FAQ

St. ALBERT: We provide counselling sessions at Suite 211, 200 Carnegie Drive, St Albert. We are inside the NABI Business Centre on the 2nd floor. It is easy access to the Anthony Henday highway. 

STONY PLAIN: We are also partnered with MetaFitness & Wellness Centre ( 71 Boulder Blvd) to offer Reiki, Relaxation Massage, Supportive Counselling and NeuroAffective Touch.

If services are being requested for an individual with mobility concerns, or a senior please contact us for discussion about alternative arrangements for an in home session. 

We are inclusive and non-discriminatory in our practice and provide counselling services to any population, including:

- all ages including: children, youth, adults and seniors

- individuals identifying with gender and sexual minorities

- Indigenous peoples

- all faiths, religions and cultures 

We specialize in providing parenting and co-parenting supports for parents who are seeking to become a stronger parent. 

Our current rates range from 150.00 to 180.00. Please inquire about a sliding scale if you do not have insurance. Please note that Melanie does not offer receipts for insurance  reimbursement.

Please contact your insurance company as most plans will reimburse the cost of fees associated for counselling – the needed receipts will be provided. Direct billing is available for Alberta Blue Cross, Medavie, ASEBP and Green Shield (for select therapists).

Please inform us of your insurance company and we will endeavor to assist with direct billing.

Depending on your health care plan, you may have coverage for psychological services. I would encourage you to explore with your plan the services offered. 

NeuroAffective Touch® invites the mind to collaborate as an active partner while engaging the body on its own terms, at the deepest biological level. By paying attention to specific layers of the body — skin, connective tissue, muscle, nervous system, organs — and by following existing rhythms and lines of force, Melanie attunes to and assists her clients in becoming consciously present to their neuroception. This teaches the mind and body to develop a conscious, compassionate relationship. The therapeutic use of bottom-up touch and bodywork in conjunction with a top-down invitation to the cognitive self to participate helps clients understand how their thoughts, emotions, and body function collaboratively as one organism. By combining a hands-on neurobiological regulating contact, together with a caring relational presence, Melanie brings a special focus to working with childhood emotional and relational trauma. NeuroAffective Touch® (NATouch™) addresses emotional, relational, and developmental deficits that cannot be reached by verbal means alone. 

Neuro: Touch is a form of nonverbal communication that reaches deep into our inner personal space. Therapeutic touch not only touches the surface of the skin; it also touches thousands of sensory nerve receptors in the joints, muscles, connective tissue, and organs. These sensory receptors are nerve endings that carry information directly to the brain…hence the term “neuro.” 

*Affective: Touch has a strong emotional impact. During touch work, clients often said: “It’s like you’re touching my emotions.” The nervous system and emotions are deeply intertwined and cannot be separated…hence the term “affective.” The therapeutic resonance established within the therapist-client dyad offers a new relational imprint that brings hope to the work of repairing developmental breaches and attachment ruptures that underlie much of life’s suffering. Sessions help build an in-the-body, bottom-up connection to physical sensations of trust and comfort that generate new emotional and cognitive options, and foster an enriched top-down life experience. 

Somatic Experiencing® (SE®) is a resiliency-focused trauma treatment modality designed to address autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysregulation and its impacted physical health and mental health symptoms e.g., anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, migraines, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue, etc.

 Yes, please contact us at admin@guidedpathcg.ca to find out more about our services and allow us to find out more about what services you are seeking. Or call our admin support at 780-318-1480. 

When you are considering fostering, adopting or opening your home up for kinship placement, an assessment of your home is required to be completed. There are several steps to a SAFE Home Assessment/Study including questionnaires, interviews, Police and Child Intervention Checks, and one or more visits to your home.