Kate Briand

Kate (she/her) is a counselling intern and a Master of Counselling student at the University of Lethbridge. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (honours) from Mount Royal University. She also has almost a decade of experience working with high-risk children and youth experiencing mental health and behavioural concerns. 

Kate believes in meeting people where they are at, providing a safe and warm environment, and taking a collaborative, supportive approach. Kate works within a person-centred, humanistic framework and draws on other evidence-based practices that best fit the person she is working with. She takes a relational, non-judgemental, strengths-based, trauma-informed lens. She seeks to make the therapeutic process as comfortable as possible, where individuals can be their authentic selves.

Kate is 2SLGBTQ+ affirming and culturally sensitive. She is located on Treaty 7 territory in Mohkinstsis (Calgary) and is currently accepting new clients across the boundaries of Treaties 6, 7, and 8 (Alberta).