Women's Counselling
Focusing on women's unique challenges and strengths,
Aspen Psychology in Calgary delivers specialized support.
Embrace your journey as a woman and thrive.
Your Personalized Counselling Journey
Women face unique challenges and pressures. When we don't take care of our mental health and wellbeing, juggling personal, professional, and family roles can become overwhelming.
At Aspen Psychology in Calgary, our women's counselling services will identify effective strategies and tools to help you reconnect with your inner resilience to navigate your unique challenges.
Specialized Psychology, Counselling, and Therapeutic Help. From a Woman to a Woman
The ebb and flow of life as a woman — from career moves to motherhood to personal growth — is unique and beautiful. But when your days are more struggle than joy, women need specialized help. Whether you're battling self-esteem issues, or if you have experienced sexual assault, or you are grappling with body image, or navigating the challenges of womanhood, our team is here with the expertise and empathy you deserve.
Like the nurturing roots of an Aspen grove, Aspen's Calgary Counsellors are here to provide you with the support and tools so you can not only face challenges but thrive through them.
Aspen Offers Women:
Individual Psychology for Women
Our counselling program for women provides support in many forms and for a wide array of needs.
From personal challenges and mental health issues to professional hurdles and self care we provide the guidance, understanding, confidential counselling services, and tools you need to reclaim healthy satisfying lives.
We can help you with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, domestic violence and to build supportive relationships and sleep challenges. From your first womens counselling appointment, we also give you the tools to build your resilience one day at a time.
Marriage & Relationship Guidance
Marriage and Relationships can be a sanctuary. When they become the source of distress, it's time to seek guidance. Our counselling services will help you transform conflicts into opportunities for a deeper connection.
Our women's counselling program is a safe space that has helped numerous women navigate their relationships and overcome many mental health issues connected to relationships and marriage. It has been the first step towards healing brokenness in a relationship.
Rediscover your voice. Get the tools to increase and improve communication and connection.
Discover Relationship Clarity
Motherhood & Postpartum Support
Transitioning into motherhood is both rewarding and demanding. Motherhood can also be exhausting, numbing and overwhelming.
The therapists in our women's counselling program are here to empower you with tools and guide and support you on this new journey. Some moms have also experienced childhood abuse themselves and need help to manage that as they transition into parenthood, and adult counselling can help.
We also have group counselling in our mother's groups for additional information click here.
Let Us Be a Part of Your Motherhood Village
Women's Trauma Therapy
Our specialized trauma therapy for women provides a safe environment to heal, grow, and reclaim your life. Because recovering from trauma is a process, and we will be here for you in person, on every step of the journey.
Adult counselling, especially for women, can be the difference in a mental health journey.
Our women's counselling program and counselling services are designed to help women with many forms of trauma.
Seek Healing with Trauma Therapy
Meet The Team
Melissa Sawers
Registered Psychologist
Melissa is a Registered Psychologist with a Master of Counselling.
Melissa believes that engaging in a collaborative, therapeutic process can help people live happier, healthier, more productive lives.
Lisa Thompson
Registered Psychologist
Lisa is a Registered Psychologist, with a Master of Counselling and Art Therapy.
Lisa works with children, youth, couples, and families. Lisa works from a collaborative, strength-based perspective.
Mary-Lou Carlyle
Registered Psychologist
Mary-Lou is a Registered Psychologist with a Master of Counselling.
Mary-Lou recognizes that making the decision to reach out for extra support can sometimes be an overwhelming experience.
Kate Dinning
Registered Psychologist
Kate is a Registered Provisional Psychologist with a Master of Counselling Psychology.
Kate has experience in helping individuals and couples tackle a number of presenting concerns.
Alanna Kelly
Registered Psychologist
Alanna is a Registered Psychologist. She graduated from Athabasca University with a Master of Counselling Psychology.
She has completed EMDR training.
Alanna is experienced in working with children, adolescents, adults, and couples
Meghan McDonald
Registered Psychologist
Meghan is a Registered Psychologist. She graduated from Athabasca University with a Master of Counselling Psychology.
She has completed ART training.
Meghan is passionate working with individuals, families, couples, and the LGBTQ+ community.
We have a new Practicum Student!
Low-cost therapy, both in-person and virtual, is available as Aspen Leung works to complete her graduate-level training. She is supervised by one of our Registered Psychologists.
Aspen Leung
Graduate Student, Masters of Counselling Psychology
Aspen works with youth (16+), adults, seniors, and couples.
She draws from the following modalities:
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- CBT
- Narrative Therapy
Women's Counselling Modalities and Specialities
From tailored therapeutic modalities to addressing common challenges faced by women,
our expertise ensures your journey with us is both empowering and transformative:
Therapeutic Modalities:
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)
- Family Systems Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman
- Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
- Art Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
Common Challenges
- Self-esteem
- Depression
- Anxiety + Anxiety disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Burnout
- Anger management
- Grief
- Stress
- Self esteem
- Trauma & PTSD
- Chronic pain
- Relationship challenges (work & personal)
- Childhood abouse
- Social challenges
- Pregnancy, Perinatal, Postpartum
- Sexual Assault
- Marriage challenges
- Family conflict
- Coping skills
- Work/life balance
- Life transitions
- ADHD
- Parenting
- You've experienced abuse
Dream & Build Your Shining Thriving Tomorrow
With Aspen's Women’s Counselling, from your first appointment, you can start dreaming of a brighter, balanced, and harmonious future. Because as you grow and heal, so does the community around you. Together, let's cultivate a space where every woman can rise, thrive, and shine.
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