Services
Individual Mental Health/Addiction Services
Structured therapeutic support for adults managing anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, and co-occurring concerns. Sessions are tailored to your goals using evidence-based modalities.
Specialized support for substance use and behavioural addictions. Drawing on motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and recovery-oriented practice to support lasting change.
Group Services
Facilitated group programming for clients in recovery or managing shared challenges. Group work builds connection, reduces isolation, and reinforces individual progress.
A practitioner with both clinical training and a firsthand understanding of what recovery really takes.
I'm Alex Orlando, a Registered Associate Addictions Counsellor (AAC) and Master's of Counselling Psychology candidate. My work sits at the intersection of addiction treatment, mental health support, and evidence-based therapeutic practice.
What sets my approach apart is that I understand the recovery journey from the inside. I know what it means to face that crossroads — the weight of it, the uncertainty, and what it takes to move through it. That understanding isn't something you learn in a textbook. It shapes how I sit with clients, how I listen, and how I hold space for the parts of the process that are hardest to put into words.
My clinical training builds on that foundation. My frontline experience at Alpha House Society and Providence Sober Living — two of Calgary's leading addiction and recovery services — where I worked directly with individuals in detox and sober living settings. That grounding in real-world care means I understand not just the clinical picture, but the human one.
Before training as a counsellor, I spent over a decade in project management and film production. That background informs how I work — practically, collaboratively, and with a clear sense of what it means to navigate complexity and build real momentum.
I hold the Associate Addictions Counsellor (AAC) designation from CACCF and am a student member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).
