About Us
We absolutely love what we do and consider it one of life’s greatest privileges to do this work! Our passion for counselling allows us to forge strong, years-long relationships with our clients. It is within this sacred relational space that our clients meet their authentic selves and progress towards their therapy goals. We take a people-first approach in our relationships with our clients, our colleagues, and our community. Integrity and authenticity are central to the work we do.
At Calgary Counselling and Psychology Centre, we are devoted to providing an informed, inclusive, and accepting space for our clients and take behind-the-scenes steps to ensure we can do so. Our counsellors are trained in anti-oppressive & anti-racist and LGBTQ+ friendly therapy practices allowing us to meet our clients with cultural humility and affirming care.
Our counselling philosophy centers an attachment lens and a keen awareness of the mind-body connection. We understand that emotions and trauma are, at their core, body experiences; we utilize techniques to improve your body-awareness and support a sense of safety in your body, so you can gently release and heal from what's been holding you back.
Our team of therapists have varied life experiences, training, and areas of interest, making us well equipped to work with a diverse client base. We can’t wait to welcome you to our safe space where you can show up as your whole self.
Our Values
Safety
Emotional safety is a core human need, the presence or absence of which has critical implications for every interaction and decision we make. Appreciating that a culture of safety starts at home, we are intentional about creating and maintaining safety within our team. We believe that counsellors who feel safe and regulated are better able to foster that emotional safety for their clients. For us, creating safety also means being trauma informed – we honour our clients’ experiences, defenses, boundaries, and goals, meeting them with acceptance, compassion, and respect.
Safety
Ubuntu
A philosophical concept derived from the South African isiZulu language meaning, I am because you are, acknowledging our shared humanity. We exist alongside, and because of those around us.
We understand that the mutual exchange of empathy, compassion, trust, collaboration, and respect for the dignity of others is critical to creating a society that feels safe and connected. In advancing the care and humanity of our clients, our team, and our community, we advance our own – promoting a mutually beneficial environment in which we all win.
Ubuntu
Integrity
Integrity and ethical conduct are at the core of our interactions with our clients, within our team, and in our wider community. We know that a big part of feeling secure with your counsellor is your ability to trust that they are being honest, authentic, and ethical in their work. Our commitment to you is that we do what we say, and we say what we do, no surprises!
Integrity
Holism
We see our clients for the whole people they are - with minds, bodies, hearts and hurts, and within the context of their past, present, and future. In order to survive our world, many of us learned to rely on our minds to keep us safe, neglecting both the needs and the wisdom of our bodies and emotions. We believe in the importance of integrating experiences and the parts of self into a cohesive, connected, whole so you have access to all the information your mind, heart, and body hold.
Holism
Authenticity
Our therapists strive to show up as their genuine, authentic selves every day and we hope this makes it easier for our clients to be their real selves in session, and in their daily lives. Authenticity means that how we show up in our work and for our clients is consistent, reliable, relatable, and predictable - because we are just being ourselves. Having peace of mind about who their therapist is fosters a sense of safety, allowing clients to feel the freedom and vulnerability necessary to heal.
Authenticity
Our Why
Our fundamental goal is to do our part in fostering a more connected world. A world where people are more connected to their experiences, their bodies, their beliefs, and their emotions. A world where people are deeply and meaningfully connected in their relationships with one another, their culture, and their community. Where people are connected to the land on which they live, work, and play, and all of the natural world around them.
We believe that connection fosters a sense of belonging, cooperation, and responsibility. That a connected world is a loving world, an accountable world, a safe world. That a world in which we are connected to ourselves, others, and our environment is a world that is well and, therefore able to flourish.
We are working towards building a more connected world one client, one couple, and one community relationship at a time.
