Resources  Ottawa Gatineau Region

EMERGENCY and Community-supported services:

Ottawa and Region Mental Health Crisis Line:  (multi-lingual)
Tel: (613) 722-6914 / 1-866-996-0991

Operation Go Home   1-800-668-4663  English ; French                                          
www.operationgohome.ca

Parent Help Line 1-888-603-9100                                                                                 
www.parenthelpline.ca

Rape Crisis Centre 24 - Hour Crisis Line: (613) 562-2333                                      
www.orcc.net/about.html  
English ; Interpretive Services

La Présence Ottawa  24 hr number 613-241-8297  - Free
shelter offers temporary refuge to women who are victims of family
violence and to their children
English and French

Chrysalis House  24h crisis line 613-591-5901
a shelter for abused women

Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region 24hr service: 613-238-3311                   
www.dcottawa.on.ca
English only

Tel-Aide Outaouais        1-800-567-9699                                                                     
www.tel-aide-outaouais.org  
Urban areas: 613-741-6433,         819-775-3223
A confidential listening and crisis intervention service, available by telephone or
via Internet, for Francophone residents of Ottawa and the Outaouais region


Al-Anon / Alateen - for families and teens affected by someone else's drinking
Crisis Line 613-860-3431
www.al-anon.alateen.org/english.html
For meeting information:
English 613-723-8484
French 819-669-0543

The Regional Centre for the Treatment of Eating Disorders        
Emergency:   613-737-8000                        
Office 613-737-8899 ext 78042
Ottawa Hospital                                                                                                             
www.ottawahospital.on.ca  
English, French
Service covered by OHIP,  Doctor's referral is required.



Anxiety Disorders Program  --      Covered by OHIP                                           
www.rohcg.on.ca
Crisis Line 613-722-6521 ext 6712
Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.  
Referral from a physician is necessary.  613-722-6521 ext 6434    

Anonymous HIV Testing Clinics            
AIDS: 613-563-2437
SIDA: 613-563-7432
Sexual Health Infoline: 1-800-267-7432


Special For Women:

St. Joe's Women's Centre  -(613) 231-6722                                                          
www.stjoeswomenscentre.org
day program for disadvantaged women and children.

Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre     613-563-0363                                        
www.amethyst-ottawa.org  
Free for addictions, gambling, sexual abuse, parenting programs.        
English and French

Immigrant Women's Services         613-729-3145                                         
www.immigrantwomenservices.com
Language Interpretation: 1-866-859-8182
Free social assistance counselling services to immigrant women.



Special For Men:

The Men's Project   1-877-677-6532                                                                 
www.themensproject.ca
Serves Cornwall and Ottawa, in English and French,
Therapy fees from $40 per week for group to $110 per private session.

Harvest House Ministries  -   613-521-9114                                                      
www.harvesthouse.org
Free Residential alcohol and drug treatment program for men.

Billy Buffett's House of Welcome 24 hr service  613-744-3021;         
613-746-7468   English
Short and long-term accommodations are available, with 24-hour supervision.
Men with drug and alcohol problems, ages 18 and over, Waiting list.



Reduced-Rate Psychological Services:
www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/eng/cps.asp
University of Ottawa, Centre for Psychological Services - student providers  
$50 per session (Individual adult, child, couple or family therapy);
$600/pkg + $50 intake (Career  Counselling);
$300/pkg + $50 intake (Psychological Assessment); There is a sliding fee scale.

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