Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy

Difficult experiences, emotional distress, and recurring patterns can affect our well-being, relationships, and ability to move forward in life. Some challenges arise from current circumstances, while others may be connected to earlier experiences, including those that are not readily accessible through conscious memory.

Counselling and psychotherapy provide opportunities to explore these experiences, better understand emotional and behavioural patterns, and develop different ways of responding to life’s challenges. The goal is not necessarily to eliminate difficult emotions or change circumstances beyond our control, but to strengthen emotional well-being, personal agency, and the capacity to live a more satisfying and meaningful life.

Areas of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Trauma and Distressing Experiences

Trauma can arise from a single overwhelming event or from prolonged exposure to difficult circumstances, including childhood adversity, emotional abuse, neglect, and relational experiences. Therapy can help individuals understand the continuing effects of these experiences, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop greater flexibility in how they respond to themselves and others.

Workplace Stress and Professional Challenges

Workplace demands, interpersonal conflict, leadership responsibilities, and changing professional expectations can contribute to stress and emotional exhaustion. Counselling can help individuals navigate workplace relationships, establish boundaries, manage conflict, and make thoughtful decisions about their professional lives.

Emotional Regulation and Well-Being

Anxiety, anger, sadness, emotional reactivity, and persistent distress can affect everyday functioning and relationships. Therapy provides opportunities to understand emotional responses, recognize recurring patterns, and develop greater capacity to manage difficult feelings without becoming overwhelmed by them.

Mental Health Concerns

Counselling and psychotherapy can support individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, persistent worry, low self-esteem, and other mental health difficulties. Treatment is collaborative and informed by individual needs, personal circumstances, and therapeutic approaches supported by clinical knowledge and research.

Life Transitions, Grief, and Personal Change

Significant life events, including marriage, parenthood, relationship changes, separation, divorce, career transitions, retirement, illness, and the death of loved ones, can challenge our sense of identity, security, and direction.

Counselling offers space to explore the emotional and relational dimensions of these changes, consider new possibilities, and adapt to evolving roles, responsibilities, and circumstances.

Communication and Relationship Skills

Communication difficulties can contribute to misunderstandings, defensiveness, conflict, and emotional distance in personal and professional relationships. Counselling can help individuals:

• Recognize recurring communication and relationship patterns.
• Express needs, concerns, and emotions more clearly.
• Reduce defensiveness and respond more thoughtfully during conflict.
• Develop greater awareness of non-verbal communication and emotional cues.
• Strengthen boundaries, mutual understanding, and relational connection.

My Approach

With more than 30 years of clinical experience, I integrate evidence-informed psychotherapy, advanced therapeutic training, and an understanding of the emotional, relational, and developmental influences that shape human experience.

My work draws on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive-behavioural, somatic, and other integrative therapeutic approaches. Counselling is tailored to each individual’s circumstances, concerns, and goals.

Contact

Linda McFalls, Ph.D., LCSW/RSW
Clinical Therapist, Psychotherapist, and Certified Clinical Supervisor
Touchstone Counselling Inc.
Suite 222, 6030 88 Street, Rycor Centre
Edmonton, AB T6E 6G4
780-996-7655
Linda.McFalls@TouchStoneCounselling.com

 

 

It isn’t necessary to stay stuck in painful or challenging circumstances, (some of which may have occurred in early life/before active memory).  Therapy/counselling provides an opportunity to address difficult situations and move towards a happier more contented fulfilled self (wellness) as resolution provides an opportunity for one to reach a place of contentedness and also increase the likelihood of reaching personal and professional goals.

Trauma (past or present) – psychological trauma. Long-term exposures to situations such as extreme poverty or emotional abuse are all triggers of trauma.

Workplace:  improving workplace health or increasing individual coping and capacity.  Develop strategies to manage conflict and create collaborative work environments.  

Emotions Management – Anger, anxiety, depression, aggression and, emotional extremes.

Mental Health Management – One in five individuals will now be diagnosed with a mental health issue, (i.e. depression, phobias, anxiety) and the treatment plan will improve individual and relationship with others.

Life Transitions Counselling – Life change/transitions such as marriage, the birth of a child, mid-life crisis, retirement, parenthood, job or career transitions, the death of loved one, divorce, accident, serious illness, etc. are all events that can impact an individual beyond what they expected.  These changes can alter emotions as individuals struggle to adjust shifts in substantial shifts to changes in roles, responsibilities, identity, social contact, etc.

Communication Skills Development – Therapy offers the opportunity to improve communication skills which results in improved relationships!

• Communicating in Conflict
• Reducing defensiveness
• Staying in relationship or collaboration during a conflict
• Reading non-verbal cues

Linda McFalls, Ph.D.(c), Therapist-Clinical Supervisor, LCSW/RSW
Therapist/Consultant
#222, 6033-88 St.
Rycor Business Centre
Edmonton, AB
T6E 6G4
780 996 7655
Linda.McFalls@TouchstoneCounselling.com