Counselling to help you find hope & direction for lasting change.

Hi there,

I’m Dana Owen, M.A., CPC., Registered Counselling Therapist.

I am a counsellor, homeschool teacher, wife, and mother. I have been living and practicing counselling in the Calgary and Cochrane area since 2002. I provide an integrated counselling approach which includes attachment theory, cognitive behavioural therapy and narrative therapy. 

I have extensive experience working with children and families in the Calgary and Rockyview School Districts providing individual and family counselling and family school liaising. I have taught counselling at the undergraduate level at post secondary institutions in Alberta. I offer workshops on strengthening the parent/child relationship. 

I follow the Neufeld attachment-based developmental approach, Narrative Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I am certified in the Gottman approach to couples therapy and Taylor Johnson Temperament Analysis. In addition, I am a Professional Equine Facilitated Wellness Certification Candidate (dual certification as a Learning Professional and Mental Health Professional).

Focus areas include anxiety, depression, loss, parenting, pre-marriage and marriage counselling.

Vision

CARE

I am committed to helping you work through life’s difficult challenges so that you can remain caring towards yourself and others. For children and adolescents, keeping their hearts soft will assist them in exploring emotions well and being flexible to change.

CHANGE

Counselling is really all about change. The goals you seek to reach are worked on together in sessions so you can successfully create the changes you need. I will tailor the use of therapeutic models in order to make that change accessible to you.

COURAGE

I believe that you are stronger than you might think you are. The process of therapy is meant to help you find courage to face your situation and all its challenges. I endeavour to help you be brave when you need to be and help you find the reward in that experience.

Membership

ACTA - Association of Counselling Therapy of Alberta, Registered Counselling Therapist #2049

PACCP - Professional Association of Christian Counsellors and Psychotherapists, Certified Professional Counsellor #223AB03

Pro-EFW - Professional Equine Facilitated Wellness, Certification Candidate

Education

Master of Arts Counselling - Providence Theological Seminary - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Bachelor of Arts - Providence College - Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada

Certificate in Early Childhood Education - Level One - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Virtual sessions may be provided when obstacles such as traffic, weather, or time off work don’t allow you to be in-person.

 
 

Location

You can find the counselling office just inside the main doors of the administration building at the Canadian Baptist Theological Seminary and College.

200 Seminary View, Cochrane, AB.

 

The exit onto RR43 from Hwy 22 is permanently closed. Here are alternate routes to get to the office:

  1. At the junction of Hwy 22 and Hwy 1A proceed West on 1A, turn right on Horse Creek Road, turn right on Township Road 262, turn right on RR43, turn left into Seminary.

  2. At the junction of Hwy 22 and Hwy 1A proceed North on 22, turn left on Cochrane Lake Road, turn left on RR43, turn left into Seminary.