Address
Unit 48 – 419 3 ST SE, Medicine Hat, T1A 0G9
Clinic Hours:
9:00am – 5:00pm (Mon-Fri)
Clinic Number
(403) 952-7653
Unit 48 – 419 3 ST SE, Medicine Hat, T1A 0G9
9:00am – 5:00pm (Mon-Fri)
(403) 952-7653
MindScape Psychology is a private practice of regulated health professionals (psychologists and master’s level social workers) providing therapy and assessment in southern Alberta.
MindScape Psychology offers effective, compassionate, and evidence-based counselling and assessment services. We serve teens, adults and couples. We specialize in trauma treatment and have contracts with multiple government service options, including Veterans Affairs and Family Supports for Children with Disabilities. In order to live full and meaningful lives, people need to experience wellness in all areas of their life. MindScape offers mental health therapy with a Registered Psychologist and incorporates elements of mental, physical, social, and spiritual health. We want to help our clients discover the healthiest version of themselves possible. After-hours and weekend treatment is available. Direct billing offered for most insurance companies. Call today to start your journey to wellness.
A group of authentic and genuine professionals working together to improve the mental health of our community.
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT ONLY. Clinical therapy practice is at capacity.
My journey in the helping field began as a Mobile Addictions Outreach Worker where I supported homeless youth in connecting them to resources and advocating for their needs in a variety of settings. During my undergrad, I was able to work as an intake and group facilitator at the center for sexual assault and response committee. Shortly after, I practiced as a neurofeedback technician and a counsellor in a private practice setting. Presently, I am focused on clinical counselling as a Canadian Certified Counsellor supporting teens and adults. Based on my clients’ unique needs, I draw from a variety of approaches but foundationally practice from a person-centered and relational lens. What does this mean? This means that I believe one of the most healing parts of therapy is the therapeutic relationship. Being able to show up as our authentic ourselves without fear of judgement is where growth and healing take place. As such, I strive to be warm, transparent, and ‘human’ in conjunction to my clinical skills. Outside of work, I’m most often found walking my dog, rock climbing, reading, and simply being outside.
Monique MacDonald is an experienced Social Worker with more than 20 years of experience. Clients often describe her as warm, genuine, and deeply grounded — someone who brings both professional expertise and real-life understanding into the therapy room. Monique’s approach to therapy is compassionate, collaborative, and tailored to each client’s unique experiences and strengths. She strives to create a space where clients feel safe, understood, and supported as they work toward meaningful change and healing. Her work with adults and couples is informed by Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused approaches. She also has training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which she integrates thoughtfully based on each client’s needs and goals. In her work with couples and families, she incorporates an emotion-focused lens to strengthen communication, foster understanding, and support deeper connection. Monique’s professional background includes experience in schools, hospitals, outreach programs, restorative justice, and clinical practice, giving her a broad understanding of the diverse challenges individuals and families may encounter. She brings this breadth of experience into her work at MindScape Psychology, where she provides therapy grounded in empathy, practicality, and respect for client autonomy. ***Monique is currently accepting new adults, and couples clients into her practice.****
A friend once told me that my “anti-adjective,” a word that is the opposite of who I am, would be “prickly.” A few words that come to my mind when I think about my counselling style are warm, curious, and collaborative. I have a keen interest in scientific research, and I strive to use research evidence to make me a more effective counsellor. I am a white, heterosexual, cis-gendered woman in my mid-30s, with no religious affiliation. Towards the end of my Bachelors degree (Neuroscience from the University of Lethbridge), I started seeing a counsellor for the first time and I learned to relate to my thoughts and emotions in a completely new way. I decided that there could not be a more meaningful career for me than helping others do the same. I completed a Masters in School and Counselling Psychology from the University of Saskatchewan and became a Registered Psychologist in 2021. I primarily use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, when counselling. The World Health Organization recommends CBT as a first-line approach for treating anxiety and depression. I am also pursuing certification in Cognitive Processing Therapy, or CPT, which is a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. I see older teens and adults, on a 1:1 basis.
I have lived in Medicine Hat off and on for the past 20+ years and I love the sunny, warm summers here and the sense of community. I started as a counsellor in 2014 and focused on working with adults, teens, and children who have experienced trauma. I also work with issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship issues, and abuse. For therapy to be effective, I believe that I need to listen deeply and work collaboratively. I value creating an empathic and supportive environment. I also believe that re-connecting with our selves- as opposed to living life in survival mode, or based on the personality we developed to survive difficult or traumatic experiences- is important for living well. Where traumatic experiences can cause us to feel unsafe in the world and that it is not okay to be ourselves, safe environments and people can allow us to develop and explore, have space to grieve losses, heal emotionally, and ultimately re-connect with ourselves and live our lives with greater meaning and intentionality. In my work, I use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), mindfulness, somatic, and attachment-based approaches. When working with children and anyone else who is interested, I incorporate sand tray and other expressive forms of therapy such as art and play therapy. A few things that I enjoy doing when I’m not in the office are being in nature, reading cozy mysteries, cooking, gardening, and crocheting.