Resources

Contact me now for a free, initial consultation. Email: cortney@ontariotherapist.com

If you are looking for counseling geared to income levels, you might try Thrive Counseling in Burlington, Shalem in Hamilton, or Catholic Family Services in Hamilton.  You might also try your family doctor if you belong to a Family Health Team. There are usually counselors onsite and they are covered by OHIP.  Family Health Teams may also offer help for anxiety, depression, insomnia and so on through DBT, CBT or mindfulness groups.

In case of immediate crisis or emergency, I have compiled a non-exhaustive list of contact information for additional mental health resources in the Hamilton and Burlington area.  Please note these are not intended as endorsements but as information resources.

You may also call 911 or visit your nearest emergency department.

COAST: Crisis, Outreach and Support http://coasthamilton.ca/ Hamilton Crisis Line 24 hours – 905-972-8338

Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566

Distress Centre Helpline: 416-408-HELP (4357) or text 741741

Suicide Crisis Line: 905-522-1477

Mental Health Helpline  : MHH provides free, anonymous, confidential information and referral services and supports for people experiencing mental health issues or to their families, … more1-866-531-2600  www.MentalHealthHelpline.ca

Good2Talk Post-Secondary Student Helpline: Good2Talk is a free, confidential and anonymous helpline providing professional counselling and information and referrals for mental health, addictions and … more 1-866-925-5454  www.good2talk.ca (ages 16 – 30)

Distress Centres Ontario

Distress Centres Ontario (DCO) is a non-profit association of community-based distress centres in Ontario.   If you are in distress or crisis and need … more 416-486-2242

Groups (CBT and DBT), Private and Publicly Funded (Doctor referrals required):

GRIEF AND LOSS

Friends in Grief: 905-318-0059 / Bereaved Families of Ontario: 905-318-0070

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Halton Womens Place Crisis Line (24 hours): Burlington 905-332-7892, Milton 905-878-8555 * TTY (24 hours) Burlington 905-332-7892, Milton 905-878-8555, see full record here * crisis line and shelter for abused women and their dependent children, emergency transportation to shelter available.

SAVIS (Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Services: 905-875-1555, see full record here.

Femaide (Francophone, formerly Oasis Centre des Femmes): 1-877-336-2433 TTY 1-866-860-7082, see full record here.

Inasmuch House, Hamilton: 905-529-8600 TTY 905-529-8029, see full record here * Emergency shelter

Interval House of Hamilton: 905-387-8881 (if long distance, call collect), see full record here * Emergency shelter and free emergency transportation by taxi for abused women and their children

Good Shepherd Centre, Martha House , Hamilton: 905-523-6277, see full record here.

Native Womens Centre, Hamilton: 905-664-1114, Toll Free 1-888-308-6559, see full record here.

Some Additional Low Fee or Free Services based in Toronto, which may be helpful to some.  They may also help you find some more local services:

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands: Provides counselling and other health care services to racialized women – intake phone number: 416-263-4918, website: http://www.whiwh.com/mental-health-services

Stella’s Place: Provides short-term counselling, peer support and other health-related services specifically for people between the ages of 16-29 – phone number: 416-461-2345, email: connect@stellasplace.ca, website: https://stellasplace.ca/events/

Family Services Toronto: Provides sliding scale individual, family, and couples counselling – intake phone number: 416-595-9618, website: https://familyservicetoronto.org/our-services/programs-and-services/counselling/

Family Services York: Provides individual counselling

– website: http://fsyr.ca/our-services/individual-counselling/

– contact information for booking an appointment: http://fsyr.ca/contact-us/

WoodGreen Community Services: provides various no fee and fee services

Health and wellness (no fee and fee services): http://www.woodgreen.org/OurServices/HealthWellness.aspx

http://www.woodgreen.org/ServiceDetail.aspx?id=226

Employment support: http://www.woodgreen.org/OurServices/Employment.aspx

Bereavement group support/counselling (no fee): http://www.woodgreen.org/ServiceDetail.aspx?id=256

Refuge supports: http://woodgreen.org/RefugeesInfo.aspx

Financial empowerment counselling (free):

http://www.woodgreen.org/OurServices/FinancialEmpowerment.aspx

Housing support: http://www.woodgreen.org/OurServices/Housing.aspx

Mor Centre for Student Counselling & Development: Provides individual and group counselling, vocational

coaching, learning skills, assessments, and eating disorder support

– call or text the following phone number for questions: 416 505-0881, website: http://www.morcentre.ca/

Hard Feelings: 848 Bloor St West; $50-$80 per counselling session

– phone: 416 792 4393, website: https://www.hardfeelings.org/

What’s Up Walk-In: Provides walk-in counselling; various locations

– website: http://www.whatsupwalkin.ca/

Other counselling service providers in Toronto can be found through the therapist directory on

www.psychologytoday.com

You can find therapists who charge on a sliding scale

Gestalt Institute: Student Clinic: Various locations; therapy students provide the therapy; $40 per session

– phone: confidential Student Clinic voicemail box by calling 416-964-9464, Extension 18

– website: https://gestalt.on.ca/low-cost-therapy-clinic/

Non-Exhaustive list of LGBTQ Resources (compiled from other websites)