What is Bridge?

Building Regulation In Dual Generations (BRIDGE) is a program designed to support the mental health and parenting needs of mothers with depression who are parenting a 3 to 5-year-old child. This program brings together Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Groups with therapeutic techniques to support positive parent-child interactions. Mothers will receive a 16-week therapeutic program, coupled with childcare and food provision, to increase accessibility. Mothers and their children will also be asked to participate in laboratory assessment visits before and after the program to help us understand how changes in maternal mental health, parenting, and neurobiological markers of stress regulation contribute to child development. This program is funded by a Research Manitoba Operating Grant. Click here to review BRIDGE website terms of use.

Canada-Wide Crisis Lines 

  1. Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Services: 1-888-617-7715 (toll-free)

  2. Canada Services Canada: 1-733-456-4566 (toll-free) crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

  3. Kids Help Phone: Call: 1-800-668-6868 Text: CONNECT to 686868 kidshelpphone.ca

  4. First Nations & Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: Toll-free: 1-855-242-331 *services available in English & French, and upon request in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktut.

Canada-Wide Parenting Resources

  1. Canadian Government Parenting Resources and Support: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/childhood-adolescence/parent/parenting-resources-support (​Provides resources where parents may find support and answers to questions that are frequently asked when bringing up children and youth.)​​

  2. COVID-19 Support for Parents: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/resources-parents-children.html

Mental Health & Parenting Resources

Manitoba Resources

Provincial Crisis Lines & Services

Klinic Crisis Line (24/7)

  • Phone: 204-786-8686

  • Toll free: 1-888-322-3019

Manitoba Suicide Prevention & Support Line (24/7)

Crisis Response Centre

  • Mobile crisis service: 204-940-1781

  • Community intake: 204-788-8330

  • 817 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg MB

  • The CRC is open 24/7 for adults experiencing a mental health crisis.

Mobile Crisis Service

  • Winnipeg Mobile Crisis Service:

  • Phone: 204-940-1781

  • WRHA Mobile Crisis Service TTY Deaf Access:

  • Phone: 204-779-8902

  • The Mobile Crisis Service assists individuals experiencing a mental health or psychosocial crisis, including persons with a co-occurring mental health/substance use disorder.

​Counselling and Peer Support

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Community Mental Health Services

Aulneau Renewal Centre

  • Phone: 204-947-7090 (French-English bilingual)

  • Website: www.aulneau.com

  • Providing wellness checks related to COVID-19 anxiety via a counsellor. No charge.

  • Sliding scale counselling also available

Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre

  • Phone: 204-477-1123 

  •  Website: fgwrc.ca  

  • Individual and group counselling services in Winnipeg. One-time counselling for assessment, by appointment only. No charge.

Family Dynamics

  • Phone: 204-947-1401

  • Behaviour support, counselling, family support for refugees, & in-home family support.

Family Dynamics In-Home Family Support/Respite

  • Intake line: call 204-947-1401 and ask to speak with someone in the In-Home Family Support Program

British Columbia Resources

Provincial Crisis Lines & Services

Interior Health

Interior Crisis Line Network

Fraser Health

Fraser Health Crisis Line

  • Phone: 604-951-8855

  • Toll-Free: 1-877-820-7444

  • Areas Served: Fraser Health Region from Burnaby to Boston Bar: New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, White Rock, South Surrey, Delta, Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Hope, and Agassiz

Vancouver Coastal Health

Greater Vancouver Coastal Distress Line

  • Phone: 604-872-3311

  • Toll-Free: 1-866-661-3311

  • Crisis Chat:  www.youthinbc.com / www.crisiscentrechat.ca

  • Areas Served: Vancouver, North Vancouver city and district, Bowen Island, West Vancouver, Powell River and area, the Sunshine Coast, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Howe Sound/the Sea-to-Sky Corridor

Chimo Crisis Services Crisis Lines

  • Phone: 604-279-707

  • Areas Served: Richmond, South Delta, Ladner, and Tsawwassen

 S.U.C.C.E.S.S Chinese Help Lines

  • Crisis Lines:  Cantonese 604-270-8233 / Mandarin 604-270-8222

Island Health

Vancouver Island Crisis Line and Chat

  • Toll-Free:  1-888-494-3888

  • Crisis Chat: www.vicrisis.ca

  • Crisis Text:  250-800-3806

  • Area Served: All of Vancouver Island

Northern Health

Prince George 24-Hour Crisis Line

  • Phone:  250-563-1214

  • Toll-Free: 1-888-562-1214

  • Areas Served: Alberta border to Haida Gwaii and from Quesnel north to the Yukon border

Ontario Resources

Provincial Crisis Lines & Services

211-Ontario

  • Phone: 211 (or text Monday to Friday 7am-9pm EST)

  • Toll-Free 1-877-330-3213

  • Chat: https://211ontario.ca/chat/ (Monday to Friday 7am-9pm EST)

Distress and Crisis Centre Ontario

  • Text SUPPORT to 258258

  • Local Distress and Crisis Lines: https://www.dcontario.org/locations/ 

Nishnawbe Aski Mental Health and Addictions Support Access Program (NAN Hope) 

  • Phone (Toll-Free) or Text : 1-844-NAN-HOPE (1-844-626-4673)

  • https://nanhope.ca/ 

Additional Resources

  • https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/crisis-resources

Counselling and Peer Support

Access CAMH 

  • https://www.camh.ca/en/your-care/access-camh 

  • Phone: 416-535-8501

  • Option 2 for general information and where to find help and support

  • Monday to Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

Affordable Therapy Ontario (by building Bridges Psychotherapy)

  • https://affordabletherapyontario.com/ 

  • Phone 1-365-300-5574

  • Offering affordable, lower cost psychotherapy, including individual, couple, and family therapy. 

  • In-person options in Mississauga, Guelph, and Vaughn. Virtual option also available. 

Bounce Back Ontario

  • https://bouncebackontario.ca/ 

  • A free skill-building program designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or worry. Delivered online or over the phone with a coach. 

Community Family Services of Ontario

  • https://cfso.care/counselling-psychotherapy-family-services/ 

  • Phone: 416-979-8299 

  • Toll free: 1-866-979-8298 

  • Email: info@cfso.care

  • Provide counselling, psychotherapy, and family services. 

Mood Disorders Association of Ontario

  • https://mooddisorders.ca/ 

  • Telephone Support Line: 1-888-486-8236 (Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM) 

  • Offer free support programs to people across Ontario, and their families, who are living with depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder. 

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Psychology Clinic

  • https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/psychology-clinic/adult-services 

  • Intake Coordinator: 416-978-0654. 

  • Psychological assessment and psychotherapy services provided by graduate students under supervision of registered psychologists and psychotherapists to adults and young adults for emotional, interpersonal, and academic concerns. 

  • 50 minute sessions, may be covered with certain insurance, or call the Intake Coordinator for more information about cost. 

Ontario Psychological Association

  • Phone: 416-961-5552 

  • https://www.psych.on.ca/ 

The Ontario Caregiver Organization

  • https://ontariocaregiver.ca/for-caregivers/peer-support-for-caregivers/ 

  • 24/7 Helpline: 1-833-416-2273 

  • Supports caregivers by being their one point of access to information, so they have what they need to be successful in their role. 

Thunder Bay Counselling

  • https://www.tbaycounselling.com/ 

  • Phone: (807) 684-1880 

  • Toll free: 1 (888) 204-2221 

  • Provides counselling, psychotherapy, education, and support services in Thunder Bay. Walk-in counselling available

University of Ottawa Centre for Psychological Services and Research 

  • https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-social-sciences/centre-psychological-services-research/client-services 

  • Phone: 613-562-5289

  • Email: cpsr@uOttawa.ca 

York University Psychology Clinic 

  • https://www.yorku.ca/health/yupc/ 

  • Email: yupc@yorku.ca.