Free Crisis Support:

Distress Centres of Greater Toronto
dcogt.com 416-408-4357 (24/7)

Multilingual Distress Line: 905 -459-7777 (M-F, 10am-10pm. Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu) 

Gerstein Centre Crisis Line (24 hr):416-929-5200 

Talk Suicide Canada
talksuicide.ca, 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645 (24/7)

Wellness Together Canada
wellnesstogether.ca Nationwide

CMHA Toronto
cmhato.org (416) 789-7957

City of Toronto – 211 Referral Line
211ontario.ca, Dial 211 (24/7), Free referrals to community resources.

List of International Crisis Lines

Community based:

• The Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour (Free, income based limit of sessions)

• Toronto Community Psychotherapy and Counselling Centre (Free, Income based, 6 sessions)

• Thrive Counselling Org(Free, Walk-in clinic for Halton area)

• The Medical Clinic for Person-Centred Psychotherapy (OHIP covered, Referral required, mostly up to 10, long waitlist)

• Medical Psychotherapy Association Canada (OHIP covered,  Referral required, mostly up to 10, long waitlist) 

• Toronto Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (MDs are OHIP covered,  Referral required, mostly up to 10, long waitlist)

• Non-Insured Health Benefits Program (First Nations & Inuit)
  

• Lumenus “What’s Up?” Walk‑In Clinic (Walk-in, free, age 0-26 & Caregivers)

• Lumenus MLSE Launchpad: free Walk‑in, age 6–29)

• One Stop Talk (free, under 18)

• Wood Green (Free, walk-in, up to a certain number of sessions)

• Family Service Toronto (Free, individual and couples, Walk-in, downtown Toronto, up to 3 then lower priority in the queue)

 Student clinics, usually $25-$100 per session, please check the latest fee with the clinic, the fee below may be outdated:

• Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis ($5-25)
• Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy ($40-100)
• Centre for Training in Psychotherapy ($40-80)

• OISE Psychology Clinic ($40-80)

• OPC Referral Directory ($80-100)

• The Gestalt Clinic ($40-100)

Commercial:

• Open Path Psychotherapy Collective  ($75, possible to get lower fee with individual therapists)

• Affordable Therapy Network ($40-$120) 

• Hard Feelings  ($50-100$)

The EMDR Detailed Protocols Pdf file, which is edited and maintained by me, can be downloaded at no cost below. It contains the following worksheets and step-by-step guidance you may use for yourself or clients:

1. EMDR Standard Protocol 

2. EMDR Shame Protocol 

3. EMDR Flash Protocol

The Flash Technique is a gentle, minimally intrusive method for processing traumatic memories. It allows the client to process a disturbing target while maintaining focus on a positive engaging focus (PEF), significantly reducing the risk of overwhelm. This protocol outlines the steps for implementation.

4. Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP) 

R-TEP is an early EMDR intervention designed for recent traumatic events. It conceptualizes the trauma as a continuum (the T-Episode), including the original event and all subsequent experiences up to the present. The protocol uses a staged, "telescopic" approach to identify and process multiple Points of Disturbance (PoDs) before addressing the episode as a whole. The client should be stable enough to tolerate brief narrative exposure.

5. EMDR Interweave Guidance 

EMDR Cognitive Interweaves (CI) are brief, therapist-led interventions used during Phase 4 (Reprocessing) to shift perspective, reduce blocking beliefs, and stimulate adaptive processing when a client is stuck or looping. They should be brief, well-timed, and followed by immediate resumption of bilateral stimulation (BLS).

Here are the portals for therapists registration and direct billing:

https://providerconnect.ca/

https://plus.telushealth.co/page/eclaims/new-eclaims-portal-available/

https://www.sunlife.ca/sl/provider/en/