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Horse and peer supported wellness and trauma recovery that's effective and completely different. No trauma talk. No riding. No need for a mental health diagnosis. We welcome you whether you're deeply struggling, or just looking for some additional wellness tools. Beautiful and calming environment on a scenic farm 2.5 hours north of Toronto. Transformational horse experiences, with delicious chef-prepared, farm-to-table lunches. Very small groups, 5 participants maximum.

Addiction Rehab Toronto is one of the only rehabilitation facilities that provides comprehensive care specializing in Addiction and Mental Health. We provide interventions, withdrawal management, psychotherapy & counselling, family counselling, life-time aftercare, family care, virtual rehabilitation, and transitional living opportunities all in one place. Upon completing a treatment program, Aftercare counselling sessions are included at no additional cost! This is our approach in ensuring relapse prevention and sobriety maintenance.

Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem.

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National non-profit volunteer organization supporting police & corrections personnel dealing with psychological injuries suffered in the line of duty.

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Beacon provides Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) by web-based app with therapist guidance. CBT is a psychotherapy treatment that helps change negative and anxious thoughts, as well as behaviours, so you can feel and function better.

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Bellwood offers a range of programs and services for individuals 18 years of age and older. Residential programs include: withdrawal, management/detox, alcohol and drug addictions, addiction and PTSD/OSI for military and first responders, trauma and psychological injury, concurrent, eating disorders and addiction, sexual compulsion, problem gambling.

Call toll free 24/7 at 1-800-387-6198

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Boreal Wellness Centres offers a virtual treatment program for veterans and public safety personnel experiencing the distressing effects of trauma. The Resilient Living™ Virtual Trauma Program aims to improve quality of life and functionality for clients at home and work. Upon completion of the program, clients will have new resiliency skills, insights and resources. The Virtual Trauma Program meets twice a week for 2 hours for 10 weeks via secure videoconference, and includes 6 months of weekly support groups with a therapist.

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Burst Biz Services is dedicated to helping First Responders that have been affected by the pandemic.  The vision of Ms. Hao Ivy, President of BurstBiz is to bring a positive influence to the community even as we go through this pandemic together.  Ms. Ivy is aware that many First Responders need assistance to get back on track during this difficult time.  As a result, Ms. Hao Ivy has launched the Community Initiative.  The Community Initiative is dedicated to helping First Responders get back on track and help with some business services that they may need.  Ms. Ivy and BurstBiz will offer business services such as logo design, website design, business consulting, and also business management services all at no cost.  Ms. Ivy is committed to helping the community and those heroes, First Responders, get their businesses off the ground.  We will continue to work with Boots on The Ground and support all their activities to help First Responders be successful in their business ventures.

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Champions good mental health for everyone and supports the full participation of those with mental illness and addictions in the life of the community. In addition to providing a variety of mental health services, we are committed to community development, mental health awareness and addressing the stigma surrounding mental illness.
905-278-9036 (24/7 Crisis Support Peel)

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First Responders and Veterans living with the effects of PTSD / OSI face conflict and crisis as well as the usual psychological symptoms. At Can Praxis, a national charity providing specialized therapy and education programs, participants learn, or re-learn, how to resolve conflict and crisis in a strategic, effective manner. They leave with helpful knowledge useful experience which provide realistic hope with lives restored and families regained.

Spouses, partners, family members attending Can Praxis report that they also experience symptoms of PTSD. This is known as secondary PTSD. As the saying goes, ‘If you’re standing next to a puddle and someone throws a rock in, everyone gets splashed.’  So, spouses and children are often anxious,hyper-vigilant and experience other difficulties too. At Can Praxis, it becomes clear that the spouses are absolutely vital to the recovery of the veterans and that the spouses’ needs are of equal importance to the veterans’ needs.

Can Praxis programs are provided at no cost to the participants.

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Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the worlds leading research centres. Where Mental Health is Health. 

Addiction information: https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/addiction

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Services available; personalized investments, home ownership, retirement planning, tax planning, (personal and business) insurance - life (participating life, critical illness, long term disability, long term care), estate and legacy planning, budgeting and cash management and business ownership. 

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Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada is the largest and only nationally-registered, charitable financial education and non-profit credit counselling organization operating across Canada since 2006. When someone connects with counsellors at Consolidated Credit, they are offered free, impartial, no-obligation credit counselling services, both over the phone and/or face-to-face across Canada. Counsellors assist in the review of a stable monthly budget while making suggestions on areas of potential savings or obvious overspending. Counsellors perform free ‘soft-pulls’ on TransUnion credit files to help confirm debts/balances being carried, and counsellors will then offer an assessment of all legitimate debt-repayment options available.

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Couples HOPES (Helping Overcome PTSD and Enhance Satisfaction) is an online guided self-help intervention for couples, including a partner with PTSD symptoms to improve PTSD and enhance relationship functioning. Couple HOPES was built to overcome the stigma associated with seeking mental health services and the logistical, economic, geographic, and social barriers to help. The Couple HOPES research study is currently recruiting for Canadian veterans, service members, and first responders and their partners. Please visit the Couple HOPES website (couplehopes.com) to learn more and to complete the eligibility screening, if you are interested in participating in the research study! Researchers from the IMPACT Lab (https://psychlabs.ryerson.ca/impact/) at Ryerson University have developed Couple HOPES. The IMPACT Lab is committed to developing clinically relevant, original research, aimed at decreasing individual PTSD symptoms, as well as improving relationships.

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The Edgewood Health Network is the largest network of adult inpatient and outpatient treatment services in Canada. We are here to help 24/7, setting the national standard in ongoing, personalized treatment for everyone.

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This website provides information about prevention, intervention and recovery and return to work related to PTSD Prevention for first responders.

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With thorough knowledge of the impact a career as a first responder can have emotionally, physically and mentally, retired ORNGE paramedic, Bryan Stevens Founder/President is opening a wellness centre known as Frontline Forward Limited. The facility, whose focus is “helping those who help others”, is specialized in working with frontline staff including, paramedics, police, fire, military, registered nurses, doctors, corrections officers and social workers. The first of its kind in North America, the facility will offer a fully functional gym, yoga/meditation studio, on-site psychotherapy, physiotherapy and massage and fascial stretching therapy.

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A confidential support/ therapy group for police officers. H.E.A.R.T. stands for healing, esteem, awakening, reality and trust.
The basic themes of this group of sworn officers, (active, retired, resigned, suspended, on sick leave), meeting weekly for over 21 years. Members are welcome from various services, Toronto, O.P.P., Halton, Peel, R.C.M.P., Durham, York, Hamilton and others. The group is open-ended and there is no charge to participate. (We are grateful to the Toronto Police Association for their ongoing support.) Confidentiality and honesty provide a safe place to discuss emotions, trauma, workplace problems, O.S.I. and/or addiction recovery, depression, relationships and family issues. A partial comment from a group member is “it is brutally honest, 100% trust and join….” We have 2 groups every Wednesday. Meetings are on Zoom until we can include in person attendance again. A pre-group individual introduction is the first step. For further information contact:
Pat Davies – 416 859 3579 or greenkirmit@sympatico.ca

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Homewood Health Centre is one of the largest mental health and addiction facilities in Canada and is unique in Canadian healthcare serving as a specialized provincial and national resource as well as providing essential regional services for residents of Guelph and Wellington County.

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Our mission is to empower veterans and first responders to find purpose after service.

Each year, Light For Veterans runs charity golf tournaments to raise money and awareness for grassroots organizations and connect them to the community they aim to help.

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If you are a serving CAF member, RCMP member, Veteran, family member or representative and you feel you have been treated unfairly by Veterans Affairs Canada, or you would like information about programs and services that could be useful to you, the Office of the Veterans Ombud is here to help. We work to ensure that Veterans and their families are treated fairly and have access to the programs and services that contribute to their well-being. We investigate complaints and challenge the policies and decisions of Veterans Affairs Canada where we find individual or systemic unfairness. We also study and recommend ways to make these programs better.

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Click Here for Announcement: Town Halls with the Veterans Ombud in Ottawa

Click Here for Announcement: Town Halls with the Veterans Ombud in Petawawa

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At Pets 4 Vets Canada, we are dedicated to helping shelter pets find permanent homes with deserving veterans. Our mission is to assist veterans in the pet adoption process, ensuring they find the perfect furry companion. We provide funding to allow veterans to adopt with few barriers, fostering a bond of companionship that is both healing and supportive. Our program is specifically designed to support veterans with physical and mental challenges by offering a straightforward way to adopt a pet. We understand the profound impact that animals can have on mental health and overall well-being. Therefore, we focus on making the adoption process as seamless as possible for our heroes. Services include but not limited to comprehensive assistance to veterans with PTSD in the pet adoption journey. Helping with options to adopt a dog or cat based on the veteran’s needs and preferences. We promote the benefits of animal companionship for mental and emotional health.

Public Services Health and Safety Associations (PSHSA) PTSD and Anti-Stigma Awareness elearning program give you the foundation for creating PTSD awareness and understanding throughout your organization.

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First responders are subject to a level of physical, emotional, and mental stress at such high rates that we at Simcoe Addiction and Mental Health, an accredited facility located in Cookstown, On, affectionately known as SAMH, provide a level of care that meets the intense demand of such stress. We employ evidence-based treatments, like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), to help you learn how to face triggers, manage intense emotions, and engage in activities that bring you joy. 30,4 5, 60 & 90 Day Programs with psycho-educational sessions designed for treating the whole person. This person-centered approach includes 4 Individual therapy sessions weekly with master's level psychotherapists which allow clients to address the underlying issues as well as counselling support by certified Counsellors onsite 24/7

Simcoe Addiction & Mental Health offers everything an individual seeking a life of wellness could ask for. Please visit our website at www.simcoerehab.ca for further information.

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The Homewood Research Institute (HRI) is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to transforming mental health and addiction treatment through research. We partner with leading scientists, universities, patients, and clinicians to improve care, service and outcomes. HRI is inviting public safety personnel to participate in a research study examining a new approach to reducing cognitive difficulties in everyday functioning. Goal Management Training (GMT) aims to improve difficulties that individuals with PTSD often experience in many parts of cognitive functioning including memory, attention, and learning. Our study invites public safety personnel throughout Ontario to participate in 9 weeks of free group therapy sessions online. If you are interested in participating, please contact Heather Millman, Project Coordinator, 519-824-1010 ext.32180, HMillman@Homewoodhealth.com.

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Offering trauma-informed, strengths-based equine-inspired wellness workshops and private sessions. Increase personal resilience while learning to manage the personal impact of experiences that naturally build up from first responder engagements. Our gentle herd will guide you to a renewed sense of self and well-being.

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The Stable Grounds is the first and only residential long-term center of its kind in Canada specializing in offering full-service rehabilitative care for immersive and extended treatment related to PTSI.

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Three Oaks Cabin exists to enhance and support the mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of individuals who are involved in the agricultural and first responder communities and who are struggling with forms of stress and anxiety.  It is a quiet 3 bedroom log home nestled in a 50 acre woodlot, where individuals who are facing emotional and mental fatigue can seek solace and enjoy the tranquility of being surrounded by nature.  It provides guests with comfortable accommodations, and resources and support for mental wellness, including the necessary resilience and coping  skills needed for living well in their personal and professional lives.  Other than a small $10.00 registration fee, the stay is free to first responders and farmers as our way of honouring and thanking them for their vital roles in providing food for our families and keeping our communities safe.

Toronto Beyond the Blue (TBTB) is a peer-led, independent charitable organization that supports the members of the Toronto Police Service and their families. TBTB provides workshops, resources and fosters a community of support all while raising awareness of mental health-related issues that impact our members.

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A CARF Accredited private rehabilitation centre that offers men and women, comprehensive treatment of alcoholism, substance abuse and other addictive behaviours as well as concurrent mental health disorders. The centre has several locations across Ontario offering both inpatient and outpatient programs. Trafalgar Addiction Treatment Centres treats addiction by focusing on the underlying mental health issues, what is better known as a concurrent disorder model. For information or admission call Scott Jones; 905-925-3333

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Trauma Recovery Program (TRP) is a self-guided program to help you in your trauma recovery journey, everyday.

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Extensive information on PTSD including apps, videos and more.

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Veterans and Everyday Heroes (V-EH!) performs acts of kindness for veterans and first responders in need of support, to achieve or maintain mental and physical wellness. Acting as a conduit, we deliver the collective kindness of OUR awesome community, to our heroes in need. If you need support for any issue in your life, between V-EH and our partners, we will find you the support you need. If you wish to support our mission of helping our heroes, we know that it will be highly welcomed. Reach out to us at www.v-eh.ca

From April till the end of August, Ways to Wellbeing will be running a drop in group for first responders and healthcare professionals. This easy going self-care group is an opportunity to gain some skills, meet interesting people. have some fun, and take your mind off everything else for an hour and a half each Monday from 4:00-5:30PM. There's no need to register ahead of time or to commit to each Monday, our doors are open and you're welcome to attend whenever you feel like it. Please also follow either our Facebook at Ways to Wellbeing or our instagram @waystowellbeingtherapy as this is where we will post updates that are relevant to the group. We're excited to see you at 31 Shady Wood Lane in Cambridge! If you have questions, please text Angela (519)774-6622 and she will get back to you as soon as possible!

Peer support group meetings that offer anonymous, solution based discussion and education regarding any work related trauma and mental health challenge.

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