In 2016, Distress Centre Calgary responded to 113,975 phone calls, emails, chats, texts and requests for counselling. People from all walks of life reach out to us for support day […]
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For World Suicide Prevention Day: 19% of Distress Centre’s online contacts are suicide related
Last year Distress Centre Calgary responded to 113,975 calls, emails, chats, texts and counselling requests from people in distress. From January 1st to July 31st, 2017 suicide presented on 3,925 […]
Goodbye from Joan Roy, after 25 years at Distress Centre
The time has come for me to say goodbye to Distress Centre and to all the great folks I’ve had the opportunity to work with over the past 25 years. […]
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After 25 years, Distress Centre bids a fond farewell to Joan Roy
On June 1st, the staff, volunteers and board at Distress Centre Calgary will bid a fond farewell to Executive Director, Joan Roy, as she begins her next adventure on a […]
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211 provided critical information to Fort McMurray Evacuees
No one can predict when a disaster like the Wood Buffalo/Fort McMurray wildfires may occur- nor the emotional trauma and devastation that is left in its wake. 211 service was […]
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My journey from crisis line volunteer to registered psychologist
Jeremy Luk, alumni Distress Centre volunteer and registered psychologist. Photo by @rockywanders Growing up, I was always a curious child who was fascinated by the lives of others and in […]
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5 steps to help someone who is having suicidal thoughts
5 steps to help someone who is having suicidal thoughts In recent years there has been a push to normalize talking about mental health and mental illness to help end […]
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Distress Centre honours Michelle Wickerson
Michelle and her husband Peter Rowbotham at our 2015 Christmas Party. When Michelle Wickerson came in to interview for a position at Distress Centre (DC), what would be her first […]
Talking to your children about tragedy
Unfortunately, news of tragedy is not an uncommon occurrence in our lives. And when they occur, as we all struggle to understand how horrific events can happen, parents are faced […]
5 steps to help someone in distress
