Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services offer individual psychotherapy, family therapy, child management counselling, behaviour therapy, critical incident stress debriefing, post-disaster crisis counselling, and community outreach services. Services provided for patients with acute psychiatric or emotional disorders include: consultation, assessment, treatment, individual and family counselling, and behavioural therapy for persons diagnosed with a clinical mental illness. Specialized treatment programs for psycho-geriatrics, eating disorders, children and adolescents, and the clinically, mentally ill. Community Outreach workers provide emergency consultations, risk assessments, education and promotion surrounding mental illness/health, and work in collaboration with other community agencies to provide support to mutual clients.
Regional Wellness Promoters / Suicide Prevention is available to provide consultation, education and workshops on Wellness and Suicide Prevention.
Mental Health's responsibilities are to:
Promote, preserve and restore the mental health of Albertans and work towards the prevention of mental disorders;
Assess the mental health of Albertans on an ongoing basis;
Deliver and coordinate the delivery of mental health services in Alberta;
Promote and act as an advocate for the provision of mental health services in a manner that is responsive to the needs of individuals and communities, and support and integration of services and facilities;
Develop and monitor standards for, and monitor performance in, the delivery of mental health services;
Determine priorities in the provision of mental health services in Alberta and allocate resources accordingly;
Ensure reasonable access to quality mental health services;
Engage in and promote research in matters related to mental health.
Call for clinic times. Waiting period is less than 2 weeks.
Referral Process: No referral necessary to see therapists. Referral only necessary to access visiting psychiatrist.
Referral needed
No referral necessary to see therapists. Referral only necessary to access visiting psychiatrist.
Service providers
Mental Health Therapists, Psychologists,
Service locations
Please visit the links below for more details about this service at various locations.
- Athabasca Community Health Services (780-675-5404)
- Barrhead Community Health Services (780-674-8243)
- Bonnyville Community Health Services - Mental Health (780-826-2404)
- Cold Lake Healthcare Centre (780-639-4922)
- Hinton Community Health Services (780-865-8247)
- Jasper - Seton Healthcare Centre (780-852-6616, 780-852-6640)
- Lac La Biche Community Health Services (780-623-5230)
- Mayerthorpe Community Health Services (780-786-2279)
- Onoway Community Health Services - Mental Health (780-967-9117)
- Slave Lake Community Health Services (780-805-3502)
- Smoky Lake Community Health Services (780-656-5019)
- St. Paul - St. Therese Healthcare Centre (780-645-1850)
- Swan Hills Community Health Services (780-333-4241)
- Westlock Community Health Services (780-349-5246)
- Whitecourt Community Health Services (780-706-3281)
