Helping Youth With Emotions: Tips From Depression Counselling Calgary Therapists
The transition from childhood to teenage years is no easy thing and comes with associated interpersonal, physical, and emotional upheaval. Many youth feel they have the support to navigate this successfully, but up to 25% feel that their mental health experience has changed since 2019 and has been impacted not by normal teenage development, but also by COVID.
Most mental health issues begin to present and can be diagnosed in those ages 14-25. This means that teen years and early adulthood are key times to prioritize self-care and mental health. In this article, our depression counselling Calgary therapists who specialize in working with youth (those age 15-24) provide some guidance and suggestions for supporting yourself and/or your youth if you are a parent.
Improving Kid’s Mental Health: Tips from Anxiety Counselling Calgary Therapists
What comes to mind when you think about parenting? For some people, they envision their own childhood and the associated memories and experiences. For others, they are filled with memories of what they have already gone through as parents-the joys and challenges. For others, they immediately feel anxiety and are filled with concern because they are currently navigating some tougher times with their child(ren).
Sleep Better with These Anxiety Counselling Calgary Tips
Sleep plays a pivotal role in the regulation of all of our systems, including those that support our mental health. Did you know that people who have insomnia are 10 and 17 times more likely than those without to experience clinically significant levels of depression and anxiety, respectively? This shows the importance that sleep has on emotional regulation, coping, and healthy living.
AI For Mental Health: Thoughts from Anxiety Counselling Calgary Therapists
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, it seems only appropriate to explore how AI can be incorporated into mental health care, with some thoughts from anxiety counselling Calgary therapists.
Chronic Illness And Chronic Pain Counselling: A Personal Story
Living with a chronic illness and/or chronic pain creates some unique challenges, as well as opportunities, in the lives of the individual with lived experience and those around them. Many people who live with chronic illness and/or chronic pain find themselves called to give back and it is not unusual for people with chronic illness to seek out professions in healthcare. This allows for a unique intersection of lived experience and professional training. In this article, our chronic pain and chronic illness counselling Calgary therapists offer some insight into living with chronic illness and how this changes lives.
Tips for a Good Valentine’s Day: Insights from Couples Counselling Calgary
You know when there is so much hype around a day that, when the day comes, it ends up being miserable and you can’t wait for it to be over? Yeah, welcome to Valentine’s Day!
Not to sound too pessimistic, but it is just a natural human phenomenon that anytime our expectations get amped up too much, there is high potential for disappointment. On this Hallmark holiday, we also have relationship expectations tied in to compound these feelings and potential disappointments.
It may seem like there is no way to have a good Valentine’s Day, but this is not true. In this article, our couples counselling Calgary AB therapists offer you tips and insight based on their therapy work to help you, whether as an individual or a couple, have a great Valentine’s Day.
Top 11 Goal-Setting Tips from Mental Health Counselling Calgary Experts
You want something to be different. You make change. You get something different.
Sounds simple, right? It may sound straightforward, but the process is not always easy.
As we sit in the time of year where ‘resolutions’ are popular (read one of our past articles about New Year’s resolutions being one of our pet peeves here), we wanted to create an article exploring healthy goal-setting, which is possible at any time of the year. Our mental health counselling Calgary therapists happily explore why we need goals, challenges with goal setting, and tips for accomplishing your goals.
15 Tips from Parent-Child Counselling Calgary Therapists
Parent-Child relationships are complex and constantly evolving as the people grow and change. These are some of the most integral relationships in our lives, yet often we don’t spend much time focusing on what can strengthen them and make them better until issues arise.
Dealing with SAD: Depression Counselling Calgary Tips
Feeling more down, blue and not like yourself during the late fall and winter months? You may be experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This is something that many people seek out depression counselling Calgary services for each year.
Improving The Holidays: Anxiety Counselling Calgary Tips
There are no universals when it comes to mental health but one thing that is quite common in anxiety counselling Calgary is that the holidays can be challenging! All of our therapists see this too with their clients as they’re offering support. The energy starts to build in anxiety counselling Calgary in October/November and reaches a frenetic crescendo around this time. Never fear, we are here to help you make the holidays great again!
10 Strategies for Early Recovery from an Addiction Counselling Therapist
Changing your relationship with a problem substance or behaviour will be one of the most rewarding things you’ll ever do (I promise!); however, that does not mean that the process will always be easy. Based on our experiences providing addiction counselling Calgary, we have put together our top recommended strategies to help you in the early days of addiction recovery.
Sana Psychological’s Best Psychological Services Calgary
A company’s website is the main face of who we are and why we do what we do. A blog offers a unique way to introduce this in a more informal way. Today, we look forward to taking you through who we are, what we do, and why we do what we do.
Trauma and Addiction Counselling for BIPOC Individuals in Calgary
Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) therapists and people accessing trauma counselling, addiction counselling, and mental health counselling of any kind are underrepresented in therapy offices across Canada. Estimates are that only up to 38% of BIPOC individuals who are struggling with their mental health access professional support compared to 50% of White individuals.
The Therapists Behind the Best Psychological Services in Calgary
When people read therapist bios, it is all about our credentials, areas of expertise, and other professional information. Don’t get me wrong, this is essential information to have. However, as therapy is all about the fit and relationship between the person and their therapist, personality match is important too. For that reason, our clinicians who are offering the best psychological services in Calgary and mental health counselling in Airdrie wanted to give you a more lighthearted look into our personalities and interests.
Chronic Pain Counselling and Medical Trauma Counselling Calgary
Our journey to supporting individuals and families living with chronic pain and/or navigating medical trauma began personally before it became professional. The therapists on our team who work within the areas of medical trauma and chronic pain counselling Calgary have a strong passion rooted in some of their own life experiences that prompted them to incorporate this into their careers
Parent Counselling Calgary
Here at Sana Psychological, we are happy to support parents at whatever stage of the journey of parenthood you are in. You can learn more about our Parent Counselling Calgary support below.
Prepare for Back-to-School With Advice from an Anxiety Counselling Calgary Therapist
September. Some people hear the word and smile, with visions of falling leaves, pumpkin spice, and cozy sweaters coming to mind. For others, September evokes fear, stress, and anticipatory discomfort. These feelings depend on the person, their experience, and their relationship with anxiety and stress. For those who are higher in anxiety and stress, perhaps they have even sought out anxiety counselling before, there is a greater likelihood of the September Scaries. Here we have some tips for you from Meghan Nimmo, therapist at Sana Psychological, for parents, youth, and individuals who are looking to reduce their anxiety levels and transition into September comfortably.
Improve Your Relationships with These Couples Counselling Calgary Tips
Relationships require work, and sometimes we forget this and coast on autopilot. If you are looking to revitalize, refresh, and improve your relationships with loved ones, whether friends, family members, and/or romantic partners, our couples counselling Calgary therapists have you covered. Based on our experience as professionals, personally, as well as from educational and self-help materials, we’ve compiled our top 10 list of tips to help improve the quality of your relationships. You deserve the best and you deserve to be happy and satisfied with the people you are surrounded by.
Travel Tips from Anxiety Counselling and ADHD Counselling Therapists
Travel. It’s meant to be fun, enjoyable, rejuvenating, and an exciting adventure. We all have a certain image in our mind when we think about travel. Let me tell you, though, that as a therapist supporting those with anxiety, ADHD, as well as other mental health conditions that travel can mean a lot of other things too: Stress, overwhelm, panic, worry, destabilization, fear, frustration and discomfort. Let’s get in a plane and fly across the world because this takes us about as far away from what travel is intended to be as it gets!
Do I Have ADHD?
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in Canada with approximately 4-6% of adults and 5-7% of children having it (source here). As therapists providing ADHD counselling Airdrie and ADHD counselling Calgary, this is something that we see show up on many days of our practice, even when people are unaware that this is what is impacting their lives.