Indigenous Psychological Services

01/29/2026

It is such an honor to be a part of this amazing opportunity.

🌟 Sponsor Spotlight 🌟

We are proud to recognize Indigenous Psychological Services (IPS) for supporting the Indigenous Wellbeing Conference for three years in a row. Their continued commitment helps create a space where attendees feel safe, supported, and cared for throughout the event.🫶

IPS will be offering free support services during the conference, including:
✔ Free one-on-one counselling — private, supportive sessions for attendees
✔ Grounding resources and free supplies — tools to support balance and well-being

🫂Be sure to visit the IPS table during the conference and connect with their team.

A heartfelt thank you to Leigh and her incredible team for walking alongside us and supporting Indigenous wellbeing year after year. Your dedication truly makes a difference💚

🌱 Healing, support, and connection at the Indigenous Wellbeing Conference.

Sponsored by IPS — Free Services

To learn more, please visit: https://www.indigenouspsychologicalservices.com

01/29/2026

01/24/2026

If we open up to go within, we can create warmth inside…

In our hearts, where this emotional part of us can be found.

With this layered work of healing, it is important to create a safe space so that our nervous system can calm down into the parasympathetic state.

Creating a safe space may be physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually and is unique to each individual and their environment.

An affirmation like, “I am safe” can help all of our parts begin to rewire…

To all of the people who are so important to us — stay warm, beautiful souls. ❤️

01/21/2026

Meet Rehana ✨

A Registered Provisional Psychologist at Indigenous Psychological Services. Rehana joins our team with her aligning education, including an undergraduate degree with a Psychology major from MacEwan University in 2016 and a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology completed at Yorkville in 2024!

Rehana shares about her counselling philosophy that “mental health and wellness are holistic – involving the mind, body, emotions, spirit, relationships, and environment. I believe healing happens in spaces where people feel seen, respected, and understood. Mental wellness is not about ‘fixing’ someone, but about fostering self-understanding, inner strength, balance, and connection. ”

Her deep care for the people, and collective wellbeing of communities, is what ignites her to follow the path of helping and healing. She expresses this emotion of care, through nurturing compassionate connections, that can be profoundly healing in connecting individuals back to themselves.

Rehana currently works one day a week with the Head Start Program staff in Enoch, supporting Indigenous community spaces that honour and integrate cultural practices and traditions.

Rehana identifies as a second-generation immigrant, having grown up in Canada. Her family is originally from Guyana in South America, with ancestral roots in Algeria and India.

The therapeutic modalities that she specializes in are based on a strong foundation of trauma-informed care and culturally ethical practices. She is trained in Brainspotting Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Parts Work, Somatic-Based Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Jungian principles and symbolism, which she thoughtfully integrates into her work with clients.

If you feel called to connect with Rehana – Call 587-594-9855 (9am — 4pm) to schedule your session.

01/13/2026

Meet Amy ✨

A Masters level Social Worker at Indigenous Psychological Services. Amy joins our team bringing knowledge from her Indigenous Master’s of Social Work program at University [nuxełhot’įne thaaɁehots’įnistameyimâkanak] Blue Quills and previous work experience supporting Residential School Survivors, integrating land-based, ceremonial, and relational healing.

Amy highlights: “It is important for clients to know I am a settler woman living in the ancestral Treaty 6 Territory of my spouse and children, who are Haudenosaunee and Métis from the Lac Ste. Anne Métis community and Michel First Nation. My role as a mother and a guest who married into this space is one I hold sacred.”

Her empathetic and respectful approach to counselling is neurodivergence-affirming and trauma-informed, and highlights how individuals can create strength from their adversities. Amy shares her lived experience with AuDHD (Autism and ADHD) and brings this awareness into her practice.

She is trained in integrating Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy (IFOT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Systems Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Attachment-Based and Solution-Focused Therapy, and Land-Based and Relational Healing Practices.

Amy believes that “potential clients should choose who they feel is a match for their healing and I humbly step away from any competition-based work.”

If you feel called to connect with Amy – Call 587-594-9855 (9am-4pm) to schedule your session.

01/04/2026

01/04/2026

01/04/2026

Rhiannon Arcand is the first in her family to earn a degree. Now, she's hoping to inspire the next generation whom she teaches at maskekosak kiskinomatowikamik in Enoch Cree Nation.

Read more about Rhiannon's journey here: https://tinyurl.com/rhiannon-arcand

01/04/2026

Reflecting on an Incredible Year at IPS

Our agency has grown and evolved in so many ways and for the better. We now have more providers in Calgary offering in-person sessions, and our team has expanded to include providers in British Columbia, Quebec, and New Brunswick.

This year, we launched our Assessment Team, led by Jasmine Foulard, Registered Psychologist. This team works in the community to provide assessments for individuals in schools and organizations—an important step in increasing accessibility to our services.

We had 6 provisionals completing their hours with free supervision to help reduce barriers in the field, three are Indigenous and all 6 with the focus on Indigenous counselling.

IPS was also proud to host an IFOT Training Program with the support of amazing Dr. Karlee Fellner and Dr. Shirley Tourcott. This was the first time ever to have IFOT in Alberta.

In addition, we supported and volunteered at numerous conferences throughout the year. We completed over 40 presentations. We have also travelled across Canada to present on Indigenous Trauma and Intergenerational healing. HEALING IS POSSIBLE.

Leigh Sheldon represented IPS in several remarkable ways—appearing on CTV and Global News, and contributing to a documentary affiliated with Bent Arrow and Native Counselling with Bear Paw Media Production, focusing on intergenerational healing. Leigh also presented at ACTA (Alberta Counselling Therapy Association) and PAA (Psychologists’ Association of Alberta) on Bridging the Clinical and Cultural Divide, and authored two PAA articles on Decolonization and Truth and Reconciliation.

IPS also offered three in-house free training sessions for our providers and community members, and hosted a cultural retreat that included a day of training, a day of ceremony, and a final day of harvesting—culminating in a feast. Our agency providers free training for our providers.
We want to take a moment to honour our clients-people we works with. Through their stories, they continue to share hope and perseverance. To never give up and always have hope.

12/20/2025

Our hours are limited during the Christmas Holidays. We are closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The days we are open, our admin will be available from 9-4pm.
Some providers are continuing to offer support throughout the holidays.

12/10/2025

Today our admin team received a special treat from IPS — and it couldn’t be more deserved! 💛

Our admin staff work tirelessly behind the scenes, handling endless and often difficult calls to Indigenous Services Canada, advocating for our clients, and navigating the complex processes needed to secure funding for counselling sessions.

Their dedication ensures our clients receive the support they need with as few barriers as possible. What they do may not always be visible, but it truly makes everything run seamlessly.

Thank you to our incredible admin team for your hard work, persistence, and commitment. And we recognize and appreciate your efforts! 🙌✨
We are missing Jessica Robert’s and Amber