Carla Buziak

'Finding it hard to live with some of the issues in your life right now? Relationships, depression, anxiety, the effects of trauma, or the ongoing issues you experience stemming from your neurodivergent brain (e.g. ADHD) can make us feel like "less" - less happy, less capable, less focused, less able to be there for ourselves and for our loved ones. But things can be better! It IS possible to experience hope, joy, peace, and confidence!

My passion is to help you uncover your skills and strengths to address your issues. Using trauma-informed, cognitive behavioural, and other evidence-based approaches, I can work with you to learn new ways of coping, communicating, and creating the life you want! I bring an open mind, attitude of curiosity, and a compassionate heart to each session with you! It takes a great deal of strength to seek out counselling because it can be hard to be vulnerable and reveal problems to another person. My goal in working with you is to provide a safe and welcoming environment in which we collaborate on moving you toward your goals.!

Carla brings maturity and life experience to her sessions and is practical and results oriented. She brings several years of experience including counselling: youth, adults and seniors dealing with career change, anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, relationship conflict and substance abuse. In addition, she has front-line experience in academic advising; providing intervention and referral support with young adults in an educational setting.

Highlights of Qualifications

• Licensed and in good standing with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA #1765)
• Master of Counselling, University of Lethbridge (2014)

Recent Professional Development

• EMDR: Proven Treatment for Trauma (PESI Behavioural Health, 2022)
• CBT Basics (Mental Health Academy, 2022)
• Neuroscience of Habits (Mental Health Academy, 2022)
• Addictions: Lasting Change is Not Only…Behaviour (Mental Health Academy, 2021)
• Anxiety…Behaviours and Mental Health (Mental Health Academy, 2021)
• Case Studies in Trauma (Mental Health Academy, 2021)
• Working With Trauma (Mental Health Academy, 2021)
• Psychological First Aid (Mental Health Academy, 2021)
• Polyvagal Theory in Action (PESI Behavioural Health, 2021)
• Grief Basics (Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, 2021)
• Mindfulness and Pandemic (University of Lethbridge, 2020)
• Working With Indigenous Communities (Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, 2017)
• Young People and Anxiety (Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, 2017)
• Suicide Intervention Training (Lethbridge Family Services, 2014, 2016)
• Evidence-Based Treatments for Anxiety (Mindful Awareness Research Centre, UCLA, 2017)
• Violent Threat Risk Assessment (Canadian Centre for Threat Assessment Response, 2011)
• Ethics in Record Keeping (University of Lethbridge, 2011)