Aneesha Bains is a Registered Psychologist (6468) with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP).

 Aneesha firmly believes in cultivating a space for unheard voices; a safe space for clients to explore themselves, and the deepest parts of their minds. She aims to be a guiding force, another set of eyes, a grounding presence, and an individual who sees her clients as strong, resilient, intelligent, and capable human beings. Aneesha is passionate about the field of Counselling Psychology because she understands both the struggle and the growth journey. She is in awe of being able to witness clients reach their potential and is grateful for playing any role she can in that. Being able to surround herself with individuals who have made a courageous decision to enter therapy and begin working on themselves gives her the drive and motivation to want to do more, be more, and show up continuously in a way that they deserve.

 Aneesha approaches all clients with a compassion-focused, attachment-based lens and holds specialized training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and mood regulation skills for depression. Additionally, she uses a variety of other modalities such as, Mindfulness, Ego State Therapy, Somatic interventions, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy, to build treatment that is unique to the client and their needs.

 In session you can expect connection, humor, respect, understanding, compassion, and warmth. Aneesha’s goals are the client’s goals. She believes clients know what to focus on to help drive change. She respects the content of what they bring into session and finds ways to fit that information into the approaches she uses.

 Aneesha is passionate about working with adults, with a focus in the areas of anxiety, depression, emotion regulation, perfectionism, shame and guilt, self-esteem/self-confidence, and trauma.

 Aneesha strongly holds the belief that healing is about learning to welcome, accept, and love all parts of you, including the parts that have been hidden or cast off. If any of this resonates with you, Aneesha would be honored to be given the opportunity to hear your story.