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Your Student Services team is here to support you!
You can reach out to us through our contact information on the main page or through the request form under school news in schoolzone. If you need support outside of the school day or are looking for additional mental health counselling, this page has some suggestions for places to start.
Helplines, Online Resources, and Text Lines
Helplines, Online Resources, and Text Lines
If you or someone you know is feeling actively suicidal or you are worried for someone's safety, call 911.
Call: 1 (800) 668-6868
Text: 686868
Available 24/7
Mental Health Helpline:
1 (877) 303-2642
Available 24/7
Addiction and Mental Health - Child and Adolescent Crisis Team:
(780) 407-1000
Available 8 am - 11:30 pm
Access 24/7 Helpline:
(780) 424-2424
Canada Suicide Prevention Service
Call: 1 (833) 456-4566 (24/7)
Text: 45645 (4 pm-midnight)
Hope for Wellness Helpline
Supports for Indigenous Canadians
Call: 1 (855) 242-3310 (24/7)
Online chat available HERE
Multicultural helpline and services, including support for youth, families, parents, and referrals
Call: 1 (833) 294-8650
Available 9 am - 10 pm EST
Online contact form HERE
Supports for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
Call: 1 (844) 702-7483 (24/7)
Safe, online community to find anonymous support. Free to Albertans aged 16+.
Available HERE
Anonymous online crisis and emotional support chat service.
Text: (778) 783-0177
Online chat HERE
Available 6 pm - midnight PST
Edmonton Coordinated Youth Response
Group of agencies that provide a range of services to youth.
Counselling Resources
Counselling Resources
This section includes a range of drop-in, low-cost, and free counselling services in Edmonton and area. If you are looking for a private psychologist and would like more options, please see us in Student Services for additional referrals.
Access Open Minds
Access Open Minds
(AHS) Young Adult Services
(AHS) Young Adult Services
Provides drop-in counseling & service navigation for young adults between 16-25 years old.
6th Floor, 9942 108 Street NW
(108th Street Building)
(780) 887-9781
Walk in hours: Monday to Friday, 12 PM to 5 PM
Momentum Walk-In Counselling
Momentum Walk-In Counselling
Offers low-cost and sliding scale counselling services by appointment; same day appointments available.
AHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Walk-In Service
AHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Walk-In Service
50-minute, solution-focused, single therapy sessions available on a first-come, first-serve basis for children/youth ages 6-17.
#202, 11153 Ellerslie Road
(780) 342-6850
9499 137 Avenue, Edmonton (780) 342-2710
Walk in hours: Monday to Friday, 12 PM to 4 PM
Drop-In YEG
Drop-In YEG
This free, drop-in psychological counselling service is provided by Intern Therapists who are completing their Masters or PhD in therapy or other counselling areas.
Various locations across the city with in-person availability. See all locations and hours HERE.
To book a free, virtual or phone appointment, call (780) 423-2831 or click HERE.
City University of Seattle in Edmonton Counselling Clinic
City University of Seattle in Edmonton Counselling Clinic
Provides free, virtual counselling by Master of Counselling Internship students under the supervision of Registered Psychologists from October 1 - March 31 each year.
Call (780) 918-8290 or visit their website to request an appointment.
University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Department of Educational Psychology
Department of Educational Psychology
Clinical Services
Clinical Services
Provides low cost, in-person or virtual counselling through graduate psychology students under the supervision of Registered Psychologists.
Call (780) 492-3746 or visit their online referral form to make an appointment.
Africa Centre
Africa Centre
Free counselling available online and in-person (when safe) for youth, families, and couples in the African descent community in Edmonton.
1 (833) 381-1242
Call or visit their online booking form to book an appointment.
Old Strathcona Youth Society
Old Strathcona Youth Society
Provides free, drop-in counselling, housing referrals, a collective kitchen, basic needs items, harm reduction, health services, and art and recreation activities for youth ages 14-24.
(780) 496-5947
Check out updated hours and activities on their website.
CHEW Project
CHEW Project
Provides free counselling, crisis intervention, harm reduction, social services (basic needs, housing referrals, bus tickets) and cultural connections (Indigenous, newcomer or refugee communities) for LGBTQS+ youth.
Call or text (780) 263-2221
Check out locations and updated services on their website.
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