Where the prairie runs up against the Rocky Mountains.

Foothills Therapy Centre sits in the Alberta foothills near Diamond Valley, about an hour south of Calgary.

This is where the prairie runs up against the Rocky Mountains — wide sky, old grass, light that shifts constantly, weather that changes fast.

The land has a rhythm of its own. You notice the sky here in a way you don't notice it in a city.

The setting isn't a backdrop for the therapy. It's part of how the therapy works.

Some people drive out and cry in the parking lot before they've even come inside. Some notice their shoulders drop the moment they step out of the car.

That response is already the work beginning. We don't rush it.