A PLACE TO HEAL, GROW & DISCOVER

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Calgary-based individual therapy and wellness services to help you navigate anxiety, trauma, self-esteem & confidence issues, relationship & family conflict, and depression.

Together, let’s begin your journey now.

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With the right conditions and support, we are all capable of healing

Ali Chacalias Psychology & Wellness is a warm and welcoming therapy space that is here for you. All are welcome here.

We all move through challenges in life and deserve a space to learn and discover healthier ways of coping and living. Together, we will navigate anxiety, trauma, self-esteem & confidence issues, relationship & family conflict, and depression.

I want you to come back to balance and wellness in your life, discover strengths and self-awareness, improve your relationship with yourself and others, and change unhelpful patterns that are keeping you stuck.

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How Can I Help?

Hello & Welcome!

Hi, I am Ali (she/her), Registered Psychologist based out of Calgary, Alberta.

You have taken a courageous step to be here, and I am so glad that you did. My passion is to walk alongside you as you discover ways to heal and grow, feeling a restored sense of balance and wellness in your daily life.

My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and focused on YOU. I will invite you to connect with yourself with compassion, gain a better understanding of the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and learn to better manage the symptoms that are causing you daily distress. Together we will dig deep to the root of what you are experiencing so that we can create long-lasting meaningful healing and change.

Dive in to learn more about my therapeutic approaches, experience, and areas of specialization.

“Connectedness allows people to heal.”

-Bruce Perry

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What is EMDR Therapy, and How Can It Help Me?
What is EMDR Therapy, and How Can It Help Me?

EMDR Therapy, also known as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy, is an evidence-based therapeutic modality that originated as a trauma treatment. EMDR has since evolved to be able to treat many conditions including but not limited to trauma, anxiety, phobias, depression, and addiction.

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Signs That You Need Boundaries
Signs That You Need Boundaries

“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”

– Brene Brown

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What is Attachment?
What is Attachment?

You may have heard of this concept but not fully understood what is meant by attachment, attachment theory, or attachment patterns.

As a Psychologist with specialized training in attachment theory, I will share my knowledge that comes from training and research from experts in the field, such as Diane Poole Heller, Amir Levine, and Dr. Maureen Gallagher.

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Monday mantraaa✨ Research shows that self-affirmations, or as I call them on Mondays, mantras, help us change habits and patterns. What mantra will you choose to guide your week? • • • #wellness #selflove #selfcompassion #selfcare #we
Let’s talk about Perfectionism🙌🏻 I have been LOVING my ACT training on perfectionism and people pleasing so wanted to share some bits with you all! Perfectionism is one of those patterns that can be so tough to navigate. There are so many fa
When anxiety consistently comes up as an issue for us, it is just this: an over-estimation of threat and an underestimation of our ability to get through. For everyone that goes through this, I hear you, I see you. I know it’s so hard to figh
Monday mantra! Choose the mantra that you want to guide your week✨ Mantras, like intentions or affirmations, help us plant the seeds for intentional changes in limiting patterns of beliefs or behaviors. You got this💪🏻 • • • #wellnes
Let’s pick our weekly Mantras! Monday is a great day to set mantras or intentions to guide your week. These are meant to be repeated to oneself in order to lay the foundation for new patterns to arise. • • • #wellness #selflove