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Our Team
FOUNDER I MSW RSW
Elizabeth Muhle
Elizabeth is the founder of both The Healing Cocoon Collective and Illumination Therapeutic Services. A Master’s-level Social Worker with over 20 years of experience in mental health and addictions, she brings an integrative approach that blends traditional therapy with alternative healing practices. Her passion lies in guiding parents to better understand child development, and in walking alongside clients as they navigate grief, loss, and life transitions. Elizabeth approaches her work with deep compassion and authenticity, believing that healing begins in relationship. She works to dismantle the traditional power dynamic between therapist and client, fostering a collaborative space where trust can grow and sustainable change can take root. Elizabeth’s practice is grounded not only in her professional training, but also in the lessons she has gathered throughout her own life. She shows up as her whole self, offering clients a non-judgmental, empowering space where they can feel seen, heard, and supported. Originally from the Yukon, Elizabeth finds renewal in nature and loves exploring the mountains with her dog and family. She is also the published author of Soaring With Burnt Wings, where she shares her insights on resilience and healing.
Elizabeth offers free meet and greets!
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Val Pelissero
Val is a Registered Social Worker in both Alberta and BC with over 35 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. She discovered her passion for therapy early in her career while completing her Social Work degrees at the University of Calgary and has since worked in child welfare, community mental health, and crisis support. These experiences shaped her belief that everyone carries resilience and strength, even in the face of life’s challenges. In her practice, Val has a special focus on couples’ work and has completed training in Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma (DCTCT), as well as additional approaches such as Solution Focused Therapy, CBT, DBT, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS). She is deeply committed to lifelong learning and to practicing from an anti-racist, compassionate lens. Clients appreciate her ability to create a safe, healing space where they are empowered to recognize their own expertise and capacity for growth. Outside of her professional role, Val cherishes her relationships as a mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, wife and friend. She finds joy in her connection with animals and the natural world.
Val offers free meet and greets!
Psychologist
Megan Moston
Megan is a Registered Psychologist who believes that therapy should help people move toward the life they want—not simply teach them how to live with the life they have. With eight years of experience in both private and public practice, Megan supports adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, emotion regulation, and the impacts of motor vehicle accidents. She has a particular passion for working with individuals who identify as neurodivergent, as well as family members who may be struggling to support them.
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed. Megan understands that our experiences can stay with us not only in our thoughts and emotions, but also in the way our bodies respond to stress and the world around us. Together, she helps clients make sense of these patterns, work through difficult experiences, and develop a greater sense of freedom in how they respond to life. Sometimes that means reconnecting with relationships, returning to activities that once brought joy, or simply finding a new way forward.
Megan began her career supporting adults with autism, which shaped her understanding that there is no single way to learn, communicate, or heal. She has continued to work with people with a variety of neurodivergent experiences and has a particular interest in adapting trauma and anxiety therapy to different ways of thinking, learning, and communicating. She uses evidence-based approaches while ensuring that therapy is accessible, practical, and tailored to the person sitting in front of her.
She also believes that healing doesn’t happen in isolation. The environments we live and work in can have a significant impact on our well-being, and sometimes meaningful change involves looking beyond ourselves. She works alongside clients to explore what in their relationships, routines, workplaces, and surroundings supports their well-being, as well as what may be getting in the way. Her goal is to help clients create changes that feel sustainable not only within the therapy room, but in their everyday lives.
Outside of work, Megan enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and Labrador retriever. She also loves visiting amusement parks and embracing opportunities for a little fun, adventure, and excitement. Megan brings warmth, curiosity, and a genuine belief in each person’s ability to create meaningful change into her work with clients.
Megan offers free meet and greets!
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Melissa Linkson
Melissa is a Master’s level Registered Social Worker with experience supporting individuals and families through mental health challenges, grief and loss, chronic illness, and significant life transitions. Her background in health care and oncology has shaped her compassionate, holistic approach to counselling, and given her a deep understanding of the emotional, relational, and practical challenges that can accompany difficult seasons of life.
She works with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, trauma, grief, and the complexities of chronic and terminal illness. Melissa also has a particular interest in supporting frontline workers, caregivers, and others experiencing the emotional demands of caring for those around them. In her work with couples and families, she helps strengthen communication, deepen understanding, and create space for meaningful connection.
Melissa believes counselling begins with a genuine, trusting relationship. She understands that reaching out for support can feel vulnerable and that trust develops at each person’s own pace. Her approach is client-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed, drawing from evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Narrative Therapy, mindfulness, and family systems work.
She believes clients are the experts in their own lives and that therapy should be a collaborative space where people feel respected, heard, and empowered. Rather than focusing only on what is wrong, Melissa works alongside clients to recognize their strengths, develop practical coping strategies, and create meaningful change that extends beyond the therapy room. Together, they explore what may be getting in the way of well-being and identify steps that feel realistic, meaningful, and aligned with the life they want to build.
Outside of work, Melissa enjoys horseback riding, travelling, camping, reading, and spending time with family and friends. She values the grounding and healing found in nature and brings warmth, authenticity, and compassion into her work with every client. Her goal is to create a non-judgmental space where people feel truly seen, supported, and empowered to move forward.
Melissa offers free meet and greets!
Psychologist
Katrina Belliveau
Katrina Belliveau is a Registered Psychologist with 10 years of experience supporting children, youth, and adults through life's challenges with compassion and practical guidance. She works with clients ages 5 and older, helping them navigate a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, motor vehicle accident recovery, ADHD in adults, chronic illness and pain, insomnia, parenting challenges, family conflict, stress, self-esteem, life transitions, and adjustment to change. Katrina believes that meaningful change begins within a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship and is dedicated to creating a welcoming, non-judgmental environment where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to explore their experiences. Her collaborative approach is grounded in the belief that each person is the expert in their own life, and she works alongside clients to identify strengths, develop effective coping strategies, and achieve meaningful, lasting change. Drawing from a variety of evidence-based and client-centered approaches, Katrina tailors therapy to meet the unique needs of each individual. She works with children, adolescents, and adults using modalities such as Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Interventions, Solution-Focused Therapy, and strength-based, trauma-informed practices.
Katrina offers free 15-minute telephone consultations.
Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)
Tanya Hansen
Tanya Hansen is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with over 29 years of experience. She works with individuals, couples, and teens experiencing a wide range of mental health challenges. She specializes in Gottman relationship counselling (Level 3) and has a passion for supporting couples, individuals navigating separation or divorce, and navigating dating challenges. Tanya also works with concerns such as: ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and personality disorders and clients experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, career and workplace concerns, and vocational rehabilitation challenges. Her approach is grounded in understanding each client's unique circumstances and helping them develop practical strategies for growth, resilience, and improved well-being.
Tanya draws from a range of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 3), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy. Her integrative approach allows her to support clients in creating meaningful change while building on their strengths and existing resources. She is also in the final stages of publishing a book on burnout and recovery, combining her professional expertise and passion for helping individuals reclaim balance and well-being in their lives.
Tanya offers free 15-minute telephone consultations.
General Physiotherapy & Pelvic Health Physiotherapy
Raina Hawthorne
Raina Hawthorne is a Registered Physiotherapist, wife, and mother to two young girls. She blends her knowledge and training as a Physiotherapist with her experiences as a person and mother to provide her patients with care that considers and respects their whole person. She encourages her patients to trust in themselves and be active in their own healing. Raina supports clients with pain and injuries throughout the body for men and women. She has additional expertise and training in Women’s Pelvic Health, Chronic and Complex Pain, Hypermobility / Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Breastfeeding, and Motor Vehicle Accidents. Some key techniques incorporated into treatments can include Functional Dry Needling, Acupuncture, Myofascial Techniques, K-taping, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia, and Advanced Pain Neuroscience Education. Raina loves spending time with her family, is a long-time yogi, an avid runner, and recently began recreational adult gymnastics classes. She is (slowly) working toward resuming triathlons after a break following the birth of her daughters. She loves getting to know her patients and is happy to answer any questions you may have!
Raina accepts online booking and direct billing available
Raina also offers free phone meet & greets!
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Osteopathic Manual Therapist
Colby Fox
Colby has lived most of her life in the Calgary and Okotoks area, where she enjoys reading, running with her dog, and spending time at the park with her kids. Colby feels deeply grateful to have found a career that aligns so naturally with her passion for helping others. Her work in Osteopathy feels less like a job and more like a calling—an opportunity to support the body’s innate ability to heal and find balance. She approaches each session with curiosity and an open mind, listening closely to the body’s cues to create thoughtful, effective treatments. Colby’s goal is not only to reduce pain and dysfunction but also to help each client’s body adapt and regulate with greater ease and resilience. After completing her Bachelor of Kinesiology in 2014, Colby earned an advanced certificate in Athletic Therapy, working with athletes in both clinical and field settings. This experience became the foundation for her osteopathic journey, which she deepened through a five-year program at the Canadian College of Osteopathy, completed in 2021. She continues to expand her skills through advanced training, always guided by curiosity and respect for the body’s natural wisdom.
What Is Osteopathy?
Osteopathic Manual Therapists identify and assess the body using osteopathic palpation, a very sensitive touch that assesses the body's structures and rhythms. The treatment is performed using the hands to treat imbalances within a patient’s muscles, organs, bones, joints, ligaments, or connective tissue. The goal is to restore proper structure and function and promote healing from within. This hands-on therapy uses different techniques such as soft tissue manipulation to improve circulation and repair improper biomechanics. Osteopathic Manual Therapy is taking anatomical knowledge and the science of how the body functions and turning it in an art form. Even two people dealing with the same symptoms will have a different way in how their body got to that point and will compensate differently. The therapist needs to assess and discern the best approach for that person on that day. Using their extensive knowledge base, the therapist will use their palpatory skills and a variety of tools such as craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, myofascial release or joint mobilization to name a few in order to direct the body towards a better state of health.
Homeopath
Erin Richer
Erin is a mom, wife, and dedicated Homeopath whose journey with homeopathy began four years ago when her young child became seriously ill. At just three years old, her son was diagnosed with PANS, Lyme disease with co-infections, and severe ASD. After years of pursuing allopathic treatments, out-of-country interventions, and diet changes, Erin was introduced to homeopathy—and everything shifted. The sustained improvements in her son’s health not only gave her family their lives back but also inspired Erin to dedicate herself to learning this powerful medicine to support other families. She went on to graduate from the Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine in Toronto, Canada, and now works with families both locally and internationally.
What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is a system of medicine over 230 years old, still used the same today. It uses the principle "like cures like". Whereas, what the medicine can create in a healthy person it can cure in the sick. As a Homeopath I see your symptoms as the body's way to try and correct the imbalance, or "dis-ease" within and use these symptoms to find the medicine that matches your unique expression of such disease. Homeopathic medicines stimulate your bodies own immune system to return to balance.
What can Homeopathy treat?
Not only can Homeopathy help with complex children but it is very useful for women’s health, pregnancy, acute colds and flu, mental health disorders and more.
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Reiki Practitioner
Alyssa Goldstone
Alyssa is the founder of InnerBliss Reiki Services, where her goal is to help you Relax. Realign. Reshine. When you come in for your appointment, we will begin by discussing any questions you may have. Together, we’ll talk about any areas of pain, discomfort, or specific parts of the body you’d like me to focus on. You will then be invited to lie down fully clothed on a comfortable massage bed. The room is softly lit, with relaxing music playing to create a calming, stress-free atmosphere. Once you are settled, I will begin performing Reiki—placing my hands lightly on or just above your body to help encourage balance and relaxation. Each session is unique, and your experience may vary—some people feel warmth, tingling, or deep relaxation, while others may simply feel more peaceful and refreshed afterward. No matter what you experience, Reiki is always working for your highest benefit.
What is Reiki?
Reiki is a holistic healing practice that works with the body’s natural energy system to promote balance, relaxation, and overall well-being. The word “Reiki” comes from Japanese, meaning “universal life energy.” It is a gentle, non-invasive therapy that supports the body, mind, and spirit.
The Energy Side
Reiki focuses on the flow of life force energy that runs through all living beings. When this energy is unbalanced, it can manifest as stress, tension, or discomfort. Reiki helps balance your chakras, allowing energy to move freely and restoring harmony within the body.
The Spiritual Side
On a deeper level, Reiki encourages inner peace and connection. Many clients experience a sense of clarity, grounding, and heightened awareness during or after a session. While it is not tied to any religion, Reiki can complement spiritual growth and self-discovery, helping you feel more aligned and centered.
The Scientific Side
Research suggests Reiki can activate the body’s relaxation response, which reduces stress hormones, lowers blood pressure, and improves overall well-being. Studies have shown benefits in areas such as stress management, sleep quality, pain relief, and emotional balance. Reiki works alongside traditional healthcare, offering a safe and supportive approach to wellness.