Counselling Services
Elizabeth Fry Toronto provides a broad range of counselling services to women who have been, or are at risk of being in conflict with the law.
*All our programs provide language interpreters free of cost through the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
COUNSELLING AVAILABILITY
Monday – Friday | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
All individual services are free of charge.
For general inquiries call 416-924-3708, to access all services
General Counselling Services
Provides one-on-one and group counselling supports and workshops to women in the community dealing with a broad range of social, economic and justice disadvantages. Through these services, women are provided with timely, accurate information pertaining to their legal rights, health and safety and alternatives to at-risk behaviours. Some of the counselling programs include:
- Healing from abuse & trauma
- Parenting
- Anger management
- Theft and fraud
- Domestic/gender-based violence
- Substance use
For intake and assessment please contact:
Sherrette Thomas (she/her), General Counsellor
416-924-3708 ext. 243
[email protected]
Karen Hoi Lam Wong (she/her), General Counsellor
416-924-3708 ext. 298
[email protected]
Reintegration
Counselling Service
Provides one-on-one and group counselling for women on provincial probation and parole. Using a harm reduction framework, clients are provided with the skills and resources necessary to develop alternatives to theft, fraud, substance use behaviours, and poor decision-making.
For more information please contact:
Jolien Benjamin, Reintegration Counsellor
416-924-3708 ext. 232
[email protected]
Sarika Dua (she/her), Reintegration Counsellor
416-924-3708 ext. 232
[email protected]
TREM SS (Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model Standing Strong)
TREM SS aims to address/prevent dating violence against women identified survivors of gender based or family violence. The program will provide trauma informed psychoeducational group counselling and individual counselling support to women ages 16-29. Groups will be available to participants ages 16-19 and 20-29 respectively. TREM Standing Strong is guided by the Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (TREM) an evidence-based recovery intervention. We welcome women who represent marginalized populations, including 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous, Black and racialized communities, newcomers/refugees, and people living with disabilities.
This program will also provide Youth Dating Violence (YDV) training and knowledge sharing opportunities to interested community service organizations.
For more information on the program or to register please contact:
Dana Riley, (she/her) TREM SS Counsellor
416-924-3708 ext. 252
[email protected]
Jane Garant (she/they), TREM SS Counsellor
416-924-3708 ext. 262
[email protected]
This project was made possible thanks to a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canads
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