Healing Resources

Tools to support your journey

Trauma Healing Resources

Explore curated resources that support your personal healing and deepen your understanding of trauma, resilience, and somatic integration. Access recommended books, meditations, nervous system education, and client tools to support your therapy.

These resources are aligned with our trauma-informed, body-based approach and designed to empower your healing journey beyond the session.

Support Services

Below you will find a detailed list of additional resources that may be helpful to you in your journey. We provide this list as an additional tool to support you, but assume no liability for the information you may find on the respective sites.

Social Services

→ Police Non-Emergency - 519-661-5670
→ Fire Non-Emergency - 519-661-5615
→ Housing Access Centre - 519-661-0861
→ London CARES homelessness Response Services - 519-667-2273
→ Child Care Fee Subsidy Program - 519-661-4834
→ Family Support Program - 519-661-5550
→ Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - 416-344-1000
→ St Paul’s Social Services - 519-434-8979
→ Society of Saint Vincent de Paul - 519-438-7071
→ Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre - 519-672-7630 ext 223
→ London Food Bank - 519-659-4045

Legal Advice

→ Family Law Information Centre - 519-660-3001
→ London Family Court Clinic - 519-679-7250
→ Justice for Children and Youth - 416-920-1633
→ Legal Aid Ontario - 519-433-8179
→ Human Rights Legal Support Centre - 1-866-625-5179
→ Neighbourhood Legal Services - 519-438-2890

Resources Centers

→ Northwest London Resource Centre - 519-471-8444
→ London Cross-Cultural Learner Centre Settlement Services - 519-432-1133
→ Glen Cairn Community Resource Centre - 519-668-2745
→ South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre - 519-686-8600

Youth Services

→ Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area - 519-438-7065
→ Community Employment Services - 519-432-1220
→ BGC (Boys & Girls Club) London - 519-434-9114
→ Youth Opportunities Unlimited - 519-432-1112
→ Kids Help Phone - 1-800-668-6868
→ Lesbian Gay Bi Trans YouthLine - 1-800-268-9688

Health Services

→ London InterCommunity Health Centre - 519-660-0874
→ Health Connect Ontario - 8-1-1
→ Regional HIV/AIDS Connection - 519-434-1601
→ Epilepsy Support Centre - 519-433-4073
→ Dale Brain Injury Services - 519-850-1433
→ Middlesex London Health Unit - 519-663-5317
→ Pregnancy Options Program - 519-685-8204

Mental Health & Addiction Services

→ CMHA Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Centre - 519-433-2023
→ Family Services Thames Valley - 519-433-0186
→ Mental Health Counselling (Canadian Hearing Services) - 1-866-518-0000
→ Adult Eating Disorders Service - 519-685-8500 ext 74793
→ Kids Help Phone (Ages 5-29) - 1-800-668-6868
→ Talk Suicide Canada - 1-833-456-4566
→ Wellness Together Canada - 1-866-585-0445
→ ConnexOntario Helpline - 1-866-531-2600
→ BounceBack - 1-866-345-0224

Health, Mental Wellness & Safety

→ Elder Abuse London Middlesex - 519-601-8055
→ SJHC Geriatric mental Health Clinic - 519-646-6100 ext 44046

Community Services

→ Kiwanis Seniors’ Community Centre - 519-661-5740
→ Horton Street Seniors’ Centre - 519-434-9114
→ Huff N’ Puff Senior Fitness Association - 226-663-5500
→ At Your Service for Seniors - 519-872-0875
→ Right at Home (Home Support Services) - 1-844-744-4828

→ Hutton House - 519-472-6381
→ Ontario Disability Support Program - 519-438-5111
→ Community Living - 519-686-3000
→ Ontario March of Dimes - 519-642-3700

Health & Mental Wellness

→ Hope for Wellness Help Line - 1-855-242-3310
→ The National Residential School Crisis Line - 1-866-925-4419
→ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman and Girls Crisis Line - 1-844-413-6649
→ First Nations Counselling Portal Ontario - 1-855-339-1666
→ Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre - 519-672-4079

Family & Community Services

→ Nokee Kwe - 519-667-7088
→ Atlohsa Family Healing Services - 519-438-0068
→ Atlohsa Family Healing Services 24/7 Line - 1-800-605-7477
→ N’Amerind (London) Friendship Centre - 519-672-0131
→ First Nations Housing Co-op - 519-645-2549

Settlement Centers

→ College Boreal - 519-451-5194
→ London Cross-Cultural Learner Centre Settlement Services - 519-432-1133
→ LUSO Community Services - 519-452-1466
→ One World International Welcome Centre (TVDSB) - 519-452-2117
→ South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre - 519-472-5502
→ Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration - 519-672-6000

Employment Services

→ WILL Access Employment Solutions - 519-858-2348
→ International Credential Assessment Service of Canada - 1-800-321-6021

Services

→ PLAG CANADA - 226-456-2745
→ Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity - 613-400-1875
→ YOU Belong - 226-777-0116
→ Coming Out Over Coffee (Family Services Thames Valley) - 519-452-2117

Insights & Inspiration

Explore expert articles on trauma, mental wellness, and holistic healing. Our team shares tools, research, and reflections to help guide your path to well-being.
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