebuild attunement, and improve communication. Together, you will establish practical tools to navigate shared or individual loss from a stronger foundation.

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Teen Therapy River Valley Victoria

Adolescents often process grief, family breakdown, and academic strain through withdrawal or distress rather than words. Our teen therapists use engaging, relational approaches to build trust and emotional vocabulary. We guide young people to develop practical coping tools, resilience, and personal confidence.

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Child Therapy

Adolescents often process grief, family breakdown, and academic strain through withdrawal or distress rather than words. Our teen therapists use engaging, relational approaches to build trust and emotional vocabulary. We guide young people to develop practical coping tools, resilience, and personal confidence.

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🌿 How We Help

Couples Counseling Downtown Edmonton - Why City Pressures Are Different

At Rise & Shine Psychology, we know that couples in Edmonton's urban core face a particular set of pressures. High cost of living, limited personal space, and the friction of two ambitious lives sharing one roof all take a toll. Our counseling downtown approach addresses those realities directly. We do not offer one-size-fits-all techniques designed for circumstances nothing like yours. We work with couples from all backgrounds, including LGBTQ+ partnerships and multicultural families, because every relationship deserves care that reflects who you actually are.

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Why Choose Rise & Shine Psychology for Trauma and Grief Therapy

Evening and weekend appointments available..

Grief does not keep office hours. Our extended scheduling means you can access counseling River Valley Victoria around work, caregiving, and the rest of a demanding life.

An Affordable Option Program for those facing financial barriers.

We believe the quality of psychological support you receive should not depend on your income. Our program offers reduced-fee sessions so more people can access the therapy they need.

Evidence-based practice throughout.

Our clinicians ground every therapeutic approach in peer-reviewed research. You will never receive vague or anecdotal guidance. Our team draws on proven frameworks and adapts them to your individual profile.

LGBTQ+ affirming and multicultural care.

Trauma and grief often carry layers of cultural, familial, and identity context. Our clinicians provide affirming, culturally responsive care that honors the full complexity of who you are.

A registered, regulated team.

Our psychologists and social workers hold registration with recognized Alberta regulatory bodies, so you can trust that every clinician on our team meets rigorous professional standards.

Strengths-based focus.

We do not define clients by their pain. Our approach highlights what you already bring to the process, building on your existing resources rather than cataloging what is wrong.

🌿 What Makes Us Different

Therapy Methods & Techniques

CBT

DBT

IFS

Humanistic (Client-Centered)

Gottman Method

Play Therapy

EMDR

EFT

ACT

Mindfulness

Psychodynamic

Narrative Therapy

Somatic Experiencing

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

A structured, goal-oriented approach that helps individuals recognize and reframe negative thinking patterns. CBT focuses on building practical coping strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.

🧠 Thought Restructuring

🎯 Coping Skills

🌿 What Makes Us Different

Therapy Methods & Techniques

CBT

DBT

IFS

Humanistic (Client-Centered)

Gottman Method

Play Therapy

EMDR

EFT

ACT

Mindfulness

Psychodynamic

Narrative Therapy

Somatic Experiencing

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

A structured, goal-oriented approach that helps individuals recognize and reframe negative thinking patterns. CBT focuses on building practical coping strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.

🧠 Thought Restructuring

📊 Evidence

🤷‍♂️ FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

How does trauma-informed therapy differ from regular talk therapy?
What therapeutic approaches do you use for processing traumatic memories?
Can therapy help me if I've experienced trauma but it happened many years ago?
I lost someone recently and I'm not sure I'm grieving 'correctly' - can a therapist help?
Is it normal to feel worse before I feel better when I start trauma therapy?
Do you offer walk-and-talk or nature-based therapy options in the River Valley area?

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#412, 10171 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton, AB

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#412, 10171 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton, AB

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Our Location

#412, 10171 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton, AB

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