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From Transition to Transformation—You Don’t Have to Do It Alone.
Progress toward your goals
and flourish, even in the face
of challenges.
Thrive can help you address various aspects of your life. Seeking to equip you with the tools you need to thrive, not just survive, in all areas on your life.
Mental and emotional health: Managing stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.
Relationships: Improving communication,
managing conflict, and building healthy connections.Personal growth: Developing self-awareness, setting and achieving goals, and realizing your full potential.
Trauma: Dealing with experiences of abuse,
violence and methods to cope with traumatic events.
Providing virtual individual, couple, and family counselling across all of Alberta.
How Thrive can help
Counselling is a professional relationship between me, your therapist, and you. I support you in addressing personal, relational, emotional, or psychological issues. It's a process of exploring thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to improve mental health and well-being.
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Anxiety
Depression
Stress
Anger
Grief -
Family Dynamics
Marital Challenges
Parenting Difficulties
Interpersonal Conflict -
Death
Divorce
Injury or Illness
Marriage
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Loss
Birth
Postnatal Concerns
Relocation
Career Changes -
Experiences of Abuse
Violence
Traumatic Events
Acculturative Stress
Meet Karen
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Meet Karen *
Karen Pipe, MSW, RSW, brings over 25 years of clinical experience to individuals, couples, and families across Alberta who are ready to make meaningful, lasting change. Whether you're navigating a life transition, working through relationship struggles, or feeling stuck, Karen provides a safe and skilled space to move forward.
Her approach is professional, warm, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Clients who invest in therapy with Karen gain:
Improved communication and conflict resolution tools
Resolve marital and relationship conflicts
Parenting challenges
Life transitions and stress
Mental health and relief from emotional distress
Deeper connection in couples and family relationships
Support through separation, divorce, grief, and career changes
Karen specializes in couple and family therapy, offering convenient online sessions across Alberta to support busy professionals and families seeking flexible, high-quality care.
We provide a safe, warm, respectful, inclusive, culturally attuned, and trauma-informed practice for those seeking to improve their emotional and mental health, overall well-being and relationships.
Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment. Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment.
Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment. Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment.
Our Approach
At Thrive, we value the inherent dignity and worth of all and respect the diversity of our clients. We believe people have within them the internal resources they need to live more balanced, harmonious lives with greater connection.
Thrive Counselling provides affirming and inclusive services for LGBTQ2S+ individuals and our services are accessible and accommodating for individuals with disabilities. In addition, we practice from a place of cultural attunement.
“Thrive is dedicated to co-creating a therapeutic space that is welcoming and supports you in developing a personalized approach drawing on evidenced based therapies to empower you towards emotional well-being and personal growth.”
Karen Pipe, Thrive Counselling Ltd.
