About Client
Keisha Arshad is a Registered Provisional Psychologist on the Calgary Reconnect Counselling Group (Kids Reconnect and Couples Reconnect) teams. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from Mount Royal University and a Master's degree in Counselling (MCouns) from the City University of Seattle – Alberta Campus. Her intellectual skills and dedication have been recognized with a City University of Seattle Scholarship (2020/2021/2023), the Dean’s Honor Roll at City University of Seattle – Alberta Campus (2020-2023), the Dean’s Honor at Mount Royal University (2014-2019), an Outstanding Sociology Student (2018-2019) award, and an Alexander Rutherford High School Achievement Scholarship.
Through her thesis research project and her experience working with nursing and medical students, Keisha has developed a deeper understanding and passion for working with professionals experiencing compassion fatigue and occupational burnout. Compassion fatigue can affect a wide range of professions and caregivers. It tends to be common among professionals who regularly work in a helping capacity.
She has honed her mental health experience in the non-profit and volunteer sectors, working with children, parents, and families in crisis intervention, developmental disabilities, interpersonal skills, counselling psychology, and mental health counselling fields. Concurrently, she complemented her non-profit experience with private clinic experience, working as a Practicum Student on our team in 2023. To date, some of her proudest professional accomplishments have been supporting Calgarians experiencing domestic violence and family conflict to heal and thrive, and helping children to grow their emotional and relational skills in a child-led group setting.
As a Registered Provisional Psychologist, Keisha uses integrative play and expressive arts in her therapy work with children at Kids Reconnect and has an interest in Strengths-Based, Trauma-Informed, Client-Centred, Attachment-Based, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Family Systems therapy approaches. Under the guidance of Dr. Terry Kottman of the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists, Keisha has completed the Beginning Adlerian Play Therapy continuing education training.
Adept at navigating multicultural and linguistic nuances, Keisha grew up in Canada and is also professionally fluent in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi. She has developed an in-depth understanding of the dimensions of diversity in relation to gender, race, social class, and age, as well as ways that macro and micro social institutions, structures, and processes influence social behaviour. Understanding each other better leads to closer connections and stronger, more peaceful communities. That’s why Keisha loves to share and grow her diversity, equity, and inclusion insights. She is a skilled facilitator of cultural diversity and multicultural issues workshops.
Keisha is back on the team as a Registered Provisional Psychologist after completing her practicum at Calgary Reconnect Counselling Group (Kids Reconnect and Couples Reconnect), where she was immersed in a variety of projects, including co-facilitating the Feelings & Friends Group for Kids.
in her new role as a Registered Provisional Psychologist, Keisha is excited to continue helping Calgary kids explore and grow the immense potential of their Superpower strengths at Kids Reconnect and to help Calgary couples grow in closeness and connection in their relationship at Couples Reconnect.
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