To strengthen and support individuals, families, and communities by providing professional counselling services to residents experiencing stress or difficulties in their life.
FCSS offers free, short-term, goal directed counselling sessions as needed, including:
- Individual (10 years – 75 plus), couples, and family counselling.
- In-person, phone or online video sessions.
- Group programming (7 years – 75 plus).
- Workshops / Seminars.
Booking Counselling Appointments: Contact (587) 370-3728, counsellingservices@fcss.ca or by using the links below.
Barons-Eureka-Warner Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is a public body. The personal information collected using any form and any attachments related to program and service delivery is authorized under the authority of section 4(c) of the Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) and is protected by the privacy provisions of the Act The information is collected and used for the purposes of service delivery, program evaluation and reporting purposes, or for the purpose of providing programs and services, and may only be disclosed in accordance with the Act. For further information, please contact the Privacy and Access Coordinator at 403-715-2260 or info@fcss.ca.
Sessions are available in the following offices:
Coaldale Coalhurst Milk River Nobleford Picture Butte Raymond Taber Warner
For in-person services in Barons, Barnwell, Coalhurst, Coutts, Stirling & Vauxhall, please call or email.
If you are a new client with FCSS please complete the following forms and bring to your first session:
- Registration
- Informed Consent
- Additional Consent – For Couples/Family, Minor or Group Counselling
Specialty Services
Family Resource Network offers free confidential support for Trauma Informed Counselling for youth and parents/caregivers.
For more information or to book an appointment, contact Michael Fedunec at (587) 370-3728 or counsellingservices@fcss.ca.
FCSS Counselling Services provides free specialized, confidential, supportive, and non-judgmental counselling sessions for first responders (firefighters, police, EMS/EMT providers, Search & Rescue workers) and/or their families who are struggling with Post Traumatic Stress, partner and family conflict, isolation and withdrawl and any other issues resulting from trauma. Sessions are offered in-person but can be made available via phone or online video Our counselling staff will help you understand:
- You aren’t alone.
- Trauma is a normal human response to an abnormal situation.
- Trauma is better understood as an injury to the brain than an illness.
- We are all affected by trauma in different ways, but each us can build a resilience to it.
These services are available to all first responders and their families within our service area.
To request first responder counselling please click here. A counsellor will reach out to you within 3 business days.
For more information contact Michael Fedunec at (587) 370-3728 or counsellingservices@fcss.ca.
FCSS offers free confidential support for agricultural families through individual, couples, and family counselling. Professional counsellors are equipped to assist agricultural families cope with anxiety, stress, suicidal thoughts, and depression. Counsellors can also assist agricultural families navigate transitions on and off the farm and to address family conflict.
Types of Agricultural Families Supported:
- Ranchers and their families;
- Farmers and their families;
- Retired farmers and their families;
- Migrant workers employed in agriculture and their families; and
- Individuals who work in farming operations (i.e. Whole Leaf, Sunrise Poultry, Green Prairie, etc.).
This program is available in-person (or over the phone/online depending on distance) to any agricultural family who needs support in southern Alberta.
For more information or to book an appointment, contact Michael Fedunec at (587) 370-3728 or counsellingservices@fcss.ca
This program is supported by the Canadian Red Cross, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and, in collaboration with, AgKnow: Alberta Farm Mental Health Network.
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