Dr. Rachel Martin

Registered Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Director

Dr. Rachel Martin combines expertise with warmth and authenticity. She collaborates with each client to create a customized treatment strategy for meaningful change. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary, with specialties in both Clinical and Health Psychology.

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Rachel works with…

  • People aged 18 years and older

  • Individuals (one-on-one)

  • In-person sessions for clients in Calgary

  • Virtual sessions for clients in Alberta

Rachel has expertise with…

  • Depression and low mood

  • Anxiety: panic, phobias, worry, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety

  • OCD

  • Trauma, injury, PTSD

  • Chronic pain, fatigue, disability, health problems

  • BFRBs (trichotillomania, skin-picking, nail biting)

  • ADHD

  • Insomnia

  • Grief, loss, transition, upheaval

  • Workplace stress

  • Relationship problems

  • Low self-esteem

  • Existential issues

  • Personality issues (such as avoidance, perfectionism, emotional instability)

Rachel uses…

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Mindfulness

  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

  • Behavioural Activation

  • Cognitive Processing Theory (CPT)

  • Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)

  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

  • Existential Therapy

Rachel specializes in clinical psychology and health psychology

Clinical psychologists integrate the science of psychology into the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of complex human problems and mental health disorders.

Clinical psychologists work with clients to assess and address the spectrum of mental, emotional, behavioural, and situational factors involved in issues such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs), body dysmorphia, eating disorders, hoarding, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia or psychosis, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Clinical psychologists might also train future psychologists, teach in an academic setting, or perform research to develop new treatment methods.

Although both counselling and clinical psychologists practice treatment or therapy, counselling psychologists tend to focus on a client’s general well-being, whereas clinical psychologists often work with clients who are experiencing more severe or complex mental health problems.

Health psychologists use the science of psychology to promote health and help people cope with illness and disability.

Health psychologists work with clients to examine how biological, social, emotional, behavioural, and situational factors influence their health and illness. They promote healthy behaviour changes, facilitate health-related decisions, support adjustment to disability, and improve chronic illness coping strategies.

Health psychologists deal with health-related issues such as weight management, smoking cessation, stress management, and nutrition. They help people cope with conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), multiple sclerosis (MS), fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and chronic pain.