Lauren Harnett · CCC · PCC
I trained twice, because people don't arrive in categories.
A counsellor works with what hurts. A coach works with what's next. Most of the people I see need both — sometimes in the same sixty minutes — and I got tired of sending them to two different offices.
Lauren Harnett, CCC · PCC
Trauma-informed counselling, couples and family work, executive coaching
Top 15 Coaches in Calgary
Influence Digest, 2023 · guest on 770 CHQR
Four words I keep coming back to
Not a framework I bought. Just the order I've watched things happen in, over and over, in this chair.
Loved
Nothing else holds without this one. Most people arrive able to list what they've achieved and unable to say who they matter to — and the second list is the one that keeps you standing.
Integrated
The parts of you that don't agree — the one who wants out and the one who won't leave — aren't a defect. They're a negotiation nobody chaired. This is the work I do most.
Connected
Repair, not perfection. Couples don't come apart from conflict; they come apart from unrepaired conflict. Learning to find your way back is a skill, not a personality trait.
Perform
Last on purpose. Performance built on the other three is durable. Performance built instead of them costs you something you won't notice until it's gone.
In the room
Direct, warm, and unwilling to waste your money.
I ask a lot of questions, and I'll tell you what I actually think — gently, but I'll tell you. I'm trauma-informed, which in practice means we go where you decide to go and nothing gets forced open. I pay attention to what your body is doing as much as what you're saying.
I draw on attachment work — how your earliest relationships taught you to connect, and what that still costs you — but you won't hear that name in session. You'll just notice we keep landing somewhere useful.
And if I'm not the right person for what you're carrying, I'll say so in the first fifteen minutes and help you find who is. That's not a disclaimer — it's the most useful thing I can do for some people.
What I'm trained in
The credentials behind the work, spelled out in full — and grouped by what they let me do, rather than by which body issued them.
Counselling
The counselling certification and the modalities behind it.
- Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCPA)
- EMDR trained
Couples & family
Structured, evidence-based work with couples and families — from marriage prep onward.
- Gottman Method, Levels 1 & 2
- Gottman Relationship Checkup
- SYMBIS certified facilitator
Coaching
The forward-facing credentials, held to ICF standards.
- Professional Certified Coach (ICF)
- Certified Professional Coach
- Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner
- COR.E Dynamics specialist
What a list like this doesn't say: I'm always learning and growing in this work myself — and I have people I talk to, too. I'd be wary of anyone in this chair who didn't.
The practice
I'm no longer the only person here.
I bring people in when they're better at something than I am. Each of them speaks for themselves on their own page — and you can book with any of us directly.
Book the free fifteen minutes with whoever feels like the right fit. And if you're not sure who to ask for, start with me — helping you land with the right person is part of what the call is for.
Meet the teamWhat it costs
Here rather than buried in a booking flow, because you shouldn't have to start one to find out.
Many extended health plans cover a Canadian Certified Counsellor — worth a call to your provider before we start. Coaching is often claimable as professional development.
Book the free fifteen minutes- First conversation
- Free
- Fifteen minutes, by phone or video. No obligation either way.
- Individual counselling
- $200
- Per 60-minute session, in person in Calgary or online across Canada.
- Couples & premarital
- $250
- Per 75-minute session. SYMBIS assessment included in the premarital series.
- Family therapy
- $250
- Per 75-minute session, in whatever combination serves the work.
- Mentor coaching
- $200
- Per 60-minute session. Assessments quoted separately when we use them.
Sessions are 60 minutes for individuals and 75 for couples and families. Direct billing isn't available yet; I issue receipts for your plan.
“She is so incredibly gifted and anointed that she has literally changed the way I think. Her coaching, countenance and wisdom are spot on.”
“Through her knowledge and tools she helped us learn more about ourselves individually and as a couple.”
Fifteen minutes is enough for us both to tell whether I'm your person.
Free, and no obligation on either side. You can ask me anything — including the awkward questions.