Resources

For Immediate Risk

For individuals experiencing current risk of serious bodily harm to self or others, consider contacting one of these resources:

• Call 911
• Go to your local hospital emergency room
• If risk of serious bodily harm to self: 988 (Suicide Crisis Helpline, for information see 988.ca)
• Call a local distress centre (e.g., Reach Out -- Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford, London -- at 519.433.2023 or 1.866.933.2023 , Distress Centres of Toronto at 416.408.4357) or your region’s local distress hotline which you can find at: https://988.ca/community-resources
• Call Telehealth Ontario (1.866.797.0000)
• Go to a medical walk-in clinic (if during open hours)
• Contact your primary care physician (if during his / her office hours)
• Got to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Emergency Room at 1051 Queen Street West in Toronto

For Non-Urgent Assistance

Also, these online therapist search sites allow you to search specifically for clinicians specializing in helping people with suicidal thoughts or self-harming behaviours, though the other resources above are more available than a therapist on an urgent basis.

https://psychotherapymatters.com/find-a-provider/advanced/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists

 

For Other Support

Additional resources to consider, for obtaining local emotional support fairly quickly, include:

• Assaulted Women’s Helpline (if applicable) (416.863.0511)
• Ontario resources for if you are experiencing violence: https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-help-if-you-are-experiencing-violence
• Seniors Safety Line (1.866.299.1011) (if applicable)
• Gerstein Centre in Toronto (416.929.5200)
• From 8pm to midnight (check with them for any hours updates) there is also the “Warm Line” (peer support) offered by Progress Place: www.warmline.ca (online chat), text 647.557.5882, or call 416.960.WARM(9276)

For Children and Teenagers

If you are a minor (under 18 years of age) and need assistance you can call Kids Help Phone at 1.800.668.6868.

About Justice System Affiliated Programs

For information about anger management services affiliated with the justice system: In Toronto, consider contacting North York General Hospital , The John Howard Society of Toronto , and/or The Salvation Army ; in St. Thomas, consider contacting The Salvation Army Correctional and Justice Services -- London and area ( https://www.cjslondon.ca/st-thomas) for information.

 

Note that this post is not psychotherapy / counselling; please contact me or another professional if you require these services. If you need urgent support, consider Reach Out (Elgin and area) at 519.433.2023 , Toronto Distress Centres at 416.408.4357 , or finding your region's crisis line here: https://988.ca/community-resources . If you need immediate / emergency help, call 911 or consider going to your local Emergency Room. Note this post is for information only, does not imply that a professional relationship has been established with readers, is not advice, and does not imply intent to provide professional services to readers. Intended audience: Current adult residents of the Canadian province of Ontario only.