Shauna L. Pupp
Shauna Pupp has offered clinical services in Calgary since 2009. During that time, she has developed expertise in adolescent mental health, couple’s treatment-ranging from martial therapy regarding issues of separation, divorce and family blending- clinical depression and anxiety, and the core concept of trauma. As a registered psychologist, her services are covered by psychology inclusive insurance policies.
Specific to this last area of practice, Ms. Pupp has attended to the needs of first responders, veterans and law enforcement personnel. One aspect of this treatment has been her expertise and certification in therapeutic human-horse interaction: Equine therapy. Undertaken at her office/equine center, patients suffering depression, anxiety or post-traumatic distress, as well as marital/relationship conflict, are offered a structured and empirically supported approach to resolution. She is certified in Equine Assisted Learning and is a clinical advisor/program facilitator for Wounded Warriors Canada.
Zane C. Webber
Mr. Webber received his license in 2001 and, after living overseas in Asia for 13 years, returned to Canada and became a co-owner of this practice in 2017. His training is in Marriage and Family Systems Therapy, providing therapy to individuals, adolescents and families. His areas of expertise include relationships, anxiety, anger and stress. Some of his most favorite work is premarital counselling work with couples. He has had a great deal of success working with kids and teens, along with their parents for many childhood issues. Zane lived abroad in Asia for 13 years, running a practice in Seoul, South Korea, and so has a unique insight into cross cultural issues.
Zane uses a meaning-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach as an underlying therapeutic foundation, Narrative Therapy and more. He is also the National Supervising Psychologist for Mensa Canada.
Zane's Alberta Registration number is #2651.
Associates
Artur Nizio
Mr. Nizio is a registered psychologist providing counselling and therapy to adolescents and adults. Mr. Nizio was trained in a psychodynamic approach to therapy but he recognizes that no single approach is right for everyone, so he incorporates in his work a range of other modalities including CBT, Solution-Focused, Humanistic and Existential therapies. From the beginning of his career Mr. Nizio’s passion has been therapy. Central to his professional interests is the opportunity to assist people who are in any kind of crisis or who simply want to re-evaluate their current life. Mr. Nizio works with clients struggling with depression, anxiety, stress and has experience, and a special interest, in areas of dependencies / addictions and grief/loss. He provides services to people from all faiths, races, orientations and ethnic groups in English as well services in his native Polish language.
Mr. Nizio's Alberta Registration number is #4373.
April MacDougall
April is a registered psychologist with over 15 years of experience in various roles working with individuals, children, youth and families in treatment programs and community services. Recognizing there are multiple pathways to wellness ,April works to understand peoples' unique circumstances and individual concerns to shift towards maximizing well-being.
April's areas of focus include stress, low mood, anger and more. She has extensive experience helping teens with significant concerns such as peer issues, stress, low mood, substance use, social anxiety and school performance.
April utilizes a variety of different therapies including Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with a relational focus to help people make sustainable changes.
April's Alberta Registration is #5736
Min Baek
Min is a registered psychologist with extensive clinical experience providing individual therapy as well as conducting comprehensive assessments. She has extensive understanding in providing differential diagnoses and in treating with evidence-based interventions. Min works with children and adult clients, employing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as an underlying therapeutic foundation along with Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Although she enjoys working with a wide variety of issues, her specialty areas of focus include anxiety/depressed mood disorders, OCD, stress, executive functioning deficits, autism and assessment.
She has worked with many families for emotional, behavioural, relational, executive functioning skills and school performance related challenges. She prioritizes involving parents heavily in the treatment journey of their child.
Min is a bilingual speaker and can provide services both in English and Korean language.
Ms. Baek’s Alberta registration is #6646.
Clint Baker
Clint is a Registered Psychologist providing assessment, couple’s therapy, and trauma informed therapy for individuals and families. Prior to private practice he provided treatment services in domestic violence and developed and implemented treatment prevention programs. He was asupervisor at the Calgary Distress Center and served as a Victims Services Advocate with the RCMP. With this experience Clint has expanded his area of specialization to the consultation and treatment services for trauma exposed professionals and their families.
Clint is trained in trauma informed therapy modalities, Gottman Couples Therapy and he supports clients work through a variety of relational challenges including blending families. communication, emotional connection, sex and intimacy, infidelity, division of labour, and conscious uncoupling. Another area of focus includes concerns of life stress, anxiety, depression, anger management, and ADHD symptom management.
Clint’s Alberta registration is #6324
Simon (Szymon) Apanowicz
Szymon has been a clinical psychologist and marriage therapist for over 40 years and provides professional service in fluent both English and Polish.
He has worked in 4 countries including Canada over the last 25 years. His areas of expertise include personal and family crisis, lifestyle modifications, stress management, anxiety and depression disorders.
He has been staying well informed of the latest research on the psychological, social, medical and biological basis of psychotherapy/counselling, which he practices with an emphasis on people’s capacity for positive change and functional well-being.
Szymon’s Alberta registration is #2702.
Marc Ross
Dr. Marc Ross is a Registered Psychologist who specializes in the areas of evolutionary psychology and integral studies, having worked extensively with biofeedback and hypnosis in his practice; he also has had valuable experience in research, teaching, and writing. He has worked with many adolescents, couples and families over the years, and is affectionately referred to as “Dr. Wheelz” by some teens. Given his personal experience with quadriplegia, he also helps people adapt to chronic pain, disability and physical injury.
Dr. Ross’s Alberta Registration Number is #4369 and he practices from a wheelchair accessible office space or by video.
Faculty
Jon Amundson
Dr. Amundson has been in practice for over 30 years and is the founder of Amundson and Associates. He has spent years in teaching, therapeutic, publication, and consultation roles. Dr. Amundson has worked with the courts providing expert opinion, provided assessment, and publications in high conflict divorce. In addition to his work in forensic psychology Dr. Amundson has been supporting members of the Calgary Police Service, First Responders, and Veterans for as long as he has been in practice. He has provided training for psychologists whowork with and desire to work with trauma exposed professionals. Dr. Amundson has providedpresentations and workshops across Canda and the United States and has developed several courses in psychology.
With numerous publications in the areas of psychology, hypnosis, forensics, and family law his current practice largely focuses on continued writing, and ongoing professional consultation and supervision to the legal, forensic, psychological, and trauma exposed professions.
Dr. Amundson’s Alberta Registration Number is #579.
Glenda Lux
Ms. Lux provides assessment services, individual, relationship, and family counselling. She specializes in assessments where intimate partner violence is alleged. She has trained with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Battered Women's Justice Project on assessing domestic violence in families.
Glenda provides and has given expert testimony regarding divorce and the best psychological interest of children in both Provincial Court and the Court of Queen’s Bench. She also works with the College of Alberta Psychologists, providing investigation and expert opinion reports with regard to whether a psychologist has met the standards of practice and has provided remedial training to psychologists.
Glenda provides consultation to our practice and the profession at her own practice (luxpsychology.ca) and provides support to co-parents (coparentingcollege.com). Her Alberta Registration Number is #2803.
Practice Manager
Michelle Hanson
Michelle oversees operations for our office and wrangles the Psychologists. She provides a human connection for clients calling in to the office and provides help in managing a smooth intake and booking process.
She’s also the personal assistant to Dr. Amundson.