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Lara Akinpelu, M.Ps.
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Psychologist
- Woman
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Tuesday
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Thursday
10:00 am
-
2:00 pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Description
Lara Akinpelu is a Registered Provisional Psychologist whose areas of focus include individual and couples counselling. Lara works with children, adolescents, and adults. She has Level 1 and Level 2 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy and has a keen interest in creating mental health awareness and counselling support within ethnic minority groups. Lara's approach is collaborative and flexible. She has worked as a counsellor in West Africa, and volunteered with students with autism and ADHD in a special needs school in Southeast Asia.
Conditions
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Abuse
- Anger
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bullying
- Communication
- Depression
- Emotion Regulation
- Fears / Phobias
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Learning Disabilities
- Loneliness
- Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self-harming or suicidal behavior
- Stress
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Workplace stress
Services
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Marital counselling
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Positive psychology
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- The Gottman method
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- Couples
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Master of Psychology (M.Ps.)
Education
- Master of General Psychology from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Professional associations
- College of Alberta Psychologists, Registered Provisional Psychologist
Facility Information
Calgary Couples Counselling Centre (formerly Cobb & Associates Inc.)
Summary
At the Calgary Couples Counselling Centre (formerly Cobb & Associates Inc.) we are a dedicated group of couples therapists specializing in couples therapy and marriage counselling. We offer hope and tools to help our clients manage conflict better, communicate authentically, heal from betrayal, rebuild trust, deepen both emotional intimacy and physical intimacy, and build thriving relationships. We offer convenient hours, including evening appointments, and an easy-to-use online scheduling system. Our counsellors have training in Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy and the Gottman Method.
Business hours
Sunday
By appointment only
Monday
9:00 am
-
8:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
9:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Saturday
By appointment only
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Alzheimer's therapy
- Animal-assisted therapy
- Art therapy
- Attachment-based therapy
- Bibliotherapy
- Career counseling
- Christian counseling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive processing therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Eclectic therapy
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Exposure and response prevention
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Feminist therapy
- Forgiveness therapy
- Group counselling
- Humanistic therapy
- Imago relationship therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Jungian therapy
- Life Coaching
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Music therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological therapy
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Reality therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Schema therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Somatic therapy
- Strength-based therapy
- Structural family therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible
