Welcome, I’m so glad you’re here! My name is Katie Bradley and I am a registered psychologist in Calgary, Alberta. I provide virtual counselling across the province and I specialize in life transitions, self esteem, and all forms of interpersonal relationships, including couples.
About Katie
I have been providing therapy to individuals and couples for over eight years. I came to this profession after working in federal politics, post-secondary, and educational publishing (think textbooks). I have always wanted to help people, and when I watched high school students transition to university I could see the stress that parents and students alike experienced. I wanted to be able to help more than my role allowed, which eventually brought me back to school for counselling psychology.
Once I started providing counselling, I found that there were so many people that I enjoyed working with, I didn’t want to limit myself to just students. I have worked with many populations with many different concerns, and I find the theme of the work always comes back to the theme of change.
I view counselling as change management. Either you have too much change, or not enough. People come in because they are overwhelmed, or they feel stuck, whether it is as an individual, or in a relationship. Sometimes it feels like all of the change is external and out of your control, other times the issue might be completely internal, feelings of being unfulfilled or unhappy with where your life is right now.
When I am not working, I enjoy travelling, reading, and spending time with friends and family.
My Services
I offer a variety of services to meet different needs and populations. Counselling is a very personal experience and I invite you to book a free consultation to decide if I am the best therapist to help you on your journey.
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I work with individuals 18 years and older. Individual counselling can help anyone who is making a life transition, dealing with difficult interpersonal relationships, stress, or hoping to make changes in their life.
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Couples counselling can benefit anyone who would like to communicate better with their partner, improve their conflict resolution skills, handle external stressors as a couple, manage parenting stresses, or recover from an affair.
I have training in level 1 and 2 of the Gottman method for couples counselling, as well as level 1 of the developmental model. I have worked extensively with couples for over three years, including LGBTQ+ and ENM relationships.
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Individuals with treaty numbers are eligible to have their sessions paid for with Non-Insured Health Benefits. I am a registered provider and can bill them directly, meaning that you can access my services at no cost to you.
I have worked with urban Indigenous in counselling for over five years, and I also have extensive experience working on a rural northern reserve.
**Please note my booking site requires a credit card to self-book. NIHB-eligible clients will not be charged personally for sessions. If you prefer not to provide a credit card to book, you may call or fill out the form on my contact page instead.
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I am available as a supervisor for provisional psychologists through the College of Alberta Psychologists. I am able to provide online and in-person supervision upon agreement In Calgary and area. Please book a consultation if you would like to discuss your supervision needs.
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I am available to provide psycho-educational presentations to groups upon request. In the past I have done webinars on parenting, self-esteem, improving sleep, setting boundaries, assertive communication and more!
If interested, please contact me via the form on my contact page to discuss options.
Approach to Counselling
I use an integrated approach to therapy, borrowing philosophies and interventions from many different schools of thought. This is an overview of a few of the different approaches that I use in session and how they might benefit you. I use an open and friendly approach to exploring your relevant background and the reason you are seeking counselling. I like to use humour to engage while also challenging you to test your limits and grow towards your goals. I am knowledgeable in many approaches to therapy, and have gained valuable experience and insight in my career, but only you are the expert in your life. For that, I am happy to learn from you! I am LGBTQ+ friendly for both individual and couples counselling.
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I start all of my therapy from an existential standpoint. It is a flexible philosophical approach that empowers clients to view their problems and challenges through the lens of choice and freedom. Existential therapies often view problems as an individual’s attempt to find meaning and/or connection in their lives.
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This approach to therapy asks clients to examine when the problem is or isn’t present, and find differences between those scenarios. It empowers individuals to realize they have the power and ability to bring about larger change to their situation than they may think.
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The Gottmans are a married couple that combine decades of research on happy couples with extensive therapeutic experience. Their approach emphasizes changing patterns of behaviour in order to create space to resolve conflict and build connections between couples.
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This approach to counselling is also founded by a married couple. They view a relationship as having a predictable developmental progression, like a child growing up. Most problems in couples stem from difficulties transitioning between stages, or couples moving through stages at a different pace. I like this approach because it answers the ‘why’ of the struggles that couples can face together.
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Feminist approaches to therapy view how biases in systems and people affect women. On a deeper level I view these approaches as examining the how structural and systemic failures can create barriers and biases for many difference people, including women and minorities. I include this larger picture in my approach because it is impossible to understand an individual fully without understanding the system they work within, and how that system may help or hurt them and their goals.