Dr. Kevin St. Arnaud
Ph.D., Registered Psychologist
About
I am a doctoral psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and Associate Faculty Member at St. Stephen’s College, both at the University of Alberta. I work as a clinician, lecturer, and researcher.
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I offer in-person psychotherapy for adults in the Edmonton region, and online sessions for individuals across Alberta via my private practice.
My approach to therapy is integrative and depth oriented, grounded in the well-established science of Common Factors Theory (see Wampold & Imel, 2015). This means I draw upon theory from each of the "four forces" of therapy as appropriate for a given individual and their unique preferences and worldview.​​​
However, my stance is particularly rooted in Jungian (Analytical) and psychodynamic therapies (e.g., short-term dynamic interpersonal psychotherapy; accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy; relational psychoanalysis), as well as existential-humanistic psychotherapies (e.g., Irvin Yalom's existential psychotherapy; Rollo May's existential-humanistic therapy; Kirk Schneider's awe-based integrative-existential psychotherapy). Finally, I draw upon transpersonal theories (e.g., Ken Wilber's Integral Theory; various psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies).
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I have worked with a range of clients across medical, psychiatric, oncological, university, and private practice settings. I work with grief, change, and loss, trauma, existential issues (e.g. meaning, purpose, death anxiety), cancer, palliative care/end-of-life distress, depression, anxiety, life transitions (e.g., graduation, divorce, retirement), identity disturbances, adult stages of development, religious and spiritual issues and trauma, and psychedelics. ​
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​I have extensive training in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies and currently utilize these treatment modalities with applicable patients. Along with psychedelic-psychotherapy I also have specialized academic and clinical expertise in psychosocial oncology (the psychological, social, spiritual, and functional aspects of cancer), and palliative care.
In addition to my clinical work, I have taught graduate and undergraduate courses in clinical psychology, the psychology of religion, ethics in professional clinical practice, counselling theory and skills, developmental psychology, and psychopathology. I currently teach courses on Psychopathology and Psychedelics, Spirituality, and Mental Health at St. Stephen's College at the University of Alberta.
My research centers on the developmental function of psychedelic-assisted awe and self-transcendent experiences in the process of psychological healing and psychospiritual growth.
You can contact me at:
780-306-1530
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References
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Wampold, B. E., & Imel, Z. E. (2015). The great psychotherapy debate: The evidence for what makes psychotherapy work. Routledge.