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One of the strengths of our website is the amount of information that we can provide to you about ourselves as psychologists including descriptions of our backgrounds, training, and specializations, recommended books that we utilize in our daily practice, and some thoughts regarding our views of psychology and the process of change through counselling.
As you already have or will see by our names and credentials, we are all Ph.D. or Masters level psychologists who have completed at least two degrees related to the area of psychology. We are also registered psychologists which means that we have sucessfully met training, supervision, and examination requirements to practice psychology in the province of Alberta. Taken together, we believe we are able to provide a level of expertise and clinical understanding that separates us from the rest of the "psychological" crowd.
We also recognize that this "psychological crowd" is steadily growing in Calgary making the search and decision-making around a psychologist for you the consumer that much more difficult. That is why our personal thoughts, in addition to our one page descriptions, gives you an extra glimpse into our personality, philosophy of counselling, and overall character.
How Do We Access Your Services?
We are frequently asked about how one accesses our services and whether or not a medical doctor or other professional needs to provide a referral. The answer to this question is no. Unlike psychiatrists and other medical specialists such as pediatricians who in most cases require a referral from a family or medical doctor, your decision to pursue our services simply involves giving us a call or sending us an e-mail. We in turn will contact you and likely ask a number of questions to get a better sense of what you would like to discuss and whether or not we are the best candidate for the type of service you are looking for.
How Much Are Your Services?
The costs of our services are dependent on four factors: the pricing guidelines recommended by the Psychologists' Association of Alberta, the type of service (e.g., individual, couples, family therapy) that is being requested, whether or not you have secondary health insurance such as Blue Cross or Quikcard, and some individual discretion by each psychologist given the fact that we are all independent private practice owners.
We hope this information is helpful. If you wish to e-mail us about any other question that you may have, please do so at psychologysbest@shaw.ca.
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The Psychology's Best Psychologists
