Leanne Stinn

Leanne is a Registered Provisional Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists and is a member in good standing with the Psychological Association of Alberta. She completed her Masters of Counselling degree from City University of Seattle. Leanne’s practice focuses on reconnecting people back to themselves, whether this is healing from trauma (PTSD, complex trauma, and dissociation, with specialization in sexual violence), recovering from burnout, navigating what’s next after a major life transition, or managing anxiety and depression. Working with adults, Leanne meets with individuals, couples, and partnerships.

Leanne’s approach is both relational and client-centered – i.e. she just really enjoys people, holding a deep curiousity for their perspectives and experiences, adjusting her approach to the needs of the person across from her. Inclusivity is therefore central to her work. Leanne strives to provide trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, queer affirming, health at every size (HAES), and neurodivergent-affirming care. She takes a systems lens, and believes that healing involves seeing people in context and strengthening their networks of support. Modalities she draws from are primarily feminist and narrative therapies, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), parts work (Structural Dissociation and Internal Family Systems (IFS)), somatic therapy (primarily Hakomi), solution-focused therapy (SFT), and dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT). These modalities are also incorporated into a Gottman and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) framework when she does couples and partner work.

Before moving to counselling, Leanne also spent over a decade working in construction and engineering. As a result, she brings a down-to-earth, practical, and open presence to the therapy room. Thinking outside of the box to find the best way to connect with someone, she will often doodle diagrams, co-create charts, and detail mind-maps to make the discussions feel tangible. She also believes that having a sense of humour is an important balance to her work. So, while there will be hard topics and hard conversations, there can also be sarcasm, space for dark memes, silly (or nerdy!) sidebars, and the odd punny dad joke. This balance also serves her well in her work at the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE), where she splits her time.

To unwind, Leanne enjoys getting active in all seasons with her partner; snowshoeing and indoor climbing in the winter, and hiking and canoeing in the summer. She also delights in crafting shenanigans, especially crochet, beading, and painting. Her projects are lovingly adored by her two cats, who seem to enjoy contributing their touches, whether it’s accidental paw prints or cat hair.