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Arts and play based mental health and wellness therapy for children and adolescents who are facing challenges with life transitions, trauma, family difficulties, emotional regulation, anxiety or depression.

 

I help foster resiliency, positive identity formation, personal integrity and aid in regulating the nervous system.

 

I bring over two decades of arts-based learning experience and a deep understanding of research to my therapeutic workI am warm, compassionate and empathetic and create a safe and nurturing space.

Looking for art therapy and mental health counselling support for your child or teen?

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✅ Are you seeking creative therapy for a child or teen?
✅ Are you looking for support with emotional regulation and resilience?
✅ Are you wanting a warm, trauma-informed therapist?
✅ Are you hoping for arts- and play-based mental health support?

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I offer art therapy and play based mental health and counselling therapy for children and adolescents, supporting resiliency, positive identity formation, personal integrity, and nervous system regulation. My approach is warm, empathetic, and grounded in over 20 years of arts-based learning and research informed therapeutic practice.

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Sessions are available at my counselling clinic on the South side of Edmonton, or at my art therapy studio, on the North side of Edmonton.  Creativity, mess, and meaning-making are welcomed. Conveniently located near St. Albert, and accessible to families from Morinville, Sherwood Park, Beaumont, Leduc, and Stony Plain.

When words are hard to find, art can speak. Let’s support your child’s healing through creativity and care.

hello@nightingalepsychotherapy.ca

©2026 by Ania Telfer

Psychotherapy, counselling, and art therapy services for veterans, children, adolescents, couples, and adults in Edmonton, and online—offered by Ania Telfer, M.C., Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) specializing in trauma-informed, somatic and mindfulness-based therapy for anxiety, trauma, and personal growth. I offer art therapy counselling and psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families in Edmonton, Alberta, and nearby communities including St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Beaumont, Leduc, Stony Plain, and Morinville. My approach combines talk therapy, creative expression, and arts-based techniques to support your mental health, wellbeing, and personal growth.

Nightingale Psychotherapy gratefully acknowledges Treaty Six Territory and the Métis Nation of Alberta - the ancestral and traditional territory of the Cree, Métis, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux, and Nakota Sioux. I respectfully acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for generations and continue today. I am grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today, those who have gone before us and we acknowledge those yet to come.

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