Counselling for Men in Alberta

I’m Toby Macklin. I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) providing online therapy for men in Calgary, Edmonton and across Alberta, focusing on childhood trauma, anxiety, ADHD and relationship issues.

Toby Macklin RCC

Toby Macklin MA, RCC. Therapy for men in BC and Alberta

I offer counselling for men who are struggling with:

  • Anxiety, depression, or burnout

  • Irritability, anger and reactivity

  • Problems with weed, porn, alcohol, video gaming

  • Relationship trouble

  • Harsh inner criticism and shame

  • ADHD-related challenges

  • Childhood trauma

  • Religious trauma


Men’s therapy That Goes Deeper

The challenges you’re facing now often have roots in the past:

  • Childhood trauma – physical, emotional, or sexual abuse

  • Dysfunctional family backgrounds

  • Bullying or being shamed for who you were as a child

  • Living with undiagnosed or untreated ADHD

  • Growing up in a strict religious or high-control environment

Real Healing, Practical Change

I provide therapy for men that’s focused on both healing and growth. Together, we’ll:

  • Get to the root of what’s holding you back

  • Work through trauma and difficult emotions

  • Shift anxiety and depression

  • Build new tools for awareness, flexibility and communication

  • Improve your relationships

  • Help you start living the life you really want

about me

I’ve been in private practice since 2020, offering therapy for men in BC and in Calgary, Edmonton, and across Alberta. I first came to Canada in 2001. At a difficult time in my life, I participated in a series of programs at The Haven on Gabriola Island, BC, which were enormously helpful and continue to inform my life and work today. I went on to train intensively at The Haven, learning powerfully transformative ways of working with others, rooted in humanistic, existential, and gestalt psychotherapy, with a strong emphasis on relationships, and on bodywork and breath. I started leading Haven programs in 2009, in Canada and also in China.

It was during these years at The Haven that I realized that I particularly enjoyed working with men, and seemed to be good at it! It was this that inspired me when setting up my private practice to focus on counselling for men. Many of my clients find it especially valuable to be able to connect with a male counsellor.

Since then I’ve added to my Haven training with a Masters in Counselling Psychology, which has allowed me to expand my practice in new and exciting ways. I’ve become especially interested in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). I am IFS Level 1 trained through Dick Schwartz’s IFS Institute, and also training in IFS for Trauma with Frank Anderson. Read more …