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 with the exception of Healing Family Matters, as I am a part of the HFM team and contract to them.

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

• Healing Family Matters Counseling www.healingfamilmatters.com
• 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