Sleep Better with These Anxiety Counselling Calgary Tips

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. 

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Chronic Illness And Chronic Pain Counselling: A Personal Story
Chronic Pain & Illness Amanda Nelson Chronic Pain & Illness Amanda Nelson

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. 

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Tips for a Good Valentine’s Day: Insights from Couples Counselling Calgary
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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. 

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Top 11 Goal-Setting Tips from Mental Health Counselling Calgary Experts
Anxiety, Depression & Mood Issues Amanda Nelson Anxiety, Depression & Mood Issues Amanda Nelson

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.

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Improving The Holidays: Anxiety Counselling Calgary Tips
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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!

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10 Strategies for Early Recovery from an Addiction Counselling Therapist
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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. 

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Sana Psychological’s Best Psychological Services Calgary

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. 

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Trauma and Addiction Counselling for BIPOC Individuals in Calgary
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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. 

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The Therapists Behind the Best Psychological Services in Calgary
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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. 

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Chronic Pain Counselling and Medical Trauma Counselling Calgary
Chronic Pain & Illness, Trauma Amanda Nelson Chronic Pain & Illness, Trauma Amanda Nelson

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

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Prepare for Back-to-School With Advice from an Anxiety Counselling Calgary Therapist
Anxiety, Parenting, Kids & Youth Mental Health Amanda Nelson Anxiety, Parenting, Kids & Youth Mental Health Amanda Nelson

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. 

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Improve Your Relationships with These Couples Counselling Calgary Tips
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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.

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Travel Tips from Anxiety Counselling and ADHD Counselling Therapists
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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! 

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Do I Have ADHD?
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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. 

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An Interview with a Trauma Counselling Calgary Therapist
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An Interview with a Trauma Counselling Calgary Therapist

In honour of National PTSD Awareness Day on June 27, 2024, I decided to sit down with Jasleen Bhatoa, Registered Provisional Psychologist in the province of Alberta, to talk more about trauma counselling methods. 

Jasleen provides trauma counselling in Calgary and Alberta for people struggling with nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, phobias and impairment in functioning due to their experience(s) with a traumatic event. 

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5 Tips for Early Recovery from A Calgary Addiction Counselling Therapist
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5 Tips for Early Recovery from A Calgary Addiction Counselling Therapist

Moving from regular use of a substance, like drugs or alcohol, or a behaviour, like overspending, overeating, working too much, compulsive exercise, gambling, or hypersexuality, is no easy feat and takes tremendous courage, strength and, let’s face it, desperation. Often people are forced to make changes through life consequences and circumstances that have become unmanageable. This does not the change the fact that great effort is required to move from Point A to Point B and kudos to you for the work that you are, will be, or have done to improve your life.

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