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Offers telephone support and counselling to trafficked persons and anyone else affected by trafficking. Also provides information on human trafficking as well as information and referrals for community resources and reporting options if the caller is unable or unwilling to contact the police.Sex workers are also able to use the line to report bad date lists and speak with a counsellor who after taking the report can offer support. This support can be declined or accepted at the discretion of the caller.

Support Groups

Family Zone -- family building activities, life skills and educational workshops for Food bank familiesYouth Dimensions -- volunteer opportunities for at risk youth to develop personal skills and community engagementIndividuals Conquering Addictions Now (ICAN) -- one on one recovery support for individuals facing addictionsPre-employment support services -- assistance with job search, resume writing, developing references, volunteer placements access to computers and telephoneChoices Retreat -- fee for service program for Peel students to raise awareness on the issues of hunger, poverty, and homelessness through educational and interactive activitiesInformation and referral * summer camp for low income children * intergenerational mentoring between seniors and at risk families * workshops on the prevention and management of diet related illnesses * Holiday Hampers for needy families, with donated food, toys and clothing

Youth Mental Health

The Knowledge Institute brings people and knowledge together to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of mental health and addictions services for children, youth and their families and caregivers in Ontario. We provide service area support by strengthening skills and knowledge in our key areas of expertise. We deliver system support by providing consistent evidence-informed approaches that enhance service planning and delivery across the system. We demonstrate impact and inspire excellence through continuous learning, evolution and innovation.

Mental Health Counselling & Mental Health Treatment Services

Offers a community-based therapeutic counselling program for youth experiencing mental health, emotional, or behavioural challenges. Also offers support to families and caregivers of young people registered in the program. Virtual services available.

Adult Addictions

Individual mental health therapy specializing in 1. relationships & sex therapy, 2. anxiety, 3. LGBTQ issues, 4. stress management, and 5. trauma & recovery.

Youth Addictions

Dr. Konomi offers psychological assessments for a variety of purposes (vocational, diagnostic, treatment-planning, disability related, and forensic) and treatments for adult (age 16+) individuals and couples. She has helped many people with various life challenges. With her forensic background, she is also well experienced with providing psychological services to those on the “both sides of the bars” (i.e. police officers, people with criminal charges, etc.) Dr. Konomi’s treatment is tailored to each patient’s needs. She is trained in a variety of psychological intervention modalities, including cognitive-beahavioural, solution-focused, existential, Adlerian, and psychodynamic. With Dr. Konomi’s non-judgmental, friendly, and compassionate approach, patients can feel comfortable to freely discuss their source of distress that are often hard to talk about. She is also well known for her easygoing communication style with a good sense of humor, which makes many younger patients and those who are “doctored-out” feel at ease in the treatment room. Many patients who start out the session with tears come out of it with big smiles at the end! Dr. Konomi is fluent in English and Japanese.

Youth Addictions

MacGyver is a psychotherapist, researcher, and clinical educator that specializes in the exploration of diversity in family dynamics, sexuality & attraction, gender & identity, acculturation & migration, and social justice. He identifies as a postmodern and poststructuralist clinician that is informed by a wide array of therapeutic modalities with a particular emphasis in Narrative Therapy. As MacGyver enjoys research and learning, he is also influenced by strengths-based perspectives, attachment, and neuroscience. Outside of the clinical setting, MacGyver enjoys life through eclectic tastes in music, video games, comic books, film, reading & writing, photography, visual & digital art, sports, and the exploration of cultures, languages & cuisines. MacGyver has a history working in non-profit mental health and is a faculty member at the Windz Centre for Brief and Narrative Therapy Training. MacGyver is also a clinical supervisor at Your Story Counselling and supervises our masters-level therapist interns who offer sliding scale and reduced fee options.

Youth Addictions

Tanya is a Registered Psychotherapist working with individuals 16+ on issues including anxiety, trauma, depression, emotional dysregulation, relationship issues, dissociation and grief. Tanya works collaboratively with her clients using a gestalt, embodied, relational, trauma-informed, creative, resilience-based and whole-person approach. She meets all of her clients with empathy, presence, humour, curiosity/non-judgement and her own humanity to help them work through the issues in their lives and live fully.

Community Mental Health Centers & Support Groups

Call Warm Line and Peer Crisis Support Service, 1-888-777-0979, for immediate support (Warm Line cannot be reached from blocked/unknown number)Social support programs for individuals and familiesIncludes peer support outreach, application assistance, family drop-in programs, workshops and community-based programs, and peer navigators in emergency departments (North York General, Southlake Hospital) virtual groups, visit krasmancentre.com/events for online calendar harm reduction kits, naloxone, injection and inhalation supplies available by appointment check-in available, email kccheckins@krasmancentre.com for information South Simcoe Peer Outreach Program Wellness Collaborative Initiative homeless supports, including shower, food and access to outreach workerWRAPhubCentral access point for WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) and FWRAP (Family WRAP) groups, includes group peer support program at various locations; email WRAPhub@krasmancentre.com for information, to register or be added to wait listPartner in Housing to HealthAssistance in securing housing for people who are chronically homeless, includes wraparound supports to maintain housing email a.kraus@krasmancentre.com for information partnership includes Blue Door Shelters and LOFT CrosslinksWarm Line and Peer Crisis Support Line 1-888-777-0979, peer support via phone or chat, see separate listingDrop-In Centres, supports available, see separate listings

Youth Addictions

Peer Support based community mental health and addictions support agency.w

Community Mental Health Centers & Support Groups & Crisis lines

Call Warm Line and Peer Crisis Support Service, 1-888-777-0979, for immediate support (Warm Line cannot be reached from blocked/unknown number)Social support programs for individuals and familiesIncludes peer support outreach, application assistance, family drop-in programs, workshops and community-based programs, and peer navigators in emergency departments (North York General, Southlake Hospital) virtual groups, visit krasmancentre.com/events for online calendar harm reduction kits, naloxone, injection and inhalation supplies available by appointment check-in available, email kccheckins@krasmancentre.com for information South Simcoe Peer Outreach Program Wellness Collaborative InitiativeWelcome BasketShort term program supporting individuals transitioning back into community after clinical treatment, including information and referrals, peer support, and practical supports clothing and toiletries groceries small kitchen appliancesPartner in Housing to HealthAssistance in securing housing for people who are chronically homeless, includes wraparound supports to maintain housing email a.kraus@krasmancentre.com for information partnership includes Blue Door Shelters and LOFT CrosslinksWarm Line and Peer Crisis Support Line 1-888-777-0979, peer support via phone or chat, see separate listingDrop-In Centres, supports available, see separate listings

Mental Health Counselling & Mental Health Treatment Services

Offers telephone support services by trained volunteers for individuals for those dealing with crisis situations, mental health problems or addictions issues.