Service: Mental Health Services

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Sit With Us Therapeutics

Sit With Us is a wellness collective dedicated to supporting individuals through their own healing journeys. Our Art Therapist/Registered Therapeutic Counsellor Mandy Leinbach specializes in working with individuals with acquired brain injury.
My RTC designation allows me to accept insurance for those who cover psychotherapy.
The following insurance companies will cover my services:
  • Blue Cross
  • Canada Life | Great-West Life
  • Equitable Life of Canada
  • Green Shield Canada
  • iA Financial Group
  • Manulife
  • Optima | Sentara
  • Pacific Blue Cross
  • SunLife
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Brain Injury Community Re-entry (Niagara) Inc.

Brain Injury Community Re-entry (Niagara) Inc. (BICR) is a not-for-profit organization that provides support services and rehabilitation to individuals living with the effects of an acquired brain injury.  Our administrative office is located in Thorold and services are provided throughout the entire Niagara Region.  We provide life skills instruction to individuals who have sustained varying degrees of injury in the desire to increase their level of functional independence and become active again in work, education, home and leisure activities.  SERVICES WE PROVIDE: Residential programs (24 hour support).  Apartment living with on-site staff support. Community outreach services. Pre-employment services. Return to work programs/job coaching. Community based adult day programs.  Psychological services.  Social work.  Therapeutic recreation services.

Dr. Erin Warriner & Associates

We provide neuropsychological and psychological assessments as well as individual therapy and some group therapy for individuals with acquired brain injuries for all ages.

Stroke Recovery Association of Manitoba

Each and every recovery journey is different. At the Stroke Recovery Association we provide programs, resources and support groups to help you find your way – and find what works for YOU. Our support groups are run by fellow stroke survivors which allows for a supportive, encouraging environment where survivors feel heard and understood. We offer programs throughout the week both in person and virtually, that offer physical, creative and social benefits. Our friendly and knowledgeable office staff are available to take your calls and emails with any questions you might have about our programs or any other stroke resources in the province.

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Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods

Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods (CAN) is committed to equity, diversity, and accessibility. CAN recognizes that people with disabilities and/or chronic health conditions have multiple intersecting identities that affect their experiences and daily life. CAN represents and honours all identities by centering decolonization and using both an intersectional lens and disability justice framework.  CAN is dedicated to education, whether community members, government, businesses, organizations, and/or communities. Our material is adjustable to new learners or more experienced audiences and delivered in a variety of ways. We deliver workshops, including: Breaking Barriers, Crip Kindness, Disability Awareness, Disability Justice, Gender + Sexuality, Imposter Syndrome, and Queer + Trans History (BC and Canada). We do presentations for conferences, speak on panels, and participate on committees for a number of issues: accessibility, academic and/or medical ableism, disability awareness, streetscapes, transportation, poverty, 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, and privileges and oppressions.  CAN does consultation work, engaging collaboratively to find creative solutions to, and educate about, barriers within communities. Projects include: accessibility, transportation, advocacy, empowerment, disability awareness, poverty, 2SLGBTQIA+ (Queer) issues, disability justice, and more.  Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods empowers people with disabilities, builds community, enables people to advocate for themselves and others, celebrates diversity, and amplifies lived experience.

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Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario (BISNO)

We have 30 Assisted Living spaces across 3 sites in Thunder Bay with 24hr/day staffing.  We provide Community Rehabilitation and Outreach services to approximately 300 people/year across North Western Ontario.   We provide individual and family counselling and people have some access to neuropsychology services.  We also support individuals with an ABI and co-occurring mental health issue, ten who have access to an RGI unit.  We partner with many community agencies as well as Home and Community Support Services North West to access professional services such as nursing, OT, PT, SLP and PSW’s.

Balance: Psychology and Brain Health

Our team of psychologists specialize in the assessment, prevention, and treatment of factors that can negatively affect brain health. This includes providing individualized counselling support for adults who have sustained a brain injury or other neurological condition, as well as support for their partners in care. We can work collaboratively with other members of your healthcare team and assist with disability case management. If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, sleep, pain, cognitive abilities, or are having difficulty returning to work and other roles of productivity, we encourage you to connect with us to discuss how we can help.

Community Head Injury Resource

CHIRS exists to improve the quality of life for persons living with the effects of acquired brain injury and to be leading-edge in the provision of evidence-based community and client-centred services in the field of Acquired Brian Injury. CHIRS, formerly known as Ashby House, started in 1978 as the first community-based brain injury rehabilitation program in North America. From its origins as a transitional group home, CHIRS has evolved into a multi-service agency that provides a broad range of supports to those with diverse and complex needs. Residential services offer supported living opportunities ranging from 24-hour supervision to supported independent living. Ashby Community Support Services (ACSS) provides case management and cognitive behavioural supports to those living in the community. A broad range of clinical programs and groups are offered in person and remotely. Through CHIRS Adult Day Services, which is comprised of an adult day program (CHIRS Club) and community programs, CHIRS is provides productive and meaningful activities for all participants throughout the community and at our drop-in centre. CHIRS has become a leading provider of services for complex individuals with behavioural, addictions, and mental health issues in addition to having a brain injury.