Emergency Contact Information

Distress Centre Calgary
24 hour crisis line: 403-266-4357

211 Community Information
The Support Network provides a 24-hour distress line and a direct link between essential community services and the people who need them.
For more information on these and other services, please call 211.

Community Resources Team
403-299-9699

Parent Help Line
1-888-603-9100


Urgent Family Support

Distress Centre Calgary
24 hour crisis line: 403-266-4357

Mobile Response Team
403-266-4357

Crisis Resource Team (families)
Sheldon Chumir Urgent: 403-955-6200

FMC Emergency Psychiatric Services
403-944-1567

South Calgary Health Center
403-943-9300

Families Matter
403-205-5177
Toll Free (Rural): 1-800-545-5177

Mental Health Helpline
1-877-303-2642

Parenting Support Line
403-205-5189

Calgary Health Link
403-943-5465

Calgary and Area Child and Family Services
403-297-2995

Alberta Children's Services
403-297-8435

Teen Line
24 Hour crisis line: 403-264-8336

Couples

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"The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work", "The Relationship Cure", "Eight Dates" by John and Julie Gottman, Ph.D.

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"Hold Me Tight", Dr. Sue Johnson

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Parenting

"The Whole Parent: How To Become A Terrific Parent Even If You Didn't Have One"
by Debra Wesselmann

"Parenting From the Inside Out"
by Daniel J. Siegel & Mary Hartzell

"How to Talk so Kids Can Listen: How to Listen so Kids Can Talk"
by Adelle Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Hold onto Your Kids

by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D. and Gabour Mate, MD

The Explosive Child
by Ross Green, Ph.D.

Don’t Let Emotions Run Your Life For Teens: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy      
by Sheri Van Dijk

 

Family Supports for Children with Disabilities - Website

Specifically:

Trauma, PTSD, Complex Trauma

EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing "Life After Trauma", Second Edition: A Workbook for Healing
by Dena Rosenbloom & Mary Beth Williams

"Tapping the Healer Within: Using Thought-Field Therapy to Instantly Conquer your Fears, Anxieties and Emotional Distress"
by Roger Callahan & Richard Trubo

"The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery, and Growth"
by Glenn R. Schiraldi

"Treating PTSD: Cognitive-Behavioural Strategies"
by David W. Foy

"Treating Trauma Survivors with PTSD"
by Rachel Yehuda

"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Victim's Guide to Healing and Recovery"
by Raymond B. Flannery

"8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery"
by Babette Rothschild

ADHD

Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA)
Center for ADHD Awareness, Canada (CADDAC)
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
 
Depression & Anxiety

"Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think"
by Dennis Greenberger & Christine Padesky

"Feeling Good, The New Mood Therapy"
by Dr. David Burns

"The Feeling Good Workbook"
by Dr. David Burns

"Control Your Depression", Revised Edition
by Peter Lewinsohn

"Mastering Depression through Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Patient Workbook"
by Myrna W. Weissman

"The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness"
by J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal PhD, and Jon Kabat-Zinn

The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques, 2nd Edition 
by Margaret Whrenberg

Transforming Stress: The HeartMath Solution for Relieving Worry, Fatigue, and Tension
by Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman Ph.D.

Anxiety
AnxietyBC