Shifting the patterns that keep you stuck.
Understanding what shapes you, what keeps repeating, and exploring different ways forward.
Individual and couples counselling with a direct, collaborative, science-informed approach. In person in Stettler and through secure virtual appointments.
A different way of understanding what keeps us stuck.
Our brains are constantly learning from experience. Some responses that once helped us cope may continue long after the circumstances have changed.
In counselling, we can explore those patterns with curiosity rather than judgment.
A visual illustration of neural pathways, not a clinical brain scan.
Sometimes what helped us cope becomes what keeps us stuck.
The ways we learned to protect ourselves, manage emotions, or connect with others often made sense at the time. Together, we can explore what shaped those responses, what keeps them going, and what might help you respond differently.
Individual & couples counselling
Individual counselling
Support for anxiety, low mood, trauma, grief, emotional patterns, and life transitions.
50-minute session
Couples counselling
Explore recurring relationship cycles, communication, disconnection, and ways of responding to each other.
60-minute session
Looking beneath the patterns.
Therapy is not one-size-fits-all. Our work may draw on different approaches to explore past experiences, emotional learning, relationships, and nervous system responses.
EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured, evidence-based psychotherapy approach used to address trauma-related symptoms and distressing memories.
Sometimes an experience is over, but its emotional impact continues to show up in the present. EMDR may help reduce the distress associated with those experiences when clinically appropriate.
EMDR begins with assessment and preparation. Whether it is suitable is discussed together.
Coherence Therapy
Exploring emotional learning that can make persistent patterns feel necessary, even when you want them to change.
Attachment & Parts Work
Understanding protective responses, inner conflicts, and how we connect with ourselves and others.
Nervous System & DBT
Using polyvagal-informed perspectives and practical DBT skills to explore stress responses, emotions, and coping.
Approaches are selected according to individual needs and goals. Outcomes cannot be guaranteed.
A scientist's curiosity. A therapist's compassion.
I'm Judith Klapak, BSc, MA, CCC, CT. My background in biochemistry and counselling psychology shapes how I explore patterns in thoughts, emotions, behaviour, and relationships.
My style is direct, practical, interactive, and relaxed. There is no one-size-fits-all approach.
Learn about my approach and training
In person
4803 44 Avenue, Stettler, Alberta. Behind OK Tire, just off Highway 12.
Online
Secure virtual counselling for eligible clients. Eligibility by province is confirmed before booking.
Limited sliding-scale appointments and direct billing for select insurance plans may be available. Please confirm CCC/CT coverage with your insurer.
Ready to connect?
Book a session online or email to request a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation.