Cairis Counselling

Healing starts with one small step

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Cairis Counselling
Trauma Informed therapy

Cairis Counselling helps clients:

  • Recover from abuse and neglect
  • Heal Trauma, recover from PTSD and Complex PTSD
  • Help those with ADHD and Autism and their caregivers
  • Let go of unhelpful fears and anxiety
  • Heal the sources of pain that fuel insecurity and depression
  • Get free of unwanted habits
  • Find self-worth and inner strength
  • Anger management
  • Help navigating relationships
  • Let go of shame
  • Find a way through grief and loss
  • Grow in self-compassion and self-acceptance

Healing starts with one small step!

Our Approach to Counselling

At Cairis you’ll find:

  • A gentle approach to therapy that is sensitive and understanding
  • Therapists committed to ongoing training and personal development
  • A safe place for people from all walks of life
  • Evidence based practices
  • Trauma informed therapy
  • A clean comfortable waiting room
  • Conveniently located in the heart of Saskatoon

Our counselors.

Thomas Friesen helps clients who want live authentic lives with self-compassion and self-acceptance.  The burdens, fears and worries of life bring us out of alignment with who we truly are.  Thomas specializes in helping people through life-transitions, find-meaning, purpose and clarity.

Leighton Tebay works to heal trauma and emotional wounds to bring relief to depression, anxiety, addiction and difficult to control anger.  His calm, gentle approach is  great for those who have suffered abuse, neglect, and those weighed down by thoughts and feelings of not being good enough.

Alexandria Kennedy helps clients with anxiety, depression, trauma and grief.  She specializes in helping people with ADHD, Autism, chronic illness and anyone who struggles to find a way to fit in a world that doesn’t seem designed for them.

It’s time to find out how good life can be.

Our counsellors

Thomas Friesen, Intern

I am here to help people uncover their true selves, embrace self-compassion, and navigate life’s transitions with grace and resilience. In each one of use lies a unique and authentic self. The difficulties of life can burden us with layers of distress and fear that make it difficult to stay true to who we are.

By become fully present with yourself and the moment you can free yourself from perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the worries of life. You can lay aside the burdens and the traumas of the past that make it difficult to be the real you.

I help people navigate life-transitions, career shifts and the concerns of mid-life helping find purpose and clarity. These transitions are opportunities to align with your authentic self pivoting away from the expectations that may be keeping you stuck.

I create a safe, non-judgemental space, where you can explore, heal, and evolve. Together, we will embark on journey toward self-discovery, self-acceptance, and lasting transformation.

You can find out more about me here.

Credentials

Masters Degree in Counselling (In Progress)

Alexandria Kennedy MC, CCC

Alexandria Kennedy - Counsellor in Saskatoon

Do you feel like a failure because you don’t quite fit in this world?  Do you feel guilt and shame because you can’t keep up with the expectations?  Is life just a little too overwhelming?  I specialize in helping those who feel stuck in patterns that bring frustration and shame.

You might be diagnosed with ADHD, Autism or just feel like you are struggling to get through the muck of grief, anxiety, or depression.  You might be someone struggling to support a loved one who is trying make their way in a world that isn’t designed for them.

I help bring understanding to life’s difficult challenges.  In my approach to therapy, I help bring clarity to problems that keep us stuck.  I help you find your strength and equip you with skills to manage your emotions and find a way to not just survive but thrive.

I am trained in Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Attachment Theory.  I am happy to take on clients age 10 and older.

You can find out more about me here.

Credentials

Masters Degree in Counselling
Canadian Certified Counsellor
Certified Autism Clinical Specialist

Leighton Tebay BA, MC, CCC

Leighton Tebay - Counselling in Saskatoon

Counselling can help heal the emotional damage and trauma that fuels anxiety, depression, addiction and anger.  Do you have an inner critic that won’t let up, fear that won’t let go, or emotional pain you just can’t keep a lid on any more? Do you have a hard time believing you are good enough? I’m here to help people let go of the hurt and shame and get their life back.

Anxiety, depression, addiction and anger  look different in each of us but underneath it there is hurt, fear and shame.  I can help you find your own inner strength and compassion and then heal the hurt, transform the fear and release the shame.  The goal is to go beyond managing things like anxiety and anger and heal it at the source.

At the heart of my approach is IFS or Internal Family Systems.   It is a transformative approach to psychotherapy that empowers individuals to become their best selves.  IFS is a powerful and gentle approach for those who wish to recover from the trauma of abuse, neglect, and other difficult experiences.  As an evidence based approach for treating trauma and is also effective for a variety of mental health conditions.

You can find out more about me here.

Credentials

Masters Degree in Counselling
Canadian Certified Counselor
IFS Therapist

What types of therapy are offered at Cairis Counselling?

At Cairis Counselling Saskatoon, we offer a trauma informed therapy to address the hurts of past and help neurodivergent people find a way to thrive.  We offer trauma counselling, ADHD counselling, autism counselling, anxiety counselling, depression counselling as well as counselling to help free you from unwanted habits or anger.

We offer counselling the heart of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on the 10th floor of the CIBC building one block east of the Midtown Plaza.  Here you will find a comfortable reception area with free tea, coffee, water and hot chocolate.   With our convenient online booking system you get to choose the therapist you want to see and pick between in-person counselling or online counselling.