About

For couples therapy I am trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and the Gottman Method, both highly effective. I also have post-graduate training in sex therapy. For couples impacted by addiction, I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and a Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist. I am a counselling therapist and also a registered nurse with post-graduate certification in maternal-infant-child healthcare.
I provide therapy for:
  • Addictions
  • Childbearing issues (pregnancy, traumatic birth, postpartum, infertility)
  • Communication
  • Conflict
  • Discernment counselling
  • Divorce
  • Emotional intimacy
  • Family of origin issues
  • Infidelity, affair recovery
  • Parenting issues
  • Pre-marital counselling/marriage preparation
  • Separation
  • Sexual issues
  • Trust issues
For more information: www.healingchoicescounselling.org

Education:

Anu Chiarelli received a bachelor’s degree from the Rocky Mountain College and completed her MA from the Providence Seminary.

Licensing & Certifications:

  • Licensed
  • License State: Alberta
  • License Number: 53986, received 1987
  • Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist

Specialities:

  • Abortion
  • Abuse & Trauma
  • Addiction
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Christian Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Communication
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence
  • Family Of Origin Issues
  • Fertility
  • First Responder
  • Forgiveness
  • Gender & sexual identity
  • General marriage
  • Grief
  • Hypochondria
  • Infertility
  • Infidelity
  • Intimacy
  • Life events
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Marriage
  • Medical conditions
  • Mental conditions
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Posttraumatic Stress
  • Pre-marriage
  • Pregnancy
  • Rape & Sexual Assault
  • Relationship Issues
  • Religious
  • Separation
  • Sex
  • Sex Addiction
  • Sexuality
  • Spirituality
  • Terminal Illness
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Trust
  • Young Adult
  • Abuse

Types of Therapy:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Couples Therapy
  • Biopsychosocial Model
  • Christian Counseling
  • Emotional Freedom Technique
  • Client Centered Therapy
  • Gottman Method
  • Psychoeducation
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Complementary And Alternative Medicine
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
  • Anger Management Therapy
  • Brief Therapy
  • Sexual Abuse Therapy
  • Attachment Based Family Therapy
  • Holistic Psychotherapy

Services Provided Via:

  • In person
  • Phone
  • Internet meeting

Works With:

  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family

Working With Marriages for:

  • 14 Year(s)

Free Phone Consultations?

  • Yes

Hourly Fees Range:

  • $100 - $150

Accepts Insurance?

  • Yes

Language(s) Spoken:

  • English
  • Finnish

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