Non Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) For First Nations and Inuit Direct Billing - Therapy, Counselling, and Assessment Psychologists
- Registered Psychologists – Fully Eligible, Coverage Depends on your plan – Direct Billable
- Provisional Registered Psychologists – Usually not possible
- Counsellors – Usually not possible
*disclaimer* while these pages serve as a general guideline on what you can expect from an insurance policy, it is important to verify coverage, ability to direct bill, daily maximums, policy maximums and any exclusions with your insurance provider directly. We cannot make guarantees but do our best to keep these pages up to date and correct to the best of our knowledge and experiences. If you see any information that is inaccurate, please take the time to let us know here
Our Calgary Psychologists That Are Options for Clients With NIHB
Dayna is a warm and collaborative Registered Psychologist who works with adults in individual counselling. She believes meaningful change begins with feeling safe, understood, and accepted as you are, and her approach is gentle. She works with adults who understand their struggles, but still feel anxious, disconnected, or stuck. She helps clients find news ways to navigate anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, trauma, burnout, relationships, and life transitions.
Dayna’s practice integrates evidence-based treatment with mind-body and somatic work. She’s training in Somatic Experiencing and incorporates trauma-focused approaches, adapting therapy to each person’s needs and goals rather than assuming one approach fits everyone. Affirming care is central to her work, and she offers virtual and in-person counselling at both Best Choice’s South and North Calgary offices.
Lyle is an experienced Registered Psychologist who works with teens, adults, couples, and families. Couples and relationship counselling are central to his practice, including communication difficulties, recurring conflict, emotional distance, and trust concerns. He also supports clients experiencing trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, ADHD, and family challenges.
His approach is holistic, integrative, and trauma-informed. Drawing from CBT, CPT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, attachment-based work, Solution-Focused Therapy, ART, and body-based approaches, Lyle adapts therapy to the person rather than expecting every client to fit one model. Couples and family work are important parts of his practice.
Lyle brings extensive experience in community mental health and Indigenous community services. He welcomes clients from all backgrounds and makes room for culture, identity, spirituality, and community when these are meaningful to the client, without assuming they need to define the therapy.
Kari is a warm and experienced Registered Psychologist with a particular focus on trauma and PTSD, EMDR, interpersonal and relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, and stress. She works primarily with adults who want to understand how difficult experiences and longstanding patterns continue to affect their emotions, relationships, and everyday lives.
Kari has completed EMDR training and brings a trauma-informed, relational approach to therapy. She also has nearly six years of specialized Functional Family Therapy experience and continues to work with children, teens, parents, and families when family relationships or behavioural concerns are part of the problem.
Kari is an approved provider for the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program. She offers in-person counselling at our South Calgary office as well as online video counselling.