Individual, relationship and family psychotherapy by phone or video across Ontario. Sessions are available within a week. Able to access collaborative assessments with psychiatrists through The Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic when needed. These can include diagnosis, as well as medication and treatment recommendations. Usually these can be booked within 1-2 months.

Community Program of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, non profit community therapeutic counselling agency practicing with multi cultural and multi faith sensitivity. Offering individual, couples and family counselling with approaches including:

• Offer free counselling sessions for Ontario students
• Art and expressive art
• Child and play
• Relationships
• Substance and process addictions
• Grief and loss
• Depression
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Jungian analysis
• CBT
• Chilling with dogs

• needs assessment
• safety planning
• referrals to community services
• enhanced support for vulnerable victims
• assistance with applications to VQRP+

• Additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes storage locker, tattoo removal and treatment at a recovery facility
• No direct reimbursements are made to victims for the supports listed above
  
• Financial support is also available for victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime and for parents of homicide victims and spouses of homicide victims

• Provides accessible, effective psychological assessment and evidence-based psychotherapy services for individuals of all ages in the Region of Waterloo.
• Services are provided by clinical psychology doctoral students under the close supervision of registered clinical psychologists.
• To determine best practices for the presenting problems, intervention services begin with assessment and then may include individual therapy (including but not limited to cognitive behavior therapy), group therapy, and/or parenting and family therapy.
• The CMHRT also provides a limited number of psychoeducational and psychodiagnostic assessments for children, youth and adults annually.

• ACTT supports clients by meeting them where they are at to achieve their goals, improve their health and quality of life, and live as independently as possible according to their chosen best life.
• Team members' specialties include psychiatry, registered nursing, social work, occupational therapy, addictions, housing support and peer support.

Information and assistance to support participation in and understanding of the criminal court process. Services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over. Services include:

• information about victims' rights, the criminal justice process and their specific case (e.g., court dates)
• needs assessment and referrals to community agencies, including Indigenous and other culturally specific agencies
• crisis intervention, trauma-informed support, victim advocacy
• facilitates victim's input and liaises with Crown Attorneys, police, regarding bail, safety, resolution of charges, release conditions, publication bans, testimonial aids, trial preparation and court orientation
• arranges for interpreters and accessibility accommodations
• information and support on Victim Impact Statements, Statement on Restitution
• facilitates access to court orders, such as bail conditions, probation orders, peace bonds
• debriefing and follow-up support

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund (VVFF) -- Helps support victims of crime, including families of homicide victims and motor vehicle fatalities resulting in criminal charges, participate more fully in the criminal court process by providing financial assistance and court-based supports for:

• travel to attend key court dates
• language interpretation services
• special accommodations for victims with disabilities, such as real-time captioning
• necessities for victims of human trafficking or gun and gang violence while attending court

Specializes in children's mental health, youth engagement and development, family violence, individual and family counselling, credit counselling, settlement supports and collective wellness.

Specializes in children's mental health, youth engagement and development, family violence, individual and family counselling, credit counselling, settlement supports and collective wellness.

• needs assessment
• safety planning
• referrals to community services
• enhanced support for vulnerable victims
• assistance with applications to VQRP+

• Additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes storage locker, tattoo removal and treatment at a recovery facility
• No direct reimbursements are made to victims for the supports listed above
  
• Financial support is also available for victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime and for parents of homicide victims and spouses of homicide victims

Community Program of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, non profit community therapeutic counselling agency practicing with multi cultural and multi faith sensitivity. Offering individual, couples and family counselling with approaches including:

• Offer free counselling sessions for Ontario students
• Art and expressive art
• Child and play
• Relationships
• Substance and process addictions
• Grief and loss
• Depression
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Jungian analysis
• CBT
• Chilling with dogs

Crisis intervention and culturally sensitive counselling, supports and referrals

• a 24 hour telephone crisis line
• individual counselling and support groups
• legal support, advocacy, information, and referrals
• court support, accompaniment and advocacy program
• information on alternatives to legal justice system
• public education and training to end gender based violence in our community
• all services confidential
• Trans/ gender diverse positive environment

Family Court Support Worker Program -

• Information on the family court process
• Assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
• Referral to specialized services and supports in the community
• Safety planning
• Court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate

Anti-Human Trafficking Program - Wrap-around services to those experiencing sexual exploitation and those who are at risk within Waterloo Region.

• Counselling
• Advocacy
• Crisis support
• Safety planning
• Related accompaniments
• Practical assistance
• Support through legal processes
• Support with obtaining housing
• Connections to community supports
• Public education and outreach

• Criminal legal issues
• Family legal issues
• Refugee and immigration legal issues
• Domestic violence
• Mental health legal issues

Information and assistance to support participation in and understanding of the criminal court process. Services begin once police have laid charges and continue until the court case is over. Services include:

• information about victims' rights, the criminal justice process and their specific case (e.g., court dates)
• needs assessment and referrals to community agencies, including Indigenous and other culturally specific agencies
• crisis intervention, trauma-informed support, victim advocacy
• facilitates victim's input and liaises with Crown Attorneys, police, regarding bail, safety, resolution of charges, release conditions, publication bans, testimonial aids, trial preparation and court orientation
• arranges for interpreters and accessibility accommodations
• information and support on Victim Impact Statements, Statement on Restitution
• facilitates access to court orders, such as bail conditions, probation orders, peace bonds
• debriefing and follow-up support

Vulnerable Victims and Family Fund (VVFF) -- Helps support victims of crime, including families of homicide victims and motor vehicle fatalities resulting in criminal charges, participate more fully in the criminal court process by providing financial assistance and court-based supports for:

• travel to attend key court dates
• language interpretation services
• special accommodations for victims with disabilities, such as real-time captioning
• necessities for victims of human trafficking or gun and gang violence while attending court

Provides personalized support to help child and youth victims and witnesses feel more confident and prepared for court

Goal of the program is to

• help victims feel stronger and more in control
• reduce the trauma caused by the crime
• support children, youth, and their caregivers as they get ready to testify and understand the court process

• Employment/Education
• Recreation
• Food
• Clothing
• Shelter resources
• Child care and children's needs
• Counselling
• Transportation

• Women's healing group
• Men's healing circles
• Men's drum group
• Youth groups
• Community lunch
• Community clothes closet
• Cultural programming
• Language classes
• Court Support Worker
• Certified Gladue Writer
  

• Anxiety and Depression
• Personal or Job Stress
• Relationship Issues
• Emotional Regulation
• 2SLGBTQIA+ Matters
• Parenting
• Balancing Work and Family
• Trauma
• Grief and Loss
• Gender-Based Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence or Domestic Violence
• Adjusting to Life in Canada
• Alcohol and Drug Use