SPECIFIC THERAPY APPROACHES
Specific Trainings, Expertise, and Therapy Approaches Utilized by our Therapists:
At Complete Psychological Services in Calgary, offering the BEST and a complete service for all client needs, is important for our team of therapists and for the clients seeking treatment. Are you seeking a therapist specialized in a specific approach of therapy? View our team’s biographies to assess the best fit or contact our clinic to inquire which therapists provide specific approaches.
Check out some of the highly specialized trainings and approaches offered by our team
members.
Working Memory Treatment- COGMED
Are you, or your child showing difficulty with focus and memory, reading comprehension, math, motivation, working hard, and expressing emotions effectively? Poor working memory may be a part of the cause.
Working memory allows individuals to keep information in mind and apply new information. The working aspect is the ability to combine what you know and new information and effectively express the information. Working memory skills impact the ability to remember information for a short time, complete tasks, recall multiple steps, and effectively demonstrate what someone knows, feels, thinks, and needs in verbal, written, or visual means
The Cogmed training method consists of 25 training sessions done online, each 30-45 minutes long (depending on working-level needs). Each session consists of a selection of various tasks that target the different aspects of working memory. The training is done online at home, in school, or at work. The standard program is five weeks long with five sessions every week. Then a break of three-four weeks, and a meeting to discuss outcomes, areas of growth, and how improvements are noted in areas of initial difficulty.
The training is always led by a Cogmed Qualified Coach who works with the user to provide structure, motivation, and feedback on the progress. Clients will be supported weekly throughout the program for best results.
Initial Interview – All Cogmed providers provide screening to determine suitable users. The likelihood of him/her benefiting from the training is evaluated.
Start-up session – The Cogmed Coach plans and structures the training.
Weekly coach calls – The trainee goes through the training either at home, at school, or at work to get advice on how to get the most out of the training, hear feedback, and increase motivation.
Access to the Cogmed Coaching Center – Both the trainee and the Cogmed Coach review and monitor the results of each day’s training, using our online system.
Wrap-up session – After the training is completed, the Cogmed Coach summarises the training together with the trainee and provides feedback data from rating scales and the Cogmed Coaching Center.
Six months follow-up interview – The Cogmed Coach documents training effects again, with more time elapsed and the effects fully emerged.
All About Play Therapy
Therapeutic play is an approach where toys are used like words and the play connects the words together, sharing an authentic experience without directly overwhelming the child.
Through play, children learn to communicate with others, express feelings, modify behaviours, develop problem-solving skills, and become empowered while process through conflicts or disrupting events.
Play in the therapy room is an evidence-based approach bringing many benefits, some which include releasing the unresolved issues causing barriers on development and healthy functioning. Play creates a safe place to process with the support of the therapist-client relationship; the therapist can help teach emotional strategies, model regulation and guide the processing of events, all of which are essential for healing to occur.
The use of various modalities of Play provide a form of expression for any individual. Play Therapy creates a space were healing can take form and growth can be fostered in all ages. Play is not only for children but also for adults, and new research is showing the effectiveness of Play Therapy with the elderly. Individuals of trauma, cultural differences, whole families, and those with language barriers can all benefit from Play Therapy.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation” – Plato
As a Certified Play Therapist (CPT), working with the Canadian Association for Play Therapy (CAPT), maintaining the value of play therapy and its contribution to an individual’s mental, emotional, social and psychologist well-being is our goal.
Expertise in Play Therapy includes 8 years of specialization, and over 15 different trainings in this unique field. As the 10th person working at this level of expertise in Play with individuals and families in Calgary, and the 21st person in Alberta, quality and strong professional services is guaranteed.
Trusting your child or your family’s wellness in the hands of a professional means guardians need to know what to expect. Any individual can take a 1-2-day workshop in approaches of play-based methods, and state they utilize play. However only a select few complete years and years of training (over 300+ hours), and over 150 hours of direct observation and supervision, as well as a complete review of all education and expertise.
Playground magazine is the official voice of The Canadian Association for Play Therapy, helping the association promote the understanding and values of play therapy. Published bi-annually, Playground magazine is circulated among 2000 members and industry professionals. The membership is comprised of industry experts including registered play therapists, psychotherapists, counselors, child psychologists, marriage and family therapists, government agencies, social work agencies, health groups, Health Canada, and affiliated associations in the U.S., including the American Play Therapy Association.
Other Specialized Therapy Approaches Utilized
- Parent-Child Relationship Therapy
- Non-Expressive/Verbal Children
- Trauma Therapy
- Risk and Safety Planning
- Early Interventions and Rehabilitation
- Domestic Violence
- Diagnostic Assessment in children, youth and adults
- ADHD Assessments & Coaching for children, youth, and adults
- Challenging Behaviours in Children
- Psycho-educational Assessments
- Autism Assessments
- MVA Assessments
- Ross Greene’s Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) Model
- Couples Therapy (The Gottman Method Level 1 & 2)
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
- Emotion Focused Therapy
- Acceptance & Commitment
- Art Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Gottman Trained Couples Therapy
- Solution Focused and Brief Therapy Models
- Motivational Interviewing