Our Team

Carly MacArthur, (she/her), MSW, RSW

I believe if we come from a place of curiosity and compassion, there is much we can discover to help you feel better. I understand the discomfort in taking this first step and use the skills I have gained through my own healing, education and professional experience to help ease this. Clients have described me as a gracious, flexible, caring and insightful therapist. I bring humour to my work (when appropriate) as our capacity to laugh can support our capacity to endure pain.

I rely on a strength-based, trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach as a social work-trained therapist. I graduated with a Masters of Social Work, Clinical Specialization from the University of Calgary in 2014, with an emphasis on remote and rural social work. Early in my social work education, I learned from Cree Elders, Indigenous Social Workers and healers. I honour the wisdom shared with me in carrying the lessons forward personally and professionally, in my commitment as a lifelong learner and in my duty to support care and repair.

I currently am not able to start working with new clients, but I am happy to meet for a free consultation to see if working together is a fit and I can add you to my waitlist. To help inform your decision to see if we can work together, my schedule is part-time with Beam Counselling, and I can meet on Monday or Tuesday afternoons and evenings.

Areas I Can Help You With

  • Anxiety, fears and worry
  • Body image issues
  • Communication and assertiveness
  • Depression
  • Emotion regulation
  • Grief and loss
  • Life transitions
  • Low self-esteem
  • Relationship issues
  • Sexual orientation/Gender identity
  • Stress and burnout
  • Trauma (including interpersonal abuse, sexual abuse/assault, complex trauma)

If your problem is not included in this list, I invite you to book a free, 20-minute consultation with me to see if I can help you with your concern.

Types of Therapy I Use

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Anti-oppressive
  • Attachment-based
  • Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Dialectical Behaviour (DBT)
  • Feminist
  • Mindfulness
  • Person-Centered
  • Somatic
  • Strength-Based
  • Trauma Informed

"Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

Contact Us

By e-mail - please use this form.

By phone - please call (587) 743-0756.

PLEASE NOTE:  We are currently not accepting new clients. If you have accessed support with Beam Counselling, but it's been a while, please reach out.

If you're new to Beam Counselling and would like to be added to our waitlist, please let us know. We will find time to offer a free consult as soon as possible to determine if our services are a good fit for your needs before adding you to our waitlist.