Adam Elkestawi is a Provisional Psychologist who holds a master’s degree in Counselling Psychology. He has worked for over 10 years in areas spanning individual and group counselling, community outreach, and implementing Client-Centered treatment programs that promote wellbeing. Adam has worked for 5 years with the adult vulnerable population providing housing options, crisis & trauma counselling, and suicide intervention. 

More recently, Adam has worked with children and young adults with behavioral and mental health concerns, providing day-to-day living skills, psychoeducation, CBT, and solution focused interventions. ​
Adam has experience in a variety of settings that include shelters, detox treatment facilities, outreach, group home, and housing settings. ​​Adam has extensive experience working with individuals with anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma.  He loves to understand people and appreciates the method of brainstorming solutions to complex problems.

Adam draws from Client-Centered, Solution-Focused, and CBT approaches, as well as Jungian, Mindfulness, Narrative, and Existential Therapy treatment modalities. With Couples, and Families, Adam also integrates Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method therapeutic approaches to help Clients develop solid and secure relationships. 

​More specifically, Adam appreciates the power of mindfulness practices that help an individual focus on the present moment and enjoys implementing this approach in his practice. He integrates narrative therapy in his treatment approach, because he is passionate about storytelling for the purpose of utilizing creative and new approaches to solving problems.
He believes it is one of the best ways to empower an individual to own their journey, to help themselves heal, and to inspire others as a reflection of their resilience through the recognition of their triumphant moments of growth. 
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.
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​- Eckhart Tolle

Areas of Expertise

  • Anxiety
  • Depression & Mood Disorders
  • Trauma
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    • Complex Trauma, Relational Trauma, Religious Trauma
    • Emotional, Sexual, Physical Abuse
  • ​Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Anger Management​
  • ​Domestic Violence
  • Substance Use​​
  • ​​Personality Disorders
    • Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
    • Supporting family & loved ones​​​​​
  • Stress
  • Emotion Regulation
  • Behavioural Difficulties
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • Spirituality​​
  • Grief, Loss & Bereavement

Therapy Approaches

Online Adult Assessments

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Trauma & Stressor Related Disorders
  • Personality Disorders​

Communities

2SLGBTQIA+
Parents & Caregivers
​First Nations, Metis, & Inuit
Survivors of Abuse
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Children (6+)
​Teens
​Adults
Couples
Families
​Groups

A little about me.

I enjoy engaging in deep conversations with friends and aspire to have my own podcast some day.

​I also enjoy volleyball, exercising, reading, hanging out with friends, and karaoke.
Education
  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University (2021)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Calgary (2013)
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.

- Rachel Naomi Remen