Welcome to The Practice Calgary
Welcome to The Practice Calgary
How do I know when to seek therapy for my child? If your child has experienced changes in sleeping patterns, emotional outbursts, changes in eating habits, or no longer wants to participate in activities they once enjoyed, it may be time to seek additional support. When a child’s emotions become
Therapy for sexual abuse begins with acknowledging the deep violation of trust, safety, and personal boundaries that can create lasting ripples across emotional, physical, and relational life. Survivors may face complex responses such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex trauma from repeated or prolonged experiences, overwhelming shame and self-blame,
First responders face unique pressures in their daily work. Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians regularly encounter high-stress situations that can take a real toll on mental health. Therapy for first responders offers specialized care built to address these exact challenges with understanding and respect. At The Practice
Therapy for veterans begins with recognizing the profound courage, discipline, and sacrifice that military service demands. Veterans often bring that same resilience into civilian life, yet the lasting effects of combat exposure, high-threat environments, moral injury, loss of comrades, or repeated deployments can contribute to ongoing struggles. These often include
Depression and anxiety are a relatively common mental health concern and rates are only growing, especially among the young. Considering the parallel growth of social media use and these mental health concerns, a lot of people have been looking into a link between them. Although it is very difficult to
Your body has so much wisdom and yet will allow you to block the experience of what you are feeling deep down. Truthfully, this is the only way that we could live in the power-over destructive society we do. We have to block out our deep experience of collective and
For a lot of different reasons, we feel a pressure to be ok. Maybe it is because you are in a helping profession and people wrongly put that on you, you’re a parent who doesn’t see space for you to not be ok, or a person who has been told
First, let’s start with a truth. Anxiety is one of the most common and untreated conditions affecting the way in which we experience the world, and often grows undetected like an insidious weed. By the time it’s sprouted to a detectable level, Anxiety has built a vast underground network that
Defining depression better Depression is one of those words that’s lost its meaning in many ways, like love or mindfulness. It’s over used and diluted, and to be honest I’m unsure as to why depression and OCD seem to have jumped to the forefront of mental health labels and made
Simply put stress is an adaptive response, which means it’s your body’s way of rising to pressure and occurs whether or not that obstacle is good or bad. Organizing and packing for a long-awaited vacation and preparing for a high-pressure presentation can both be stressful situations. As an example, short-term
