Addiction Therapists in Calgary, AB
In my practice, I address a wide range of issues, including trauma, family of origin issues substance use, depression, anxiety, relationships and self-esteem, and I typically utilize EMDR as a therapeutic approach.
I’m glad you’re here! I am dedicated to providing a client-centered approach that puts your expertise on your own life front and center. My primary objective is to meet you exactly where you are on your journey and to recognize the unique experiences that have shaped you as an individual. With 9 years of counselling experience, I bring a depth perspective to help you delve into the underlying causes of your difficulties. By recognizing, understanding, and accepting the core issues that contribute to your struggles, we can work together to bring about lasting change.
In my practice, I address a wide range of issues, including trauma, family of origin issues substance use, depression, anxiety, relationships and self-esteem, and I typically utilize EMDR as a therapeutic approach.
I’m glad you’re here! I am dedicated to providing a client-centered approach that puts your expertise on your own life front and center. My primary objective is to meet you exactly where you are on your journey and to recognize the unique experiences that have shaped you as an individual. With 9 years of counselling experience, I bring a depth perspective to help you delve into the underlying causes of your difficulties. By recognizing, understanding, and accepting the core issues that contribute to your struggles, we can work together to bring about lasting change.
Are you struggling to cope or to overcome stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or other life challenges? Together, we can work toward healing and positive change in a way that fits your unique needs and goals. My approach integrates evidence-based principles from a variety of therapy models, primarily from a cognitive-behavioural lends. I provide flexible and personalized therapy that helps you identify and shift unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to improve your mental health and overall quality of life.
Are you struggling to cope or to overcome stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or other life challenges? Together, we can work toward healing and positive change in a way that fits your unique needs and goals. My approach integrates evidence-based principles from a variety of therapy models, primarily from a cognitive-behavioural lends. I provide flexible and personalized therapy that helps you identify and shift unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to improve your mental health and overall quality of life.
Specializing in addictions, mental health concerns, trauma, & interpersonal relationship problems, my goal is to help my clients begin living healthy meaningful lives as quickly as possible.
My therapeutic approach is collaborative. I am interested in forming therapeutic relationships built on trust & transparency, with a culture of feedback and support. Together, we will develop a specialized treatment plan to address your unique goals & needs.
Specializing in addictions, mental health concerns, trauma, & interpersonal relationship problems, my goal is to help my clients begin living healthy meaningful lives as quickly as possible.
My therapeutic approach is collaborative. I am interested in forming therapeutic relationships built on trust & transparency, with a culture of feedback and support. Together, we will develop a specialized treatment plan to address your unique goals & needs.
I have over 10 years experience working in the mental health and addictions field.
I work with adolescents and adults to facilitate meaningful change and assist individuals in overcoming challenges related to mental health and addictive behaviours. Many feel alone and isolated when navigating mental health issues so they feel overwhelmed and have difficultly seeing a path forward. Others have a sense of what they would like to achieve but are uncertain as to how to enact change in their lives. As your therapist, I will work with you to set meaningful goals and bring about changes that will restore mental health and well-being.
I have over 10 years experience working in the mental health and addictions field.
I work with adolescents and adults to facilitate meaningful change and assist individuals in overcoming challenges related to mental health and addictive behaviours. Many feel alone and isolated when navigating mental health issues so they feel overwhelmed and have difficultly seeing a path forward. Others have a sense of what they would like to achieve but are uncertain as to how to enact change in their lives. As your therapist, I will work with you to set meaningful goals and bring about changes that will restore mental health and well-being.
Whether the issue is infertility, addiction, relationship or family problems we will work through it together.
Life can be challenging and although we may be able to cope with the majority of difficulties that come our way sometimes an issue arises that feels too difficult to manage on our own. This may be a problem within ourselves, our relationships or a situation which is seemingly beyond our control. Let me support you in tapping into your natural strengths and resiliency to overcome the problem that is facing you today. We can work together to find the solution that will work the best for you.
Whether the issue is infertility, addiction, relationship or family problems we will work through it together.
Life can be challenging and although we may be able to cope with the majority of difficulties that come our way sometimes an issue arises that feels too difficult to manage on our own. This may be a problem within ourselves, our relationships or a situation which is seemingly beyond our control. Let me support you in tapping into your natural strengths and resiliency to overcome the problem that is facing you today. We can work together to find the solution that will work the best for you.
I have over 20 years of mental health, addictions, crisis and outreach work in a variety of counselling settings.
I have worked successfully with youth, adults, and seniors; individually, in partnerships, and as family units to address and resolve a wide variety of issues. I am grounded in a firm belief that you are the expert in your own life. My aim is to help you connect with your own intuition and highest wisdom in order to bring about healing and empowerment.
I have over 20 years of mental health, addictions, crisis and outreach work in a variety of counselling settings.
I have worked successfully with youth, adults, and seniors; individually, in partnerships, and as family units to address and resolve a wide variety of issues. I am grounded in a firm belief that you are the expert in your own life. My aim is to help you connect with your own intuition and highest wisdom in order to bring about healing and empowerment.
I help individual clients with ADHD, anxiety, and addiction concerns regain control over their lives.
Abraham Maslow has described therapy as a search for value. My approach to therapy reflects this sentiment as the goal of therapy should ultimately be to enrich and change a life; through which we can be freed to discover the true value and potential of ourselves.
I help individual clients with ADHD, anxiety, and addiction concerns regain control over their lives.
Abraham Maslow has described therapy as a search for value. My approach to therapy reflects this sentiment as the goal of therapy should ultimately be to enrich and change a life; through which we can be freed to discover the true value and potential of ourselves.
If you are looking for practical & realistic support as you change your relationship with addictive behaviours like alcohol use, gambling, sex, codependency, spending, work, food, and more, I would be happy to help.
I have specialized in addiction psychology since 2010. I work with you to identify strategies and tangible action steps that will produce change and move you forward. I continue to offer ongoing support to those who find value in accountability and check-ins. I am a practical and realistic therapist who will tell it like it is and with some humour.
If you are looking for practical & realistic support as you change your relationship with addictive behaviours like alcohol use, gambling, sex, codependency, spending, work, food, and more, I would be happy to help.
I have specialized in addiction psychology since 2010. I work with you to identify strategies and tangible action steps that will produce change and move you forward. I continue to offer ongoing support to those who find value in accountability and check-ins. I am a practical and realistic therapist who will tell it like it is and with some humour.
Calgary Couples Counselling Centre Inc.
Psychologist, PhD MFT, RPsych, RMFT
2 Endorsed
Calgary, AB T2H
Hi, I am Nathan Cobb. My team and I work with couples who are striving to improve the way they relate to and connect with each other. Between us, we have a lot of tools and experience to help couples improve their communication, stop unproductive cycles of fighting, feel more emotionally connected, and build trust in each other. Our clients have included couples in the early stages of their relationship who are preparing for marriage, those who have been stuck for many years in some negative habits, and those who are seeking help to recover from an affair.
Hi, I am Nathan Cobb. My team and I work with couples who are striving to improve the way they relate to and connect with each other. Between us, we have a lot of tools and experience to help couples improve their communication, stop unproductive cycles of fighting, feel more emotionally connected, and build trust in each other. Our clients have included couples in the early stages of their relationship who are preparing for marriage, those who have been stuck for many years in some negative habits, and those who are seeking help to recover from an affair.
I work with adults, children and teens who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life transitions interprovincially but more specifically BC and AB. I have experience supporting BIPOC clients, immigrants, and those navigating cultural or identity challenges. In therapy, I provide a safe, non-judgmental, and culturally sensitive space to explore feelings, build resilience, and make meaningful changes aligned with your values. Whether you’re adjusting to a new culture, navigating family or generational pressures, or seeking clarity and emotional support, I’m here to help you thrive, not just survive.
I work with adults, children and teens who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life transitions interprovincially but more specifically BC and AB. I have experience supporting BIPOC clients, immigrants, and those navigating cultural or identity challenges. In therapy, I provide a safe, non-judgmental, and culturally sensitive space to explore feelings, build resilience, and make meaningful changes aligned with your values. Whether you’re adjusting to a new culture, navigating family or generational pressures, or seeking clarity and emotional support, I’m here to help you thrive, not just survive.
At Aligned Counselling, I have a particular interest in treating trauma, depression, anxiety, addictions, and life transitions.
I have unique personal experience that can help if you are feeling anxious, lonely, or stuck in a rut.
At Aligned Counselling, I have a particular interest in treating trauma, depression, anxiety, addictions, and life transitions.
I have unique personal experience that can help if you are feeling anxious, lonely, or stuck in a rut.
I provide an authentic, straightforward approach to therapy that is both non-pathologizing and integrative, through a unique lens of lived experience and over two decades of front line social work practice in complex mental health & addiction.
To all the misfits, bleeding hearts, counterculter'ers, offbeats, hot messes, outsiders, stressed out, alcoholics and the addicts, the depressed, the unsatisfied, the worried moms and dads, those living in grief, the ones who question their identity, the anxious, the labelled, the foster kids, the traumatized and the ones who never feel good enough or like they fit in. This world needs you & your story matters here.
The Hold Fast Co has been providing radical therapy to radical humans- out of a beautifully curated vintage inspired space, in one of Calgary’s oldest heritage buildings-since 2019.
I provide an authentic, straightforward approach to therapy that is both non-pathologizing and integrative, through a unique lens of lived experience and over two decades of front line social work practice in complex mental health & addiction.
To all the misfits, bleeding hearts, counterculter'ers, offbeats, hot messes, outsiders, stressed out, alcoholics and the addicts, the depressed, the unsatisfied, the worried moms and dads, those living in grief, the ones who question their identity, the anxious, the labelled, the foster kids, the traumatized and the ones who never feel good enough or like they fit in. This world needs you & your story matters here.
The Hold Fast Co has been providing radical therapy to radical humans- out of a beautifully curated vintage inspired space, in one of Calgary’s oldest heritage buildings-since 2019.
My focus and area of practice has been working with addiction and trauma.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy is a trauma technique that is effective for PTSD, grief, depression, anxiety, and OCD. I also utilize Dialectal Behaviour Therapy skills. I am influenced by Internal Family Systems, Narrative, and Client Centered Therapy.
My focus and area of practice has been working with addiction and trauma.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy is a trauma technique that is effective for PTSD, grief, depression, anxiety, and OCD. I also utilize Dialectal Behaviour Therapy skills. I am influenced by Internal Family Systems, Narrative, and Client Centered Therapy.
I have additional training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ADHD, Addiction, Couples Work (Gottman L1/L2 certified), and Motivational Interviewing (creating change).
Do you feel like you are living in misalignment with the things you care about? That you're stuck, living with unmet potential and spend time focusing on things that don't match your values? At work or in your relationships, this could be showing up as a big sense of distraction — even though you’re doing so much, it seems like you’re getting nowhere. You have high hopes and big dreams, but feel disconnected and stuck. Something might feel “off” and it’s hard for you to feel motivated to keep going through motions without procrastinating and delaying, and you might have a difficult time not repeating the same negative behaviours.
I have additional training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ADHD, Addiction, Couples Work (Gottman L1/L2 certified), and Motivational Interviewing (creating change).
Do you feel like you are living in misalignment with the things you care about? That you're stuck, living with unmet potential and spend time focusing on things that don't match your values? At work or in your relationships, this could be showing up as a big sense of distraction — even though you’re doing so much, it seems like you’re getting nowhere. You have high hopes and big dreams, but feel disconnected and stuck. Something might feel “off” and it’s hard for you to feel motivated to keep going through motions without procrastinating and delaying, and you might have a difficult time not repeating the same negative behaviours.
Sue Fortune MSc Registered with the Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists for billing purposes. Sue holds a Masters of Psychology, is DBT Certified and is a Clinical Hypnotherapist. Sue is fully Certified as a Grief Recovery Specialist helping those affected by suicide, pet loss, divorce, death of a child/miscarraige or any of the 40 other losses a person can encounter during their lifetime. The Grief Recovery Model is an ACTION PROGRAM for moving beyond death, divorce and all other losses. Your heart is broken-not your brain. You need to be heard-not fixed. 100% of us will experience grief....
Sue Fortune MSc Registered with the Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists for billing purposes. Sue holds a Masters of Psychology, is DBT Certified and is a Clinical Hypnotherapist. Sue is fully Certified as a Grief Recovery Specialist helping those affected by suicide, pet loss, divorce, death of a child/miscarraige or any of the 40 other losses a person can encounter during their lifetime. The Grief Recovery Model is an ACTION PROGRAM for moving beyond death, divorce and all other losses. Your heart is broken-not your brain. You need to be heard-not fixed. 100% of us will experience grief....
As a Jungian Psychoanalyst trained at C.G Jung Institute Zurich I offer the analytic approach,as a fascinated way to face life transition, trauma and all kind of psychological issues. The ultimate result of this approach is increased wisdom as a tool of taking appropriate decisions in everyday life. Wisdom is acquired only by processing the life experience in a constructive way and finding the inner pace I take an integrative approach to analytic work that focuses on the unique needs of my patients,working collaboratively with them to focus on understanding their concerns and conflicts both within themselves and with other people.
As a Jungian Psychoanalyst trained at C.G Jung Institute Zurich I offer the analytic approach,as a fascinated way to face life transition, trauma and all kind of psychological issues. The ultimate result of this approach is increased wisdom as a tool of taking appropriate decisions in everyday life. Wisdom is acquired only by processing the life experience in a constructive way and finding the inner pace I take an integrative approach to analytic work that focuses on the unique needs of my patients,working collaboratively with them to focus on understanding their concerns and conflicts both within themselves and with other people.
Are you growing more concerned about your relationship with alcohol and/or drugs?
It is vital to "meet you where you are at" but NOT leave you there. Although all interventions are based on your therapeutic goals, I apply CBT, positive psychology interventions, tools to increase self-awareness and empowerment, and emotional regulation. Cognitive Behaviour Hypnotherapy, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction may be used for trauma therapy
Are you growing more concerned about your relationship with alcohol and/or drugs?
It is vital to "meet you where you are at" but NOT leave you there. Although all interventions are based on your therapeutic goals, I apply CBT, positive psychology interventions, tools to increase self-awareness and empowerment, and emotional regulation. Cognitive Behaviour Hypnotherapy, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction may be used for trauma therapy
I'm a flexible therapist ready to help clients maximize their potential or return to healthy functioning. I've got years of experience with anger management and am also adept at helping male clients navigate intersections between masculinity, vulnerability, and intimacy.
I'm a flexible therapist ready to help clients maximize their potential or return to healthy functioning. I've got years of experience with anger management and am also adept at helping male clients navigate intersections between masculinity, vulnerability, and intimacy.
My clinical experience includes working with diverse populations in youth and adult outpatient addiction and mental health services.
My therapeutic approaches are compassionate, collaborative, family-centered, strength-based, and trauma-informed, ensuring that your voice and lived experience are central to the process. I draw from a variety of modalities, including Narrative Therapy, CBT, and DBT-informed techniques to support you in finding clarity, resilience, and meaningful change.
My clinical experience includes working with diverse populations in youth and adult outpatient addiction and mental health services.
My therapeutic approaches are compassionate, collaborative, family-centered, strength-based, and trauma-informed, ensuring that your voice and lived experience are central to the process. I draw from a variety of modalities, including Narrative Therapy, CBT, and DBT-informed techniques to support you in finding clarity, resilience, and meaningful change.
I have over 15 years of experience working with individuals and groups in educational, community, and healthcare settings presenting with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use and/or addictive behaviours, relationship concerns, anger, grief and loss, self-care, self-esteem, and other mental health concerns.
*ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS * “ I can’t seem to shut my brain off”, “Why do I feel so anxious all the time?”, “ I actually don’t feel anything, I’m numb”. If any of these statements resonate with you and you want to explore them further I might be of help! I am a people person that truly believes in the power of human connection and therefore place a great importance on the right fit between a therapist and a client. My work is very much based on a collaborative approach because “You” know “You” the best. It’s important to me that you will feel comfortable and safe to explore and address any issues you are struggling with.
I have over 15 years of experience working with individuals and groups in educational, community, and healthcare settings presenting with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use and/or addictive behaviours, relationship concerns, anger, grief and loss, self-care, self-esteem, and other mental health concerns.
*ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS * “ I can’t seem to shut my brain off”, “Why do I feel so anxious all the time?”, “ I actually don’t feel anything, I’m numb”. If any of these statements resonate with you and you want to explore them further I might be of help! I am a people person that truly believes in the power of human connection and therefore place a great importance on the right fit between a therapist and a client. My work is very much based on a collaborative approach because “You” know “You” the best. It’s important to me that you will feel comfortable and safe to explore and address any issues you are struggling with.
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What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.
How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.
How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.
How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.