Mental Health and Wellness Support
Global Calgary understand that this can be a trying time for many, both mentally and emotionally. We have put together a listing of service providers that you can contact for support. If you need immediate help and are in crisis, call 9-1-1. If you are looking for help dealing with stress or anxiety in these unprecedented times, here are some options for support:
carya:
carya (formerly Calgary Family Services) has been here for Calgary since 1910, providing counselling and mental health support for youth, individuals, families, and older adults. If you are experiencing stress, anxiety, family conflict, or other mental health challenges, call us at 403.269.9888. carya will partner with you and your family to ensure that finances are not a barrier to accessing support.
- Counselling support call (403) 269-9888
- Email – info@caryacalgary.ca
- carya website – CLICK HERE
CALGARY COUNSELLING CENTRE:
At Calgary Counselling Centre, we help people learn to thrive. Since our inception in 1962, we’ve been driven by that purpose to provide the best counselling treatment possible. Not just the best in our community, or our country, but the best you could get anywhere.
- Register for counselling call (403) 691-5991
- Online intake – CLICK HERE
- Calgary Counselling Centre Website – CLICK HERE
CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION:
The Canadian Mental Health Association Calgary can help with counselling and peer support. If you are feeling anxious or stressed in these uncertain times, call 403-297-1402.
- Counselling and Peer Support call (403) 297-1402
- Access Peer Support services via email – peer@cmha.calgary.ab.ca
- CMHA Calgary Website – CLICK HERE
CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICE CALGARY:
Counselling services have been a mainstay at CFS since our inception. The belief that the benefits of counselling should be available to everyone regardless of income still holds true, which is why our counselling fees are based on what people feel they can afford to pay. CFS offers Rapid Access Counselling sessions for individuals, couples and families.
- Rapid Access Counselling intake call (403) 205-5294
- Rapid Access Counselling online intake – CLICK HERE
DISTRESS CENTRE CALGARY:
Distress Centre Calgary (DCC) has provided 24 hour crisis support in Calgary and southern Alberta since 1970. We do this through our 24 hour crisis line, email, daily chat, and daily text for our youth. We also have professional counselling for clients with issues that cannot be resolved over the phone.
- Crisis Line (403) 266-HELP (4357)
- Online chat for adults and teens – CLICK HERE
- Distress Centre Calgary Website – CLICK HERE
YW CALGARY:
YW Calgary offers essential services for women and their families including shelter and housing, counselling, childcare, child development programs and employment and language support. Our Transitional Housing, Community Housing and Crisis Shelters continue to operate and provide critical supports to nearly 200 women and children every day who have nowhere else to turn. We have taken great strides to ensure all our residential spaces are safe, clean and well managed to deal with the challenges of the pandemic. Our crisis line is available 24/7 and will connect Calgarian’s to resources at YW and in the community. Our Domestic Violence Outreach team is also available to connect with women who are at risk of experiencing abuse directly in the community.
- Crisis Line (403) 266-0707
- YW Calgary Website – CLICK HERE
KIDS HELP PHONE:
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service. We offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French. Whether by phone, text, mobile app or through our website, you can connect with us whenever you want, however you want.
- Reach a Kids Help Phone counsellor 24/7 call 1-800-668-6868
- Connect via text – CLICK HERE
- Connect via live chat – CLICK HERE
- Kids Help Phone Website – CLICK HERE
VECOVA:
Vecova continues to provide 24/7 safe, accessible and affordable living supports and mental health supports for persons with disabilities and complex needs. Many of these individuals have compromised immune systems and are more vulnerable.
- Vecova counselling support options – CLICK HERE
- Vecova Website – CLICK HERE
211 ALBERTA:
211 Alberta is focused on building a comprehensive Information and Referral system accessible to all Albertans. The 211 system is an enhancement, not a replacement, of local Information & Referral services currently operating across the province. 211 Alberta can be reached 24/7.
- Access 211 Alberta – Dial 2-1-1
- Access via live chat – CLICK HERE
- Access via text – Text INFO to 211
- 211 Alberta Website: CLICK HERE