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From Transition to Transformation—You Don’t Have to Do It Alone.

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Progress toward your goals
and flourish, even in the face
of challenges.

Thrive can help you address various aspects of your life. Seeking to equip you with the tools you need to thrive, not just survive, in all areas on your life.

  • Mental and emotional health: Managing stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.

  • Relationships: Improving communication,
    managing conflict, and building healthy connections.

  • Personal growth: Developing self-awareness, setting and achieving goals, and realizing your full potential.

  • Trauma: Dealing with experiences of abuse,
    violence and methods to cope with traumatic events.

Providing virtual individual, couple, and family counselling across Alberta.

How Thrive can help

Counselling is a supportive and professional relationship between you and me, your therapist. It’s a space where we can talk openly about personal, emotional, or relationship challenges. Together, we’ll explore your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to help you feel better, grow, and improve your overall well-being.

  • Anxiety
    Depression
    Stress
    Anger
    Grief

  • Family Dynamics
    Marital Challenges
    Parenting Difficulties
    Interpersonal Conflict

  • Death
    Divorce
    Injury or Illness
    Marriage
    Pregnancy
    Pregnancy Loss
    Birth
    Postnatal Concerns
    Relocation
    Career Changes

  • Experiences of Abuse
    Violence
    Traumatic Events
    Acculturative Stress

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Meet Karen

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Meet Karen *

Karen Pipe, MSW, RSW, brings over 25 years of clinical experience to individuals, couples, and families across Alberta who are ready to make meaningful, lasting change. Whether you're navigating a life transition, working through relationship struggles, or feeling stuck, Karen provides a safe and skilled space to move forward.

Her approach is professional, warm, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Clients who invest in therapy with Karen gain:

  • Improved communication and conflict resolution tools

  • Resolve marital and relationship conflicts

  • Parenting challenges

  • Support in Life transitions and times of stress

  • Mental health and relief from emotional distress

  • Deeper connection in couples and family relationships

  • Support through separation, divorce, grief, and career changes

Karen specializes in couple and family therapy, offering convenient online sessions across Alberta to support busy professionals and families seeking flexible, high-quality care.

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We provide a safe, warm, respectful, inclusive, culturally attuned, and trauma-informed practice for those seeking to improve their emotional and mental health, overall well-being and relationships.

Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment. Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment.

Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment. Compassionate. Empathetic. Collaborative. Client-Centered. Strengths-Based. Empowerment.

Our Approach

At Thrive, we value the inherent dignity and worth of all and respect the diversity of our clients. We believe people have within them the internal resources they need to live more balanced, harmonious lives with greater connection.

Thrive Counselling provides affirming and inclusive services for LGBTQ2S+ individuals and our services are accessible and accommodating for individuals with disabilities. In addition, we practice from a place of cultural attunement. 

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“Thrive is dedicated to co-creating a therapeutic space that is welcoming and supports you in developing a personalized approach drawing on evidenced based therapies to empower you towards emotional well-being and personal growth.”

Karen Pipe, Thrive Counselling Ltd.

Get started with Thrive, today.