Our Values
Our craft is anchored by these moral principles, deeply woven into every exchange with every client.
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We all have the right to our own experiences and to feel legitimate no matter how big or small, permanent or temporary something may be
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We are committed to anchoring your unique lived experience
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We know people are not defined by their problems
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We practice our craft by bringing playful and creative approaches to our conversations
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We know problems exist within social and cultural contexts that are actively informed by race, class, ability, gender, and sexual orientation
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We acknowledge the ongoing effects of colonial violence, systemic oppression, and marginalization impact on people and communities
It's through these values that we offer compassionate, conscious and inclusive counselling in Calgary.
Check Out
Some of
Our Work
"Narrative Therapy in the “Imaginative-Agentive Gap” Or: Imagined into Agency: Goth Lolita Comes to Life" by Calgary Psychologist Chelsey Morton
"On Ferocious and Gentle Correspondence Between a Rebel Woman and Worry" by Calgary Psychologist Chelsey Morton
References & links
Epston, D. What is Narrative Therapy
Hedtke, L. (2019). Re-membering Practices.
Hedtke, L. (2000). Dancing with death. Gecko: A Journal of Deconstruction and Narrative Ideas in Therapeutic Practice, 2.
Newman, D (2008). Rescuing the said from the saying of it: Living documentation in narrative therapy. Dulwich Centre Publication.
Thomas, S. (2016). In praise of patience.
*My learning, understanding & refinement of these practices has come from the generosity of the folks at the Calgary Narrative Collective-Loree Stout, Sanni Paljakka, Tiffany Saxton and Tom Carlson. Foundational to all of these ideas are the brilliance of Michael White and the pedagogy of David Epston.
