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Community Resources

Additional Support

  • Markham-Stouffville Hospital
  • Mackenzie Health
  • North York General Hospital
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
  • Canadian Mental Health Association Quick Guide
  • tmcdocs.info/resources-for-mental-health

General Resources and Social Services

  • 211 Community Connection publishes the annual Blue Book guide to community, social, health and government services website
  • Telehealth 1-866-797-0007
  • Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868. Confidential telephone counselling for children and teenagers, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.

LGBTQ

  • Supporting our Youth (SOY) for Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender youth
  • My house: Rainbow Youth York Region is a support group that provides an opportunity for queer or questioning youth to meet others and share their struggles, success, and stories. 905-770-5858
  • Gay York Region connects York Region’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered residents and resources.
  • Gay Women’s Support Group 1-888-780-0724 ext. 118
  • York Region LGBT Support Line 1-888-YORKLGBT (888-967-5542)
  • Alcohol Rehab Guide in support of their Community Support Team (www.alcoholrehabguide.org)
  • How addiction affects the transgender community

Addictions, Drugs and Alcohol

  • Addiction Research Foundation Info Line 416-595-6111
  • Alcoholics Anonymous 416-487-5591
  • Trafalgar Residence 1-855-972-9760
  • Drug Rehab
  • Renascent (alcohol and drug addiction treatment) 866-232-1212
  • Homewood Health in Guelph offers specialized treatment for gambling addiction
  • Breakaway Addiction Services in Parkdale-Liberty Village, Toronto is a community service providing a wide range of addiction services based on a harm-reduction philosophy with support programs for youth and family members website
  • Women’s Own Detox Crisis Line 416-603-1462
  • Narcotics Anonymous 416-236-8956
  • Smoker’s Helpline 1-877-513-5333
  • Metro Addiction Referral Service (MARS) 416-599-1448
  • Effects of Drug Addiction on Oral Health

    Domestic Violence

  • Assaulted Women’s Helpline 1-866-863-051
  • Toronto Shelters Central Intake 416-397-5637. For anyone who is in need of hostel/shelter services.
  • Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic 416-323-9149 website. Providing individual and group counselling for women who are survivors of violence.
  • METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children) 416-392-3135 website. Providing counselling/ group work and education workshops.
  • DVERS (Domestic Violence Emergency Response System) 416-808-7077. Provides home alarm systems in coordination with police, for individuals who are at high risk of violence by an intimate ex-partner and reside in the City of Toronto.
  • John Howard Society of Toronto 416-925-4386 website. They offer counselling services, anger management group work, and treatment programs for men charged with domestic assault.
  • Family Service Association of Toronto 416-595-9618 website. They offer counselling, support groups and educational workshops for women who are or have been in situations of partner abuse and group counselling program for men who have engaged in domestic abuse.
  • North York Women’s Centre 416-781-0479. Groups for women who have experienced violence, courses, workshops, information and referral.
  • Regional Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault 416-495-2800
  • Care Centre – Domestic Violence Program at The Scarborough Hospital website. 24-hr nurse for supportive counselling, safety planning, and abuse documentation in cases of domestic violence. Interpreters for various languages are available. Services in ASL, Cantonese, Mandarin, Tamil.
  • Women’s College Campus Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre – Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care Centre 416-323-6040 website. 24-hour program for women and men; medical assessment and treatment; psychological and social support; cultural interpreters available.
  • William Osler Health Centre 416-494-2120 website. Services include a crisis intervention unit that responds to patients in psychiatric and psychosocial crisis, as well as a mental health day treatment program.

About


Heidi Prosserman is a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and is listed on the Psychology Today website. Heidi has completed her B.A. Spec. Hons. and her Masters in Counselling Psychology. Heidi is a member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP), the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists (OSP)… More

Specialties

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Panic and Anxiety
CBT Techniques
Depression
Physical and Sexual Abuse
Trauma
Psychosomatic Therapy
Gender/Sexuality Confusion
Crisis Counselling
Separation/Divorce
18 years and up

Approaches

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Techniques
Brief Solution Focused Therapy
Experiential Therapy
Body and Energy Work
Art Therapy Techniques
Inner Child Work
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Two Chair Work
Focusing

Find Us

Contact

Mindfulness Psychotherapy
80 Centre Street
Thornhill, ON L4J 1E9
T: 416.878.5667
F: 905.709.3312
heidi@mindfulnesspsychotherapy.com

Registration #: 002814


Heidi Prosserman

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