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
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Manas Psychological Services
Airdrie and Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Call/Text: (403) 816-8740 Fax: (866) 729-5546