Hope and Grow Counseling

Description

For more information on Counseling or Group Work or Informative Psycho-Educational Presentations please visit the web page at http://gaininggroundgroupwork.web.com/ The website is accessible and informative though it is in the process of being updated.
I am Sandra Wright B.A. and I provide individual, couples, and family counseling as well as child therapy. My services are mobile and although I concentrate mainly in serving the public in SE/SW/NE Calgary, Okotoks, and High River I am also potentially available to serve other locations. I do my best to choose offices and spaces that are nurturing and that provide a pleasant and comforting environment. Home visits are sometimes available. Fees are $120 for individuals and $180 for couples. The first two sessions for individuals are 2 hours (at no extra charge) and then one hour for the remaining sessions. For couples the sessions are 2 hours with the first session being three hours. Sessions for children ages 5-12 are 80 per visit and the sessions do not last more than one hour. Please contact me regarding a sliding scale if necessary, please do not miss out on receiving needed support. Fees are typically paid in advance through email interact with online banking, certified check or cash. If the client is unable to make the prepaid appointment the appointment will be rescheduled with a $50 rescheduling fee (if the appoint is rescheduled 3 or more days in advance there is no extra fee). The following are some examples of areas of specialization: Attention Deficit Disorder in adults and children, Couples Counseling (resources used include works and research by John Gottman, Gary Chapman, Couples Skills Therapeutic Manual, Stephen Carters works on Commitment Phobia and related topics, Co-dependency works by Melanie Beattie), Family Counseling, Child and youth counseling, Teaching parenting skills, healthy boundaries in relationships, Stress, Transitions, Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety, healing childhood wounds, modifying behaviour, addictions, issues related to being single, poverty, supporting people in accessing financial and community supports, social justice, social phobia, self-esteem, self-growth, life coaching, self-harm, suicidal ideation, teaching verbal self-defence/assertiveness, healing feelings of shame or displacement/exclusion, stress that comes from a work context, consultation regarding relationships with landlords or bosses/coworkers, grief work/loss, children or youth suffering from anxiety, fear, self-esteem or anger issues. The most important treatment in any therapy is an empathetic, non-judgemental and safe space in which to heal.