Welcome to Deep Roots Therapies
Treatment Specialties for Psychological Therapies
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
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Have difficulties expressing thoughts, feelings, ideas
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Struggling with learning, school performance, or job challenges
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Struggling with worry, feeling sad, down, or can't fall or stay asleep
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Stressed, overwhelmed, tense, struggling to find joy and meaning in their lives
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Experienced trauma in their childhood, or recent lives and are finding it difficult to cope
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Struggling with diet, body image concerns
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Police Officers, Military Veterans, EMS and other First Responders
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Feel immense grief, sadness, loss, or bereavement
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Struggling with career or other life changes (e.g., life transitions)
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Facing identity and/or relationship issues (e.g., newly married, divorced or separated)
And in terms of issues, people I work with have experienced including but not limited to:
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Grief and Bereavement - following death of a loved one and living grief or ambiguous/complicated grief situations
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Anxiety - including Situational Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety
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Trauma - including PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder, Adjustment Disorder
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Phobias
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Death and Dying & End of Life
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Suicidality - support through suicidal ideation, and support for loved ones affected by suicide
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Communication - between partners, between colleagues, between friends, within families, etc.
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Resiliency, Self-Empowerment, and Coping Skills
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Self-Concept, Self-Confidence, and Self-Worth
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Body Image and Body Dysmorphia
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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.