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.
Who Sana Psychological Are
We are a small private therapy practice passionate about mental health and addiction recovery care. Our team are professionals from diverse backgrounds, each with their own areas of expertise and focus. This allows us to meet people where they are at and best serve them. We are all trained in post-secondary programs, certified, insured, and engage in regular continuing education to provide modern, up-to-date, evidence-based care.
Our main mission is to provide support and the best psychological services in Calgary and surrounding areas. We want to do this in a timely, effective, and humanizing way.
We would love to have you connect with us! Please feel free to visit our website where you can complete our FREE mental health quiz, learn more about us, and sign-up for our bimonthly newsletter that includes information, articles, and practice updates.
Today we are going to introduce you to all that we have to offer, including some of our free resources that can support you in your wellness journey.
Calgary Addiction Counselling
Sana Psychological’s founder, Paige Abbott, is a Registered Psychologist who has specialized in Addiction Counselling since 2011. Providing Calgary Addiction Counselling is a backbone of what we do. All of our therapists have been trained in Addiction Counselling and receive regular mentorship from Paige around this topic. While not all of our clinicians specialize in this area, we are all prepared for how to informally assess for issues and how to proceed if challenges are detected. If your own therapist feels like there is something beyond their scope that you would benefit from support around, they will work with you to identify appropriate resources, which may include both internal and external ones. We provide alcohol addiction counselling, codependency addiction counselling, gambling addiction counselling, sex addiction counselling, food addiction counselling, as well as other compulsive problem behaviours such as spending, media/gaming, drug use, smoking, and work.
Trauma Counselling Calgary
Trauma Counselling Calgary utilizes evidence-based treatments. What this means is that you can rest assured your clinician is bringing in the most up-to-date and reliable tools to support you with your healing. Our therapists use a combination of the following methods (depending on the clinician and client needs);
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
These different therapies, delivered from a foundation of empathy and compassion, can help move you forward if you are feeling stuck in a past event, situation or series of events that are impacting you.
Anxiety Counselling Calgary
Anxiety can manifest in a number of different ways and our therapists are here to support all of these when providing anxiety counselling Calgary. Whether it is a specific phobia, social anxiety, health anxiety, or generalized anxiety, our therapists will draw on an eclectic integration of tools to provide empathetic and strategy-based support. The hope is that you will feel empowered to use tools outside of anxiety counselling Calgary to support yourself and reduce the impact of anxiety in your life.
OCD Counselling Calgary
A specific manifestation of anxiety can be Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and this can be part of anxiety counselling Calgary services. The obsession with engaging in certain rituals, thoughts and/or behaviours can slowly take over one’s life and make engaging with other parts of life very challenging. For this reason, we are happy to offer specialized support with OCD Counselling Calgary to help empower you, free you, and give you your life back again. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is just one of the tools that our clinicians may use to support you. Counselling progresses at your pace and with your comfort and safety in mind.
Codependency Counselling Calgary
Codependency Counselling Calgary can be helpful for those who feel like they are getting lost in other people and relationships and forgetting who they are. Codependency Counselling involves a gentle exploration of communication, self-care, boundaries, and tuning back into who you are and what you need. It is a valuable process that allows you to still support others while not forgetting to support yourself.
Depression Counselling Calgary
Depression may be episodic and based on current life circumstances, or be a more chronic, random condition that leaves people with lowered motivation, changes in appetite and sleep, lowered mood, and may involve suicidal thoughts, intent, and/or action. Depression counselling Calgary incorporates elements of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to help shift one’s perceptions and thinking; Dialectical Behavior Therapy to provide tools for navigating emotions; and can incorporate other therapies as needed to support your individual circumstances.
Relationship and Couples Counselling Calgary.
A newer service offering that we are very excited to have available with multiple therapists. Couples counselling Calgary is an amazing way to improve communication, work through specific issues, improve intimacy, and navigate life together in the best possible way. Our therapists use a variety of tools and therapies to support couples and relationship growth, including the Gottman Method which is a wonderful, diverse approach to relationship counselling that focuses on turning towards each other in a loving, caring, and respectful way.
Best psychological services Calgary
Our diverse areas of expertise, professional backgrounds, and personalities allow us the honour of offering high quality psychological services Calgary. We look forward to continuing to expand what we offer as our therapists keep learning and we continue to develop more services and resources to support you and your loved ones.
Mental Health Counselling Airdrie
We want our services to be flexible and meet the needs of people, which includes our clinicians. Our Airdrie office was born because one of our clinicians was unable to keep commuting to Calgary. The community became an ideal hub for mental health counselling Airdrie for locals as well as those in surrounding areas. Our Mental Health Counselling Airdrie services are multi-faceted and available to support those with addiction issues, trauma, anxiety, mood/depression, ADHD, couples and relationships, kids and youth, grief, anger, self-esteem, stress, and work issues. A big part of mental health counselling Airdrie is the fit between the therapist and person, so even if ‘your issue’ isn’t listed here, there may still be a relationship here that could support you.
Trauma Counselling Airdrie
Sometimes people have experienced an event(s) that continues to impact their daily life and wellbeing. This may be independent of or in addition to other mental health or addiction issues. Trauma counselling Airdrie is offered to support you in finding freedom from the past and situations that are holding you back. There are a few trauma counselling modalities and the one that is used in Airdrie is Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). People can find benefit in as few as 1-3 sessions using this technique, which is gentle and involves a combination of eye movement/bilateral stimulation and mindfulness.
Airdrie Addiction and Mental Health
Addiction can manifest in many different ways, including with substance use, gambling, food, relationships, sex, shopping, work, codependency, and more. Addiction is a complex brain condition that has implications on our behaviour, thinking patterns, and emotional world. Airdrie Addiction and Mental Health support is available for those who are struggling in any of these areas or beyond these. If you feel like your life is out of control, unmanageable, and/or you are not where you want to be, we might be able to help.
Best Psychological Services Calgary Free Resources
We recognize that not everyone is interested or ready for therapy, but may still be interested in learning and growing to improve their mental health. For this reason, we believe that offering free information, education, and resources is essential.
We also know that counselling is, sadly, not accessible to everyone and, while we are a private practice clinic with no external funding or support, each of our clinicians offers a number of reduced rate spots to provide services to those who need, want and deserve them.
Here are some of our online free resources:
Free resources page. Here we have a list of books, websites and apps that can support you around various topics connected with mental health and addiction recovery. This includes ADHD, Relationships, Anxiety, and different types of recovery materials. We have also created our own free e-books that are available to download on the topics of Self-Care and Emotional Intelligence. This resources page is regularly updated so please come and check back often!
Blog. Our blog is an active part of our free resources. We use our blog to educate on certain topics related to mental health counselling Airdrie and Calgary, different therapies we use, services we offer, as well as tips and strategies for improving your health and wellbeing. If you sign up for our free newsletter on our website, you will be notified when our new blogs are released and hear a bit about what inspired their creation. Sana Psychological’s founder, Paige Abbott, loves to write and the blog is one of her main happy places outside of the counselling space.
YouTube. Our YouTube channel is a hub for informational shorts as well as longer videos on topics related to self-care, mental health and addiction recovery. Please like and subscribe our page and allow notifications so that you don’t miss new videos when they are released. We have big hopes for our YouTube page in future and plan to add more resources that you can use regularly, including various types of relaxation and meditation videos of varying lengths. These may become your daily go-to for you-time!
Facebook. Our Facebook page is alive with videos, inspirational comments, as well as clinic updates. We love social media for the diversity it allows in content and invite you to follow us and engage so we know what you want to see more of
Instagram As with Facebook, our Instagram account is bursting with regular content from all of our team members. Watch as we learn and grow about social media while sharing our professional experience, wisdom, and inspiration with you. With all of the therapy social media content out there, what sets ours apart is that it is authentic, genuine and home grown. We are ourselves and it is a great chance for you to get to know us and who is providing the best psychological services Calgary.
Threads. A newer social media platform, we love sharing inspirational quotes on there, asking questions, and providing practice updates. Come follow us and see how the Threads journey evolves as we explore all that this platform has to offer.
TikTok. Everyone’s favourite social media platform for watching funny trends, animal videos, and people dancing. You will have to check out our feed to see if you got us dancing… (Spoiler alert: We do!).
LinkedIn Business Page. This is our newest social media page and I am excited to see it grow! LinkedIn is a great platform for sharing interesting articles, research, and updates about Sana Psychological. Here, we will focus on all aspects of mental health, including trauma counselling, anxiety counselling, OCD counselling, codependency counselling, depression counselling, and addiction counselling.
Online Booking Page. Online scheduling is such a convenient option as it is available 24/7, provides you our therapist’s live calendars, and contains our bios and information about our clinic. We aim to make therapy as easy and barrier-free as possible so online booking, direct billing (where available depending on providers and insurance plans), reduced fee spots available with each of our therapists, as well as multiple office locations and virtual appointments are some of the main ways we try to make the best psychological services Calgary available to anyone who is interested.
Thank you so much for being here and learning more about who we are and what we do. We have all had our experiences with mental health challenges and life stressors and can relate as humans, while providing professional grounding and expertise. You can learn more about our Team here anytime, as well as explore logistical information pertaining to fees, our FAQs, and our contact information.
