Support Resources

Mental Health and Care

This page is designed to provide you with some great tools and resources for our community who are looking for help with mental health related issues. This page is not meant to be static. We look to continue to search out new resources and update our current ones.

Do you have a resource to add?  Please email Rachel at rcollins@compasspointbc.com 

“Empathy is the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in their situation. It’s a simple concept, but it may be the very thing we humans need most.” (CMHA)

Key Resources: 

Mental Health Week: https://www.mentalhealthweek.ca

Mental Health Toolkit: https://www.mentalhealthweek.ca/2022-toolkit

Need Help?

If you need help navigating our resources, please reach out: rcollins@compasspointbc.com 

Mental Health Support Resources Burlington

The Family Care Centre by Parents for Children’s Mental Health (PCMH) and Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO)
a resource hub for parents and caregivers whose children have mental health challenges.
Burlington Chapter Located at Compass Point Bible Church. Learn more here

Joesph Brant Mental Health Services Programs:
905-632-3737
Website

Nelson Youth Services
905-681-2611
Website

Kids Help Line
1-800-668-6868

Reach Out Centre for Kids
289-266-0036
Website

Mental Health Halton
Website

COAST Mental Health Crisis
1-877-825-9011
Website

Distress Centre Halton
905-681-1488

Halton Children’s Aid Society
866.607.KIDS (5437)
Website

CMHA
Website

BounceBack
Website

Thrive Counselling
Website

Eagles Nest Waterdown: Counselling and Resources
Website

 

 

Addiction Support Burlington

Adapt Burlington: Assessment Prevention & Treatment Services
Website

Connex Ontario: Addiction Services
Website

Alcoholics Anoynmous Burlington
Meetings Website

Celebrate Recovery Ontario
Website

Mental Health Support Groups Burlington

Family Mental Health Support Network
1-888-688-7777

Mood Disorders Programs and Support
Website

Support House – Centre for Innovation in Peer Support
Website

Talk4Healing
1-855-242-3310

Therapists in Burlington

Baybridge Counselling: Burlington
Website

David Dwarka Counselling
Website

Eagles Nest Waterdown
Website

 

Mental Health Education

Mental Health Alliance: Christian Mental Health and Mental Illness: learn more here

For Education – Medcircle Videos: Watch Here

Mental Health Ontario Resources: Read Here

Verywell Mind – Loneliness:Causes and Health Consequences https://www.verywellmind.com/loneliness-causes-effects-and-treatments-2795749

 

Education Resources: Blogs

Supporting Loved Ones Who Struggle: Read Here

When Your Spouse Is Mentally Ill: Read Here

A Good Night’s Sleep: Read Here

Is Social Media Hurting Your Mental Health? Watch Here

 

Social Supports Burlington

Food For Life Burlington
Website

Burlington Food Bank
Website

Halton’s Womens Place
Website

Next Door Social Space
Website

Compassion Society of Burlington
Website

Pathways to Employment Burlington
Website

Debt Support: Halton Consumer Credit Counselling Service
905-845-3811

Mental Health Support Resources Hamilton

CAMH Hamilton
905-521-0090
Website

COAST – Hamilton
905-972-8338

Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868

Indigenous Call Centre (Hamilton)
905-549-4884

City of Hamilton Full Mental Health Resources
Website

St.Joes Mental Health Resources
Website

Mental health and wellness in First Nations and Inuit communities.
Website

 

Addiction Support Hamilton

Mens Addiction Support
Website

Womankind Addiction Service
Website

Mission Services: Addiction Services
Website

City of Hamilton Addiction Services Help
Website

Wayside Hamilton: Mens Addiction Services
Website

Mental Health Support Groups Hamilton

Peer Support Groups – St. Joes
Website

Hamilton Family Health Team
Website

Hamilton Mental Health Outreach
Website

 

Therapists in Hamilton

Baybridge Counselling: Hamilton
Website 

Mental Health Outreach
Website

Shalem Mental Health
Website

Education Resources: Podcasts

The Faith and Mental Health Podcast: The Struggles of Loneliness and Building Real Relationships: https://spoti.fi/3LF3BiH

Finding Soul Care for Caregivers… Listen Here

Brain Health & Alzheimer’s Prevention… Listen Here

Trauma Recovery and the Epigenetics of Stress.. Listen Here 

Generalized Anxiety Disorder…Listen Here

Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness…Listen Here

A Holistic Approach to Mental Health and the Gut-Brain Connection.. Listen Here

Teen Anxiety..Listen Here

Education Resources: Books

Rising Strong – by Brene Brown
Grace for the Afflicted by Matthew Sanford
Grace for the Children by Matthew Sanford
The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling by Mark McMinn
The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health, by Emeran Mayer
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, by Mark Wolynn

Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness…Listen Here

A Holistic Approach to Mental Health and the Gut-Brain Connection.. Listen Here

Teen Anxiety..Listen Here

Social Supports Hamilton

YWMCA – Womens YMCA
Website

Missions Services: East Hamilton Food Pantry
Website

Food Access Guide
Website

Hamilton Food Share
Website

Path Employment Hamilton
Website

YMCA Employment Hamilton
Website

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