OUR TEAM

Megan Godbeer

Registered Psychologist & Play Therapy Practitioner

Megan is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists and a Play Therapy Provider. She believes in providing a safe environment for individuals to work through their emotions at a comfortable pace. Megan is able to provide this as she works from a person-centred approach, she strives to help and provide her clients with effective strategies to help maintain and attain a happy, meaningful life. 

Megan has several areas of interest and experience, including grief and loss, trauma, play therapy, depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. She has worked with a variety of age groups, including young children, teens, adults, and couples. Before Ridgeline Therapy, Megan worked in a private practice, clinical setting, schools and in a community-based center.

Megan uses many modalities to help clients. She integrates aspects of Synergetic Therapy (SPT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), for couples Megan is trained in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman.

Tania Johnson

Registered Psychologist & Play Therapy Practitioner

Tania is a Registered Psychologist, a Play Therapy Practitioner and the Co-founder of the Institute of Child Psychology.

She completed her undergraduate studies in South-Africa before engaging in a one year, full time internship in Chicago at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. During this internship year, she worked with oncology patients and their families. She focused primarily on supporting those who were in the Stem Cell Unit.

In 2012, she received her Masters of Counselling from City University of Seattle. During her Master's degree and in the years following, Tania and her husband lived with and cared for a sibling group of four. Tania’s clinical work has forever been changed by the four children- with the importance of relationship, consistency, and honouring resiliency being central to everything that she does.

Since completing her degree, Tania has worked in a private practice setting with a range of clients. She has a specialization in play therapy and parent coaching, but works with clients across the life-span. She works primarily from an attachment based perspective. This means that she works with clients to explore how early relationships impact how we come to understand our self, other people, and the world. Tania’s approach is depth focused, while maintaining a strong emphasis on healing strategies.

Tania presents workshops on children’s mental health both nationally and internationally, co-hosts “The Childpsych Podcast”, and works in a supervisory capacity with masters level students and provisional psychologists.

Kelsey Simmonds

Registered Provisional Psychologist

Kelsey is a Registered Provisional Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists.

Kelsey strives to create a safe, trusting, inclusive and fun environment for her clients through a person-centered approach. She believes that individuals possess a great deal of resiliency and hopes to support her clients through exploring their challenges and building on the unique strengths and resources they already have. Working through difficult emotions and experiences can be a scary feet to do on one’s own. Kelsey hopes to be a trusting and helpful voice to walk along this journey with you, provide new perspectives and skills, and together work towards growth and a fulfilling life for each client. Everyone moves at their own pace and Kelsey is ready to meet you where you are at.

Kelsey has experience working with adolescents and adults who have endured trauma and incorporates a trauma-informed approach, allowing her to compassionately acknowledge how our past experiences often influence our thoughts, actions and relationships. In addition to trauma work, Kelsey has worked with family violence and in school-based settings. Kelsey is also interested in working with adolescents and adults with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship concerns and life transitions. Kelsey utilizes various therapeutic modalities, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Kelsey is excited to meet clients from all walks of life and feels honoured to have the privilege of being a part of your story. 

Sarah Squires

Registered Provisional Psychologist

Sarah is a Provisional Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, recently received her Master of Counselling degree from City University of Seattle and hopes to soon become a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist. Sarah has always been fascinated by people and truly believes that each person already has everything they need to live the life they envision. As a therapist, she hopes to simply walk beside her clients with compassion and awe as they rediscover the answers within themselves. Sarah's goal is to help all clients trust their experiences and feel their emotions while improving their ability to be in safe, affirming relationships with themselves and others. 

From an attachment-based perspective, Sarah uses trauma-informed, evidence-based practices including but not limited to Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Mindfulness Interventions. Sarah’s areas of interest included working with young children, adults, and couples on relationship/marital issues, anxiety, grief, and woman’s issues while also working with family conflict, peer relationships, mood issues, stress, emotional regulation and coping skills. 

Prior to Ridgeline, Sarah has experience working with children/adolescents, couples and adults in private practice, community mental health crisis supports, as well as in schools providing mental health programming for all ages. In her free time, Sarah especially enjoys spending time with her friends and family, her partner, and their dog. She also loves food, music, hiking, and snowboarding.

Sarah looks forward to having the privilege of hearing her client’s life stories, empathize with their experience, and hopefully make them laugh along the way.

Meagan Crawford

Canadian Certified Counsellor

Meagan is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) with specific training in Marriage and Family Therapy. She has experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She has worked with clients through a range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, stress, spirituality, trauma, relationships, parenting, and family conflict. Meagan strives to create a safe place for each client to be seen, heard, and understood. She supports clients with collaboration and compassion while they explore, heal, and work towards positive changes. 

Meagan utilizes a variety of evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic interventions including Systems Theory, Attachment Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Solution Focused Therapy.

Annelise Bazin

Registered Provisional Psychologist

Annelise is a Registered Provisional Psychologist. Her area of interest is in working with individuals and couples facing reproductive challenges and navigating the perinatal period. She also enjoys working with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing life transitions. 

Annelise holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Alberta.

Her focus is on maternal and reproductive mental health, recognizing that the path to parenthood and the perinatal phase can be both isolating and challenging. Annelise strives to provide a supportive environment where these important topics can be openly discussed. She has a particular interest in perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. Supporting parents who have experienced loss through miscarriage, infant loss, and beyond is an area that she is honoured to work in.

Annelise utilizes a person-centered therapeutic approach, incorporating techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and narrative therapy. For couples, she uses the Gottman method and emotion-focused therapy.

In addition to her therapeutic work, Annelise offers a holistic perspective shaped by eight years of experience teaching yoga to various age groups. This background reinforces her belief in the mind-body connection, which she incorporates into her therapeutic practice.

Her primary goal is to create a safe and compassionate space for clients to explore their emotions, develop effective coping strategies, and achieve personal growth. Annelise looks forward to supporting clients on their journey towards well-being.

Lexi Baretta

 Registered Provisional Psychologist

Lexi is a Registered Provisional Psychologist, dedicated to creating a nurturing and inclusive atmosphere for her clients. She employs a client-centered approach to help individuals uncover and utilize their personal strengths as they work through their challenges. Lexi's aim is to offer a blend of empathy and practical tools to support clients on their path to emotional well-being and growth.

With a focus on trauma-informed care, Lexi brings experience in working with both adolescents and adults who have faced significant trauma. She understands the profound effects of past experiences on current mental health and provides tailored support for a range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, and life changes. Her therapeutic repertoire includes techniques such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Lexi is enthusiastic about working with clients from various backgrounds and is honored to assist them in their personal journey towards healing and self-improvement.

Paige Werry

Receptionist/Admin Assistant 

Paige is proud to be a warm welcome and a friendly face awaiting you at the front desk or behind the phone. With a caring demeanour and a commitment to your well-being, she is the first point of contact on your journey to healing and self-discovery. 

She believes in the power of mental health and emotional well-being, which is why she chose to be a part of our compassionate team. From the moment you walk through the doors or reach out to us, you can trust Paige is here to make your experience with us as smooth as possible.