Mental Health Consulting & Training in Calgary

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Monarch Psychology is pleased to provide consulting services within our areas of specialty for individuals, work teams, schools, sports organizations, and community groups.

We offer training and workshops to other professionals and community members on a wide range of mental health topics.
If you have any questions about our mental health consultation and training services, please don’t hesitate to contact us or check out some frequently asked questions:

Lori Helfenbaum

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Paige Ellis

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What are some examples of your consulting services?

Here are some examples of the types of consulting services we offer:

Supporting schools to become more trauma-informed and to better support students with mental health challenges.
Supporting and mentoring healthcare providers to practice from a more inclusive perspective, including being more trauma informed, body positive, and supportive of gender diverse patients.
Supporting community and sports organizations to ensure they are promoting a psychologically healthy and body positive environment, with a specialty in aesthetic-based sports.
Supporting healthcare providers and teams to increase resiliency in the face of burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue.
Supporting workplaces in becoming more psychologically healthy.

Some examples of workshops include:

Anxiety 101
Addressing burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma in helping professionals
Surviving and thriving on your journey with chronic illness
Beyond words: what does trauma do to our brains?
Compassionate care: providing care for the chronically ill (for health professionals)
How do we grieve?
Supporting healthy body image and combatting eating disorders
Parenting an anxious child or teen
Anxiety at school: Strategies for teachers and teaching assistants
How to be a trauma-informed school
The adolescent brain: What’s going on?
Managing emotions: What is emotional regulation and how do we do it?
Supporting a loved one with an eating disorder
Coping with grief during the holidays
The power of self-compassion and self-care
Women’s empowerment
Fostering healthy working relationships

What type of mental health challenges do your services address?

When it comes to our mental health consulting and training, we focus on many areas of mental health concerns that we address in our counselling services.
However, instead of addressing these challenges in a one-on-one setting, we implement training materials to suit your group’s unique needs as well as provide valuable resources.
Here are some of the mental health challenges Monarch Psychological specializes in:

Eating Disorders and Body Image: Eating disorders involve relationships with food that negatively impact a person’s life and can include struggles such as fears related to food, rigid eating patterns, chronic dieting, and compulsive exercise.

Trauma and PTSD: Trauma and PTSD are the mind and body’s way of responding to a terrible event or experiences that can be addressed by helping individuals resolve unpleasant memories and learn how to regulate strong emotions.

Perinatal Mental Health: The journey to parenthood is one of the most powerful and gratifying experiences we can have, but it can also be incredibly overwhelming, depleting, and potentially traumatic.

Stress, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue: Burnout and compassion fatigue are states of complete exhaustion that are caused by excessive and prolonged stress over time. Helpers, especially healthcare workers, are most vulnerable to burnout due to their tremendous care and empathy.

Anxiety and Depression. The most common mental health conditions, anxiety and/or depression can occur alone or alongside other mental illnesses. They also often occur together.

Do you offer mental health consulting and training on a recurring basis?

Generally, our training and consultation sessions are done one time or over a short period of time, such as 2-3 meetings.

However, the number of sessions depends entirely on your unique needs and we understand that some projects may require more time.

Are your training and mental health consulting sessions customized to my organization’s needs?

Yes, our services are tailored to your needs, whether it’s a training workshop for a school or providing recommendations on an identified challenge within an organization.

For example, Monarch Psychology has addressed behavioral issues in sports and recreation programs, worked with teachers to build skills to address student anxiety, supported a school to meet the needs of their students following a major loss, and consulted with nurses who work in palliative care.

How much do your mental health consulting and training services cost?

Investing in the well-being of your team, organization, or employees starts at $250/hour and is determined by your unique needs.

Feel free to contact us to discuss the type of training and consulting you are looking for and we can provide you with an investment quote.

People Are Our Top Priority

Whether we are seeing clients in an individual setting or connecting with our community, Monarch Psychological always puts people first!

We believe there is no shame in struggling and we want to help people focus on living their best life and making long-term changes.

We look forward to connecting with you and supporting your employees, teams, and organizations!