It all started with the soul; from there, we knew it must grow…
Soul Collective YYC & Therapeutic Integrity
At Soul Collective YYC, we do not practice traditional therapy — we practice truth. Yet, the language of therapy is respected here because language creates bridges between soul work and the systems that hold people. Our work exists beside, not outside of, psychological care. We meet people not as diagnoses but as whole beings with a soul. Still, we hold ourselves to the highest standard, integrating respected frameworks like the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Mental Health First Aid, and trauma-informed awareness into our soul-led methodology.
Therapeutic tools are not the goal, but along with behavioural skills modelling, they are honoured as instruments in the symphony of healing — used mindfully to guide people back to themselves. Here’s how we soulfully interpret key therapies.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Soul View:
CBT sees thoughts as patterns; we see them as echoes of the ego. Where CBT seeks to reframe, Soul Collective listens deeper: Why did the thought need to form? What unspoken truth is it protecting? What is being shown here as a truth?
We honour the cognitive structure while using it as a doorway to the deeper story the soul is trying to tell.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Soul View:
ACT teaches us to accept what is and to move in alignment with our values. At Soul Collective, we go a step deeper — not just toward acceptance, but towards building to presence. We help clients not just live with discomfort, but to ask, What sacred threshold is this discomfort guarding? Commitment isn’t just to values; it’s to the soul’s becoming.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Soul View:
IFS helps people identify parts within themselves — protectors, exiles, and so on. In our lens, these parts are soul fragments, frozen in time, awaiting welcome. We meet each part not just with curiosity but with reverence. And we don't stop at harmonizing the inner family — we invite clients to listen for the essence voice beneath them all: the voice of the soul.
Narrative Therapy
Soul View:
Narrative Therapy helps clients re-author their stories. Soul Collective listens for the truth behind the story. We hold space for clients to realize: you are not your story; you are the presence that survived it, and the author of what comes next. Together, we compost, meaning — breaking it down to nourish what’s ready to grow.
Gestalt Therapy
Soul View:
Gestalt brings awareness to the present moment and the body’s messages. We expand this practice by asking: What is the soul saying through this sensation? Rather than resolving tension, we let the body reveal wisdom. We get curious about it. The unfinished business Gestalt speaks of? We see it as key to the work, waiting for witness.
Existential Therapy
Soul View:
Existential therapy explores mortality, meaning, freedom, and responsibility. This is a core pillar of our work. We sit with death not as a threat, but as a mirror. We remind our clients that to live fully is to accept that nothing lasts — and in that impermanence, the soul finds its most honest voice.
Trauma-Informed & Attachment-Based Approaches
Soul View:
We recognize that trauma and attachment wounds shape the nervous system and the story the ego identiy tells. We honour the safety that must be built before any soul work can begin. But we also hold this truth: you are not your trauma. You are the one who lived through it. And your soul — untouched — waits patiently beneath it all.
One final point about our modalities.
The work we do changes lives not because we diagnose or treat, but because we see, hold, and reflect back the parts of a person that were never broken. The soul only asks to be remembered. Your soul has a language; here at Soul Collective YYC, we help you learn it, integrate it, and then use it as your most respected guide.