Offering Specialized Support for:
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Anxiety & Depression
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Stress, Overwhelm & Burnout
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Finding Yourself & Purpose in New Seasons of Life
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Postpartum Adjustment & Motherhood Identity
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Navigating Relationships & Family Changes
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Parenting Support From Toddlers to Teens
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First Responder & First Responder Family Support
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Vocational Rehabilitation & Return to Work
Claire Tansley (Benadé)
Registered Social Worker
MSW RSW
Hi! I'm Claire Tansley (Formerly Benadé), the proud founder and owner of New Heights Therapy. I'm a Registered Social Worker based in Airdrie, AB but offer virtual sessions to clients across Alberta and Nova Scotia. As a wife, mom and bonus mom, my experiences have guided me to the work I do.
I believe therapy should feel safe, real, and practical - not clinical or cold, because nobody wants to open up to a robot. My approach is warm, compassionate, and rooted in helping you feel heard and understood, without judgement. Who knows, we may even laugh (or cry) together!
Whether you are here for you, your child, or your family, I'm here to walk alongside you so you don't have to face it alone. I promise you, booking your first session is the hardest part, but together we can get you feeling like your best self again!
Individuals
Whether you are experiencing depression, anxiety or overall life stress and transitions, we are able to help support you through these tough times. Working together, we will establish what therapeutic approach will be most beneficial to your success. Offering support for a range of struggles including anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress, life transitions, grief, self image and more.
Children & Adolescents
Children and teens are experiencing more mental health challenges than ever before. These can in turn affect their social lives, schooling, and relationships at home. If your child is struggling with anxiety, depression, self-harm, ADHD, or behavioural outburts, we can help. While the child/teen is the primary client, we collaborate with parents to establish working goals and skills which can be utilized outside of the session. Parents are the primary "therapist" in the home, and as such are the key to establishing support and change.
Parent Coaching
Is your child or teen struggling with their mental health and you're not sure how to best support them? Have you received a number of emails or calls from teachers listing the "problems" they have identified at school and you're left speechless? We offer support and coaching to parents who have children with ADHD, anxiety, depression and behavioural concerns. There is no manual to parenting but we can help you navigate the needs of your child. By establishing an understanding of what your child is experiencing, we are able to work with you on coping skills and practical strategies to best support their ever changing needs.
Perinatal Mental Health
For some, trying to conceive becomes the first of many roadblocks in the path to becoming parents. For others, pregnancy can result in loss, medical concerns, or sudden changes in mental health. And for most, upon the arrival of their newborn, a slew of new challenges emerge including isolation, relationship problems, low body image, loss of self image, intrusive thoughts and more. While the nursery may be prepared and clothes are organized, no one talks about the ugly truths about motherhood but we are here to help you be the best you can be for both you and your new addition.
First Responders & First Responder Families
Navigating shift work, uncertain circumstances or your partners mental health struggles due to their first responder job? Being a partner, or child to a first responder has some amazing benefits, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. Whether it's worries about if they will come home at the end of shift or working through understanding their dissociation and outbursts at home due, we are here to support you and your family navigate these difficult circumstances.
Vocation Rehabilitation & Return to Work Planning
Are you currently off work and looking for tailed support to ensure you are prepared for your return? We focus on functional abilities using vocationally focused CBT to reduce symptoms and increase functionality in the workplace. Through building resilience we identify triggers and useful coping skills that allow workers to feel comfortable and ready for their roles and responsibilities on the job.
"Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain."
- Matt Haig
Providing Access Across Alberta & Nova Scotia
Not local to Calgary or Airdrie? We can still help! We provide virtual sessions to clients across Alberta and Nova Scotia. Since the COVID 19 pandemic, there has been an increase in desire for virtual sessions and this has been a benefit to those living in remote locations or just to those who have barriers to transportation. Having busy lives and schedules to follow can make it difficult to make your mental health a priority, but it doesn't need to be that way! Using the Jane Online Portal, we are able to provide confidential, secure virtual sessions to clients from the comfort of their homes in any location across Alberta and Nova Scotia who are looking for support.
Direct Billing Available
Blue Cross
Canada Life
Dejardins
First Canadian
Greenshield
Manulife
Medavie
Sunlife
Veterans Affairs Canada
Receipt provided for reimbursement purposes for insurance companies not listed above
