Our Peer Support service provides the opportunity for anyone – individual, family member, or professional – to speak with someone with lived experiences of mental health or substance use concerns. By engaging with our Peer Supporters, you can make a connection with someone with lived experience, increase your sense of engagement and belonging, and move through your recovery journey to develop skills and build resiliency.

CMHA Calgary offers counselling to family members or friends living and coping with a relative or significant other who is suffering from a mental health issue, grief and loss counselling for those struggling with death and non-death grief and loss, and suicide bereavement counselling for those individual survivors, families and couples to develop an enhanced understanding of their own grief process.

CMHA Calgary’s School of Peer Support provides the opportunity to use your lived experience with mental health or addiction issues to support your community and make a difference. We provide 83 hours of training, 50 hours of unpaid practicum experience, and opportunities to connect to the Peer Supporter Community of Practice. Training is free of cost, but individuals must apply and undergo an interview process before being accepted into the program.

At Recovery College, our educational approach focuses on helping people recognize and develop their own resourcefulness and awareness in order to support themselves or their loved one’s recovery journey. With more than 45 courses to choose from, there is something for everyone – anyone, youth, older adults, family, friends, and parents – so you can easily find one that is right for you. No previous experience is required and all courses are free.

CMHA Calgary offers a range of virtual or in-person mental health education programs sessions for adult community groups, workplaces, and organizations. Topics include mental health awareness, stress management and healthy coping, suicide prevention, and more.