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 Counselling

Inclusive, Affirming Therapy Downtown Edmonton for Every Identity

Your identity belongs here. Affirming care starts with one step.

Individual Therapy

Couples Counselling

Family Therapy

Child & Teen Therapy

Virtual Sessions Available

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Rise & Shine Psychology and Counselling

Inclusive, Affirming Therapy Downtown Edmonton for Every Identity

Your identity belongs here. Affirming care starts with one step.

Individual Therapy

Couples Counselling

Family Therapy

Child & Teen Therapy

Virtual Sessions Available

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

Rise & Shine Psychology offers therapy downtown Edmonton that puts your identity, background, and lived experience at the center of your care. Our certified therapists provide LGBTQ+ affirming support and multicultural counseling for individuals, couples, and families across the city's diverse communities. Whoever you are and wherever you come from, this is a space built around you.

Rise & Shine Psychology offers therapy downtown Edmonton that puts your identity, background, and lived experience at the center of your care. Our certified therapists provide LGBTQ+ affirming support and multicultural counseling for individuals, couples, and families across the city's diverse communities. Whoever you are and wherever you come from, this is a space built around you.

Rise & Shine Psychology offers therapy downtown Edmonton that puts your identity, background, and lived experience at the center of your care. Our certified therapists provide LGBTQ+ affirming support and multicultural counseling for individuals, couples, and families across the city's diverse communities. Whoever you are and wherever you come from, this is a space built around you.

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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 Therapy & Counseling

Life in a busy urban center brings unique pressures like anxiety, depression, and daily stress. Our one-to-one counseling sessions provide a private, non-judgmental space to process what you carry. Using evidence-based approaches like CBT, we help you restore balance and build lasting emotional resilience.

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Family Therapy

Family dynamics shift constantly. Navigating generational gaps, cultural expectations, or shifting home dynamics requires careful guidance. Our family therapy sessions create space for every household member to feel heard and supported as you rebuild trust and resolve conflict. Families across the broader Edmonton region can also access our services.

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Couples & Marriage Therapy

Relationships balance the unique histories and identities of both partners. Our couples counseling helps partners resolve conflict, strengthen communication, and reconnect without pre-set assumptions. We support all relationship structures, including same-sex and mixed-culture partnerships, in building lasting common ground.

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Couples Therapy

Relationships balance the unique histories and identities of both partners. Our couples counseling helps partners resolve conflict, strengthen communication, and reconnect without pre-set assumptions. We support all relationship structures, including same-sex and mixed-culture partnerships, in building lasting common ground.

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Child, Youth & Teen Therapy

Young people encounter real challenges surrounding identity, peer pressure, and emotional wellbeing. Our specialized therapists offer warm, age-appropriate support designed specifically for children and adolescents. We help younger clients express difficult emotions, manage stress, and build lifelong self-confidence.

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Child Therapy

Young people encounter real challenges surrounding identity, peer pressure, and emotional wellbeing. Our specialized therapists offer warm, age-appropriate support designed specifically for children and adolescents. We help younger clients express difficult emotions, manage stress, and build lifelong self-confidence.

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🌿 How We Help

Therapy Downtown Edmonton: Built for the City's Most Diverse Communities

Edmonton's downtown core draws people from across the province and around the world. Newcomers build new lives here. Long-term residents face change. Individuals carry multiple identities that mainstream spaces rarely acknowledge. Rise & Shine Psychology built its practice for exactly this reality.

Many people searching for counseling near me find generic practices with a one-size-fits-all approach. We do not work that way. Our therapists bring genuine multicultural awareness and LGBTQ+ affirming training to every session. Edmonton's downtown population deserves care that reflects who they are. That is the standard we hold ourselves to. Your concerns might involve identity, trauma, relationships, or life transitions. We meet you where you are.

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Why Clients Choose Rise & Shine Psychology

Therapists who understand your background.

Our team includes professionals with experience in multicultural care. We treat your cultural identity as a strength and a context, never an obstacle.

LGBTQ+ affirming from the first conversation.

We do not require clients to justify or explain their identity. We weave affirming care into every service we offer, not as an afterthought.

Evidence-based treatment that adapts to you.

From CBT to trauma-informed care, our methods follow the best current evidence and flex to suit your individual needs and cultural context.

Certified and experienced professionals.

Every member of our team holds recognized professional credentials and brings genuine clinical experience to their practice.

Reduced-rate options available.

Access to quality counseling should not depend on income. We offer affordable, reduced-rate therapy for those who need it.

We take confidentiality seriously.

We know that for many clients, especially those in close-knit communities, the question of privacy is not secondary. We take it as seriously as you do.

🌿 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

Does Rise & Shine Psychology offer LGBTQ+ affirming therapy in downtown Edmonton?
What does multicultural counseling mean and how is it different from regular therapy?
Can I see a therapist who understands my cultural background and identity?
Do you have therapists who specialize in trauma related to discrimination or identity-based stress?
Is therapy confidential even if I am part of a small community where people know each other?
How do I know if a therapist is truly culturally competent before I commit to sessions?

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Our Location

#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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