About Chris Graham

My Professional Background

I’m a retired professional pilot. My career began as a flight instructor at Moncton Flight College. I’ve flown corporate, airline, and air ambulance. I’ve been coast to coast to coast in Canada, with considerable time operating in the north. From a couple of thousand feet of gravel north of 60 to some of busiest airspace in North America.

Some of my best memories include flying within the Aurora Borealis or having flown premature infants or childen out of the north down to Edmonton for specialty care and finding out later that the patient has done well.

Family

Orignally from Nova Scotia, I’ve been on a meandering migration west over the last quarter century through Moncton, Toronto, Edmonton and now Cochrane, Alberta just west of Calgary.

I’ve been married for over 24 years to my beautiful, courageous and patient partner. We had our son as I turned 50. Becoming a dad has been the greatest privelage and blessing in my life. I had the opportunity to spend some time as a stay-at-home dad during the pandemic. I loved my office in the flight deck but my perspective on what was most important changed and I didn’t want to miss my son growing up.

Once he began school I had the opportunity and time to train for a new profession.

My Personal Healing

Real courage lies in emotional vulnerability. I had spent much of the previous 20 years on my personal journey of healing and self-discovery. Looking back now, I was a pretty selfish person for much of my life. With the exception of the work I did as an air ambulance pilot, I didn’t think I had done much with my life that contributed positively to the lives of others. Reflecting on that and becoming a father created a desire to contribute positively and do something that I could be proud of when I share with my son, or anybody for that matter, what I do.

Why I Want To Help You

I’ve worked with with numerous therapists of various stripes and an amazing men’s community. I have done so much of my own work and been witness to the work of others in my groups that I realized I had acquired an expereince of my own in helping others.

I completed a Professional Counselling Diploma with Rhodes Wellness College in Vancouver, British Columbia. I am a Registered Professional Counsellor-Candidate (RPC-C) with the Candia Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA). I can work with clients located throughout Canada with some limitations in provinces that have regulated the counselling profession either as “Counselling Therapy” or Psychotherapy”.

Choosing to invest in your own healing and growth is always a good idea. You want to have the right partner.

As a counsellor, I work with adults with a particular focus on working with men and aviation professionals. I can help with addiction, anxiety, low self esteem, feeling stuck, chronic shame, healng past wounds, clarifying values and goals, and helping find meaning in life.

Areas of practice that I work in or am currently developing include working with trauma, complex trauma, PTSD and C-PTSD with a goal of working with first responders. Modalities that I am experienced in or currently undergoing further training with include CBT, parts work (IFS), EMDR, Narrative Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, and aspects of Somatic Experiencing.

Are you ready to heal? Some people are not comfortable looking at these aspects of life. When you are willing to stretch into and push against the uncomfortable parts of life and consider your own light and shadow, you can understand your self, your potential, and your purpose. You can create a form a freedom that you has eluded you and you you can thrive.

Are you ready for an inner adventure?