Mental health, therapy and wellness, from Anne and Divya at Therapy for People in Calgary.
ChatGPT Is Our Go-To for Answers — But Is It Worth Discussing Them with a Human? For many, ChatGPT has become the place we go to for support, and answers. And why not? It gives us quick responses, often at the very moment we need them most, and has access to enormous amounts of information…
Since anxiety is always topical, I am posting this even though I wrote it a long time ago and forgot about it. Better late than never! It’s a topic that is still very much worth exploring. If you haven’t seen Inside Out 2 yet, do yourself a favour and watch it—along with the first movie….
Family Constellations Few things in life are truly universal. One of them is this: no matter who you are or where you come from, you were born through two parents—a mother and a father. Even if you were conceived through IVF, adopted, donor-conceived, or estranged from one or both parents, the biological fact remains that…
Finding Love: Attachment Matters There’s a common belief that finding love first requires fully loving yourself. But here’s the truth: humans don’t love in isolation; they love in relation to others. Our early experiences with caregivers shape how we perceive and receive love. As infants, we see ourselves through the eyes of our primary attachment…
It is time to grieve – climate anxiety’s underlying feeling. The one word or phrase I would use to describe the themes that have surfaced in therapy this week is “existential angst” and “climate anxiety.” We have a sensation that our world is rapidly changing around us, and it’s been difficult to adjust. And the…
“I am constantly filled with a lurking loneliness, a yearning, clinging to the notion that something outside of me will fix me. But I had had all that the outside had to offer!” Matthew Perry, from Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing Matthew Perry (or affectionately, Chandler from Friends to us) described it best…
A woman stands at the fridge, staring into its depths. It’s late at night, and she can’t sleep. She isn’t hungry, not really. Instead, she feels kind of empty, and deeply tired. Perhaps she also feels a bit sad, but can’t figure out why. She closes the fridge and listlessly wanders over to the cupboard….
Facing the Void: Healing in Therapy Moving through the Healing Spiral Healing in therapy can sometimes feel like a never-ending process. For those of us who have been on a healing journey for a while, it can seem like “when does this end? When do I get to be finished and be healed?” I often…
Fighting the disease of perfectionism means looking at ourselves beyond what we look like. It means accepting ourselves as good enough without putting requirements or caveats on our okayness.
Script decisions are ways we take care of ourselves, that might not work anymore as grownups. Read about Janine*, her experience of depression, and how she changed her Script.
