Carly Bruce,

BA, MACP

Clinical Counsellor

Hi, I am Carly, l offer counselling to individuals and couples. I am incredibly passionate about sexual health and wellness. I am looking forward to bringing that into my work as a student therapist.

We live in a society that brazenly projects specific images of what sex and sexuality should look like, while also making conversations about sexual orientation, gender identity, pleasure, and sexual difficulties taboo and shameful. Wherever you are in your journey with this, I'd love to help you along the way. I am BDSM/kink aware, have an extensive knowledge on the sex toy industry, and am passionate with working with 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, as well as those who are trying to form a healthier relationship with their own sexuality. Whether you are just trying to connect with yourself, your partner(s), or just sexuality in general, this is a safe space to explore what that all means to you. 

 

Available Sunday, Monday & Tuesdays (virtually & in-person)

PROFESSIONAL DEGREES

Master of Arts In Counselling Psychology - City University of Seattle, Edmonton Campus

Bachelor of Arts In Psychology - MacEwan University

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & LICENSURE

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1

  • Verbal Crisis Intervention

  • Suicide Intervention

  • Mental Health First Aid

  • SACE Recognizing and Responding to Sexual Violence

MEMBERSHIPS & REGISTRATION

  • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

  • Member of the Psychologists’ Association of Alberta

GAINING COMPETENCY IN

  • Communication skills and boundaries

  • Intimacy issues

  • BDSM

  • Kink/Fetish

  • Ethical nonmogamy and polyamory

  • Body image & self esteem

  • Self pleasure and sex toys

  • Different levels of desire

  • Shame, guilt and/or anxiety around sex

  • Gender and sexual identity

  • Break ups

  • Healthy and unhealthy relationships

 
 

APPROACHES IN THERAPY

  • Emotion-focus therapy

  • Mindfulness based practices

  • Narrative therapy

  • Interpersonal therapy

Exploring who we are and what we enjoy are important to our overall well-being.

 

I work from a trauma-informed, person-centered, feminist, compassionate lens and am open to working with individuals, couples, and poly/ethical non monogamist folks. I create a safe and non-judgmental space to explore your needs.

Using evidence-based methods and research, there is nothing that we cannot work through together.