Susan McGowan

EMDR Basic Training Membership
EMDR Certified Therapist Membership

Counselling in Cold Lake

Susan McGowan, BSW, MSW, RSW (NB, ON), RCSW (AB) is a Registered Clinical Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Work. She worked as a therapist in Ontario for over 20 years before moving to Cold Lake in 2017. Her private practice, Counselling in Cold Lake, includes working with children, adolescents, and adults who have experiences living with stress, depression, anxiety, addictions, and trauma. Susan is interested in helping people build upon their own strengths to learn to understand and to express their emotions. To support people in meeting their goals, Susan helps them to learn new skills using a variety of techniques found in Mindfulness, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and EMDR. She has a special interest in working with families of military members and those who are no longer in military service as well as First Nations and Metis people. Susan believes that self-compassion is the greatest gift that we can give ourselves. She strives to treat everyone with dignity, respect, and kindness regardless of their differences and similarities.

3409-901 16 Street , Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, T9M0C3

Phone: 905 977-1668
Email: susanmcgowancounselling@gmail.com

Population Served:

Both Adults and Children & Adolescents

Languages:

English

How EMDR is Offered:

Both online and in-person

Areas of Expertise:

Addictions
Anxiety
Attachment Focussed
Birth Trauma
C-PTSD
Critical Illness
Depression
Grief & Bereavement
Medical Trauma
Military
PTSD
Pain
Panic Attacks
Physical Abuse
Road Traffic Accidents
Sexual Abuse
Social Anxiety