Wellness Counselling
Looking after your mental health can include making time to reflect on how you are living and what you need. You may be managing your responsibilities while feeling that something is missing, noticing patterns you would like to change or wondering how to give more attention to your own well-being.
At Maria Schmid & Partners, general wellness counselling provides space to explore your priorities and the choices available to you. Conversations may focus on relationships, personal identity, habits, confidence or a sense of direction. Your goals can be practical, such as establishing boundaries, or more reflective, such as understanding what gives your life meaning.
We begin with your circumstances and the concerns you bring. The work can help you consider what you want to maintain, what needs attention and where a manageable change could make a difference.
Book an appointment or call 403-801-4839 for help choosing a counsellor.
When wellness counselling may be helpful
You may benefit from a dedicated space to think when life feels increasingly organised around other people's needs, when familiar routines leave you unfulfilled or when you are approaching a change in your relationships, work or family. Counselling can also support reflection during a relatively settled period, when you have room to consider what you want from the next stage of life.
Questions about self-worth, personal values, belonging or purpose can be explored alongside everyday concerns. You can bring a specific goal or begin with a general sense that you would like something to be different. Together, we can give that concern a clearer shape.
How we support your well-being
Your counsellor will explore how your relationships, responsibilities and environment affect your well-being. Attention to sleep, rest, movement and social connection may form part of the discussion, alongside the pressures and circumstances that make these difficult to sustain.
The work may involve recognising unhelpful expectations, examining how you respond to setbacks or practising more direct ways to express your needs. Your values, culture and personal beliefs can help guide the goals you choose. Any discussion of spirituality or faith follows your preferences.
Together, we can identify a few practical steps and consider what would make them realistic. Your feedback helps us review what is useful and adjust the focus as your understanding develops.
What to expect at your first appointment
The first conversation focuses on what prompted you to book and what you would like to gain from counselling. You may talk about a typical week, the demands on your time, the people who support you and the areas of life that feel most satisfying or difficult.
Your counsellor can help you identify an initial focus, whether that is a particular decision, a pattern you want to understand or a broader question about your direction. You can also discuss their approach, confidentiality and practical arrangements. The starting point is a goal that feels relevant to your life now.
Meet the counsellors who specialize in General Wellness
Maria Schmid
Registered Psychologist
Maria is a registered psychologist who works with people reflecting on their priorities, identity and sense of direction. Her preventative approach makes room to explore patterns that affect well-being and to consider changes that fit the life you want to lead.
Danielle Smith
Registered Psychologist
Dr. Smith is a registered psychologist who considers how well-being is shaped by relationships and daily surroundings. Her work on concerns such as self-esteem and family conflict can help clients identify which parts of their lives they would like to give more attention.
Tricia Thomas
Registered Psychologist
Tricia is a registered psychologist who works with clients through changes in their lives and relationships. She takes a collaborative approach to setting goals and draws on methods such as narrative and solution-focused therapy when they suit the client’s needs.
Nicole Berggren
Registered Psychologist
Nicole is a registered psychologist who values prevention and early support, especially during the transition to parenthood. She helps clients consider how relationships, past experiences and their current circumstances influence what they need to feel well.
Renata Logan
Registered Psychologist
Renata is a registered psychologist who supports adults through life changes and questions of personal growth. Her approach considers how physical experience, relationships and a sense of purpose can inform the goals a client wants to pursue.
Jason Stein
Registered Social Worker
Jason is a registered social worker who offers collaborative counselling to people navigating difficult circumstances. He helps clients identify what matters to them, understand patterns that keep a concern going and choose a practical goal for the work.
Sheri Sadowick
Counseling Therapist (AB), Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (BC)
Sheri is a counselling therapist who supports adults managing change, relationship pressures or a loss of confidence. Her approach draws on the client’s strengths and circumstances to identify manageable steps towards the changes they want.