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You Are Not Alone

Here are some additional resources and support! 

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Alberta Mental Health Resources

 

24/7 Crisis Supports

  • Mental Health Helpline: 1-877-303-2642. Free, confidential, 24-hour support for any mental health concern.

  • Addiction Helpline: 1-866-332-2322. 24/7 support for substance use or addiction.

  • Health Link Alberta: 811. Access to nurses and mental health navigation.

  • 211 Alberta: Call or text 211, or visit https://ab.211.ca/ for information on local supports, counselling, housing, and financial help.

  • Distress Line: 780-482-HELP (4357) or 988 (call or text)

 

Community Supports

  • Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Alberta Division: Offers local programs, support groups, and mental wellness education. alberta.cmha.ca

  • Distress Centre Calgary: 403-266-HELP (4357). Crisis line, chat, and counselling referrals, available 24/7.

  • Edmonton Distress Line: 780-482-HELP (4357). 24-hour support and referrals.

 

Northwest Territories Mental Health Resources

 

24/7 Crisis Supports

  • NWT Help Line: 1-800-661-0844. Free and confidential, available 24 hours for anyone in distress.

  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868. 24/7 support for youth, available across Canada.

  • NWT Community Counselling Program: Free counselling for individuals, couples, and families through local health centres. Visit hss.gov.nt.ca.

  • Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 or chat via hopeforwellness.ca. 24/7 culturally safe support for Indigenous Peoples, offered in English, French, Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.

 

Indigenous and Culturally Specific Supports

  • Hope for Wellness Chat and Help Line: 1-855-242-3310. 24/7 counselling by phone or online chat for Indigenous individuals and families.

  • Native Counselling Services of Alberta: https://www.ncsa.ca/. Justice, housing, and cultural healing programs across Alberta.

  • Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society (Edmonton): https://bentarrow.ca/. Indigenous-led programs for family, youth, and healing.

  • Alberta Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction Supports: https://www.alberta.ca/indigenous-relations.

  • First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness: Culturally grounded crisis and counselling support, including chat services.

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Youth Mental Health Supports

  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868. 24/7 chat or phone support for youth across Canada.

  • Foundry Virtual (for youth ages 12–24 in Western Canada): https://foundrybc.ca/virtual/ Free online counselling, peer support, and wellness groups. For BC residents.

  • Jack.org: Jack.org Youth-led mental health education and advocacy programs.

  • MindYourMind: mindyourmind.ca. Interactive mental health education and self-care tools created by and for youth.

  • Strongest Families Institute: https://strongestfamilies.com/. Free online and phone-based programs for children and families managing anxiety or stress.

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Free Online and Creative Supports

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  • Wellness Together Canada: wellnesstogether.ca. Free online mental health and substance use support with self-guided tools, counselling, and peer support.

  • Soluna Wellness: https://solunawellnesscentre.com/. Online psychoeducation, therapy, community-based medical centre that offers evidence-based, professionally guided trauma healing work. With a biopsychosociospiritual approach, the needs of the whole person are considered. Online program: https://growingspaceforhealthandwealth.com/

  • Calm and Insight Timer Apps: Free guided meditations, breathing, and mindfulness practices.

  • YouTube and Spotify: Search for “trauma-informed art therapy playlists” or “music for emotional regulation” to use alongside art therapy activities.

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Finding a Local Art Therapist​

 

  • For professional art therapy services or to continue your creative healing journey, visit the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) directory:

  • www.canadianarttherapy.org/find-an-art-therapist.

  • You can search by province or specialization to find a registered art therapist near you.

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Canada

  • Crisis Text Line (24/7): text HOME to 686868 to connect to a live crisis responder

  • Crisis Service Canada (24/7): 1.833.456.4566

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World Wide:

© 2026 by Nicole Bodnaresk

We invite you to take a moment to place your feet on the ground beneath you and notice your connection to the land.

As you arrive here, consider your relationship with the land and how it supports you, how it holds you, grounds you, and allows you to move through your life.

We offer my gratitude to the land we live on, which makes it possible for us to walk, ground, and express ourselves.

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We are located on Treaty 6 Territory, a traditional meeting ground and home to many Indigenous Peoples, including the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakoda Nations, Nakota Sioux, and the Métis Nation. We also acknowledge the broader lands of Turtle Island, recognizing that many who engage in this work may come from different territories.

We are committed, through our daily actions and practice, to honouring this land and the Indigenous Peoples who have cared for it since time immemorial and who continue to be its stewards.

We are grateful for the teachings and practices we have been welcomed into, many of which have supported our own healing. We hold deep respect for their origins, recognizing that these practices are sacred.

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We also acknowledge the history and ongoing impacts of colonization, where many of these teachings were suppressed and taken from Indigenous Peoples. With this awareness, we approach this work with humility, respect, and gratitude.

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