Hi and welcome!

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I'm Al, and I am a Psychotherapist, Clinical Counsellor, and Psychosexual Therapist practising in Calgary, Alberta.  

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I share my time between my family, my private practice and various volunteer positions in and around the Calgary area. I have worked successfully with youth, adults and seniors; individually, in partnerships, and in family systems to identify, address and resolve a wide variety of issues.

 

I have provided presentations and workshops on alcohol, drug and process addictions, sexual gender and relationship diversity, stress and anxiety management, meaningful communication, successful living, and moving on from broken relationships.

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Specialised Focus in Counselling:

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Sex and Sexuality, Gender Identity and Expression

Alcohol, Drug, and Process Addictions, and Concurrent Disorders 

LGBTQ2S+ Positive Counselling for individuals, and intimate partnerships

BDSM/Kink & Poly/Swing Relationships

Relationship Counselling

Life Transitions and Trans Counselling

Trauma - Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Abuse

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Additional areas of interest:

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Parenting skills and Family Counselling

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Counselling approach:

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I work from a collaborative, client-centred approach which guides, directs, and challenges you in a gentle and compassionate manner toward the core of your 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 believe that counselling can help you:

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• develop healthier relationships with yourself, your partners and others

• embrace, affirm and and enhance the sexual self in a safe, accepting, and professional space

• identify and change self-sabotaging patterns in your life

• overcome addiction and maintain long term abstinence

• learn healthier ways of coping with and managing uncomfortable feelings

• better identify your needs, feelings, and thoughts

• develop clarity in your ideal life path

• become calmer, happier, more peaceful, and more accepting of yourself and others

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I use a variety of effective, evidence-based therapies and techniques including:

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• Narrative Therapy

• Sex Positive Therapy and Counselling

• Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)

• Positive Psychology

• Motivational Interviewing (MI)

• Psychodynamic

• Gottman Family Therapy

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