Psychiatry assessment services are available for those individuals who are experiencing significant concerns with their mental health. A Psychiatrist can assist by clarifying symptoms and diagnoses, as well as making treatment recommendations.Continue readingAdult Psychiatry
Services for Adults
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
The goal of CMHA WW’s DBT program is to increase the quality of life and reduce the risk that individuals facing emotional dysregulation and borderline personality disorder experience. The program promotes the cultivation of meaningful and fulfilling lives while enhancing an individual’s ability to experience safety and stability.Continue readingDialectical Behaviour Therapy
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 recognize resiliency and approach recovery as a process with ups and downs. We are able to adapt the intensity of support based on individual needs […]Continue readingFACTT – Flexible Assertive Community Treatment Team
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 the coordination of appropriate services and consistent and ongoing support. We are dedicated to supporting resilience and recovery, based on our core values of hope, […]Continue readingIntensive Support Coordination
Mental Health and Justice Services
Our Mental Health and Justice Services offer advocacy and individual assistance in accessing community resources and services to individuals experiencing mental health concerns who are also charged with a criminal offence in the Waterloo and Wellington regions.Continue readingMental Health and Justice Services
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 what is real and what isn’t.Continue readingServices for First Episode of Psychosis
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 seniors, ce programme vous offre accès à différents services de soutien en santé mentale en françaisContinue readingServices in French/Services de santé mentale en français
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 about suicide. The group process and content has been derived from innovative work that has developed over the last ten years at St. Michael’s Hospital […]Continue readingSkills for Safer Living
Supporting an Adult with Mental Health and/or Addiction Issues
Adult family education is a service offered specifically to family members and caregivers who are supporting an adult with mental health and/or addiction issues. Our Family Education Coordinator can meet with family members/caregivers for a personalized, supportive discussion to aid with skill development, education and to provide direction to appropriate community resources. In addition to […]Continue readingSupporting an Adult with Mental Health and/or Addiction Issues
Supportive Housing
This is a recovery-based service that combines support with housing to promote successful tenancies.Continue readingSupportive Housing