Resources

Below are links and contacts for information you may find helpful. A.S.H. Counseling does not endorse nor claim responsibility for any of the links and contacts below. 

Sex/Sexuality

• Empire Clinics – www.empireclinics.com/exploring-alternative-sexual-lifestyles-bdsm-polyamory-and-swinging
• Healthline – www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sex/is-sex-important-in-a-relationship?
• Initmate Wellbeing – Pelvic Floor Health – www.intimatewellbeing.com/collections/kegel-pelvic-toning
• Love Honey – How to Have Anal Sex – www.lovehoney.ca/advice/better-sex/how-to-have-anal-sex.html?
• Spheroid of Sexual Orientation – a brief overview of the spectrum of sexual orientation. Are there others? Yes. There are many. Videos such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucaDZ7QfOsI can be informative as an A-Z type resource or this article, https://www.choosingtherapy.com/types-of-sexuality/ , that list 25 different sexualities and their definitions.

Care and Storage of Pleasure Aids

Relationship/Communication

• A Tale of Two Brains – Mark Gungor – a humorous but informative video on how men and women think: https://youtu.be/29JPnJSmDs0?si=eE7UVn7YgrLdfVhF
• VeryWell Mind – www.verywellmind.com/strengthening-relationships
• Medium – medium.com/@MyPeoplePatterns/top-8-communication-blocks-to-intimacy-in-your-relationship

Parenting

• Dr Daniel Amen – Understanding the Brain www.danielamenmd.com
• Gary Anaka – Brain Coach, Author of Understanding the Teenage Brain www.braincoach.ca
• Connect Parenting – parenting workshops for those with children typically 10 and up but can be as young as 7-8 – www.connectattachmentprograms.org
• Nobody’s Perfect – parenting workshops for those with children under 5 – www.nobodysperfect.ca

Community/General

• Addictions Helpline 1-866-332-2322
• altView Foundation altview.ca
  780-666-5428
• BGC fortsask.bgccan.com 780-992-0103
• Careers Under Construction careersunderconstruction.ca 780-992-0250
• Creating Hope Society Alberta creatinghopesociety.ca 780-477-7961
• Families First Society familiesfirstsociety.ca 780-998-5595
• Fort Saskatchewan Food Bank fortsaskatchewanfoodbank.com 780-998-4099
• Fort Saskatchewan Furniture Bank fortsaskfurniturebank.com 1-866-644-5135
• Mental Health Helpline 1-877-729-0261
• Primary Care Network (PCN) Sherwood Park sherwoodparkpcn.com 780-997-0046
• Pioneer House Club 50 780-998-3898
• Robin Hood Association https://www.robinhoodassoc.com 780-992-0035
• The Bridge Wellness Hub for Youth facebook.com/TheBridgeWHY 780-589-0224