People's reason for seeking therapy is personal or unique. However, with almost 10 years of experience as a Registered Psychologist in Calgary and Cochrane, AB, I have worked with people who have/are: 

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• Feel lonely, alone or disconnected from others

• Have difficulties expressing thoughts, feelings, ideas

• Struggling with learning, school performance, or job challenges

• Struggling with worry, feeling sad, down, or can't fall or stay asleep

• Stressed, overwhelmed, tense, struggling to find joy and meaning in their lives

• Experienced trauma in their childhood, or recent lives and are finding it difficult to cope

• Struggling with diet, body image concerns

• Police Officers, Military Veterans, EMS and other First Responders

• Feel immense grief, sadness, loss, or bereavement

• Struggling with career or other life changes (e.g., life transitions)

• Facing identity and/or relationship issues (e.g., newly married, divorced or separated)

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And in terms of issues, people I work with have experienced including but not limited to:

• Grief and Bereavement - following death of a loved one and living grief or ambiguous/complicated grief situations

• Anxiety - including Situational Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety

• Trauma - including PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Phobias

• Death and Dying & End of Life

• Suicidality - support through suicidal ideation, and support for loved ones affected by suicide

• Communication - between partners, between colleagues, between friends, within families, etc.

• Resiliency, Self-Empowerment, and Coping Skills

• Self-Concept, Self-Confidence, and Self-Worth

• Body Image and Body Dysmorphia

• Creating new meaning in life, reconnecting to your passions, reconnecting to a new or changed identity after a significant life event - e.g. establishing a new business, finding your voice, dating after divorce, sex after onset of chronic illness...and so on.