Manas Psychological Services
Serving Airdrie, Calgary, & Online Across Alberta
Burn Out, TRAUMA & OSI THERAPY
Evidence-based care for Trauma Exposed Professionals
Police, Fire, EMS, Health care, 911, Corrections & Military
Every call, every shift, every scene can leave a mark.
When those marks pile up—long after the sirens fade—they can hijack sleep, crank the body’s alarm system, and turn everyday moments into threats. Sleep is often the first casualty: hyper-arousal keeps you from drifting off and jolts you awake, while exhaustion fuels quick-trigger irritability that makes small hassles feel huge.
Nightmares, flashbacks, emotional numbness, headaches that won’t quit, even obsessive “What if I hurt someone?” thoughts are all signals of an Operational Stress Injury (OSI)—the Canadian term for the psychological wounds first responders, health-care, and military members face, whether from one critical incident or years of cumulative strain and moral injury.
Research shows that 44 % of Canadian public-safety personnel screen positive for at least one mental-health disorder, and 23 % for PTSD alone (CIPSRT, 2024)
What We offer:
- EMDR: Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
- ART: Accelerated Resolution Therapy
- CPT: Cognitive Processing Therapy
- DBT-based emotion-regulation skills: Practical, on-scene tools for surges of anger, panic, or dissociation.
- I-CBT for OCD & intrusive images: A protocol that targets thought loops common in high-stress roles.
- CBT-I: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia
- Couples & family sessions: Trauma doesn’t stay at work.
Workers' compensation Board (WCB) Alberta
WCB Psychological Injury Support
If your psychological injury happened at work, Manas Psychological Services has two WCB-approved providers. We offer evidence-informed therapy tailored to first responders and trauma-exposed professionals, with guidance on how the WCB process works and how it differs from private therapy.
Health & Wellness Check
Even if you’re not ready for therapy, a Safeguard or Health & Wellness Check offers an annual, confidential 80-minute appointment to keep your mental health fit for duty—no different from a physical with your family doctor.
- Evidence-based screening – PCL-5, PHQ-9, GAD-7, RISC and the Operational-Stress Injury Check-Up.
- Brief consult + feedback – Talk through sleep, mood, exposure levels, and coping skills with a psychologist who “gets” the job.
- Early warning & referral – Catch red flags long before they become critical incidents or time-off claims.
- Meets emerging Canadian standards – the CACP Psychological Services Committee recommends routine, mandatory mental-health checks for police and other public-safety personnel under the Safeguard model. cacp.ca
- Confidential: Results belong to you; we only share fitness-for-duty notes if you ask.
Note: Many agencies already cover annual wellness checks; if yours doesn’t, receipts qualify for most extended-health plans.
The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.
Peter A. Levine
Contact US for more information
Please contact us with questions at admin@manaspsych.ca
or go to https://manaspsych.janeapp.com/ to book a free 15-minute consultation
or to manage your appointment
Manas Psychological Services
Airdrie and Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Call: (403) 816-8740 Fax: (866) 729-5546