Strength-Based
We celebrate your resilience and inherent capabilities. By shifting the narrative from deficit to strength, we empower you to navigate challenges with confidence and renewed vitality.
Solution-Focused
We focus on the future rather than the past. By identifying existing strengths and resources, we work together to develop practical, effective strategies for your caregiving journey.
Client-Centered
We prioritize your unique experience and goals. Our practice is built on a foundation of active listening and empathetic support, ensuring your voice remains the central focus of every session.
We support caregivers through a professional, steady, and client-centered methodology designed for sustainable growth and resilience.
Our Approach at Sturdy Ground
About
Me and Sturdy Ground
Meet Louisa Clapper, Registered Provisional Psychologist
For over two decades, I have dedicated my career to the human services field, walking alongside individuals, families, and caregivers navigating complex life transitions and neurodevelopmental journeys. As a Registered Provisional Psychologist in Medicine Hat, Alberta, my practice—Sturdy Ground Consulting and Counselling—was born out of both professional dedication and deeply personal caregiving experience. I understand first hand the invisible threads of caregiver stress, profound loneliness, and emotional exhaustion that come with holding everything together for the people you love.
My practice focuses on supporting adults, families, and caregivers managing ADHD, ASD, FASD, disabilities, anxiety, and burnout, supported by a CanREACH pediatric mental health mini-fellowship and ALERT® self-regulation training. Utilizing a collaborative, trauma- and disability-informed framework, I integrate modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, somatic approaches, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, offering both in-person sessions in Medicine Hat and virtual care across Alberta.