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
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It's through these values that we offer compassionate, conscious and inclusive counselling in Calgary. ​​​​
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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
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"On Ferocious and Gentle Correspondence Between a Rebel Woman and Worry" by Calgary Psychologist Chelsey Morton
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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.