Summer Self-Care July 24th is International Self-Care Day, a day to nurture yourself and respect your needs. Any activity we intentionally do to care for our physical, mental, and emotional […]
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Category: Counselling
Reflecting on the ten year anniversary of the Alberta floods
Reflecting on the ten year anniversary of the Alberta floods Image: Riverfront Avenue in Calgary after the 2013 flood. Photo by Ryan Quan. This June marks the ten year anniversary of […]
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Resources for someone experiencing suicidal thoughts
Resources for someone experiencing suicidal thoughts In our society, people talk about mental health more than ever. But suicide is often kept quiet – and it’s costing lives. For our […]
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Crisis Counsellor Guest Post: How does Distress Centre support mental health?
Crisis Counsellor Guest Post: How does Distress Centre support mental health? Guest Post by: Michael Moosbauer (MSW, RSW), Crisis Counsellor at Distress Centre Calgary As someone who has worked at […]
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Announcing our 2022-2025 Strategic Plan!
Announcing our 2022-2025 Strategic Plan! On Wednesday, May 11th, we were pleased to unveil our new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan at our Annual General Meeting. The plan has been developed on […]
Looking back on 2021 at Distress Centre
Looking back on 2021 at Distress Centre 2021 was another challenging but exciting year for Distress Centre Calgary. Though we faced, and continue to contend with, the difficulties brought on […]
COVID-19: 1 Year Later – Distress Centre’s counselling program response
COVID-19: 1 Year Later – Distress Centre’s counselling program response This is part two in our multi-part series exploring Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one year after we […]
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Looking back on 2020: An eventful year for Distress Centre
Looking back on 2020: An eventful year for Distress Centre Image: Our 2020 staff and volunteer photo, taken in December. Like the rest of the world, 2020 was one of […]
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50 Stories Part 42: Face-to-Face for 50 years
50 Stories Part 42: Face-to-Face for 50 years Image: Distress Centre counsellors in 2017. Read – 50 Stories Part 41 The professional qualifications for Distress Centre counsellors have increased over […]
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50 Stories Part 34: Why We Were Doing All This – Counselling in the 2000s
Image: Counsellors at a team building event in 2000. Read – 50 Stories Part 33 Counsellors in the first half of the 2000s continued providing face-to- face meetings, referrals, volunteer […]
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