Our Team
Brenna Thiessen (She/Her/Hers)
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BPN | RPN
Virtual & Telehealth sessions available
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I grew up in the Lower Mainland of B.C. where I completed my Bachelors of Psychiatric Nursing Degree at Kwantlen University in 2018. In 2019, I moved to Calgary where I worked as a nurse on various mental health inpatient units, then decided to make a change and began working on the Crisis Stabilization Unit, before transitioning to working as a group nurse and then finally working with individuals who have treatment resistant depression in an outpatient facility.
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If I am not working you can find me running with friends, travelling the world, reading, trying new cafes, and meditating.
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My clinical and lived experience has allowed me to work with various individuals struggling with mental health issues. I have worked with individuals who have personality disorders, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, addiction, bipolar disorder etc. The modalities I primarily use are Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy although this list is not limited and I want to work with you and what you need. My primary areas of focus are anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and addiction.
Kellyanne Whittington (She/Her/Hers)
BScPN | MACP | RPN | CCC | RCC
Virtual Telehealth & In person Calgary sessions available
Born and raised in beautiful British Columbia, surrounded by water and wildlife, I am now located in central Calgary, enjoying the mountains, beautiful fiery orange and red sunsets and the somewhat well-designed international airport that takes me quickly to a much hotter and tropical destination.
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I am a self-proclaimed horrible yogi that enjoys mindfully falling out of my poses, I can usually be found hidden behind a twice-read mystery book, or binge-watching a real housewives series (my guilty pleasure).
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Prior to obtaining my Masters in Counselling Psychology and my Canadian Certified Counsellor designation and Registered Clinical Counsellor, I completed my degree in Psychiatric Nursing at Douglas College. I have worked as a Psychiatric Nurse on several adolescent units as well as adult crisis stabilization mental health and addiction units. I have had the opportunity to teach in multiple health sciences programs, teaching Health Policy in Psychiatric Nursing, Pharmacology, Loss and Grief, Counselling Interventions in a Counselling Therapist Diploma Program and Communications in Health Care for Postgraduate Diploma in Canadian Nursing for foreign-trained nurses.
Chantell McKay (She/Her/Hers)
BScPN | RPN | MPN
Virtual & Telehealth sessions coming soon
Born and raised in British Columbia, moving closer and closer to the ocean as I age, I am currently located on the unceded and traditional lands of both the shíshálh Nation and the Skwxwu7mesh uxwumixw, presently known as the Sunshine Coast.
I joke I must have an internal magnet as my love for polar regions has me travelling to these snow and ice covered lands as much as possible. I have been as far north as Resolute Bay, NU and as far south as the Antarctic Peninsula. When home in BC I find myself trying to get access to snow as much as possible.
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I have been a Registered Psychiatric Nurse since April 2011, graduating from Douglas College. Over this time I have spent time doing outreach on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, worked with youth and adults with concurrent disorders and travelled to various communities in Nunavut as a Community Mental Health Nurse. I have my Masters of Psychiatric Nursing via Brandon University. In addition, I am a nursing instructor for future psychiatric nurses and am a membership committee member for both the Canadian Federation for Mental Health Nurses and the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (international region).
