CMHA Programs and Services

Adult Family Education

**Please note: Family Education has moved to a virtual format due to the pandemic.  Please visit www.cmhaww.ca/events to see a listing of all upcoming sessions.**  These sessions are open to anyone.  …

Adult Psychiatry

How it works Psychiatry assessments are provided on a consultation basis and are often limited to 1 or 2 sessions. To initiate a Psychiatry assessment, your Family Physician may refer…

Beautiful Minds

Beautiful Minds provides school-based education programs that focus on positive mental health and the reduction of stigma. We work with schools, social agencies and community partners to develop, promote and…

BounceBack Ontario

If you’re experiencing low mood, depression, and anxiety, BounceBack can help. Through BounceBack, adults and youth 15+ learn skills to help manage worry and anxiety, combat unhelpful thinking, and become…

Child and Youth Sexual Abuse Team

CYSAT is multi-disciplinary Team in Guelph and Wellington that focuses on children who have experienced sexual abuse, children who exhibit sexualized behaviour, and youth who have sexually offended. Our goal…

Children’s Mental Health, 0-6 yrs

The goal of the Children’s Mental Health Program is to support families of children from birth to age six to enhance their nurturing relationship. Nurturing relationships enable both the caregiver…

Children’s Services

There are a range of services available for children within Guelph and Wellington County, spanning both developmental services and mental health services. Please explore the menu bar to learn more…

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment that was originally developed as a treatment for individuals living with the peaks and valleys of emotional dysregulation who meet the diagnosis…

Eating Disorders: Family and Friends Education and Support Group

A place to share or just to listen – in a non-judgmental atmosphere – with people who have experiences helping a loved one recover from an eating disorder. This mutual…

Eating Disorders: Getting Help for Someone You Know

If you suspect someone you know has an eating disorder, you may feel: Helpless Confused Guilty Frustrated Frightened Angry Worried How you can help Do… Encourage your friend or relative…

Eating Disorders: Getting Help for Yourself

If you have an eating disorder, you may feel: Embarrassed Ashamed Confused Worried Guilty Uncomfortable talking about it That others are more worried than you Many people with eating disorders…

Eating Disorders: Important Resources

For more information on topics related to eating disorders: Body Image The Body Image and Self Esteem section under Know the Facts on the National Eating Disorders Information Center Website…

Employment Services

Employment Services assists individuals with disabilities in Waterloo Region and Wellington County to obtain competitive, paid employment. A range of employment supports are offered through three programs: Bridging Employment Supports,…

FACTT – Flexible Assertive Community Treatment Team

What is the Flexible Assertive Community Treatment Team? FACTT is a multidisciplinary team-based approach to support individuals living in the community who are dealing with significant mental health issues.  We…

Family Support Options

Working in partnership with families. Family Support Options offers a range of supports to families who are caring for a child, up to the age of 18, with a developmental…

Here 24/7 Crisis Support

CMHA WW provides a full care system for those with addictions, mental health or developmental needs. We serve everyone from children to adults to seniors, all under one roof. If…

IMPACT – Integrated Mobile Police And Crisis Team

What is IMPACT and how does this Team support our Community? The Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington and Police work together to provide supportive mental health crisis care to…

Infant and Child Development

Welcome to the Infant and Child Development Program at the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington Branch (CMHA WW). We use a family centred approach. The pivotal role of the…

Intensive Geriatric Services

This regional service supports seniors who have complex medical and/or mental health needs. A team member follows up with the senior in their home once a comprehensive geriatric assessment has…

Intensive Support Coordination

What is Intensive Support Coordination? This service supports individuals that live in the community who are dealing with significant mental health issues. We promote independence and quality of life through…

Mental Health and Justice Services

Click here to learn all about our Mental Health and Justice Services, which offer advocacy and individual assistance in accessing community resources and services to individuals experiencing mental health concerns…

Parent/Caregiver Support

Parents for Children’s Mental Health (PCMH) will launch a monthly parent support group starting on March 1, 2018 in Guelph. CMHA Waterloo Wellington will provide meeting space and behind-the-scenes support…

Respite Services

Respiteservices.com CMHA WW manages the CHAP worker database part of the www.respiteservices.com website and administers the Community Helpers for Active Participation database. (CHAP) is a database for families who would…

Self Help & Peer Support

Self Help & Peer Support provides group and individual peer support services for Waterloo Wellington adults. All Self Help & Peer Support services are provided by peers: people who have…

Seniors Mental Health

Working in partnership with Geriatric Specialists (Geriatric Psychiatrist, Geriatrician), we provide service to seniors with complex cognitive, mental health, concurrent and/or behavioural issues in Cambridge and Guelph Wellington. Service provision…

Services for Eating Disorders

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Services for First Episode of Psychosis

1st Step is an assessment and treatment program for people who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis — an experience where you might have trouble telling the difference between…

Services in French/Services de santé mentale en français

Services de santé mentale en français Vous vous sentez déprimé, nerveux, dépassé,… vous souhaiteriez en parler en français. Pour les enfants, les adultes et les aînés, ce programme vous offre…

Skills for Safer Living

A Suicide-Intervention Support Group The Skills for Safer Living program is a combination of a twenty-week skills-based group and a peer support group for individuals with recurring thoughts and behaviours…

Supporting Kids in Camp

  Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington are proud to continue to provide a great program each summer for families of children with special needs. Supporting Kids in Camp (SKIC)…

Supporting Kids in Camp Email Distribution List

Supportive Housing

This is a recovery-based service that combines support with housing to promote successful tenancies. It is a collaborative partnership with: Stonehenge Therapeutic Community Thresholds Homes and Supports Dunara Homes for…

Walk-In Service for Children, Youth and Families (ages 6-18)

If you are currently looking for Walk In or Mental Health Services for your child age 6-18. Please call HERE 24/7 1-844-437-3247 (HERE 247) and ask to book a single…

Waterloo Wellington Neighbours: Connecting Older Adults to Community Supports

The Waterloo Wellington Neighbours Program aims to educate local community members to be change-makers by helping to identify vulnerable and at-risk older adults. The Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington…

What is an Eating Disorder?

No single cause of eating disorders has been found to date. There are a variety of influences with eating disorders, including personality and genetics, as well as biochemical, socio-cultural, familial,…

What is Disordered Eating?

Disordered eating includes a wide range of abnormal eating. This includes the behaviors seen in eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, chronic restrained eating, compulsive eating and habitual dieting….

What is Normal Eating?

Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you’re satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of…

YouthTALK

YouthTALK supports youth to create and deliver peer-led projects that address the myths and realities of suicide and mental health concerns, promote resiliency and healthy coping, and provide useful information…