Brenda M. Smith, MSW, RSW

Social Worker

Owner, Psychotherapist, Consultant

#4-9912 Manning Ave
Fort McMurray, Alberta T9H 2B9
Canada
  • LGBTQIA+ Affirming
  • Veterans Support
Narrative of Services:

Providing Best Practice Therapy and Counselling approaches for adults 18+ , First Responders, Law Enforcement, Military, Veterans, and other Trauma Exposed Professionals. Providing treatment of trauma, psychological distress, and clinical mental health disorders. inlcuding;

– Trauma: PTSD, ASD, Adjustment
– Anxiety: GAD, Panic, Phobias, Social
– Mood & Depressive: Major, Persistent, Bipolar
– OCD & Related: OCD, BFRB’s (trich, derm)

Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders:

Integrated screening, assessment, treatment planning and treatment modalities; Multidisciplinary and professional collaboration.

Training Description:

– Licensed in Alberta, British Columbia, and New Brunswick
– Certified First Responder Counsellor
– Working Mind First Responder Facilitator
– Mental Health & Diabetes Counsellor

BEST PRACTICE THERAPIES OFFERED
– ERP: Exposure Response/Ritual Prevention
– PE: Prolonged Exposure
– ACT: Acceptance & Committment Therapy
– EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (Standard & Advanced
Protocols)
– DBT: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
– CBT: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Standard, ComB, CBTm, TF-CBT, G-CBT)
– CPT: Cognitive Processing Therapy
– CBCT: Cognitive Behavioural Conjoint Therapy
– EFIT- Emotion Focused Individual Therapy