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Susan Grinder, M.ACP.

Offers In-person and virtual appointments
  • Psychologist
  • Woman
  • Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars. 398 rating(s).
  • $180 - $220 per visit
Accepting new patients

Provider's hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
Closed

Description

I am a Registered Psychologist with vast experience in stress management, anxiety reduction, anger release, trauma recovery, divorce processing, grief assistance, and relationship healing. Prior to receiving a Bachelor of Education degree and a Masters in Counselling Psychology Degree, I specialized in trauma work as a Social Worker, Crisis Counselor, and Group Facilitator. I rely on proven Cognitive Behavioral, Solution-Focused and Narrative Therapy interventions to assist those who are dealing with stress and life challenges.

Conditions

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Adoption
  • Aging
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Anger
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Asperger's Syndrome
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Binge eating disorder (eating disorders)
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
  • Bullying
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Communication
  • Compulsive gambling
  • Conduct Disorder (CD)
  • Delirium
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse or Violence
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating disorders
  • Elderly Persons Disorders
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Excoriation disorder
  • Family planning
  • Fears / Phobias
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Geriatric Counselling
  • Grief, loss, bereavement
  • Histrionic personality disorder
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Infertility or Adoption
  • Infidelity
  • Insomnia
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Internet Addiction
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Loneliness
  • Men's Issues
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  • Obesity
  • Obsessive- Compulsive (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
  • Panic disorder
  • Paranoid personality disorder
  • Parenting
  • Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymic Disorder)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Postpartum depression
  • Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Psychosis
  • Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Racial Identity
  • Relationship Issues
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-harming or suicidal behavior
  • Sex, sexuality, intimacy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Sleep Disorder
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Isolation
  • Somatic symptom disorder
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicide
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace stress

Services

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Adlerian therapy
  • Applied behavior analysis
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Bibliotherapy
  • Brain stimulation therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Christian counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Cognitive stimulation therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Eclectic therapy
  • Educational assessments
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Exposure and response prevention
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Forensic therapy
  • Forgiveness therapy
  • Gestalt therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Jungian therapy
  • Life Coaching
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Medication management therapy
  • Mentalization-based therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Neurofeedback
  • Neuro-linguistic programming therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Prolonged exposure therapy
  • Psychoanalytic therapy
  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Psychological testing and evaluation
  • Psychological therapy
  • Rational emotive behavior therapy
  • Reality therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Schema therapy
  • Social recovery therapy
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • Teen mental health
  • The Gottman method
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Transpersonal therapy
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Clientele

  • Adults (18+)​
  • Children (under 12)​
  • Couples​
  • Families​
  • LGBTQ2+
  • Seniors (65+)​
  • Teens (13-17)​

Languages spoken

  • English

Professional designations

  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (M.ACP.)

Education

  • Bachelor of Education - University of Alberta
  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology - City University of Seattle

Professional associations

  • College of Alberta Psychologists
  • Psychologists Association of Alberta
Facility Information

Summary

Our Mission:

At Charis Counselling, our focus is providing counselling services tailored to meet your specific needs. Individual, family, small group, and couple appointments are available.

About the Founder:

Charis Counselling Corporation was founded in 2014 by Registered Psychologist, Susan Grinder. Susan has extensive experience working in schools and social work agencies in both Saskatchewan and Alberta. She specializes in assisting those who struggle with anxiety, bullying, depression, divorce, anger management, traumatic events, grief recovery, and social/relationship problems.

Business hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am - 7:30 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday
Closed

Services & supplies

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Adlerian therapy
  • Applied behavior analysis
  • Art therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Career counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Cognitive processing therapy
  • Cognitive stimulation therapy
  • Compassion-focused therapy
  • Culturally sensitive therapy
  • Emotionally focused therapy
  • Existential therapy
  • Experiential therapy
  • Exposure and response prevention
  • Family counselling
  • Family systems therapy
  • Feminist therapy
  • Forgiveness therapy
  • Gestalt therapy
  • Group counselling
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Integrative therapy
  • Interpersonal psychotherapy
  • Life Coaching
  • Marital counselling
  • Marriage and family therapy
  • Medication management therapy
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • Multicultural therapy
  • Narrative therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
  • Person-centered therapy
  • Positive psychology
  • Psychological therapy
  • Rational emotive behavior therapy
  • Reality therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Relationship counselling
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Somatic therapy
  • Strength-based therapy
  • Structural family therapy
  • Therapeutic intervention
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy

Amenities

  • Close to public transit
  • Free parking
  • Free Wi-Fi
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16856 - 111 Ave, Edmonton, AB T5M 4C9

Provider's hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Friday
By appointment only
Saturday
Closed

Business hours

Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am - 7:30 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday
Closed