Cailey Clarke, MA, CCC
Counselling Therapist
Cailey (she/her) chose to get her Master's degree in Marriage & Family Therapy after finishing a Bachelor's degree in English, with a focus on feminist literature. Her Honours Thesis was on women reclaiming their agency, and this made her realize that she wanted to support real people on their journeys of self-love, self-empowerment, and reconnection with themselves and their partners.
As a fellow late-identified neurodivergent person, she understands how a lack of acceptance and understanding can impact your self-worth, create anxiety, and make it difficult to be authentic and vulnerable in your relationships. Being neurodivergent in this world can be difficult and lonely, so Cailey helps clients find true belonging, which comes from within.
In her free time, you will find Cailey at coffee shops, in museums and galleries, reading books, having solo dance parties, or spending time with her cat. She is a proclaimed homebody trying to live her most authentic life as a neurodivergent person in an overstimulating world.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Certifications & Memberships
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Canadian Certified Counsellor -- Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association
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Registered Counselling Therapist -- Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta
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Associate Member -- Canadian Association for Couple & Family Therapy
Therapy Approaches
Cailey's approach is rooted in Narrative Therapy, which believes that the stories we tell about ourselves matter and that we can re-author the story of who we are to tell a story that is authentic and empowering. She also utilizes Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you live a life that is in alignment with your values.
With couples, Cailey takes an Emotionally-focused Therapy (EFT) approach, which helps couples learn to understand and communicate their emotions and needs so that they can find greater connection.
Cailey also draws on family systems theory, feminist theory, and attachment theory in her approach.