Hello! My name is Dr. Carley Piatt (she/her). I have a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Alberta, and an MSc in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Victoria. My undergraduate training in Psychology and Philosophy was at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I am a Registered Provisional Psychologist (AB P6933) providing services across Alberta virtually, with in-person sessions in Edmonton starting in July 2023.

I seek to create a space that is warm and nurturing as I help people navigate the ebb and flow of life and the many transitions along the way. I guide people in finding their resilience through the hard parts, and connecting with their joy in the sweet bits. My approach to therapy is collaborative and client-centered using somatic and talk therapy as my primary therapeutic modalities with some opportunities for expressive therapies along the way.

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Who do I love to support and work with?
  • People wondering to themselves “Is it really this hard? Or is it just me?” (Hint: It’s not just you! You are not alone. And yes, it is that hard. And, I can help support you to lessen how hard it feels sometimes and work with you to find ways of supporting yourself in, and through, the hard stuff while also noticing and feeling joy and the good stuff.)
    • Other ways of conceptualizing or naming this: depression, anxiety, burnout, stress
 
  • People who feel like “an alien on Mars” as Dr. Temple Grandin would say, or who find the demands of keeping up with everything, every day, to be overwhelming as they take in massive amounts of information constantly, and work in overdrive to filter, curate, and make meaning of it all. All while trying to do life in a decidedly fast-past, overstimulating world.
    • Other ways of conceptualizing or naming this: neurodivergence, ASD, ADHD, highly sensitive
 
  • People seeking to connect and weave together what’s happening in their head and heart with what they feel (or forgot they felt) in their bodies – their truths, their sadness, their anger and fear, their joy, their shame, their journeys – and are looking for some support, validation, guidance, and humor along the way with someone alongside them who wants to help create that space and time for them. (Me – it’s me that wants to help create that space for you!).
    • Other ways of conceptualizing or naming pieces of this: trauma, creative and somatic work
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I am a settler who grew up in the shadow of the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the lands of the Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe peoples. I have been growing roots in Canada for more than two decades and have been living and working on Treaty 6 land for almost 15 years.

Outside of my clinical practice, I am a parent, partner, daughter, friend, and sometimes-adventurer. I am an avid collector of art supplies, love listening to music, and spending time outside. ​
​I am seeing clients both virtually and in-person.
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Effective January 1st, 2025
My session rate is $220/session.
I offer a sliding scale rate of $160 per session.

If you feel I would be a good fit, please reach out via the Contact page.
​I look forward to working with you!