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Counselling appointments at Brock can be made by calling 1-833-276-2533 (1-833-BROCK33).
Any inquiries, please email: counselling@brocku.ca
FREE SERVICES ($0)
My Grief
MyGrief.ca can help you understand grief and work through some of the difficult issues you may be facing. The program is set up in online learning modules. This is not to replace professional counselling or other health care services.
Cost: Free
Bereaved Families of Ontario: South Central Region
We are a peer-to-peer grief support organization providing programs and services for bereaved individuals and families to connect with other bereaved individuals and families for support, community, and companionship. Free grief support programs and services for children, teens and adults of all ages serving the Niagara, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, and Haldimand-Norfolk region.
Cost: Free
Contact: Fill out the online form with area of inquiry
Rose Cottage Visiting Volunteers (Grimsby and Surrounding Areas)
Supporting families dealing with a life-threatening illness, bereavement support, drop-in programs.
Contact: 289-566-9588, info.rcvv@gmail.com
Home Hospice Association
Various events regarding dying, death, and grief.
Cost: Free, registration required.
Contact: Merri-Lee Agar, 905 327 0995, merri-lee@homehospiceassociation.com
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Palliative Care Service
Phone Bereavement Program: When requested, calls are given up to a year following a loved one’s death. Calls are set up with a qualified bereavement companion.
Community Wellness Support: Community events and workshops are held throughout the year at our location.
One-on-One Support: We offer 1:1 telephone, virtual, or in-person support to those people who require a little more companionship during their most difficult journey.
Cost: Free
Contact: 905-468-4433, notlpc@bellnet.ca
Pathstone Mental Health
Children’s Mental Health Agency provides therapeutic grief counselling for children, adolescents, adults and families. Operate from a trauma-informed lens and strive to assist clients with moving forward with a resilient mindset.
Cost: Free
Contact: Referrals go through Contact Niagara 905-684-3407.
Crisis Services Line: Pathstone has a Crisis Services Line 1-800-263-4944, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network
We offer a variety of peer-support services (at no cost to families) to parents and family members who have been affected by pregnancy or infant loss. Our support services are offered over the phone and online and are available to residents of Ontario.
Cost: Free (fill out request for support form)
Contact: 1-888-301-7276 ext. 1, support@pailnetwork.ca
Bereavement Ontario Network
Bereavement Ontario Network is a diverse group of organizations and individuals throughout the province that work in the field of grief, bereavement, and mourning as professionals and volunteers.
Wellspring Niagara Cancer Support Foundation
If you or a loved one is living with cancer, Wellspring is here to help. We can help you overcome the emotional, physical, and practical challenges you may be experiencing. Online programs, self-paced learning, groups. Please register as a Wellspring member before signing up for any programs.
Cost: Free
Contact: 905-684-7619, claire@wellspringniagara.ca
Victim Services of Niagara
Provides 24/7, on-scene, emotional and practical assistance, and referrals to victims of crime and tragic circumstances.
Contact: 905-688-9040 x5084, info@victimservicesniagara.on.ca
FEE ($$$) for SERVICE
Angel G Graham, Clinical Social Worker
Provides therapeutic grief counselling for children, adolescents, adults, and families. I operate from a trauma-informed lens and strive to assist my clients with moving forward with a resilient mindset.
Cost: Fee for service
Contact: Angel G Graham, 905-246-2261, angelggmsw@gmail.com
Geoff Straw Psychotherapy
Individual counselling services, including grief and other transitions and end of life.
Cost: Fee for service
Contact: Geoff Straw, 905-685-8605, gwstraw@sympatico.ca
Griffin Wellness Services
Individual therapy services for youth (ages 13+) and adults who are impacted by loss, grief, life transitions, anxiety, stress and more. Breanne is also experienced in supporting adults with developmental disabilities through difficult life transitions.
Cost: Fee for service
Contact: Breanne Griffin, 289-479-0167, breanne@griffinwellness.ca
Hospice Niagara – Bereavement Support Programs
Bereavement support is available to anyone in the Niagara region regardless of cause of death. Hospice provides facilitated peer group support for adults, adolescents and children, grief walks, and mindfulness hike.
Hospice Niagara – Palliative Care Outreach Teams
Provide psychosocial and bereavement counselling to palliative clients and their families. This team works in partnership with primary care providers, including family physicians and community visiting nurses to provide consistent and comprehensive care in the client’s home. Please note that referrals to Hospice Niagara Community Palliative Care Teams require a referral from your family physician.
Joan Worthington
Grief therapy, stress, and relationships.
Cost: Insurance reimbursable fee for service through most carriers (contact for information).
Contact: Joan Worthington, MSA, RSW, (905) 937-9706, consultworth@gmail.com
McNally House Hospice
Offering psycho-social-spiritual support pre death and bereavement support post death including, counselling, one on one volunteer support, support groups, education events, social events, wellness programs.
Contact: Jennifer Jowlabar, 905-309-4013 x32, jjowlabar@mcnallyhousehospice.com
Shelley D. Wilson Counselling
Clinical counselling services for adults. Services focus primarily on grief and loss, life-limiting illness and end of life, anxiety, depression, caregiver issues. Multiple modalities including mindfulness based, CBT, trauma-informed, intensive grief therapies, Life Process Transformation™.
Cost: Fee for service
Contact: Shelley Wilson, 289-296-1220 shelleywilson@cogeco.ca
Soul Journeys Healing & Companioning
As a Death Doula, I provide holistic palliative and end of life care, pain and symptom management through Reiki and Palliative Massage, and bereavement to the dying and their loved ones. I also offer specialized support to parents experiencing an infant or pregnancy loss before, during and after the loss, as well as ongoing grief support.
Cost: Fee for service
Contact: Merri-Lee Agar, 905 327 0995, info@souljourneyshealing.ca
Wellness Counselling Centre
Private counselling practice that specializes in working with children, adolescents, adults, and families affected by trauma and/or grief and loss. Faith-based services to clients can be provided as well.
Cost: Fee for service
Contact: Cindy Rose, 905-359-9456, cindy@wellnesscc.ca
