Wood's Homes Programs: Eastside Family Centre

The Eastside Family Centre offers services for youth and families experiencing emotional upset that may arise from a variety of situations ranging from parent/adolescent conflict and mental health disturbance to domestic violence, financial stress and/or employment loss.

The Family Centre provides immediate walk-in counselling, focused multi-session counselling and satellite services, in collaboration with other community agencies and schools.

Walk-in Counselling

The walk-in counselling service provides a 50-minute session with a qualified mental health professional.

• No-fee, first come, first served walk-in counselling
• Immediate relief for concerning issues
• Referrals to other community resources

Focused Counselling

Focused counselling for youth and their families offers up to five sessions with the same qualified therapist.

• Accessed through the walk-in service
• Appointments in a timely manner

Eastside Satellite Services

Outreach Services

North of McKnight: 293-0424

School Services

Erinwoods Elementary: 777-8140
Harold W. Riley Elementary: 777-8160
Radisson Elementary: 777-8070

Eastside Family Centre

Offers no-cost, walk-in counselling and focused counselling with a qualified professional that may include psychiatric and clinical consultation. We also offer no-cost legal advice in collaboration with Calgary Legal Guidance, outreach and school services based in highly accessible centres throughout the community.

Training and Professional Opportunities
Mental Health Professionals support the Family Centres by donating their time and expertise as community therapists. Currently, there are 25 community therapists with graduate level training in the mental health field. Certificate Training is a program for post-graduates requiring continuing education credits, supervised clinical placement for graduate students in counselling disciplines, and for candidates seeking clinical hours for professional learning.

If you are interested in learning more about becoming a community therapist or doing a supervised clinical placement, or if you are seeking clinical licensing hours, please call 299-9696.

The Eastside Family Centre benefits Calgarians and their communities through:

• Community Integration: clients are connected with appropriate community resources
• Accessibility: no-cost, walk-in and satellite services,
• Immediacy: open evenings and weekends on a first-come, first-served basis with no appointment required,
• Effectiveness - a strong emphasis on quality services and client feedback to enhance service excellence on an on-going basis

The EastsideFamily Centre is a community supported, co-operative group of services provided within the infrastructure of Wood's Homes. It is funded by provincial and civic government grants, contracts, and community contributions.

For more information on our Family Centre, please contact 299-9696