Welcome to the OBP Psychology Blog

Wondering how much therapy costs and whether it's covered by insurance? Learn what influences therapy pricing, how insurance benefits work, and practical ways to access affordable mental health support. From sliding-scale fees to online therapy options, discover how to find quality care that fits your needs, budget, and wellness goals.

Discover how sports psychology can improve confidence, focus, resilience, and performance for athletes in hockey, football, basketball, swimming, running, and more. In this blog, Jamie Wilkinson explores how therapy and mental performance strategies can help athletes manage anxiety, burnout, pressure, injury recovery, and self-doubt while building a healthier relationship with sport, competition, and overall well-being.

Less Couch, More Path explores how outdoor therapy, EMDR, and movement-based counselling can support healing, stress reduction, and emotional growth. In this conversation with Airdrie Inside, Kristy McConnell, R. Psych., shares the story behind Off the Beaten Path Psychology and Wellness, the benefits of walk and talk therapy, and how trauma therapy in Airdrie, Calgary, and Cochrane can help people feel less stuck and more connected.

Ethical care is more than professional standards. At Off the Beaten Path Psychology and Wellness in Airdrie, our counselling and psychology services are guided by ongoing informed consent, ethical decision making, collaboration, and respect for client autonomy. Learn how ethical therapy supports safe, transparent, and compassionate mental health care in Alberta.

Why women in helping professions, business, and divorce work struggle with money guilt and financial fawning. From a Registered Psychologist and Trauma of Money Practitioner.

You can love your own company and still feel lonely—and that matters. This post explores the difference between solitude and loneliness, why loneliness feels so personal, and how deeper beliefs about self-worth keep us stuck. Learn how small moments of connection, community, and therapy can help you feel seen, supported, and less alone.