Lee Atwood
Registered Psychologist
When you feel all hope is lost, there is STILL hope! Vincent van Gogh said, “There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” I consider my job to hear and feel with you the great fire of your soul—your struggles, feelings of hopelessness and worry, feeling controlled by your emotions and past trauma, repeating patterns of conflict, battling addiction, or fighting an inner battle that others may not fully understand or appreciate.
Life can be difficult enough on its own, but when mental health and other stressors compile, it can feel impossible to connect to those positive feelings and relationships you desire. But you do not have to go through that battle alone! My goal is to help you live a rich, full, meaningful life, which means learning coping skills for stressful situations, improving marriage, family, and other relationships beyond just surviving, but thriving. It’s about reaching goals, and making meaning out of the pain—taking the edge out of pain—and finding peace and hope again. Mental health is no joke. One of my favourite sayings is that if we don't take the time to be well now, we will take the time later on to be ill. Reach out to me and see if I am a good fit for you. |
College of Alberta Psychologists, #5704
Professional Membership:
Psychologists' Association of Alberta
Professional Membership:
Psychologists' Association of Alberta
Research & Professional Workshops Delivered
- Releasing Anger and Setting Boundaries/Men's Health Share Group - Thrive Event Calgary: How to Human Beyond Religion (March 2023).
- Post-Religious Mental Health - Tools from ACT (2022) - A live webinar on religious trauma.
- In the news (2021) - Men and Mental Health- CTV Morning Live
- Guest speaker on The Finding Peace Podcast with Troy Love, LCSW - The Hero's Journey
- Vicarious Trauma and ACT for Frontline Workers (2019) - A workshop in prevention to job burnout and vicarious trauma.
- Strengthening Marriage (2019) - Group focused on strengthening relationships, building trust, commitment, and unity, increasing emotional intelligence, and learning communication skills.
- Marriage and Relationship Healing (2019) - Presentation focused on communication skills.
- Stress and Mental Health (2019) - Presentation focused on managing stress for youth.
- Lee Atwood & Dr. Robert Roughley (2018). Sex addiction and counsellor perceptions: The unresolved debate. Presented in symposium for the 2018 Canadian Counselling Psychology Conference.
- Research Thesis: Perceptions of therapists working with sex addiction (2018).
- Luft, T., Roughley, R. A., Atwood, L., & Vandergaag, K. (2017). Cultivating reflexivity for professional identity development: Implications for professional development of graduate students and counsellor educators. A research prospective presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, St. Johns, NF.
- Emotion coaching for parents of young children (2017). A group focused on John Gottman's emotion coaching model for parents of children aged 2-5 with developmental delays and behavioural issues.