Meral Unal

What clients carry out of their work with Meral Unal is a clearer sense of who they are and a stronger belief that they can change — not because something was fixed in them, but because what was already there was finally seen. A Registered Social Worker based in Calgary, Meral draws on fourteen years of experience to help individuals, couples, and families move through pain toward lives that feel genuinely their own. She is bilingual in English and Turkish, and brings particular depth to her work with immigrant communities and others navigating the layered pressures of cultural identity and life in transition.

Meral works with adults, teenagers, and older adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, divorce, workplace burnout, and abuse — including those who have spent years carrying experiences they’ve never had the space to name. She understands, too, how someone can spend the day in near-constant contact with others and still arrive home feeling entirely unknown, scrolling through messages while the ache of not really being reached quietly grows.

Her sessions draw from Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, somatic practices, expressive arts, and person-centred work — including walk-and-talk for those who think best in motion. Online sessions are available.