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When tension at home affects everyone, family therapy helps each person feel heard, breaks unhelpful patterns and builds a calmer, more connected family life.
Registeredclinical social worker
In personor online across Alberta
MultilingualEnglish, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, Urdu
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Quick answer
Family therapy is counselling that works with a family as a whole to improve communication, resolve conflict and support each member’s wellbeing. Rather than focusing on one person as the problem, it looks at the patterns between family members and helps everyone respond to each other in healthier ways.
Family can mean parents and children, couples, siblings, extended family or blended families. Sessions can include everyone or just some members.
Is this right for you?
Families seek support for many reasons. These are some of the most common.
Frequent arguments or tension that make home feel stressful.
Defiance, withdrawal or communication breakdowns with children or teens.
Adjusting to divorce, co-parenting or new family members.
Different values or expectations across generations, especially after immigration.
A family member’s health, substance use or death affecting everyone.
Family members feeling isolated or unheard at home.
Start with a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions and see if we are the right fit. No referral is needed.
How we help
We meet with the people most involved, understand each perspective and agree on shared goals. The therapist stays neutral and makes sure every voice is heard.
Sessions are usually 50 to 60 minutes, in person at our South Edmonton office or online by secure video anywhere in Alberta.
Looks at how each person’s actions affect the others, helping the family identify and change patterns that keep conflict going.
Practical tools for listening, expressing needs and solving problems together without escalation.
Respect for your family’s values, faith and traditions, with counselling available in English, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi and Urdu.
Step by step
A typical path. Your therapist adapts it to you.
A free 15-minute call to share what is going on, ask questions and get matched with the right therapist.
We listen, understand your history and goals, and agree on a plan together.
You build practical skills in session and try them in daily life, at a pace that feels manageable.
We check progress against your goals and adjust, wrap up, or plan follow-up support.
Care from a Registered Clinical Social Worker (MSW, RCSW) who is a Diplomate and Certified in CBT, with EMDR, DBT and Gottman training.
Our office is in South Edmonton, with secure video sessions anywhere in Alberta.
Counselling in English, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi and Urdu.
We direct bill select insurance providers. Eligible clients can access free counselling through NIHB and IFHP.
Respectful, trauma-informed care for people of every background.
Choose your therapist
Pick someone who feels like a good fit, then book directly with them on Jane or send us a request below.
Registered Clinical Social Worker
Registered Clinical Social Worker in Alberta and Registered Social Worker in Ontario, offering trauma-informed, culturally responsive counselling for individuals, couples and families.
Not sure who to choose? Select “No preference” in the form and we will match you.
It depends on your goals. Sessions may include the whole family, a parent and child, siblings or individual members. Your therapist will recommend what will help most.
Therapy can still help. Change in one part of a family often leads to change in the rest, and reluctant members may join later.
No. Families also use therapy to prepare for changes, such as a move, a new baby or caring for an aging parent, or to strengthen relationships.
Yes. Counselling is available in English, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi and Urdu, which can help multigenerational families take part comfortably.
No. You can book directly online or by phone. A doctor’s referral is not required, although some insurance plans ask for one, so check your plan if you plan to claim.
Many extended health plans cover counselling with a Registered Clinical Social Worker. We direct bill select insurance providers, and eligible clients can access free counselling through NIHB and IFHP. Check your plan for coverage details.
Our office is at 3818A 97 St NW #203, Edmonton, AB T6E 6N2, in South Edmonton. We also offer secure online sessions anywhere in Alberta.
Take the first step
Send a request and we will reply to arrange your first session, or book a time yourself on our secure Jane App portal.
587-372-3143
contact@disha.ca
3818A 97 St NW #203, Edmonton, AB T6E 6N2
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