Shauna Philip (she/her)
Registered Psychologist (AB), B.Ed., M. Ed (Counselling)
Individuals (Adults)
About Shauna
Demographics served: teachers, educators, Trauma Sensitive Classrooms, and general mental health
Specialized Training: EMDR, Prolonged Exposure (PE), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Shauna is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP). Through the intersection of Shauna’s work in education (spanning from early learning to post-secondary) and psychology, she has experience with both individuals and groups. Shauna works with clients facing a range of educational, well-being, and other presenting concerns such as academic pressure, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship, stress, grief and loss, PTSD, designing of trauma-sensitive classrooms, and compassion fatigue/burnout.
Shauna is dedicated to the process of inviting clients to reclaim a rich, full, and meaningful life. Shauna engages with clients using a relational and strengths-based framework to co-investigate, uncover, and optimize personal strengths. This is supported by introducing the usefulness of psychological flexibility within a safe space to explore who they are while grounding in value-guided actions and interactions and appreciating the experience of being within the present moment and considering what could be done differently. As noted by Souers (2016) “True change does not come from reading a book or attending a class; it occurs when you make a commitment to change” (p.7)
“There is no cure for being changed by terrible things. The idea is how do you take that and then find your way through it so it doesn’t trap you in that space…trauma is your memories have you, healing from trauma is the process of you having the memories.”
Dr. Tim Black,
Wounded Warriors Canada Trauma Resiliency Program
