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List of ServicesAccessible, Coordinated Mental Health Services
Affordable, single session counselling for individuals, couples, and families, within Alberta, focusing on goal-based and solution-centered approach to counselling.
Mental health counselling supports for students in grades 7-12. Located on-site at CBE schools in Calgary, refugee and immigrant students have timely and simple access to both single-session and longer term trauma-informed counselling.
Strong and Nurturing Relationships Between Children and Their Caregivers
Specialized support for foster, kinship, and adoptive caregivers to help them provide responsive and trauma-informed care to children within Children's Services.
In-home or Community Supports
Network agencies, supported by dieticians, provide responsive support to marginalized families, connecting parents to network members for information on raising healthy babies and providing needed provisions.
Supports parents and carers that are experiencing difficulties in early relationships with their infants (0-2 years).
CBE Education & Parenting Supports
Group Programs
Our group programs are designed to build community, uplift and heal, educate, inform and ultimately, help people realize, within themselves, the power of human connection.
Watch here for more information on current and upcoming programs
For more information on our group programs, please contact 403.233.2360.
Past Programs
Moving forward, Kindred will have two key areas of focus. The first is to provide accessible, coordinated mental health services. Our second area of focus is more preventative, supporting the development of strong and nurturing relationships between children and their caregivers. We rigorously evaluated our services for alignment with our strategy and community need and said goodbye to four Kindred programs in 2024. We remain proud of the impact of these programs and confident that consolidating our portfolio will better serve our clients.
To access or learn more about our current supports, please see the program categories and links at the top of this page.
Children’s Services Counselling
Responsive specialized, and trauma-informed counselling support for families, children, and youth under 18 involved with child intervention services. Kindred can still support you and your family with accessible mental health care through our Rapid Access Counselling (RAC) service. For those seeking help or to learn more, please visit: Rapid Access Counselling.
Expanding Hope
Supports young families and their children throughout Alberta, particularly in areas of the province where there may be limited access to specialized services (Alberta wide). Expanding Hope is now solely delivered by our partners at the Terra Centre in Edmonton. For those seeking support or to learn more about Expanding Hope, please visit: terracentre.ca.
Functional Family Therapy
Counselling for families of youth who are dealing with complex challenges. Kindred can support you and your family with accessible mental health care through our Rapid Access Counselling (RAC) service. Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is now delivered by our partners at Carya. For those seeking support or to learn more about FFT, please visit: https://caryacalgary.ca/ .
Never Too Late
No-cost academic, social and emotional support for adult learners who want to complete their General Education Development (GED). The GED is no longer available in Canada. Alberta now offers the Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC). For those seeking support or to learn more about CAEC, please visit: canlearnsociety.ca/canadian-adult-education-credential-caec/.