
Gillian McKirdy, DPS, M.Ed.
Offers
In-person and virtual appointments
- Psychologist
- Woman
- $180 - $220 per visit
Accepting new patients
Provider's hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Provider information
Description
Gillian is a Registered Psychologist, a Canadian Certified Counsellor, and a Certified EMDR Therapist. Gillian is a compassionate and skilled therapist in the area of child, family, and individual therapy, with a focus on attachment, trauma and treating PTSD. Gillian has specialized EMDR training to work with children, adolescents and adults. She also uses the EMDR Integrative Attachment Trauma Protocol (IATP) to strengthen attachment and resolve trauma within families.
Conditions
- Abuse
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Divorce
- Emotional Abuse
- Grief, loss, bereavement
- Mood disorders
- Parenting
- Post-traumatic stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Social Isolation
- Stress
- Suicidal Thoughts
- Suicide
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Workplace stress
Services
- Educational assessments
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Psychological therapy
- Sandplay therapy
Clientele
- Adults (18+)
- Children (under 12)
- LGBTQ2+
- Pediatrics
- Seniors (65+)
- Teens (13-17)
Languages spoken
- English
Professional designations
- Doctor of Psychology (DPS)
- Master of Counselling Psychology (M.Ed.)
Professional associations
- College of Alberta Psychologists
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
- Psychologists' Association of Alberta
Facility: Solasta Counselling and Psychological Services

Summary
The psychologists at Solasta are concerned, first and foremost, about meeting the unique needs of our clients and helping them achieve their goals. Services provided: EMDR Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Adoption Specialists Individual Therapy Family Therapy Couples Therapy Child and Adolescent Therapy Play and Sandtray Therapy Assessments Autism Assessments (children and adults) ADHD Assessments Psychoeducational Assessments
Business hours
Sunday
Closed
Monday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Tuesday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Wednesday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Thursday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am
-
6:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am
-
5:00 pm
Services & supplies
- Acceptance and commitment therapy
- Applied behavior analysis
- Attachment-based therapy
- Christian counseling
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Compassion-focused therapy
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Educational assessments
- Emotionally focused therapy
- Existential therapy
- Exposure Therapy
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy
- Family counselling
- Family systems therapy
- Humanistic therapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal psychotherapy
- Marital counselling
- Marriage and family therapy
- Mentalization-based therapy
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
- Motivational interviewing
- Multicultural therapy
- Narrative therapy
- Person-centered therapy
- Play therapy
- Positive psychology
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Psychological testing and evaluation
- Psychological therapy
- Relational therapy
- Relationship counselling
- Sandplay therapy
- Solution-focused brief therapy
- Sports psychology
- Strength-based therapy
- Teen mental health
- The Gottman method
- Therapeutic intervention
- Transpersonal therapy
- Trauma informed care
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Amenities
- Close to public transit
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair accessible

