Dr. Seraphim Mork has completed her doctoral studies from the Central Michigan University and her postdoctoral residency at the Moore Autism Centre. She has over 13 years of experience in serving individuals and families in schools, hospitals, community clinics and private practice settings. She has expertise in working with infants, children and youth as well as adults.

She provides psychological and neuropsychological assessments addressing areas such as ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, PTSD, personality disorders, learning disorders, brain injury etc.

Change and growth occurs constantly throughout our life span. Consequently, I work with clients to recognize positive changes, build resilience, and explore their inner strength. I strive to provide clients with a trusting, caring, understanding and supportive environment, which allow clients to explore their healing journey.

I am a Registered Psychologist who is passionate about the work I do. I was born in Jamaica and migrated to Lethbridge, Alberta for university. I completed my bachelor’s degree from University of Lethbridge and my master’s degree from Gonzaga University. I use various therapeutic modalities to support the work I do with clients such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Gottman Couples Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy.

I believe strongly in the importance of fit between a counsellor and client. As such, I provide free 15 mins consultation to discuss need and explore fit. I will work closely with you, ensuring you feel heard and help you to explore your full potential to achieve well being.

I grew up in a community of midwives, storytellers, healers, and entrepreneurs. My pillars were strong black women who went out every day to face challenges and barriers and would come home to show me that they were unbroken. My community was built on resiliency and strength. When it came to mental health issues and finding a therapist, that was a luxury we could not afford or invest in. Mental health was dealt with at the pastor’s office with encouragement to pray and seek support within your community. My community lived up to the societal and generational constructs of “work harder”, “just pray about it” and “keep your head down and be grateful” because that is how we survived. A black psychologist was unheard of.

In college, I decided that I wanted to do psychology. With trepidation, I told my family and to my surprise, they were supportive of my choice. I completed my bachelor’s degree at Southern Adventist University, in Collegedale, Tennessee, and my graduate degree with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy at Loma Linda University Canadian Campus in Lacombe, Alberta. The biggest lesson I learned along the way, was that “just talking” wasn’t helpful and that the most valuable component of therapy is holding space for a client.

I’m eclectic in my therapy modalities and tend to prefer using somatic techniques such as somatic experiencing and Hakomi as well as Emotion Focus Therapy.

At Scarlett Psychological, my job is to provide a safe space for healing and transformation. My clients’ stories are important, their words, thoughts, and feelings deserve to be validated and explored for them to have a transformative experience.

Michelle is a registered psychologist, dramatherapist, certified Canadian counsellor, and educator in Alberta and Ontario with over 26 years’ experience providing mental health services for youth, adults, and families. In addition to teaching and training diverse populations, Michelle has provided assessment and intervention services for institutions, school boards, community mental health agencies, and in private practice.

Working with individuals, groups, families, and couples, Michelle finds that people are spiritual, social, emotional, intellectual, and physical beings, each on a journey to find balance in all areas. Michelle primarily uses embodied methods rooted in psychotherapeutic practices to treat a variety of issues including self-esteem, bullying, trauma and abuse, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, family conflict, co-parenting, and grief and loss.

Michelle also uses the expressive arts therapies to encourage clients of all ages to identify their values, goals, and skills, meanwhile tapping into their creative gifts for healing. Michelle further shares her passion for hearing people’s stories by using theatre to inspire conflict transformation, community building, environmental awareness, and creative solutions to social justice issues.

In her spare time, Michelle enjoys singing, going to the theatre, reading a good suspense novel, and dancing in the rain. But most of all, she loves helping people on their journey to transform their lives and heal their minds, bodies, hearts, and souls. She is a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend. Michelle was born in England, raised in Canada, and is of Jamaican heritage.

Licensing Body: College of Psychologists of Alberta; College of Ontario Psychologists

Education: Master of Counselling (Gonzaga University, 2001); Doctorate of Education (The University of Alberta, expected 2024)

Professional Associations:

Psychologists’ Association of Alberta
The Canadian Register of Health Service Psychologists

Mercy has worked extensively with people from diverse age groups, backgrounds, and mental health issues. She has also worked within the area of child and adolescent services in the Edmonton School System through Alberta Health Services. Mercy’s rich education in family and couples’systems allows her to provide effective guidance to those struggling with relationship issues. Through her private work, Mercy is proficient in helping clients deal with work related stress/workplace challenges, and job losses.

Mercy has extensive training and experience working with people struggling with a variety of disorders including: Trauma, Adjustment Disorders, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Anxiety, Cognitive Disorders, Depression, Addiction problems, and more. Mercy counsels with a variety of therapeutic approaches including EMDR, Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Family Systems therapies.

Mercy has a personal faith background that enables her to provide faith-based counselling to clients who want to incorporate their faith/spirituality into treatment. She is a dedicated therapist who effectively works with clients to guide them through a variety of situations. Mercy’s counsel equips clients to use their strengths to accomplish the goals they set.