Provides outpatient assessment and treatment services at Credit Valley Hospital for clients suffering from chemical dependency.
Peel Postpartum Family Support Line
Catholic Family Services of Peel and Dufferin (CFSPD)
The Honourable William G. Davis Center for Families 201-60 West Drive Brampton, ON, L6T 3T6 (905) 450-1608
The Emerald Business Center 400-10 Kingsbridge Garden Circle Mississauga, ON, L5R 3K6 (905) 450-1608
Specialized program offering crisis intervention; individual counselling; and group support for adults who experienced emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, neglect, and other trauma in childhood and adolescence and their families.
Al-Anon Family Groups / Alateen
Al-Anon is a free Twelve-Step Program and peer support group for family members and friends of problem drinkers to share and connect through their personal experiences and stories.
Alateen is specifically for young (usually teenaged) Al-Anon members, with meetings facilitated by an adult Alateen Group Sponsor.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Free Twelve-Step Program and peer support group for adult men and women with a drinking problem.
For the locations of weekly meetings, search Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) for a local area website that offers meeting information.
Provides abused women and their children within Peel Region with safe and affordable second-stage or transitional housing (for up to one year); counselling and emotional support; legal information and referrals; and many other helpful programs and services.
Generally accessed through referrals from local first-stage or emergency shelters.
Free, confidential 24/7 helpline offering crisis counselling; emotional support; safety planning; and information and referrals in over 150 languages to all women in Ontario experiencing abuse.
Offers a variety of free, time-limited programs and services for children under 18 and their families within Peel Region with mental health and/or justice issues.
Provides compassionate, non-denominational programs and services for people suffering through bereavement, including open support groups and eight-week closed support groups three times per year based upon client age and type of loss.
Free, confidential 24/7 helpline offering crisis counselling; police-based assistance; and information and referrals to victims of abuse, crime, and trauma within Caledon and Dufferin county.
Catholic Family Services of Peel and Dufferin (CFSPD)
The Honourable William G. Davis Center for Families
Offers numerous counselling programs and services (either free or based upon a sliding scale) to individuals, couples, and families within Peel Region in English, French, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Mandarin, Polish, Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil, and Urdu.
Walk-in counselling clinics available on Tuesdays (at the Mississauga office) and Thursdays (at the Brampton office).
A safe, private area within Mississauga Hospital where male, female, and child victims of recent sexual assault and domestic violence receive 24/7, specialized, one-on-one medical care (including the collection of forensic evidence, with client consent); crisis counselling; and information and referrals for other community programs and services; also includes a supervised play area for children.
Child-Focused Healing
Catholic Family Services of Peel and Dufferin (CFSPD)
The Honourable William G. Davis Center for Families
Monthly workshop educating mothers about safety planning; the impact of domestic violence upon children; and helping children exposed to domestic violence.
Cocaine Anonymous
Free Twelve-Step Program and peer support group for men and women who wish to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances and to help other recovering from their addiction.
For the locations of weekly meetings, search Cocaine Anonymous (CA) for a local area website that offers meeting information.
Free, confidential counselling services for culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing individuals with abuse, addiction, mental health, relationship, stress, and other issues using American Sign Language (ASL), la langue des signes quebecoise (LSQ), note-taking, real-time captioning, and/or amplification devices.
Free, confidential 24/7 helplines providing health services information in over 170 languages for people in Ontario, experiencing problems with alcohol, drugs, mental health, or gambling.
Provides a number of free programs and services (including an anger management group program) developed specifically for women and girls to abstain from crime, reduce repeat offences, and successfully reintegrate into the community.
Emotional and Wellness Support
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), Mississauga
Offers free counselling services and support groups for blind or partially sighted individuals with anger management, depression, and isolation issues; requires a referral from an optometrist.
Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere (FAME)
Empowers children, youth, and families within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with a mental health issue within the family through one-on-one, confidential supportive counselling (in-person and by telephone) from a team of Family Support Workers; also delivers monthly support groups and information and referrals.
Provides numerous programs and services (either free or based upon a sliding scale) in over 20 languages, including professional counselling, educational programs, employment support services, assistance for adults with developmental disabilities and their families, and help for victims of violence and abuse.
Free and confidential walk-in counselling clinic available on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Mississauga office location.
Provides a safe, free, and comfortable first-stage or emergency shelter (for up to two months); counselling; legal information and referrals; and other programs and services to women and their children within Peel Region who have experienced abuse.
Also offers second-stage (or transitional) shelter for up to six months, with a monthly rent based upon income level.
24/7 French-language helpline offering emotional support and information and referrals (for French-language programs and services as possible) to Francophone women throughout Ontario dealing with domestic violence and sexual assault.
Members-based organization that offers counselling services and monthly social activities and events to encourage communication, leadership, and social skills in people (age 16 and over) within Peel Region suffering from social isolation due to emotional or mental distress.
Gamblers Anonymous (GA)
Free Twelve-Step Program and peer support group for men and women wishing to stop problem gambling.
For the locations of weekly meetings, search Gamblers Anonymous (GA) for a local area hotline telephone number that provides meeting information.
Hope 24/7 (Formerly the Sexual Assault/Rape Crisis Center of Peel [SA/RCCP])
Offers both free and fee-based programs and services, including one-on-one and family counselling; support groups; and educational workshops, in over 50 languages to all persons (male and female) age 12 and older within Peel Region who have been impacted by relationship and sexual violence.
Offers both free and fee-based high-quality, gender-separate, “live-in” addiction and trauma treatment programs involving counselling; group support; and individualized treatment plans for men and women aged 18 and over.
Also provides numerous community-based programs and services designed to support recovery and to help people affected by another person’s addiction to alcohol or other drugs.
Provides safe, free, and comfortable first-stage or emergency shelter (for up to four months); counselling; legal information and referrals; and other support services to women and their children within Peel Region who have experienced abuse.
Emotional and Wellness Support
Catholic Family Services of Peel and Dufferin (CFSPD)
The Honourable William G. Davis Center for Families
Provincially-approved, fee-based, 12-week Partner Assault Response (PAR) group program facilitated by cultural translators to help male clients end violent, abusive, and controlling behaviours.
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Twelve-Step Program and peer support group for addicts wishing to pursue and maintain a drug-free lifestyle.
For the locations of weekly meetings, search Narcotics Anonymous (NA) for a local area website or hotline telephone number that provides meeting information.
Specialized, at-home assessments; case management; and supportive counselling for persons aged 55 and over within mobility or other complex problems in addition to substance abuse or problem gambling issues.
Provides first-stage or emergency shelter; second-stage or transitional housing; one-on-one counselling; emotional support; and information and referrals for youth aged 16 to 21 within Peel Region, most of whom need to escape emotional, physical, or sexual abuse at home.
Partner Assault Response (PAR) Program
Catholic Family Services of Peel and Dufferin (CFSPD)
Peel Addiction Assessment and Referral Center (PAARC)
The Honourable William G. Davis Center for Families
Provides free and confidential programs and services for people with substance abuse and problem gambling issues (including concurrent disorders), such as individualized assessment and treatment planning; case management; individual and group counselling; and information and referrals for many other support services.
Provides many free, confidential, and high-quality addiction, developmental, justice system, and mental health services for children under 18 and their families within Peel Region.
Free and confidential 24/7 helpline offering support and information for seniors experiencing elder abuse and for any member of the community concerned that a senior is being victimized; connects the caller (with client consent) to a Family Services of Peel outreach worker.
Free and confidential “Harm Reduction” program that provides new needles, infection equipment, and stems to reduce the spread of blood-borne infections; safely disposes of used needles and injection equipment to protect the public; and offers information and referrals for other health and addiction treatment services.
Provides free assistance to individuals with substance abuse and their families from South Asian communities, including individualized assessment and treatment planning; case management; a day program (for men only); gender-separate group support; and a relapse prevention group.
Specialized, culturally-appropriate service helping members of all South Asian communities to eliminate family violence through education and mentoring from professional counsellors and trained volunteers.
South Asian Partner Assault Response (PAR) Program
Catholic Family Services of Peel and Dufferin (CFSPD)
The Honourable William G. Davis Center for Families
Provincially-approved, fee-based, twelve-week Partner Assault Response (RAP) group program in Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu to help male clients end violent, abusive, and controlling behaviours.
Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Free program providing individual counselling; closed group support; e-counselling; and telephone counselling for men over 16 who have experienced sexual abuse.
Tangerine Walk-In Counselling
Tangerine Walk-In Counselling is a free service for children, youth and families who live in Peel Region. This service is provided by EveryMind.
Provides free, holistic one-on-one counselling; group therapy; legal support; and client advocacy to within within Peel Region who have experienced abuse and trauma.
Women For Sobriety (WFS)
Free and confidential abstinence-based self-help program (“New Life”) specifically intended for women struggling with issues of alcohol or drug addiction.
Click here to access information about the locations of weekly local meeting groups.
Women Support Services
Catholic Crosscultural Services
164 Queen St E suite 306, Brampton, ON L6V 1B4, (905) 457-7740
202-2227 South Millway Mississauga L5L 3R6(under Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse, Caring for Other People in Grief, Child Focused Healing, Multicultural Partner Assault Response (PAR) Program) (905) 272-7740
Provides crisis intervention; safety planning; individual counselling; group support; and assistance in accessing legal help, affordable housing, and other support services in English, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish for women of all ages who are experiencing domestic violence or abuse.
Catholic Family Services of Peel and Dufferin (CFSPD)
The Honourable William G. Davis Center for Families 201-60 West Drive Brampton, ON, L6T 3T6 (905) 450-1608
The Emerald Business Center 400-10 Kingsbridge Garden Circle Mississauga, ON, L5K 3K6 (905) 450-1608
Free, closed group program for women who have experienced abuse and trauma to receive information and emotional support; includes childcare and interpretation in Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, and Urdu.
Youth Substance Abuse Program (YSAP)
YMCA of Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
1100 Central Park Drive Brampton, ON, L6S 2C9 (905) 793-5970, ext. 31216
800-151 City Center Drive Mississauga, ON, L5M 1M7 (905) 276-9322, ext. 31216
Free and confidential support services for youth (aged 14 to 24) with substance abuse problems, including individual counselling and emotional support; harm reduction strategies; and information and referrals for substance abuse treatment services.
