#1200, 630 6 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1X4
403-829-8614
Springbank doesn’t look like a place with unmet needs. Acreages instead of lots, riding arenas instead of backyards, Edge School and CFIS drop-off lines full of families who are, by most measures, doing very well. That surface makes it a strange place to admit that something isn’t working and a hard place to find anyone qualified to help, since Springbank has no clinical mental health services of its own.
Be Well Psychology sees Springbank residents from our downtown Calgary office, about twenty minutes east on Highway 1 or via the West Stoney Trail connection. There’s no waitlist, no referral required, and no need to explain yourself to anyone you’ll run into at the barn. We work with adults, couples, families, teenagers, and children.
A demanding career, a business run from the property, a life that reads as enviable from the outside none of that rules out anxiety, depression, or the kind of low-grade exhaustion that doesn’t show up until it’s been building for years. We work with Springbank adults on burnout, anxiety, unprocessed grief, and the identity questions that surface after a business sale, a career pivot, or the kids leaving for boarding school or university. Sessions draw on CBT, ACT, and EMDR, chosen to match what’s actually going on rather than a generic protocol. What’s said in the room stays entirely separate from the community you live in.
Managing a property, a business, and a family calendar leaves little room for the relationship underneath all of it. Springbank couples often describe a partnership that runs efficiently and has quietly stopped being a partnership decisions made in passing, intimacy deferred indefinitely, resentment that never gets a proper airing because there’s always another logistical fire. Using Gottman Method and attachment-based approaches, we help partners address what the day-to-day has been skipping: money and legacy planning disagreements, unequal division of the household and property, and the drift that sets in after years of managing rather than connecting.
Springbank households often carry more than the immediate family multi-generational land, a business that involves more than one generation, expectations about who takes over what. That can be a strength and it can be a source of quiet, ongoing conflict. We help families work through succession tension, blended-family dynamics after a remarriage, grief, and the strain of caring for aging parents while also raising kids on the same property. Sessions happen in Calgary, away from anyone who knows the family name.
Teens at Edge School or CFIS carry real academic and athletic expectations, often self-imposed as much as inherited, inside a social world small enough that very little goes unnoticed. Add long bus rides or a lengthy family commute and there’s not much time or privacy left to process anything. We work with Springbank teens on performance anxiety, disordered eating, low mood, self-harm, substance use, and identity in a room with no one from school or the barn in it. Late-afternoon and weekend appointments are available so sessions don’t compete with training schedules.
Acreage life gives kids space, animals, and room to roam and sometimes real distance from other children their age, especially before school starts. When a young child is struggling, Springbank parents are often the first to notice something’s off, long before a diagnosis or a referral catches up. Our child therapists use play-based therapy and Triple P Positive Parenting to work with how children actually communicate. We help with anxiety, big emotions, behavioural concerns, ADHD, autism, and adjustment after a move or family change, and you leave each session with something to use that evening, not just a clinical impression.
Privacy that a twenty-minute drive buys. In a community this connected, being seen locally means being seen. In Calgary, your appointment belongs only to you.
No waitlist. Not a shorter one none. What prompted the search today can be addressed this week.
No referral required. Alberta doesn’t require one to see a psychologist. Book directly.
One practice, one drive. Trauma, ADHD, couples work, adolescents, and young children are all covered here, so a household isn’t coordinating three separate providers.
Registered psychologists. Our team is registered with the College of Alberta Psychologists.
Fees stated plainly. Sessions begin at $235 per 60-minute hour, in line with the Psychological Association of Alberta’s recommended schedule. We don’t direct bill; you’ll receive a receipt with everything your insurer requires.
Free 20-minute consultation. Establish fit by phone before committing to the drive.
Be Well Psychology #1200, 630 6 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1X4 · 403-829-8614
Roughly 20 to 25 minutes from central Springbank.
Route: Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) east into the city, continuing to Memorial Drive, then south into the downtown core. From the north side of Springbank, the West Stoney Trail ring road connects quickly to Crowchild Trail as an alternative.
Timing: Eastbound Highway 1 is busiest between 7:00 and 8:30 a.m. Mid-morning, midday, and evening appointments avoid it entirely.
Parking: Paid parkades within a block of 6 Avenue SW. Allow ten extra minutes on your first visit.
Winter note: The stretch through Springbank and into the west end of the city is exposed to wind and drifting snow it can be rougher than conditions downtown. Build in extra time when weather turns.
No Springbank has no clinical mental health services locally. Our office is in downtown Calgary, about twenty minutes east on Highway 1, which is why many Springbank families come to us.
Yes. Sessions happen in our Calgary office, entirely apart from Springbank, Edge School, or CFIS. What you discuss stays between you and your therapist.
Most Springbank clients are seen within a week or two of reaching out, and often sooner. Start with the free 20-minute consultation and we’ll find the next available time that suits your schedule.
Yes. We work with adults, couples, teens, and young children, including students at Edge School and CFIS, with different therapists specializing in each age group so the whole household can be seen at one practice.
Yes. We’re open until 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings, so a Springbank appointment can be scheduled around a workday rather than as a separate trip.
Start with a free 20-minute consultation.
No wait list. No referral needed. No obligation twenty minutes to see whether we’re the right fit.
