Counselling That Starts With Hope

  • If an illness (yours or someone else's) has complicated your life...
  • If a series of setbacks or disappointments has left you drained of energy...
  • If you think you would act differently if only you saw more hope...
  • If you are still searching for a service or group which understands your needs...
  • If hope is something you would like to discuss with a professional counsellor...

Then you may be interested in learning about the services and programs offered by the counsellors at The Hope Foundation of Alberta.

What Do We Offer?

Confidential hope-focused counselling for individual adult clients. Community support allows us to provide counselling for people with low incomes.

What Is Hope-Focused Counselling?

  • A style of listening and asking questions which helps make hope visible and keep it in view
  • Counselling by professionally trained counselors with an added hope element
  • An approach that recognizes the efforts people have already made and looks for ideas they haven't yet tried
  • A set of strategies developed from the academic study of hope

Who Benefits from Hope-Focused Counselling?

  • Those who want to focus on hope because they have hope
  • Those who want to focus on hope because their hope is low
  • People who lack hope report low energy, a feeling of being alone, a sense that anything they do will be futile, and a hesitancy to try
  • People who have hope tell us that the intentional emphasis on hope helps centre them, to remind them that they have hope, and to focus their energy.

Who Are The Hope Foundation Counsellors?

Director of Counselling: Wendy Edey, M.Ed., R.Psych

Wendy Edey is a counselling psychologist who specializes in hope and humour. She studies the use of hope-focused language in a variety of settings and offers training to health and social service practitioners. She routinely works with hope in relation to depression, bipolar disorder, multiple sclerosis, cancer, chronic pain, care-giving, workplace issues, and grief.

Counselling Psychologist: Rachel Stege, M.Ed.,R.Psych.

Rachel Stege is a counsellor at the Hope Foundation, working with the intentional use of hope to assist clients in dealing with challenges such as depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and health concerns. She has also has an interest in working with clients who are dealing with issues of grief and loss. Working from a positive psychology perspective, Rachel believes that by accessing people’s resources and skills through strengths- and hope-focused discussion and strategies, counselling can help people work towards creating a more hopeful future.

Director of Research: Dr. Denise Larsen, R.Psych.


How To Get In Touch With Us

Call us: (780) 492-1222
Fax us: (780) 492-9813
Send e-mail to Wendy Edey at wendy.edey@ualberta.ca
Send e-mail to the Hope Foundation: hope@ualberta.ca
Visit us or write us:
The Hope Foundation of Alberta
11032 89 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 0Z6

Please call ahead for appointments. Ask us for a parking pass if you bring a car. Hope House is only a short walk from the U of A transit (bus and Light Rail Transit) station. Hope House is accessible for people with mobility challenges.

© 2005 The Hope Foundation of Alberta