Spanish Language Mental Health Services Pt

1219 Dufferin Street
Contact: Erika Abele
Phone: 416-536-4431 or email: erika@oasisdufferin.org.
Oasis Dufferin Community Centre.
They provide individual and group counselling for Spanish-speaking women, as well as life skill groups and stress reduction groups. Counselling can address interpersonal relationships, depression, anxiety, loss, grief, as well as stress/trauma related to a woman’s migratory experience and/or life experiences in their country of origin.
Contact Erika (information above) to self-refer.

Mennonite New Life Centre
Locations:
○ Queen E/Kingston Rd (1774 Queen Street E), phone: 416-699-4527
○ Keele/Wilson (2737 Keele St, Unit 9), phone: 647-776-2057
Individual counselling offered in English, Spanish, Farsi, Turkish, and Arabic. Also offer various groups and workshops (including anger management).
Wait time: Usually quite short, but dependent on language; wait time is shorter for weekday appointments.
Cost: No cost for individual counselling, some groups have costs.
Referral Information: Self-referral, call central intake.

Family Service Toronto
Phone: 416-595-9618 (Central Intake)
There are several FST locations, the two that offer Spanish-language services are:
○ 355 Church Street(Central Office)
○ Victoria Park & Eglinton
They offer general counselling for individuals, families, and couples. For general counselling, Spanish-language services are available at Victoria Park & Eglinton location, with a wait time of roughly 3 months.
They also offer Spanish-language seniors/caregiver counselling at their Central Office and Victoria Park & Eglinton. The wait time is roughly 4-5 months. At the Central Office, they run a Spanish-language seniors support group on Wednesday mornings.
Cost: Sliding scale fee for general counselling, based on annual household income. Services for seniors are free of charge.

COSTI Immigrant Services
Sheridan Mall location, 1700 Wilson Ave; Phone: 416-244-7714    
Individual counselling offered in Spanish, English, and Italian. They also offer some groups, and a psychiatrist is accessible for internal clients. Counselling services are open to everyone.
Wait time: At least 6 months.
Cost: Sliding scale fee, No one is turned away.
Referral Information: Self-referral, call number above.

2141 Jane Street, 2nd Floor; Phone: 416-533-8545.
They offer a violence against women program, supporting women and their children who have been involved in a domestic violence situation. They generally do not work with women who are still living in the abusive relationship.
Services offered:  Orientation and information about legal rights and court escorting; Telephone and in- person crisis counseling; Individual counseling; Assessment for children/ Witness of domestic abuse; Long- term support program for women leaving an abusive relationship; Support groups for women and children affected by violence.

Catholic Family Services
Yonge/Summerhill; Phone: 416-921-1163
They offer individual, family, couples, and group therapy. There are Spanish-speaking counsellors at the Central Office.
Walk-in counselling available: Tuesdays from 9am – 7pm.
Wait time for ongoing services: 2-3 months.
You can access their walk-in counselling service once/month while on the wait list for ongoing counselling services.
Cost: Sliding scale fee, based on what client is able to pay (they won’t turn anyone away).
Referral Information: Self-referral, call phone number above. For walk-in clinic, you don’t need to call ahead, but they recommend calling to make sure there is a Spanish-speaking counsellor available that day.

Location: York Hispanic Centre – Keele/Rogers Road (1652 Keele St, Suite 107)
Phone: 416-651-9166
They offer programs for seniors – including a community kitchen & garden,  interpretation services, computer classes and other recreational, exercise or educational classes.Also offer health workshops on topics such as heart health, nutrition, diabetes, arthritis, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and mental health.
Cost: $10 membership fee for those who can afford to pay.