Community & Caregiver Support

Access Mental Health

If you have serious mental health (Mental illness) issues and need ongoing case management, medication, or are an eminent risk to yourself or others. Access Mental Health is a non-urgent service.

Phone: (403) 943-1500
Website: www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/service.aspx?id=2381

Autism Calgary Counseling Services

Autism Calgary provides individual and family counselling with a Registered Provisional Psychologist with experience and knowledge of autism and mental health. In-person and virtual sessions are available for residents across Alberta. Sliding fee scale and FSCD rate available

Email: counselling@autismcalgary.com
Phone: (403) 250-5033, ext. 229
Website: www.autismcalgary.com/counselling/

Calgary Counseling Centre

Provides individual and group counseling services to individuals on a sliding pay scale. Prices range from $8 – $180 per session depending on income amount. Clients can self refer or have a referring agency.

Email: contactus@calgarycounselling.com
Phone: (833) 827-4229
Website: www.calgarycounselling.com/

CanLearn – AuDHD Coaching

Sessions are led by a trained and certified AuDHD coach and focus on building executive function skills, managing sensory challenges, improving self-regulation, and creating personalized strategies for success at school, work, and home. One-to-one coaching is available, with periodic & limited subsidized options for qualifying individuals.

Ages: All Ages
Billing: limited subsidized options available to individuals who qualify

Email: intake@canlearnsociety.ca
Phone: (403) 686-9300 Ext. 102
Website: www.canlearnsociety.ca

Canadian Red Cross

Friendly Calls Program matches people over the age of 18 with trained Red Cross personnel who connect with them regularly to check in, provide emotional support, encourage healthy coping strategies, and suggest well-being resources and community connections to other existing services.

Phone: 1-833-979-9779
Website: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/community-health-services-in-canada/friendly-calls-program

Community Connect YYC – Vecova

Able to offer 10 sessions of one-on-one counselling with the person with a disability in support of various issues including trauma, grief and loss, life transition, relationship concerns, family stress, diverse identities (i.e., sexual, gender, cultural, racial, ability, age), mental illness, substance use, and a variety of other concerns. Your appointment will be an intake with a counsellor or practicum student for you to join a waitlist. For ages 16+ & free!

Phone: (403) 284-1121
Website: www.vecova.ca/service/mental-health-clinic/

Cultivate

Provides mental health assessments, individual and group counselling. Rates are $200/hr, however, they also have a sliding scale to provide lower rates for services.

Email: hello@growthelife.com
Phone: (403) 612-1903
Website: www.growthelife.com/services/

Eastside Community Mental Health Services (ECMHS)

ECMHS- formerly known as the Community Resource Team and Eastside Family Center- serves as an Open Access Mental Health Hub, providing Crisis Counselling, Single Session Therapy, and System Navigation Support. Immediate crisis and intake support can be accessed by calling 403-299-9699 from 8 am to 11 pm, texting (587-315-5000), or chatting (woodshomes.ca) from 9 am to 10 pm. Services are delivered by an integrated ethnocultural team of professionals with proficiency in multiple languages. Both virtual and in-person support is available through scheduled appointments and walk-ins at their primary location, Northgate Village Mall, Office 255, as well as at three Calgary Public Libraries (Crowfoot, Shawnessy, and Central Public Libraries).

Email: cct@woodshomes.ca
Phone: (403) 299-9699
Website: www.woodshomes.ca/

Elements Calgary Mental Health

Provides ongoing case management and free counselling for individuals with disabilities alongside a diagnosis of some sort (ADHD, Anxiety, Depression etc). Clients can call to book an intake meeting, or attend the Wednesday drop-in intake sessions.

Phone: (403) 266-8711
Website: www.elementscmhc.ca/

Equine Facilitated Wellness

Provides an opportunity for people to partner with a horse on the journey towards Emotional Growth, Self- Awareness and Healing. Horses offer us genuine, honest, authentic feedback which provides a unique opportunity for personal growth. Rein Forth offers one on one Equine Facilitated wellness sessions, Group workshops, Summer Camps and Team Builds as well as some Introductory Western Pleasure riding lessons. Bookings as available.

Email: reinforthequine@gmail.com
Phone: (403) 471-6812
Website: www.reinforthequine.com/

Foothills Professional Services (NW Calgary)

Provides intake assessment, psychiatric consultation, individual and or group therapy, managing medication, transition services (e.g. Independent Living Support), case management.

Website: www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/facility.aspx?id=431&service=1006580

Kawa Health

Kawa Health offers occupational therapy services for parents and caregivers of children with autism, with a focus on mental health, daily routines, and meaningful activity. They aim to complement family and child services by supporting parent wellness and resilience through both individual and group-based approaches.

Area of Expertise: They support parents and caregivers of neurodivergent children and youth—including those with autism, ADHD, and learning differences—through occupational therapy focused on mental health, balance, and self-care. Mental Health & Coping Support, Routine Building, Energy & Time Management, Meaningful Activity & Identity, Environment & Sensory Support, Group & Individual Programs

Ages: Adults
Billing: Direct Billing to Private Health Insurance Companies (if so list in the other section below), Provide invoices that can be submitted to insurance

Email: info@kawahealth.ca
Website: www.kawahealth.ca/

McLennan, Julie | MA, CCPCPR

Offers mental health counselling for people who have had trouble with communication, relationships and finding their fit due to neurodiversity (Asperger’s, ADHD, Highly Sensitive, Extreme Introversion). Sessions can take the form of messaging ($60/hr), video chat ($100/hr), offers online group sessions.

Email: thepuzzledlife@gmail.com
Phone: 403-477-2465
Website: www.thepuzzledlife.net/

Mori, Fox: Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) – Mindful Mage Counselling

Fox provides trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming counselling for youth and adults, with a special focus on autistic and ADHD individuals navigating stress, burnout, social connection, and identity formation. As a neurodivergent and Indigenous counsellor himself, he prioritizes relational safety, emotional pacing, and shared language in sessions.His practice draws heavily from narrative therapy (NT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based approaches. This approach integrates gaming metaphors, storytelling, and character-based explorations for individuals and families who connect with video games, anime, or fantasy worlds. Fox offers individual and couple therapy, as well as psychoeducation and support for parents and/or partners of neurodivergent adults. For Indigenous clients, Fox uses a two-eyed seeing approach that integrates land-based values, smudging, and cultural teachings, blending both Indigenous views and Western psychological practices.

Area of Expertise: Emotional Regulation, Burnout Recovery, Identity Development, Men’s Mental Health, Relationship Issues, and Social Skills Support. Also specializes in working with individuals who identify with gaming, fantasy, and creative communities.Therapy Approach: Narrative Therapy (NT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness-Based approaches. Indigenous practices focus on the principle of two-eyed seeing — blending Western psychological tools with traditional knowledge, cultural values, and practices such as smudging, storytelling, and connection to land and community. This approach is always guided by the client’s cultural identity and preferences.
Counseling: Individual, couples, and psychoeducation for parents/family/partners.

Ages: Youth 10-17 and 18+
Billing: Offers a sliding fee scale, Victor Insurance, Pacific Blue Cross, IA Financial Group, Equitable Life of Canada, The Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan

Email: fox@mindfulmagecounselling.ca
Phone: (825) 883-1660
Address: 4014 Macleod Trl SE #204, Calgary, AB T2G 2R7
Website: https://mindfulmagecounselling.ca

Mosaic Primary Care Network (PCN)

Provides services for individuals concerned with their mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Individuals need to be referred by a clinician who works within the Primary Care Network. Once an individual has seen a PCN clinician, they can asked to be referred to a Mental Health Therapist. The Mental Health Therapists can provide up to 6 free 45 minute sessions.

Phone: (403) 276-1555
Website: www.mosaicpcn.ca/programs/mental-health/

Nurture Nest Art Therapy & Education

Professional Art Therapists & members of the Canadian Art Therapy Association who specialize in working with neurodivergent children, youth and adults and their families. They provide art psychotherapy and art education with online and in person options available. Also offering creativity for wellness arts workshops for organizations and for those who work in caring professions. Their Art therapy aims to support with: behavioural issues, depression, ADHD, autism, learning disabilities, anger management, grief and loss, anxiety and stress, interpersonal issues such as bullying and isolation, trauma and abuse, attachment difficulties, sibling and family dynamics and identity exploration. No prior art experience is needed! Currently no waitlist.

Email: info@nurturenest.com
Website: www.nurturenest.com

Potential Place Clubhouse

The Clubhouse offers programs and possible employment for adults to reintegrate into society.

Phone: (403) 216-9250
Website:www.potentialplace.org/

Sheldon Chumir (SW Calgary)

Provides mental health CRISIS assessment and psychosocial interventions on a walk-in basis. Urgent Mental Health conditions may include: depression, anxiety, thoughts of suicide or harming oneself, overwhelming stress, addictions, or other situations that cause a person to be in crisis.

Phone: (403) 955-6200
Website: www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/facility.aspx?id=1018406

Society for Autism Support and Services

Provides counselling for individuals with Autism. Individual, family, and group counselling available. Sliding scale fee available. For more information or to begin the intake please contact via phone or email.

Email: counselling@autism.ca
Website: www.autism.ca/counselling/

South Calgary Health Centre

Provides single, 1 hour walk-in session counselling for free (if clients bring their Alberta Health Care Card). No prescriptions, no meds reviews, we counsel couples, depression and anxiety presenting problems.

Phone: (403) 943-9374
Website: www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/facility.aspx?id=1003295

Thompson, Eaman (Amy) | MC:AT (Healing Arts Therapy)

Expertise in BIPoC counseling, neurodiverse counseling, career counseling, service navigation/accessibility, communication, stress management, career transitions, anxiety, depression, anger management, body image/self-esteem, identity and life transitions, sexuality and relationships, grief, and trauma. Individual and group counseling offered. Primary focus on narrative- and arts-based approaches, in addition to an investment in trauma-informed, humanistic, person-centered, and mindfulness approaches. Also has experience and training with cognitive behavioural therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy. Offers a free consultation for the purpose of checking to see if the services align with individuals’ insurance coverage.Website: www.healingartstherapy.ca/