Juanita Burchby-Martin
Registered Psychologist
American Trained EMDR Therapist
Services provided to adults, children, and youth
Evenings and some Saturdays
In-person, in-office, outdoors, online and telehealth
Office: Airdrie, 117 1st Street NW in the Nauton House in Airdrie
You carry more than people see. Maybe your body holds tension your mind can't explain. Maybe the feelings come in waves you can't predict. Whether you're a young person trying to make sense of the world or an adult still untangling the effects of early experiences, you're looking for someone who goes deeper than talk: someone who meets you where your whole self actually lives.
My Story & Approach
Guided by curiosity, compassion, and creativity, I believe growth often blooms through authentic connection and hope. Every person is inherently valuable and uniquely shaped by lived experience. Experiences that influence identity, relationships, and resilience. My work centres on helping clients recognize their worth while nurturing mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.
I hold a Bachelor of Education (1996) from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (2020) from Providence University. I am a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP), registered since 2021, and bring approximately 30 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. Before transitioning to psychology, I spent over two decades as a learning support teacher and school counsellor, which gives me a deep understanding of how people learn, grow, and adapt at every stage of life.
My approach is collaborative, trauma-informed, and experiential. I draw from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), narrative therapy, attachment-focused strategies, play-based interventions, and somatic techniques that support nervous system regulation. Rather than focusing solely on insight, I emphasize lived, in-the-moment experiences that foster meaningful, lasting healing with room for warmth and humour when it lightens the load.
I provide both counselling and psychoeducational assessments for children, youth, and adults at OBP's Nauton House location in Airdrie, as well as outdoor walk-and-talk therapy sessions and secure online services throughout Alberta.
When I'm not in the therapy room, you'll most likely find me outdoors, hiking wooded trails, paddle boarding, kayaking, or cross-country skiing with my husband, our son, and our two energetic fur companions. And when nature takes a pause, I happily trade my hiking boots for a good book or my yoga mat, embracing a quieter rhythm (with considerably less mud).
