Indigenous Psychological Services

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We are a community of counsellors and psychologists, working as independent contractors, with a focus on Indigenous Trauma and the guiding principles of Two-Eyed Seeing.

Two of our counsellors, on their way to support a northern community, paused to take in this beautiful moment. 🌄Dakota G...
11/24/2025

Two of our counsellors, on their way to support a northern community, paused to take in this beautiful moment. 🌄Dakota Gladue and Joanna Gladue Members of Bigstone Cree Nation

It’s a powerful reminder of why we do this work. Community wellness is built on relationships—showing up, listening, and creating spaces where people feel seen and supported. Each visit strengthens those connections and deepens the trust that allows healing to take place.

Nature has a way of grounding us in that purpose. In the stillness and beauty of the land, we’re reminded of the strength, resilience, and interconnectedness that guide our work. Moments like this encourage us to slow down, reflect, and stay present with the people and communities we serve.

Connection—to each other, to culture, and to the land—remains at the heart of everything we do. 💛

What an incredible week. Indigenous healing asks us to lean into the land and the red line — our ancestors. I’m deeply g...
11/23/2025

What an incredible week. Indigenous healing asks us to lean into the land and the red line — our ancestors. I’m deeply grateful for every moment, every teaching, and every person who showed up with an open heart. When we come together, we heal. Together, we remember. Together, we rise.

In every community, the matriarchs hold us together — with teachings, patience, love, and unwavering strength. Their guidance is a gift, their leadership a blessing. Deep gratitude to the matriarchs who continue to uplift, protect, and inspire us all.
We witnessed power of matriarchs in our training this week at IPS. Teaching us to lead with our hearts.

Magic happens when we stand together as one.

11/05/2025

We are super excited to open registration for our 14th online cohort of the Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy two year training for therapists in Canada, beginning March 2026.

Click here for more information: https://bringingthebody.ca/somatic-attachment/

When we form a deep connection to the land, something profound happens — our nervous systems begin to recognize safety.J...
11/04/2025

When we form a deep connection to the land, something profound happens — our nervous systems begin to recognize safety.

Just like a secure attachment with another person, connection to land can offer:
🌿 Consistency – the seasons return, the sun rises, the soil holds.
🌊 Attunement – the natural world responds to our presence and care.
🔥 Co-regulation – grounding in the rhythm of the earth helps calm our inner storms.
🌳 Belonging – we remember that we are part of something larger, ancient, and enduring.

When we slow down to listen to the land, to feel the soil beneath our feet or the wind across our skin, we re-learn what secure connection feels like — stable, reciprocal, and alive.

Maybe healing isn’t just about relationships with people — maybe it’s also about remembering our relationship with place. 🌾

11/03/2025

I wanted to post a particularly potent thread of the content from clinic three that wraps today. It speaks to the heart of early attachment injury, which is, along with early attachment reparation, the heart of the SAP training program. Loving Kalsched's ongoing contribution to our clinical understanding.

The infant’s process of development is to bring experiences into coherence. For the infant, in the “earliest phases of psychological life…experience is dis-continuous, and un-integrated, existing in the infant’s mind as “flash-pictures” of sensation, affect, image, behaviour, or memory” (Kalsched, 2025, p. 669).

In the thinking of Stern (1997, 2010) we can think of this as unformulated, and a normal process in infancy (Kalsched, 2025).

The developing infant needs a co-regulating other, the caregiver, to psychobiologically modulate their system thus allowing these unformulated experience to link, coming into form, find coherency, and take on meaning. “However, if early trauma strikes at this vulnerable time, then the formulation process is interrupted by dissociation which maintains the fragmentation by keeping the parts that might eventually constitute whole experience dis-aggregated, unformulated and unconscious” (Kalsched, 2025, p. 669).

Kalsched, D. (2025). War in the Consulting Room: When Rage and Hatred Enter the Analytic Field. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 70(4), 663-682.

10/25/2025

We start this workshop Wednesday evening, we have a couple of spots open. If you are contemplating, take the leap, you won't regret it - this is a fantastic workshop.
Super excited about reworking it this weekend - in four years since I last taught it, my clinical thinking has shifted, not tremendously, but enough that it calls for a rewrite!

When we sit with the land, the land sits with us.The lake mirrors our calm, the mountains hold our heaviness.Healing doe...
10/24/2025

When we sit with the land, the land sits with us.
The lake mirrors our calm, the mountains hold our heaviness.
Healing doesn’t always need words — sometimes it just needs stillness.

🪶 Come home to yourself, through the teachings of the land.
🌿 Ground. Breathe. Remember.

🌿 Contract Opportunity: Program Coordinator Lead – Registered Psychologist 🌿Are you a Registered Psychologist passionate...
10/24/2025

🌿 Contract Opportunity: Program Coordinator Lead – Registered Psychologist 🌿

Are you a Registered Psychologist passionate about Indigenous mental health and wellness? We’re seeking a dedicated professional to join our team as a Program Coordinator Lead on a contract basis.

Position Details:

Contract Position
35 hours/week
Fee Split: 75% to provider, 25% to practice
In person services at our Edmonton practice.

Benefits included
Must be a Registered Psychologist

What You’ll Do:

Provide counseling and mental health support to Indigenous individuals, families, and communities
Lead and coordinate culturally safe wellness programs
Collaborate with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and community partners
Mentor and support team members
Advocate for Indigenous clients and families
Who You Are:

A Registered Psychologist (required)
Experienced in working with Indigenous communities
A strong leader and organizer
Committed to culturally safe, holistic care
Why Join Us?

Supportive, inclusive work environment
Competitive contract fee split and benefits
Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in Indigenous wellness
Ready to Apply?
Send your resume and cover letter to leighscounselling@gmail.com
Questions? Contact Leigh Sheldon 780-999-4626

We strongly encourage Indigenous applicants and those with lived experience to apply.

🌿 We’re Hiring: Registered Psychologist (Clinical Lead) 🌿Join our Indigenous Psychological Services team in a role that ...
10/24/2025

🌿 We’re Hiring: Registered Psychologist (Clinical Lead) 🌿

Join our Indigenous Psychological Services team in a role that blends clinical leadership, cultural connection, and community impact.

We’re looking for a passionate Registered Psychologist to lead with heart and clinical excellence. This role offers a 75/25 split and includes scholarship opportunities for professional development in areas such as Somatic Therapy, EMDR, and pre-Indigenous awareness trainings.

✨ What We Offer:
• Opportunities for growth through funded trainings that integrate mind, body, and culture.
• A community-focused environment, with multiple cultural and community events held throughout the year.
• A supportive team grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and healing.
• Flexible schedule with 35 hours per week.

If you’re committed to trauma-informed, culturally grounded care and want to be part of a team leading innovative, healing-centered practice — we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Apply or reach out to learn more about how you can grow, lead, and give back through this meaningful work.
Email leighscounselling@gmail.com

🪶 Guided Yoga & Somatic Healing 🧘‍♀️Join us for a gentle and grounding yoga series that weaves together somatic elements...
10/23/2025

🪶 Guided Yoga & Somatic Healing 🧘‍♀️
Join us for a gentle and grounding yoga series that weaves together somatic elements and the Medicine Wheel — connecting body, mind, spirit, and emotion.

✨ Experience:
• Grounding, meditation, and body work
• Breathing techniques to calm the nervous system
• A holistic approach to wellness

Free to all participants — all are welcome.
Please bring your own yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing.

🗓️ Wednesdays, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
🧘 Weekly from Nov 5 – Dec 19 (excluding Nov 19)
📍 10335 172 Street NW, Edmonton
👩‍🏫 Facilitated by Hailey McCallum, Masters of Counselling Intern

📞 587-594-9855
📧 indigenousservices2021@gmail.com

Please Note: While this workshop is hosted by an Indigenous-led organization, the content of this workshop is not specific to Indigenous cultural practices. It is based on general therapeutic, educational, or professional frameworks that may be applicable across diverse contexts.

Click to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoagBb36W289wQ30EA9EWW0xKZERaJLdWiPxSUsA5smiHqTg/viewform?usp=dialog

Indigenous Registered Psychologist Leigh Sheldon, from Swan River, and founder of Indigenous Psychological Services, was...
10/23/2025

Indigenous Registered Psychologist Leigh Sheldon, from Swan River, and founder of Indigenous Psychological Services, was recently featured in Alberta Native News. The article explores how culture, community, and ceremony can guide healing from complex trauma, and how reconnecting to Indigenous knowledge can support wellness, resilience, and identity. 🌿✨

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#104 10335 172st NW
Edmonton, AB
T5S1K9

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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Aboriginal Psychological Services is a group of Psychologists and Knowledge Keepers who work together to provide services to those in need. It is a collaboration of culturally informed Psychologists, Counsellors, and Knowledge Keepers that provide quality of services towards the counseling process. Our traditional principles of kinship help us to support one another as well as supporting our clients.