Suicidal Ideation Therapists in Calgary, AB
If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts, big emotions, or major changes, I'm here with flexible, affordable support—right where you are.
My name is Emanuelito, and I'm a Registered Nurse (RN) specializing in psychiatric and mental health care. I have years of experience supporting people through crisis, emotional pain, and some of life’s most difficult moments. My work centers on suicidality, emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions, offering compassionate, steady support when it.
If you're struggling with suicidal thoughts, big emotions, or major changes, I'm here with flexible, affordable support—right where you are.
My name is Emanuelito, and I'm a Registered Nurse (RN) specializing in psychiatric and mental health care. I have years of experience supporting people through crisis, emotional pain, and some of life’s most difficult moments. My work centers on suicidality, emotional regulation, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions, offering compassionate, steady support when it.
I work with individuals who have survived traumatic life experiences. I understand their challenges, having gone through and overcome my own. Survivors of trauma realize that their pain patterns have changed them, and impacted their loved ones. Their goal is to find relief from their pain and agony, and their desire is to be heard, witnessed, understood, validated, and mended from the pain they carry as they find their inner healing. The pain and agony that was carried will be released in absolute privacy.
I work with individuals who have survived traumatic life experiences. I understand their challenges, having gone through and overcome my own. Survivors of trauma realize that their pain patterns have changed them, and impacted their loved ones. Their goal is to find relief from their pain and agony, and their desire is to be heard, witnessed, understood, validated, and mended from the pain they carry as they find their inner healing. The pain and agony that was carried will be released in absolute privacy.
I’m passionate about supporting folks through life transitions, anxiety, perfectionism, and suicidal ideations.
I support folks who are ready for their life to look different. I’ll support you in creating a plan forward that will allow you to unravel your path instead of repeating what is no longer serving you and provide the space where you can explore your inner thoughts and emotions. You are welcome to show up in my office exactly as you are and exactly as you need. If you aren’t sure what that means for you, that’s okay, we’ll figure it out together.
I’m passionate about supporting folks through life transitions, anxiety, perfectionism, and suicidal ideations.
I support folks who are ready for their life to look different. I’ll support you in creating a plan forward that will allow you to unravel your path instead of repeating what is no longer serving you and provide the space where you can explore your inner thoughts and emotions. You are welcome to show up in my office exactly as you are and exactly as you need. If you aren’t sure what that means for you, that’s okay, we’ll figure it out together.
Best Self Harm & Suicide Ideation Therapy Calgary
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, RSW, MA
1 Endorsed
Calgary, AB T2L
Suicide, Self-Harm, Anxiety & Depression.
Counselling and Therapy Services in Calgary and across Alberta. We believe in supporting you with practical and easily manageable bite-sized tools and strategies to find your happy. Our team of Therapists at Shelly Qualtieri & Associates are passionate and knowledgeable clinicians. We understand your challenges, obstacles, pain, and trauma and are committed to providing a personalized approach and supporting you with tools to facilitate a deeper understanding, build resilience, and find healing.
Suicide, Self-Harm, Anxiety & Depression.
Counselling and Therapy Services in Calgary and across Alberta. We believe in supporting you with practical and easily manageable bite-sized tools and strategies to find your happy. Our team of Therapists at Shelly Qualtieri & Associates are passionate and knowledgeable clinicians. We understand your challenges, obstacles, pain, and trauma and are committed to providing a personalized approach and supporting you with tools to facilitate a deeper understanding, build resilience, and find healing.
Are you or your child/teen feeling overwhelmed and struggling to navigate everyday life? Do you long for greater peace within your home but aren’t sure how to address family dynamics? I provide a safe and confidential space where individuals and families can openly discuss their concerns, express their emotions, and gain valuable insights into their thoughts and behaviours. Through therapy, clients can learn effective coping strategies and work towards achieving their goals.
Are you or your child/teen feeling overwhelmed and struggling to navigate everyday life? Do you long for greater peace within your home but aren’t sure how to address family dynamics? I provide a safe and confidential space where individuals and families can openly discuss their concerns, express their emotions, and gain valuable insights into their thoughts and behaviours. Through therapy, clients can learn effective coping strategies and work towards achieving their goals.
“If life feels like a storm and you’re not great at sailing, I’m here to be your life jacket (and bring a bit of lightness along the way).”
Life can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. I help children, youth, and adults discover their inner strength, overcome challenges, and create meaningful change—quickly and compassionately.
With over 20 years of experience, I specialize in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), helping you move forward without getting stuck in the past.
Together, we’ll focus on your dreams, unlocking your power.
“If life feels like a storm and you’re not great at sailing, I’m here to be your life jacket (and bring a bit of lightness along the way).”
Life can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. I help children, youth, and adults discover their inner strength, overcome challenges, and create meaningful change—quickly and compassionately.
With over 20 years of experience, I specialize in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), helping you move forward without getting stuck in the past.
Together, we’ll focus on your dreams, unlocking your power.
Sometimes life throws us experiences that make us question who we are, challenge our sense of connection with others, or traumatize us. Whether these experiences result in stress, depression, anxiety, grief, or substance use, these life situations can be difficult to manage on our own. Imagine a non-judgemental, compassionate, and empathetic space to find your pathway to improved wellness. I work with adults, teens, couples, and families, striving to understand how these experiences have impacted them. I appreciate the privilege of being able to work collaboratively with my clients, finding strengths and working towards goals.
Sometimes life throws us experiences that make us question who we are, challenge our sense of connection with others, or traumatize us. Whether these experiences result in stress, depression, anxiety, grief, or substance use, these life situations can be difficult to manage on our own. Imagine a non-judgemental, compassionate, and empathetic space to find your pathway to improved wellness. I work with adults, teens, couples, and families, striving to understand how these experiences have impacted them. I appreciate the privilege of being able to work collaboratively with my clients, finding strengths and working towards goals.
Hi there, I am pleased that we have crossed paths. Whether you have stopped by because you are experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression, relationship issues, work-related stress, negative habits, or any other feelings or behaviours that are impacting your mental health and quality of life, my hope is that I can help you navigate through life’s challenges and to help you reach your goals. I provide a warm, non-judgmental, 2SLGBTQ+, and BIPOC safe space where people can be comfortable being their authentic selves as they share their stories.
Hi there, I am pleased that we have crossed paths. Whether you have stopped by because you are experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression, relationship issues, work-related stress, negative habits, or any other feelings or behaviours that are impacting your mental health and quality of life, my hope is that I can help you navigate through life’s challenges and to help you reach your goals. I provide a warm, non-judgmental, 2SLGBTQ+, and BIPOC safe space where people can be comfortable being their authentic selves as they share their stories.
Lissette Arevalo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BSW, MSW, RSW
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I help individuals overcome anxiety, trauma, and build confidence using evidence-based strategies tailored to their needs.
I’m committed to working within my areas of specialization including anxiety, neuroaffirming care (ADHD, ASD, OCD) , settlement, and race-based trauma/identity.
I help individuals overcome anxiety, trauma, and build confidence using evidence-based strategies tailored to their needs.
I’m committed to working within my areas of specialization including anxiety, neuroaffirming care (ADHD, ASD, OCD) , settlement, and race-based trauma/identity.
Congratulations on taking the first step towards prioritizing you and your mental health. Life can be messy and confusing at times, and we’re not supposed to go it alone. You deserve to feel supported, and my hope is to help you find what you’re looking for, whether that’s clarity, insight, tools, wellness, healing or growth. I enjoy working with individuals from all walks of life (ages 16+), especially BIPOC and young adults, with various mental health concerns. To ensure our sessions meet your needs, my therapy approach is goal-oriented and tailored to who you are in order to honour your uniqueness.
Congratulations on taking the first step towards prioritizing you and your mental health. Life can be messy and confusing at times, and we’re not supposed to go it alone. You deserve to feel supported, and my hope is to help you find what you’re looking for, whether that’s clarity, insight, tools, wellness, healing or growth. I enjoy working with individuals from all walks of life (ages 16+), especially BIPOC and young adults, with various mental health concerns. To ensure our sessions meet your needs, my therapy approach is goal-oriented and tailored to who you are in order to honour your uniqueness.
Living Hope Counselling & Advocacy Services. Hope Changes Everything “Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.” L.R. Knost. Life can be beautiful, vibrant, expanding and joy filled. It can also have times of great uncertainty, overwhelm & fears , even a sense of temporary hopelessness. Bring your curiosity & willingness to explore your time of Uncertainties, Fears & Life Transitions.
Living Hope Counselling & Advocacy Services. Hope Changes Everything “Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.” L.R. Knost. Life can be beautiful, vibrant, expanding and joy filled. It can also have times of great uncertainty, overwhelm & fears , even a sense of temporary hopelessness. Bring your curiosity & willingness to explore your time of Uncertainties, Fears & Life Transitions.
Many people wonder why they are struggling, or feel shame for how or what they feel.
As a clinical psychologist, I am interested in helping adults understand themselves better, make sense of their experiences (past and present), and develop tools and strategies so that they can feel confident in the face of challenges, and live full and meaningful lives.
I use an integrative, client-centered approach that draws from empirically supported treatments (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and prolonged exposure). Together we will create a treatment plan that is tailored to you and your specific goals.
Many people wonder why they are struggling, or feel shame for how or what they feel.
As a clinical psychologist, I am interested in helping adults understand themselves better, make sense of their experiences (past and present), and develop tools and strategies so that they can feel confident in the face of challenges, and live full and meaningful lives.
I use an integrative, client-centered approach that draws from empirically supported treatments (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, and prolonged exposure). Together we will create a treatment plan that is tailored to you and your specific goals.
I specialize in assisting clients who may feel lost, burned out, overwhelmed by life, consumed by grief, navigating adverse childhood experiences, impacted by thoughts and feelings around suicide, or struggling with feelings of comparison to others or with where they thought they would be in life.
An area I hold very close is working with those in helping professions who may be unsure where to turn for support. This includes therapists, teachers and frontline workers who may be experiencing burnout, emotional exhaustion, a decreased sense of accomplishment, disconnection, or struggling with unmet expectations in their personal and professional lives.
I specialize in assisting clients who may feel lost, burned out, overwhelmed by life, consumed by grief, navigating adverse childhood experiences, impacted by thoughts and feelings around suicide, or struggling with feelings of comparison to others or with where they thought they would be in life.
An area I hold very close is working with those in helping professions who may be unsure where to turn for support. This includes therapists, teachers and frontline workers who may be experiencing burnout, emotional exhaustion, a decreased sense of accomplishment, disconnection, or struggling with unmet expectations in their personal and professional lives.
Each person’s path is unique, and so is the way we move through challenges. Whether you are facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, or life transitions, you don’t have to navigate it on your own. I offer a collaborative, compassionate space where your experiences are met with openness and respect.
Each person’s path is unique, and so is the way we move through challenges. Whether you are facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, or life transitions, you don’t have to navigate it on your own. I offer a collaborative, compassionate space where your experiences are met with openness and respect.
I believe that all people are capable of positive change, of overcoming challenges, of finding compassion, and of becoming the best that they can be. As a Registered Psychologist, I work alongside my clients to help them create meaningful and sustainable change in their lives and relationships. I have extensive experience in community and mental health settings and offer therapeutic services in both English and Spanish. I work with individuals, couples, and families to identify their counselling goals and help them achieve those goals in a strengths-based, non-judgmental and empathetic manner.
I believe that all people are capable of positive change, of overcoming challenges, of finding compassion, and of becoming the best that they can be. As a Registered Psychologist, I work alongside my clients to help them create meaningful and sustainable change in their lives and relationships. I have extensive experience in community and mental health settings and offer therapeutic services in both English and Spanish. I work with individuals, couples, and families to identify their counselling goals and help them achieve those goals in a strengths-based, non-judgmental and empathetic manner.
My client group consists primarily of adults although I also see adolescents. I work with clients who present with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, domestic violence, workplace issues, and trauma. I use the SARA-3 to evaluate the risk of domestic violence.
My client group consists primarily of adults although I also see adolescents. I work with clients who present with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, domestic violence, workplace issues, and trauma. I use the SARA-3 to evaluate the risk of domestic violence.
Everyone’s path is life is unique, including the parts that are challenging. Whether you're navigating overwhelming emotions, relationship difficulties, past trauma, or life transitions, you’re not alone and don't have to face it alone. I offer a warm, collaborative space where your experiences are met with compassion and curiosity, not judgement. My approach is grounded in the belief that healing happens through a trusting relationship and a deep understanding of your unique story.
Everyone’s path is life is unique, including the parts that are challenging. Whether you're navigating overwhelming emotions, relationship difficulties, past trauma, or life transitions, you’re not alone and don't have to face it alone. I offer a warm, collaborative space where your experiences are met with compassion and curiosity, not judgement. My approach is grounded in the belief that healing happens through a trusting relationship and a deep understanding of your unique story.
At Unicorn Psychology, we help children feel seen, understood, and safe to grow.
As parents, we want to understand our children, to ease their struggles, and to help them thrive—but sometimes, the path forward isn’t clear. That’s where I come in.
I’m Natalie, a Registered Psychologist and Certified Play Therapist with a deep passion for working with children and families. With many years of experience, I’ve learned that healing happens through connection—and for children, the most natural path to connection is through play.
At Unicorn Psychology, we help children feel seen, understood, and safe to grow.
As parents, we want to understand our children, to ease their struggles, and to help them thrive—but sometimes, the path forward isn’t clear. That’s where I come in.
I’m Natalie, a Registered Psychologist and Certified Play Therapist with a deep passion for working with children and families. With many years of experience, I’ve learned that healing happens through connection—and for children, the most natural path to connection is through play.
Feeling anxious, scared, and alone, Emotional struggles are difficult and lonely. You are not alone. I will help you become unstuck by providing you a safe place to talk and the opportunity to learn coping strategies in a warm and collaborative environment.
My goal is to give you hope, more confidence to work on your own concerns, and will help you apply coping skills you have and will teach you the latest strategies to help you manage what you are struggling with.
Joy is also an experienced group therapist and facilitates groups for people who have similar struggles, a very effective and efficient way to achieve wellness.
Feeling anxious, scared, and alone, Emotional struggles are difficult and lonely. You are not alone. I will help you become unstuck by providing you a safe place to talk and the opportunity to learn coping strategies in a warm and collaborative environment.
My goal is to give you hope, more confidence to work on your own concerns, and will help you apply coping skills you have and will teach you the latest strategies to help you manage what you are struggling with.
Joy is also an experienced group therapist and facilitates groups for people who have similar struggles, a very effective and efficient way to achieve wellness.
I am passionate about helping individuals and couples who have experienced significant trauma in their lives, including those with complex PTSD, dissociative identity disorder, and borderline personality disorder. I believe that when we experience trauma, we can feel trapped in the past, frozen by the challenge of letting go of the pain, and unable to enjoy the present. So I want to help you process those past hurts so that you can get back to living the life you want. I provide therapy to people of all cultures, faiths, genders, and sexual orientations, valuing each person’s unique experiences.
I am passionate about helping individuals and couples who have experienced significant trauma in their lives, including those with complex PTSD, dissociative identity disorder, and borderline personality disorder. I believe that when we experience trauma, we can feel trapped in the past, frozen by the challenge of letting go of the pain, and unable to enjoy the present. So I want to help you process those past hurts so that you can get back to living the life you want. I provide therapy to people of all cultures, faiths, genders, and sexual orientations, valuing each person’s unique experiences.
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How does therapy for suicidal ideation work?
Stress, depression, anxiety, or upsetting circumstances can give rise to suicidal thinking. Therapy can address the events at the core of an individual’s suffering. Understanding why a person may be suicidal can help the therapist and the patient discover alternative methods of coping. A person with suicidal ideation may be mired in catastrophic thinking, and treatment like cognitive behavioural therapy is a good choice for breaking such patterns. In addition, treatment such as acceptance and commitment therapy can help a person manage their distress through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for suicidal ideation?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour, psychodynamic, acceptance and commitment therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioural and dialectical behaviour therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful thoughts and past traumas. These therapies help an individual tolerate distress, regulate emotions, and not act on dangerous urges.
Are there specific medications to be combined with therapy?
The use of medication for suicidal thoughts must be aligned with the underlying cause; conditions such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis may be at the root of suicidal ideation. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for symptoms, which may include antipsychotics such as aripiprazole or antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
How often and how long are therapy sessions for suicidal ideation?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, while others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. Still other patients, especially those with co-occurring conditions like major depression and anxiety, may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months. In some cases, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm.