Adversity is part of life. Chances are you’ve already dealt with an adverse experience such as a motor vehicle collision, an assault, a big loss, or an unexpected injury. These events can affect you for a long time. Their negative impact and distress can carry on long after the event itself and harm your ability to function in everyday life.
Here at Kells we know that WELLNESS IS POSSIBLE, even in the face of adversity. That’s why we’ve developed our Trauma Recovery Programs! Our workshops are tailored to equip you with tangible skills and tools to develop resiliency, regulate anxiety, and return to healthy functioning. The program is developed by trauma experts, and facilitated by registered psychologists and mental health counsellors.
Our programs work! We know this because our lead psychologist, Janet Ryan-Newell, has combined her 30 plus years of experience with up-to-date research to help you return to healthy functioning after a traumatic experience. You can trust us because we’re experts.
In our workshops you’ll learn all about:
- how trauma, adversity and toxic stress effects the body and brain
- emotional regulation
- distress tolerance
- boundaries
- building strong relationships
- mindfulness
- self-care
- shame resilience
- moving forward after a negative experiences
Are you ready to feel better? Join us for a workshop below:
Tools for Trauma 
Participants 18+
Tools for Trauma is a one-day workshop designed to provide practical skills to manage anxiety, regulate emotions, and recover from new or past traumatic stress. Whether you are feeling stuck in a rut, or like you’ve been carrying unnecessary heavy baggage, this 6.5 hour workshop can give you practical tools to help you move forward in your healing process.
By combining over 30 years’ experience with current research, our Trauma Psychologists at Kells Counselling designed Tools for Trauma to be accessible, applicable and cost effective. Unaddressed trauma and adverse life experiences can impact relationships, work, parenting, as well as quality of life and overall wellbeing. Take advantage of this opportunity to equip yourself with the tools for lasting healing and personal growth.
Upcoming:
- Saturday, February 8th, 2025
- Saturday, June 7th, 2025
- Friday, October 24th, 2025
Investment:
- $390 per participant
- Claimable under most health benefit plans
- Pre-Authorized Credit Card
A cost effective one-day workshop offering better cost value than a standard counselling session
Facilitators:
Olivia Curran-Morton, Registered Provisional Psychologist
Mackenzie Heal, Group Facilitator
What’s Included:
- Catered lunch
- Folder of printed material
- Bag of materials needed for activities
Everyone deserves to feel better. Attending Tools for Trauma workshop is a great first step on your journey towards wellness.
Want more information? Fill out the FORM below OR call (780) 430-4769 EXT. 409
RESET: Journey
Participants 18+
If you are ready for a RESET in your life, then this program is for you. We know there is no health without mental health. Every experience you’ve had (whether positive or negative) affects you physically and psychologically and may create anxiety and distress, sometimes to the point of psychological injury.
RESET: Journey is a clinically developed, evidenced based group program focused on recovery from trauma and managing adversity. Taking place over 14 sessions, the program uses the metaphor of the journey to go into depth about a range of topics related to adversity and toxic stress, including setting and maintaining boundaries, developing effective coping strategies, using the wise mind, and moving through and past shame.
Upcoming:
Spring 2025
Investment:
- $83/hour
- Covered by most health benefit plans
- Pre-Authorized Credit Card
Facilitators:
To be determined
Want more information? Fill out the FORM below OR call (780) 430-4769 EXT. 409
Elevate your mental health, maximize your investment. Our group-based approach delivers personalized care at a fraction of the cost.
RESET: Detectives
Children grades 2-4
Managing big feelings can be really hard.
RESET: Detectives is a 15-hour, week-long, therapeutic group program that teaches kids how to locate feelings in their body and decode the messages to stay connected and better able to manage big feelings. The skilled Psychologists at Family Solutions Group and Kells Counselling designed RESET programs to be highly engaging, effective, and accessible. Through Detectives, kids will learn self-regulation skills and boundary awareness that will help set them up for success both at home and in school.
- Led by Provisional and Registered Psychologists.
- Learn how to recognize “feelings-messages” and practice effective communication and self response-ability.
Upcoming:
July 14th – 18th, 2025
Investment:
- $645 per participant
- Claimable under most health benefit plans
- Pre-Authorized Credit Card
Facilitators:
To be determined
Want more information? Fill out the FORM below OR call (780) 430-4769 EXT. 409
RESET: Explorers
Tweens grades 5-7
It is really hard to be a kid in the world today.
RESET Explorers is a 15-hour, week long program that strengthens kids’ abilities to communicate uncomfortable feelings, and to set and respect healthy boundaries. They learn new skills to strengthen their mental health and to build resilience before entering into the turbulence of adolescence!
- Led by Provisional and Registered Psychologists.
- Learn all about how to identify and regulate emotions.
- Learn how to communicate healthy boundaries.
- Build resilience before entering the turbulence of adolescence.
Upcoming:
March 24th – 28th, 2025
Investment:
- $645 per participant
- Claimable under most health benefit plans
- Pre-Authorized Credit Card
Facilitators:
To be determined
Want more information? Fill out the FORM below OR call (780) 430-4769 EXT. 409
RESET: Expedition for Teens
Teens grades 8-12
Do you know a teen who’s had a negative life experience that has left them reeling? Are they acting out, feeling generally yucky, or dealing with increased levels of reactivity? We’ve got the program for them.
We have re-worked our highly successful RESET: Trauma Recovery Program to help teens build resiliency. The program is divided into 10 weekly group sessions where teens will embark on an adventure to learn new resiliency skills, develop an understanding of how trauma and stress effect the body, and learn how to conquer adversity. We also provide a parent orientation so that you can feel confident in what your teen is learning, and a family night where your teen can showcase what they’ve learned to the people closest to them.
- Led by Provisional and Registered Psychologists.
Upcoming:
TBD 2025
Investment:
- $1620 per participant
- Claimable under most health benefit plans
- Pre-Authorized Credit Card
Facilitators:
To be determined
Want more information? Fill out the FORM below OR call (780) 430-4769 EXT. 409
Individual Counselling and EMDR
Traumatic injury happens when a scary or negative memory gets stuck in our brain and body. After a traumatic injury you might feel scared, irritable, sad, anxious, or like you can not handle your life anymore. You may struggle with getting through the day, or even struggle with sleeping at night. All of these things are normal after experiencing trauma.Â
The good news is here at Kells we have psychologists who can help you process your scary or negative memory and feel better! Our therapists are trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Research shows EMDR to be very effective in helping people process emotionally painful and traumatic experiences. When a disturbing experience happens, it is stored in the brain with all the sights, sounds, thoughts, and feelings of the event. When a person is emotionally overwhelmed, the brain cannot process the experiences as it would normally, and these negative thoughts, sensations, and feelings become trapped in the nervous system. EMDR unblocks and desensitizes this information, allowing it to be processed and safely restored. The memory remains but the negative intensity is neutralized.
EMDR has been shown to be especially effective with persons experiencing the following:
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Anxiety and Panic Disorders
- Traumatic Events
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Negative Self-Beliefs
Many clients who have made limited progress in the past, or who have not benefitted from more traditional therapies say that with EMDR they have finally found something that works for them.