Kirsten Setso (She/Her)
Registered Provisional Psychologist
Sunny Possibilities - A little Possibility Goes a Long Way
Welcome! I'm Kirsten.
It's wonderful to see that you have taken the first big step in finding more joy. Seeking therapy can be scary, daunting, and even promote anxiety in itself! Facing our unknown or dark corners is hard, however, together I believe we can ease the load. I offer a warm, nonjudgemental space, a compassionate and understanding ear, where together we can open possibilities. I am honoured to work with individuals and couples/relationships.
Relationship/Couples Therapy/Sex Therapy Focus: Are you struggling in your relationship, concerns around disconnection/current compatibility, trust, or intimacy/sex, desire and/or arousal concerns? Does communication more often lead to augments and negative/hopeless feelings than a decrease in tension and feelings of emotional safety, satisfaction, and connection? These are not uncommon concerns.
Whether it's personal growth including developmental/transitional stages, anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship issues, together we can find and bring about meaningful change. I work with anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. Expectations, perceptions, and transitions can complicate even our simplest desires. Together, we can examine beliefs and patterns, as well as level expectations and perception, creating a more balanced, meaningful, value-driven present.
Add in life transitions such as aging parents/family/personal illness, the arrival of children or children flying the nest, career dissatisfaction or evaluation, midlife evaluation, and if that wasn’t enough we can top it off with peri-menopause/menopause. Our relationships can become major concerns for us instead of strengths, especially if communication has broken down over the years, or our relationship contracts have not been update and/or broken, or diminishing trust. Together, we can work to address your specific concerns, re-write contracts, build communication, intimacy, and connection. We can rebuild and maintain or explore separation that best suits your life.
I offer a complimentary 45-minute consultation to get to know each other and am currently accepting new clients, both individual and couples.
Availability:
Tuesday – 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday – 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Thursday – 11:00 am to 8:00 pm
In person & Virtual appointments
Areas of Practice:
Adults (18+); Individuals & Couples.
Therapy
Relationships Concerns, Intimacy Issues, Anxiety, Life Transitions, Depression, Grief/Loss, Trauma, Psycho-social concerns (developmental/transitional stages, existential issues).
Training: Gottman’s Couples Therapy, Integrative Sex & CouplesTherapy certificate and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT; tapping), RLT Therapist in Training.
Works with Couples/Relationships | Works with Teens (16+) | Provides Gottman's Couples Training | Calgary | Alberta
Personal Interests:
When not working, I enjoy anything to do with the Arts, travel, dining with friends at new restaurants, and playing with my cat!