
Penelope (Penny) Waller Ulmer
She/HerMACP, BA
Registered Psychologist
Registered Psychologist

Welcome, I'm glad you're here. This space is held with care and respect for your experience, past and present. I support adults navigating anxiety, attachment, neglect, PTSD, trauma, emotional overwhelm, grief and loss, self-worth, boundaries, people pleasing, caregiving stress (including PLwD), and reproductive and perinatal mental health. My approach is relational and somatic, honouring the body’s role in healing. Whether this is a first step or a return to yourself, I invite you to connect.
Parcours
I began my career at the Lois Hole Hospital, in perinatal mental health, including birth trauma, fertility challenges, and infant loss. I later worked in public health at a Primary Care Network, offering individual and group therapy for adults navigating anxiety, complex trauma, emotional regulation, and life transitions, often rooted in early relationship dynamics or family of origin experiences. In private practice, I continue integrating evidence-based or informed approaches respecting each person’s pace and lived experience, and drawing from somatic, cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic approaches, attachment-based therapy, polyvagal, & parts work. Let's explore change, together.
Votre expérience thérapeutique avec moi
Sessions are collaborative and paced with care. I use both talk therapy and somatic, body-based approaches to explore how past experiences shape current patterns. We track the body’s implicit story through sensation, emotion, posture, breath, and movement to support nervous system regulation, trauma processing, and emotional integration. Modalities may include Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, mindful movement, parts work, and somatic voice work. Clients often experience subtle or profound shifts such as a softening in the shoulders, a clearer boundary, or the release of a long-held belief. These shifts are reinforced through somatic awareness and savouring, which help embed coherence, presence,
Domaines d’expertise
Ces domaines représentent mes expertises principales, soutenues par une formation spécialisée et une vaste expérience clinique.

Trauma complexe (Complex Trauma)

Santé mentale périnatale (Perinatal Mental Health)

Anxiété & Inquiétude (Anxiety & Worry)

Axé sur le somatique et le trauma (Somatic And Trauma Focused)

relations amoureuses (Romantic Relationships)

Transitions de carrière et de vie (Career & Life Transitions)
J’offre également un accompagnement compétent dans ces domaines et j’accueille les client·e·s qui souhaitent du soutien sur ces enjeux.

Relations interpersonnelles (Interpersonal Relationships)

Relations familiales (Family Relationship)

Assertivité & limites (Assertiveness & Boundaries)

Communication (Communication)

Attachement (Attachment)

Traumatisme de l'enfance (Childhood Trauma)

Compétences d'adaptation (Coping Skills)

Deuil suite à des pertes de santé (Grief Over Health Losses)

Comportements passif-agressifs (Passive-aggressive Behaviours)

Compensation de satisfaction des autres (People Pleasing)

Gestion de la colère (Anger Management)

Épanouissement personnel (Personal Growth)

Équilibre vie professionnelle/vie personnelle (Work/life Balance)

TSPT (PTSD)
Approches thérapeutiques
Voici mes principales approches thérapeutiques, soutenues par une formation spécialisée et une expérience clinique approfondie.

psychothérapie sensorimotrice / approche centrée sur le corps (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy/body-centered Approach)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a somatic, body-based approach for trauma, anxiety, and attachment wounds. It supports nervous system regulation and body awareness, helps complete interrupted actions, addresses unmet needs, and fosters emotional processing and lasting transformation.

Thérapie de résolution accélérée (Accelerated Resolution Therapy)
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is an evidence-based approach that uses eye movements and image rescripting to reduce distress from trauma, anxiety, or negative memories. It helps the brain reconsolidate stuck images and supports emotional healing and nervous system relief.

Thérapie cognitivo-comportementale (TCC) (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT))
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps clients shift negative thought patterns and reduce distress. Third-wave CBT, including ACT and Schema Therapy, supports emotional healing, values-based action, and insight into patterns shaped by early relationships.

thérapie centrée sur le client / rogerienne (Client-centered / Rogerian Therapy)
Client-Centered Therapy is a humanistic approach that emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client’s capacity for growth. It fosters emotional safety, improves clarity and self-understanding, and is especially supportive for relational wounds and trauma, self-doubt, boundary work, & change making.
J’intègre également ces approches fondées sur des données probantes lorsque cela est cliniquement pertinent :

Objectif d'attachement (Attachment Lens)

Thérapie basée sur la pleine conscience (Mindfulness-based Therapy)

EMDR (EMDR)

Thérapie d'acceptation et d'engagement (Acceptance Commitment Therapy)

Thérapie basé sur la théorie polyvagale (Polyvagal-informed Therapy)

Thérapie psychodynamique (Psychodynamic Therapy)

Thérapie somatique (Somatic Therapy)
Communautés desservies et expertise culturelle
Voici les populations et communautés culturelles que je suis particulièrement qualifié·e à soutenir.
Populations que je dessers

Adultes

Jeunes adultes

personnes âgées

Aînés
Communautés culturelles que je comprends

immigrants de première et de seconde génération

Communauté autochtone

Immigrant de première et deuxième génération
Titres professionnels

Registered Psychologist
- No de permis 5090
College of Alberta Psychologists

Registered Psychologist
- No de permis 3630-20-32-081
Government of Yukon
Parcours académique

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology
Yorkville University, Canada

Bachelor of Arts
Concentration : Psychology
Concordia University, Canada
Formation spécialisée
SPI Approved Consultant Program
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Advanced: Complex Trauma / Dissociation
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Level 3: SP Certification Training
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Level 2: Emotion, Meaning, Attachment
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Level 1: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Foundational T.R.I.P.
Relationshipworx - Monique Hoving
Accelerated Resolution Therapy - Basic
IS - ART
EMDR - Foundational
EMDRIA
PAC Consultant
Positive Approach to Care
Indigenous Canada
UAlberta
Yukon First Nations 101 (YFN 101)
Yukon University
Emplacements et services offerts
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This our late, great, office-companion, Ruby - our once toothless, eyeless, smart and sassy shih-tzu cross.

Such an lovely environment in which to practice embodiment. SP training was offered on the UBC campus over the 6 years in which I trained.

Nature as personal and professional self-care. This year, we stayed home and are sending support to the 2025 Saskatchewan Wildfires Appeal.

My Mom on her 84th Hallowe'en. Our relationship inspired my development of a caregiver-stress course for professionals.

My brother decorated the therapy room with his art & I love his work in the space where we meet. (A few may recognize this piece from an album)
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