Trauma Counselling in Calgary

Trauma can have a profound impact on your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Our trauma counselling services in Calgary provide a compassionate and supportive space for individuals to process, heal, and regain a sense of safety and balance in their lives.

Understanding Trauma and Its Effects

Trauma isn’t just something that happened to you in the past, it’s something that can live on in your nervous system, your relationships, and your sense of self. Whether it stems from a single overwhelming event or from prolonged experiences of neglect, instability, or relational harm, trauma can shape how we see ourselves, how we connect with others, and how safe we feel in our own bodies.

Common effects include anxiety, dissociation, difficulty trusting others, chronic shame, hypervigilance, and patterns of self-protection, such as ultra-independence or perfectionism. These once helped us survive but now get in the way of the life we want. Healing is possible, and it starts with understanding what happened and how your mind and body adapted to it.

Whether you are dealing with past trauma or the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), our trauma therapy services will help you move forward.

Our Approach to Trauma Counselling

We integrate EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Transactional Analysis (TA) to offer a layered, trauma-informed approach to healing.

EMDR helps the brain reprocess distressing memories so they no longer carry the same emotional charge. IFS helps you build a compassionate relationship with the different “parts” of yourself, including the protective parts that developed in response to pain, so healing happens from a place of curiosity rather than judgment.

Transactional Analysis offers insight into the relational patterns, scripts, and roles we learned early in life, helping you understand how past dynamics show up in present-day relationships.

Together, these approaches support healing that is somatic, relational, and deeply respectful of your internal system.

Why Work With Us?

Our team is trained specifically in trauma-informed care, and we take that training seriously, including through our commitment to supervising and mentoring the next generation of trauma-informed clinicians. This means our therapists work under a shared framework grounded in safety, collaboration, and evidence-based practice.

We believe healing happens in relationship, at a pace that respects your nervous system, and with deep respect for your autonomy and lived experience.
You’ll be met with curiosity, skill, and care.

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Take the First Step Toward Healing

Ready to begin?
Schedule a free consultation to see if our approach feels right for you.

Not sure where to start?
Reach out with your questions. We are happy to talk through what trauma therapy could look like for you and match you with a therapist best suited for your needs.

info@conscientiacounselling.ca or call us at 403-313-6802

Resources on Trauma

Sometimes we need a bit of space to sit with our thoughts and figure out what to do next. If this is you, feel free to browse through these resources as you get going in your journey.

Trauma- Paul Conti

The negative connotations of trauma continues to stop people from starting their healing journey. Trauma changes the beliefs we have about ourselves and our world. It changes how we respond and engage with the word.

When The Body Says No- Gabor Mate

We are all one system, mind and body are connected. In this book Gabor Mate present the ways in which chronic illnesses (cancer, fibromyalgia, etc.) have been proven to be the result of trauma and stress.

Every Memory Deserves Respect- Michael Baldwin and Deborah Korn

Every Memory Deserves Respect spells EMDR, a leading therapy for working with trauma and which we offer at our clinic. This is an easy to read and will help you understand the main concepts of EMDR and how it can help you.

Somatic approaches to Trauma therapy in Calgary

The Wisdom of Your Body-Hillary McBride

Trauma is not only stored in our minds, it is also a somatic (body) experience. It is the reason why we are very likely to have a 'gut' feeling. It si also why sometimes we cannot explain verbally how we feel or why we reject or are attracted to something or someone.

Trauma and Addictions therapy in Calgary

The Myth of Normal- Gabor Mate

The idea of what is normal is a social construct. When we take a real look at why we are the way we are and how we got to be that way we realize that medicine, mental health and society has imposed views and "blame' on aspects of our lives that should be considered simply human. This is a must read.

My Grandmother's hands- Resma Menaken

The book explores how racialized trauma lives in the body, passed down through generations. It offers practices for healing trauma held in Black, white, and police bodies alike. A powerful read for anyone exploring how historical and cultural trauma shapes present-day nervous system responses.