Compassionate, practical mental health support designed to fit your life.
Christina Bassett is the psychologist with Present Path Psychology. She provides compassionate virtual therapy services to adults across Alberta. Therapy can offer a supportive space to better understand life’s challenges, build new coping strategies, and move toward meaningful and lasting change. Whether you are experiencing stress, anxiety, burnout, sleep difficulties, low mood, trauma-related concerns, chronic pain, grief, or major life transitions, support is tailored to meet you where you are.
The approach at Present Path Psychology is collaborative, practical, and grounded in evidence-based care. Christina draws from behaviour and learning principles, while focusing on creating a supportive and non-judgmental space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered. Sessions are designed to fit into everyday life through secure virtual appointments, making support more accessible and flexible.
At its core, therapy is about helping individuals better understand themselves, navigate challenges with greater confidence, and move toward the life they want to build—without judgment and at a pace that feels manageable and meaningful.
Ways that Therapy can Help
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Life can sometimes feel overwhelming, leaving you emotionally exhausted, mentally drained, or disconnected from the things that matter most. Therapy can help you better understand the sources of stress, develop healthier coping strategies, set boundaries, and reconnect with balance and wellbeing.
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Anxiety can show up as constant worry, racing thoughts, panic, difficulty relaxing, or always feeling “on edge.” Therapy can help you better understand patterns of anxiety, learn practical tools to manage overwhelming thoughts and emotions, and build confidence in navigating uncertainty and daily stressors.
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Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking feeling unrested can have a significant impact on mood, focus, energy, and overall wellbeing. Therapy can support you in identifying factors contributing to sleep difficulties, adjust your sleep pressure, building healthier routines, managing stress, and improving sleep habits in a realistic and sustainable way.
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Major life changes, uncertainty, or periods of feeling “stuck” can bring up stress, self-doubt, grief, or a sense of disconnection. Therapy can provide space to process change, explore values and goals, and build clarity and confidence in moving forward.
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Living with chronic pain or ongoing health concerns can affect emotional wellbeing, relationships, sleep, work, and daily functioning. Therapy can help support coping, emotional adjustment, stress management, and finding ways to improve quality of life while navigating the challenges of chronic conditions.
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Past experiences, loss, or difficult life events can continue to impact emotions, relationships, self-esteem, and daily life long after they occur. Therapy offers a supportive and non-judgmental space to process these experiences, develop coping tools, and move toward healing at a pace that feels safe and manageable.
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Low mood can affect motivation, energy, concentration, relationships, and the ability to enjoy everyday life. You may feel emotionally exhausted, disconnected, hopeless, or unlike yourself. Therapy can provide support in understanding these experiences, building coping strategies, reconnecting with meaningful activities and relationships, and working toward improved emotional wellbeing over time.
Book a free Consultation
Click the link below to book a complimentary 20-minute consultation.
An important part of therapy is finding a provider who feels like the right fit for your needs and goals. This consultation is an opportunity to ask questions, discuss what you are looking for in therapy, and explore whether working together feels comfortable and supportive for you.
If you have additional questions before booking, please complete the contact form below and you will be contacted as soon as possible.