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Calgary Summer Activities for Families on a Budget
Discover free and budget-friendly summer activities for families in Calgary — from splash parks and nature trails to festivals, outdoor movies, and library programs. Fun for kids without the hefty price tag.
Counselling for 2SLGBTQI+ Couples
Looking for a 2SLGBTQI+ affirming couples therapist? Find a counsellor who understands your identity, challenges heteronormative assumptions, and uses evidence-based, inclusive approaches like the Gottman Method to support your relationship.
Spring Cleaning For Your Mental Health
Learn how to refresh your mental health this spring by letting go of negative thought patterns, challenging unhelpful beliefs, and building healthier habits in 5 simple steps for improved well-being and clarity.
Now What? Moving Forward After Divorce in Your 40s
Rebuilding life after divorce in your 40s can be empowering. Discover how to rediscover yourself, make new friends, embrace solo adventures, navigate parenting, and start dating again with confidence in Calgary and beyond.
Relearning the Good: Finding Hope in Couples Therapy
A compassionate look at how couples can lose connection over time, and how the Gottman Method helps partners reconnect through strengths-based therapy, emotional awareness, and small everyday moments of connection at Viewpoint Calgary Psychological Services.
When Our Internal Wounds Post on Social Media
Explore how “wounded posting” on social media impacts self-esteem, validation, and emotional well-being. Learn to recognize reactive patterns and build a healthier, more intentional relationship with platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook.
How Do You Make Friends as an Adult?
Making friends as an adult doesn't have to feel impossible. Learn why modern life makes connection harder and discover practical strategies for finding your "Third Spaces" - those crucial places where real friendships begin.
Spring Resilience: What the Toronto Blue Jays Can Teach Us About Starting Again
Spring resilience and new beginnings—what the Toronto Blue Jays can teach us about adapting after setbacks, building momentum, and moving forward with clarity, connection, and purpose.
Therapy is not neutral, and that’s the point
The people who love you feel what you feel. When you share something painful, they carry it to the dinner table, into their sleep. That's not a failure. That's love. But easing someone's hurt and sitting with them in it aren't the same thing. A therapist brings full presence without personal stakes…and that can change everything.
How Can I Support Someone I Love to go to Therapy?
How to encourage a loved one to start therapy with empathy, without pressure. Learn supportive ways to start the conversation and reduce barriers.
Navigating Midlife Divorce: A Therapist’s Take on Change and Renewal
A compassionate look at midlife divorce, exploring the emotional, relational, and identity shifts that come with long-term separation—while highlighting opportunities for growth, renewal, and redefining life after divorce.
What Brings Us to Therapy – And What Holds Us Back?
Explore what brings people to therapy and the common fears that hold them back. Learn how seeking support can be a powerful step toward self-awareness, healing, and meaningful change.
The Paradigm Shift That Opens the Door to Therapy
Discover the mindset shifts that make starting therapy easier. Learn how moving from self-reliance and self-judgment to connection, growth, and self-compassion can open the door to meaningful change.
Choosing Therapy: A Powerful Act of Self-Acceptance and Self-Love
Thinking about therapy? Learn how choosing therapy can reflect self-acceptance, courage, and self-love while supporting personal growth and emotional wellbeing.
What Couples Really Want (Hint: It’s Not Roses or Chocolates)
Valentine’s Day isn’t about roses or chocolates. Discover how emotional presence, bids for connection, and feeling seen shape lasting intimacy in relationships.
When Love Means Different Things: Navigating Valentine’s Day Expectations
A therapist-informed look at how expectations, rituals of connection, and shared meaning shape Valentine’s Day—and how couples can avoid conflict and deepen connection.
January Relationship Blues - To stay and grow or to let the relationship go?
January relationship blues can make you question whether to stay or leave. Learn how to discern your next step and rebuild connection with intention.
Navigating Grief During the Holidays
Navigating grief during the holidays can feel especially heavy, even when moments of joy still appear. Balancing celebration and loss is difficult, but both emotions can coexist. This piece explores the Dual Process Model of grief, ways to honour loved ones, and gentle strategies for finding space for both remembrance and joy throughout the holiday season.

