Okotoks Mental Health Counselling
At our Okotoks location, Jolene Siemens, R. Psych., provides mental health counselling for adults, seniors and couples. Whether you’re working through stress, relationship challenges, grief or emotional overwhelm, you’ll find space here to reconnect, restore balance and move toward healing.
Less couch. More path. Therapy that moves with you in Okotoks: out on the trails, in the office or online.
You’ve been the steady one for a long time.
You’re caring, capable and the person others lean on. But maybe a season of life has felt heavier than it looks from the outside, or you’re ready to feel more like yourself again.
Whatever brings you here, we’ll meet you where you are, with therapy that helps you feel grounded, understood and ready to move forward.
We Know How it Feels…
To be the one everyone else leans on.
To feel worn down by a season of life that’s heavier than anyone sees.
To wonder where to begin, and whether talking across a room is really your thing.
Therapy That Goes Beyond Talk
We offer trauma-informed therapy that’s grounded in connection, collaboration, and compassion. In Okotoks, we will meet you at our office, outdoors, or online, with evidence-based care that helps you heal what’s underneath.
Trauma-Informed, EMDR-Focused
Jolene is an American trained Certified EMDR therapist, supported by advanced EMDR consultation within our team. EMDR can help you process difficult experiences at the root, offering lasting relief, not just coping tools.
Choose the office, online or the trail. Many clients mix formats depending on the week. Many find that movement and fresh air help reduce anxiety, support emotional regulation, and make it easier to open up.
Support for Life’s Transitions
Grief, parenting transitions, postpartum changes, burnout, anxiety and shifts in identity. Wherever you are in your journey, we hold space for what’s unfolding.
Warm, Relational Care
Healing happens in relationships, and we build trust through attunement, humour and steady presence. You won’t be rushed or pushed. We move at your pace.
Meet Our Registered Psychologist in Okotoks:
Jolene Siemens
Jolene is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, fully registered since 2019. Before becoming a psychologist, she spent more than 25 years supporting children and families as a teacher, behaviour strategist and learning support teacher. She holds a Master of Counselling and describes her approach as steady, down-to-earth and relational. She sees herself as a fellow traveller, not an observer.
She draws on EMDR, Emotion-Focused Therapy (externship trained), the Gottman Method (Level 1 trained), CBT, solution-focused therapy and mindfulness-based practices. As a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler’s training, she brings specialized support for grief and loss.
Jolene works with adults, seniors and couples.
Walk and Talk Therapy in Okotoks
Some of the most honest conversations happen side by side, not across a room. In Okotoks, walk and talk therapy lets your body do what it’s wired to do, which is move, while your mind gets room to loosen up and make sense of what you’re carrying.
Okotoks sits on the Sheep River with pathways and green space close to town, which makes it a natural place to take therapy outdoors.
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Sessions are 50 minutes and start with a check-in and a clear focus for the day.
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We usually leave from our office at The Elk House and head out on the pathways.
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The pace stays conversational. No one is gasping for air or racing a thought.
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If the weather has opinions, we can shorten the walk, meet in the office or move online.
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Before your first outdoor session, we talk through outdoor consent, including privacy and what to do if you run into someone you know.
Think more clearly on your feet
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Spend your workdays sitting
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Feel tense with face-to-face eye contact
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Want a gentler way into heavy conversations
It’s not a fitness plan. It’s simply therapy with fresh air and a bit of trail wisdom.
Mental Health Counselling Services in Okotoks
Adults:
Support for anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, burnout, parenting transitions, postpartum changes and attachment patterns. Sessions are available in the office, outdoors or online.
Couples:
Emotion-Focused and Gottman-informed approaches to help you and your partner feel heard, understood and more securely connected.
Older Adults:
Compassionate, trauma-informed support for change, grief, retirement and identity shifts in later life, in the office or online.
Gentle, practical support from a Certified Grief Educator.
Therapy Intensives:
Longer, focused sessions for those ready to go deeper in a concentrated format. Ask us what’s available.
Okotoks is a town, but the community around it is much bigger. Our Okotoks office is a short drive for people across Foothills County, including Diamond Valley (Black Diamond and Turner Valley), High River, DeWinton and Millarville. Online sessions are available if you’d rather stay home.
Connect In A Way That Feels Right
We offer a 15-minute call, email exchange, or direct booking, whichever feels best. This first step is about finding the right fit, with no pressure to continue if it doesn't feel aligned.
How It Works
To book your own appointment online at our Okotoks office, visit our online scheduler HERE.
To get started via an email exchange or 15-minute phone call with our Okotoks office, fill out our contact form HERE.
You can choose if you want your Okotoks sessions to be in the office, online, or outdoors.
In your first session, we’ll get to know who you are and what matters most to you. Together, we’ll co-create a plan that supports your goals, using tools and approaches that feel meaningful and effective.
Frequently Asked Questions