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How to Reduce Anxiety Immediately: When You Can’t Wait for “Self-Care”
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How to Calm Anxiety?
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How to Deal with Anxiety?
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Recognizing Anxiety Symptoms: When Worry Becomes More Than Just Stress
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How to Build Self-Esteem?
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Why Is My Teen So Angry? A Parent’s Guide to Understanding and Helping
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Understanding Counselling: Co-Regulation
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Understanding Counselling: Gottman for Couples
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Fine – And Other One Word Answers: How to Get Your Kids Talking After School
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There’s Still Time to Roadtrip! How to Make Them Tolerable
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Why It’s So Hard to “Just Stop Overthinking” – And What You Can Try Instead
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Understanding Counselling: Play Therapy
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Hold Your Horses: How to Enjoy Stampede Without Burnin’ Out
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Ridin’ The Right Trail: Making Smart Choices During Stampede
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Mindfulness Without The Buzzwords: Slowing Down For Real
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Essential Nutrients for your Brain and Relationships
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Understanding Counselling: What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
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Understanding Counselling: How Emotion Focused Therapy Can Help You
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How can I prepare for my first Couple’s Counselling session?
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Refresh Featured As One of The Top 11 Best Counselling Services In Calgary
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Family Therapy and Building Blocks
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Validating in Conversation
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Lessons Learned
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Mental Health Strategies during a Pandemic
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Finding the Right Psychologist
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Understanding Counselling: Solution Focused Brief Therapy
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Healthy Boundaries
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Breathe – It will be ok
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How Do I Function Around People Again?
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Group of five adults in chairs during a group therapy session, some gesturing and one woman covering her ears, with a facilitator holding a clipboard facing them.
I. AM. SO. MAD.
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Help! I can’t get no sleep!
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Putting Therapy into Practice
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Healing is a process
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Words To Live By
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10 Things You Should Know Before Starting Therapy
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Taking Care of Your Mental Health During The Christmas Season
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It’s That Time Of Year Again
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Prioritizing Your Mental Health In 2023
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Understanding Counselling: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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Speak their Love Language: What Are the Five Love Languages?
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Speak their Love Language: Quality Time
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Speak their Love Language: Acts Of Service
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Speak their Love Language: Physical Touch
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When is it time to consider seeing a Counsellor
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Speak Their Love Language: Words of Affirmation
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Speak their Love Language: Receiving Gifts
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Practical Guide To Helping Children Build Relationships With Their Peers
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“NO!” – the simple yet powerful tool in order to preserve our mental health
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10 Activities To Help Your Mental Health
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Asian Heritage Month – Helping Asians Overcome The Stigma of Asking For Mental Helath Support
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Preparing Your Children and Teens for a Fun-Filled Summer Break – Tips for a Healthy Mental Well-being
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Time off is good for you! Here’s some reasons why…
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Registered Psychology vs Registered Provisional Psychologist – What’s the difference?
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Summer Screen Time Showdown: 5 Tips for Limiting Your Child’s Device Use Over The Summer
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Some Simple and Effective Ways to Care for a Loved One Suffering from Anxiety
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How Summer Influences the Mental Health of Canadians – Refresh Counselling Calgary
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Fall Back to School
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Top 10 Jokes for Psychologists and Psychology geeks (…like us)
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Taking the First Step Towards a Brighter Mental Health Journey with Refresh Counselling
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Balancing Family Time and Work Responsibilities
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