Edmonton Counselling
Compassionate Counselling


For Individuals & Couples

Compassionate Counselling is a group of professional psychologists, and therapists who are here to listen, and help you make changes that enable you to be your best self. We are housed in a home-like office to help you feel comfortable and safe. Although life's challenges can feel overwhelming at times there is always a way through them!

780 482-1847
Dr Nancy Hurst Registered Psychologist

Dr. Nancy Hurst, Ph.D.
Registered Psychologist

My mission is to help people believe in themselves and create more fulfilling, balanced, and happier lives. I have over 25 years of experience helping people through difficult times.

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HOW COUNSELLING HELPS

Counselling involves helping you to clarify your needs, identify your values and focus on your strengths.

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Counselling can help you in the following ways:

  • Building self-confidence
  • Improving relationships
  • Managing stress
  • Grieving losses
  • Reducing anxiety and depression
  • Feeling able to face life's challenges
  • Developing positive thoughts
  • Developing harmony in your home
  • Becoming more self-aware
  • Letting go of the past
  • Achieving goals.

We will assist you in identifying obstacles to your success and happiness and encourage you to implement changes in your life. We will support you in creating a better life for yourself.

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MANAGING STRESS

Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, unable to sleep, nausea, agitated? Sometimes the way we deal with life challenges makes us feel worse

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CHILDREN THERAPY

Weather trough the heaviest years in your child’s life. Unresolved natural responses we all have to threats in the world can be physical, emotional and perceived

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RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING

A long-term happy relationship is something that most of us long for, but all too often we are at a loss as to how to create the relationship we want

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Live Your Best Life


Within each person lies resilient potentiality. We humans have an amazing ability to adapt, makes changes and grow while dealing with difficulties. Through mindful awareness people are able to identify alternative ways of viewing themselves and others, and intrinsic healthy self care emerges. The process of counselling facilities the development of new beliefs that create healthier neurological pathways in the brain. This enables people to disengage from old habits of thinking, and develop more positive ways of living.

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"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself." Coco Channel

* Compassionate Counselling was formerly A.G. Scott Barros and Associates

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