Dr. Raksha Dave-Gates
CounsellingCalgary
About Raksha
Dr. Raksha Dave-Gates is a Registered Psychologist in independent private practice counselling adult individuals, couples and families. She completed her B.Sc. in Psychology (with Distinction) and M.Sc. in Clinical (Community) Psychology at the University of Calgary with her Ph.D. in Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. During her Ph.D., she focused on counselling families, cultural diversity and gerontology.
She has over 20 years of counselling experience giving respect to relationship, family and cultural contexts. Dr. Dave-Gates is particularly experienced in working with families as a group whether with parents regarding or with their older children and teens or as adult family members wanting to work together to improve their communication and relationships. She also works collaboratively with child and pediatric psychologists to support families with young children when needed.
She has a published chapter in the Handbook of Family Development and Intervention (2000) providing guidelines for therapists working with diverse New American families and has numerous community presentations regarding counselling culturally diverse populations. Due to her commitment to community education about emotional health issues, she has written articles related to individuals, couples and families in NW community newsletters in Calgary for over 10 years. She has also been an invited speaker on the radio show “Your Family Matters” hosted by Family Law lawyer, Cyndy Morin, regarding boundaries and on a call-in radio show on RED FM discussing depression and South Asian teenagers.
Dr. Raksha Dave-Gates specializes in the treatment of: depression, anxiety, relationship issues such as communication strengthening, parenting support and managing couple conflict, grief and loss, life stage transitions (including job and career transition, separation and divorce and aging), stress management, assertiveness, boundary awareness, and self-esteem enhancement. She offers counselling services in English, Hindi and Gujarati. She is an active member of The College of Alberta Psychologists and Psychologists’ Association of Alberta.
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