The following resources are available to the high performance sport community for effective support and intervention.
Confidential Phone Counselling Support
Canadian athletes travel the world to train and compete, so professional help is not always available in-person or immediately when an athlete needs it most. That’s why the Canadian Olympic Committee, in partnership with Morneau Sheppell, offers national team athletes who are registered with the Canadian Sport Institute Network access to free and confidential phone counselling. Support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and toll-free for athletes training or competing abroad. For more detailed information about this program, members of the high performance sport community are encouraged to inquire directly with the Canadian Olympic Committee or the Canadian Sport Institute.
Education and Training
Crisis Intervention Resources
National
- Distress and Information Line: (no area code) 310 6789
- Schizophrenia Society of Canada: 1-800-263-5545
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Canadian Psychological Association
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
- Schizophrenia Society of Canada
- Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada
- Self Help Connection
- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
British Columbia
- Healthlink, dial 811
- Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division, 1-800-555-8222
- BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information
- BC Mental Health and Addictions Services, 604-524-7000
- BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, 1-800-909-6303
- College of Psychologists of BC, 604-730-0522
- Counselling BC604-729-6059
- Mood Disorders Association of BC, 604-873-0103
- Anxiety Disorders Association of BC, 604-525-7566
- Changeways Clinic, 604-525-7566
- Helping Overcome Psychosis Early (HOPE) Vancouver Coastal Heath
- SAFER Counselling Services (suicide awareness): 604-675-3985
Saskatchewan
- Resources coming soon
Ontario
- Ontario Psychological Association
- The College of Psychologists of Ontario
- Addiction Ontario, 1-800-565-8603
- Mental Health Helpline, 1-866-531-2600
- Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychiatrists and Psychotherapists, 416-298-7333
- Mood disorders association of Ontario, 416-486-8046
- Anxiety disorders association of Ontario, 613-729-6761
Nova Scotia
- Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-888-429-8167 (toll free)
- Physician Information Line: (902) 424-3047 or toll free at 1-877-731-1931
For non-emergency health info: Call 811 - College of Physicians & Surgeons of Nova Scotia
- Family Physicians Accepting New Patients
- Department of Health and Wellness
- Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia
- Addiction Services
- Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists
New Brunswick
- College of Physicians & Surgeons of New Brunswick
- GNB Mental Health Services
- GNB Addiction Services
- Schizophrenia Society of New Brunswick
- College of Psychologists of New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Association of Counselling Therapists
- For a list of Certified Counselling Therapists in NB
- University of New Brunswick Saint John Counselling Services
- University of New Brunswick Counselling Services (Students Only), 506-453-4820
- Mount Allison University Counselling Services, 506-364-2163
- Joan Wright and Associates (For non-students in the Fredericton region), (506) 454-7430