#1200, 630 6 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1X4
403-829-8614
Priddis is small enough that it barely shows up on a map a general store, a golf course, a scatter of acreages tucked into the foothills. That’s precisely why residents choose it, and precisely why finding a psychologist without driving to the city is close to impossible. There’s no clinical presence in Priddis at all.
Be Well Psychology sees Priddis and area residents from our downtown Calgary office, about thirty to thirty-five minutes north via Highway 22X and Macleod Trail. No waitlist, no referral, and complete separation from a community where almost everyone recognizes almost everyone. We work with adults, couples, families, teens, and children.
Priddis draws two kinds of people: retirees who came for the quiet after decades of city life, and professionals who moved out for space while still working remotely or commuting occasionally. Both can end up more isolated than expected once the novelty of acreage life settles. We work with adults on grief and loss, retirement transitions, anxiety, depression, and the kind of unprocessed history that surfaces once life finally slows down. Sessions draw on EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ACT, and CBT, matched to the individual.
Long marriages that relocated to Priddis for retirement, and younger couples who moved out for the land and the golf course lifestyle, arrive at very different but equally real relationship strain. Retirement can turn two people who saw each other for a few hours a day into two people together constantly, with no established rhythm for it. Younger couples often find the isolation of a rural property harder on the relationship than expected. We use Gottman Method and attachment-based work to address both a lifetime of small unspoken items, or a newer partnership already running on autopilot.
Priddis households often include adult children who stayed close, aging parents on the same or a neighbouring property, and a lot of unspoken expectation about who looks after whom. We help families work through caregiving strain, inheritance and succession tension, grief, and generational disagreement about how life out here should look. Sessions happen in Calgary, well outside a community where privacy at the general store is nearly impossible.
A teenager growing up in Priddis is usually driving to Millarville, Bragg Creek, Okotoks, or Calgary just to see friends or get to school there’s very little that happens locally, and even less anonymity when it does. We work with adolescents on isolation, anxiety, low mood, self-harm, substance use, and identity, in a room with no connection to the small foothills social world they grew up in. Weekend and late-afternoon appointments account for the drive.
For a Priddis family, a young child needing support usually means the nearest specialized help is a thirty-minute drive in any direction. Meanwhile the bedtime battles, the school anxiety, or the behaviour nobody can quite name doesn’t pause for logistics. Our child therapists use play-based therapy and Triple P Positive Parenting to reach kids through how they naturally process. We help with anxiety, big emotions, behavioural concerns, ADHD, autism, grief, and adjustment, and we make each visit count given the distance involved.
Complete distance from a very small community. In a hamlet this size, privacy locally is almost impossible. Thirty minutes north, your appointment is entirely your own.
No waitlist. None not a shorter one. Start this week.
No referral needed. Alberta doesn’t require one. Book directly.
A full clinical team at the end of one drive. If you’re travelling anyway, travel once trauma, ADHD, couples, adolescents, and children are all covered.
Registered psychologists. Our team holds registration with the College of Alberta Psychologists.
Times built for a longer trip. Mid-morning, midday, evening, and weekend appointments, not just an early slot that costs a full day.
Fees stated plainly. Sessions start 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 needs.
Free 20-minute consultation. Sort out fit by phone before committing to the drive.
Be Well Psychology #1200, 630 6 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1X4 · 403-829-8614
Roughly 30 to 35 minutes from Priddis, depending on route and time of day.
Route: Highway 22X east to Macleod Trail, then north into the downtown core. From the north end of the hamlet, Elbow Drive is a quieter alternative into the city.
Timing: Northbound traffic picks up after 7:30 a.m. and southbound slows after 4:00 p.m. Midday and evening appointments avoid both.
Parking: Paid parkades within a block of 6 Avenue SW.
Winter note: The foothills roads around Priddis can ice and drift well before city streets do. Build in extra time, and call us if conditions turn.
No Priddis has no clinical mental health services. Our office is in downtown Calgary, thirty to thirty-five minutes north, which is why residents from Priddis, Millarville, and the surrounding area come to us.
No. Sessions take place in Calgary, away from Priddis entirely, so the visit stays private.
Yes. Retirement, an empty house, and health changes later in life are common reasons Priddis clients reach out, and our therapists work specifically with grief, identity, and adjustment at this stage of life.
Yes. Caregiving strain whether it’s logistics, guilt, burnout, or conflict with siblings over who does what comes up often for Priddis families, and it’s something we work with regularly.
All three are within a reasonable drive of our downtown Calgary office roughly thirty to forty minutes depending on the exact community and we see clients from each of them.
Start with a free 20-minute consultation.
No referral, no waitlist, no obligation and no drive until you’ve decided we’re the right fit.
