KINDFUL PSYCHOLOGY
FUNDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
CRISIS LINE NUMBERS
If you or someone you know is in crisis
If you're in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 9-1-1.
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline:
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is:
bilingual
trauma-informed
culturally appropriate
available to anyone in Canada
CMHA Thunder Bay Crisis Line (24/7):
1-(807)-346-8282
1-(888)-269-3100
Crisis Text Line (24/7):
Text HOME to 686868 from Canada, anytime, about any type of crisis.
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Hope for Wellness Crisis Line (24/7):
1-855-242-3310
(Services available in
Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut
TALK-IN/WALK-IN COUNSELLING
The Walk-In COUNSELLING clinic Thunder Bay Counselling Centre provides immediate and free counselling/therapy services to individuals, couples and families on a first come, first served basis on:
Wednesdays 12-6:30pm
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Call 807-700-0090 for more information.
And for more info on walk-in clinics in Thunder Bay please visit: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.tbaycounselling.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Walk-In-Services-Flyer_Feb.-13-2024.pdf
OHIP FUNDED PSYCHOLOGY
The Mental Health Outpatient Program at St. Joseph's Care Group offers OHIP funded psychological services, including assessments, individual services, and group services.
Other services include:
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- Psychiatric diagnostic assessment and medication consultations
- Addictions and Concurrent Disorders
- Chronic Pain Management
- Case Management and Supportive Housing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Referrals are made through your family doctor or nurse practitioner.
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CBT TELEPHONE COACHING
BounceBack is a free, guided self-help, cognitive-behavioural therapy program for anxiety or mood difficulties using telephone coaching, skill-building workbooks, and online videos.
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Referrals can be made by your family doctor/nurse practitioner or you can self-refer (as long as you have a family doc/NP).
ONLINE GROUP TRAININGS
Online group programs targeting substance use, trauma, anger regulation, meditation, and resiliency.
Trainings are offfered freely by the Traumatology Institute:
HOSPICE NORTHWEST THUNDER BAY
Hospice Northwest offers various funded individual and group and services for those going through grief and loss locally in Thunder Bay.