Our STORY
Being full-time psychotherapists and marriage and parenting coaches, we desire to support individuals live happy and fulfilling lives.
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Dr. Sania Dookie, Mental Health Therapist
Dr. Sania Dookie is a registered Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers. Dr. S. Dookie works with adults and children experiencing: anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief/loss. Other areas of practice include stress, relationship issues, mood changes and postpartum. She utilizes evidence-based and collaborative care.
Dr. S. Dookie provides a welcoming and non-judgemental space, a space where you can focus on what is important to you. Perhaps you are interested in improving your mood, managing stress more effectively, developing coping skills, or adjusting to one of life’s transitions; maybe you are interested in exploring unhelpful long-standing beliefs and patterns.
Over the past decade, Dr. Sania has been providing mental health and counselling support to individuals, couples and families with mood disorders, lifestyle coaching, stress management, anger management and parenting. Dr. S. Dookie has worked as a Clinical Social Worker and Generalist Mental Health Therapist in Community Mental Health Services, Child and Youth therapist and Sexualized Trauma Specific Counsellor.
Therapeutic approaches used: Sania considers herself an eclectic counsellor. However, she uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to support clients in being their own self-coaches. Along with CBT, Sania utilizes the narrative approach, strength-based approach, person-centred approach, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy from a biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective and Christian Counselling.
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Dr. Courtney Dookie, Registered Psychologist
Dr. Dookie is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists. He has his Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in developmental trauma and psychological assessments. He achieved his BA in Theology at Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica and MA in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Dr. Dookie has been providing individuals and couples therapy since 2012. He specializes in developmental trauma and psychological assessment. He provide mental health therapy for (PTSD, trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorder). Other supports he provides include self-esteem, stress management, anger management, holistic counselling (physical, emotional, and spiritual).
Therapeutic approaches used: Dr. Dookie assumes an eclectic and person-centred approach when working with individuals and couples. His personalized therapy’s major principles are cognitive behavioural therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Gottman couples therapy approach, solution focus, and Narrative Approaches.
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About Dookies’ Psychological Services
Hello, welcome to Dookies’ Psychological Services. We are located is North West, Calgary Alberta. We desire to bring hope and reassurance that it is never too late to experience a fresh new start no matter how far your journey has been. We understand that the demands of this world can be like waves of struggles that can push you along the rocks of stress, burnout, hopelessness, and lack of motivation. We are here to help you be aware of where you are in your journey and support you to take steps in creating a balance in your life so you will not just be surviving, you will also be living.
Dookies’ Psychological Services take a holistic approach when providing counselling services. Being sensitive to your needs as an individual, we approach your person-centred journey from a physical, mental, and spiritual perspective using evidence-based practice.
We provide psychotherapy for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, personality disorders, OCD, and bipolar disorder. We also provide psychological testing, assessments, and evaluations
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Our Philosophy
Dookies’ Psychological Services take a holistic approach when providing counselling services. Being sensitive to your needs as an individual, we approach your person-centred journey from a physical, mental, and spiritual perspective using evidence-based practice. We provide psychotherapy for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, personality disorders, OCD, and bipolar disorder. We also provide psychological testing, assessments, and evaluations
Our Mission
To empower individuals, couples, and families to tap into their inner strength and effect change using evidence-based therapeutic interventions and strategies along with guidelines for promoting holistic health.
Our Vision
See lives restored mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Our Philosophy
Dookies’ Psychological Services practices with integrity, honesty, transparency, is client-centred, strength-based and seeks to uphold healthy therapeutic relationships.
The Dookies are life changers, meeting them for the first time you will see their genuineness and compassion.
~ Ornella, Fort McMurray