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If you are in crisis right now

You do not have to do this alone.

Below are the lines that pick up the fastest. Please call or text one before reading anything else on this page. Therapy is a longer arc - crisis support is what you need right now.

In immediate danger Call 911 Police, fire, ambulance.
Suicide or self-harm crisis Call or text 9-8-8 Talk Suicide Canada. 24/7. Free. English and French.
More lines

Specialized support, the same idea.

If 9-8-8 is not the right fit for your situation, one of these may land better. All are free.

Trans Lifeline

Trans, non-binary, gender-questioning 1-877-330-6366 Mon-Fri, 1pm-9pm ET. Peer-led.

Distress Centres of Greater Toronto

Greater Toronto 416-408-4357 24/7

Gerstein Centre

Toronto 416-929-5200 Toronto-based mental health crisis support

ConnexOntario

Ontario 1-866-531-2600 Connects to mental health, addiction, and housing services

Black Youth Helpline

Black youth and families 1-833-294-8650 Culturally informed support for Black youth and families
After the urgent thing passes

How therapy fits with crisis support.

Therapy is not crisis care. It is the work you do once you are safe enough to do work. The two go in different directions.

If you have just used a crisis line and you are now safe, but you do not want to feel like that again, that is the right moment to think about a consult. We will not rush you. The consult is thirty minutes and exists to figure out whether ongoing therapy is what you actually need.

If you are reading this page because someone you love is in crisis, the same applies to you. Crisis support stabilizes them. Your own therapy can hold the rest.

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If you are supporting someone

Three small things you can do.

  1. Stay with them, even just on the phone.

    You do not have to say the right thing. You just have to be there while they call the line. The dialing is the hardest part, and being witnessed through it changes the call.

  2. Help them make the choice, not for them.

    "I think you should call 9-8-8" lands differently than "Would calling 9-8-8 feel possible right now?" The second one keeps their agency. Crisis support works better when the person still feels like a person.

  3. Look after yourself afterward.

    Holding someone in crisis is exhausting work, even if it is brief. Tell someone in your life what happened. If you do not have that person, the lines above will pick up for you, too.