Katherine Jarrell MSW, RSW

Living Well Registered Social Worker

Katherine brings over twenty years of experience in helping individuals to overcome setbacks and live their best lives. Her counselling experience includes working with people across the lifespan facing a multitude of challenges. Katherine has trained with the founders of Parenting with Love and Logic and enjoys helping parents reclaim their confidence and joy in parenting. She would be honoured to accompany you on your journey to improved wellness.

Some areas of strength for Kathy include:

Addictions
ADHD
Adolescence
Adjustment issues
Anxiety
Blended family issues
Boundaries
Burn-out
Care taking
Career counselling
Communication skills
Compassion fatigue
Coping with health conditions
Depression
Emotional Regulation
Family of origin work
Goal setting
Grief and loss
Habit formation
Happiness- rewiring the brain
Life transitions
Lifestyle change management
Mindfulness practices
Parenting Skills and Support
Parenting children with special needs
Perfectionism
Personal growth and transformation
Relationships
Resiliency
Retirement planning (emotional preparation)
Self-compassion
Self-harming
Social skills
Stress management
Trauma
Work-Related issues

Katherine draws on a variety of tools and treatment modalities to assist you with your unique needs and strengths, including cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing and solution-focused counselling. Her love of learning and positive humour will be shared with you as it is with university students when she teaches counselling skills. Kathy also works as a Clinical Consultant with Alberta Health Services. She has previously worked as a counsellor in the addictions field, with EAP programs, for FCSS in Fort McMurray, and with the CNIB.

If you would like to schedule a free 20 minute consultation with Katherine to see whether she may be a good fit for you, please call (403) 695-7911 or email intake@livingwellcounselling.ca