Mental Health Resources
We are committed to supporting mental health and wellness in our community. To help you navigate the wide array of resources available, we have compiled a comprehensive list of organizations offering mental health services in the Greater Montreal Area. Whether you’re seeking crisis support, counselling/therapy, or community programs, these organizations are here to help.
Immediate Crisis Support
Tel-Aide Montréal
Tel-Aide is a confidential and anonymous service that offers compassionate, active listening to anyone in need. Rather than providing advice, their trained listeners create a safe space for individuals to share their thoughts and feelings.
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Contact:
(514) 935-1101; Contact form
Counselling and Therapy
Montreal Therapy Centre
The Montreal Therapy Centre was founded in 2003 by three passionate classmates who believed that everyone should have access to affordable mental health care. With cutbacks to the public health system, psychotherapy was becoming more difficult to access at the same time that the need for these services was growing. They believed that mental health is the foundation for well-being, solid families and a strong community and so are committed to build an organization to meet these needs. From their humble beginnings, MTC has grown to include nearly 100 professionals providing therapy in 17 languages.
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Contact:
(514) 244-1290; Contact form
Promptd
Promptd is a bilingual marketplace that makes it more accessible to find mental health providers offering therapy and psychological assessments. Each profile feels personal and transparent, listing practical details that are often hard to find elsewhere, like hourly rates, insurance receipt options, and reduced-rate services.
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Peer and Community Support
Projet Suivi Communitaire
Mission: To offer follow-up in the community to people living with mental health issues to promote their well-being and the development of their autonomy.
Housing Integration Service: community follow-up to support people who wish to integrate into independent housing and into the community.
Community Support Service: psychosocial follow-up to support people in the development of learning tailored to their mental health challenges.
Coverage area: Verdun, LaSalle, Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Lachine, Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy
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Contact:
(514) 366-0891; intervenants@projetsuivicommunautaire.com
Relief
Relief is an organization dedicated to supporting individuals living with anxiety, depression, or bipolarity, as well as their loved ones, empowering them to continue moving forward. For 34 years, they have been at the forefront of promoting an innovative, evidence-based approach to mental health self-management. Their services are designed to build resilience and promote long-term well-being. Relief’s office is in Montreal, but their services are available across the province and country through online support, as well as service agreements and partnerships.
Their key offerings include:
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Training on self-management support (for qualified professionals)
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Relief for business program (designed to promote mental health and well-being within the workplace)
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Contact:
(514) 529-3081; Contact form
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal
For over 50 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal has been creating inspiring and life-changing mentoring relationships that unlock the full potential of young people and equip them for the future.
Through their mentoring programs, they match young people facing adversity with trained and supported adult mentors. These transformative relationships help youth aged 6 to 21 overcome life’s challenges with the guidance of caring adults.
By intervening early, they help prevent the physical and mental effects of adverse experiences, fostering the physical, mental, social, emotional, and academic growth of young people. Together, they give every child the chance to reach their full potential.
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Contact:
(514) 842-9715; montreal@grandsfreresgrandessoeurs.ca
Maison St-Dominique
​Maison St-Dominique offers permanent social housing to low-income, single adults living with a variety of mental health problems, while providing community and psychosocial support. They also innovate by setting up projects that support people's aspirations: the JAP project, which offers ten housing units to young people being monitored by the CHUM JAP clinic; the VLA project, which enables 75 young adults living in apartments outside the MSD to benefit from the support of their psychosocial counsellors; and their Fonds Projet de Vie, which provides financial support for residents to start up or pursue a personal project that motivates them.
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By building, acquiring and managing various types of housing, they promote the autonomy, social reintegration and residential stability of the people they serve.
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Contact:
(514) 845-7793; Contact form
Projet PAL
Projet P.A.L. (Program Alternative Living) is a bilingual community organization founded in 1975. They respond to the needs of people living with mental health challenges who deserve equity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging, by
providing affordable housing opportunities, diverse services, and dynamic activities. Projet P.A.L. was founded in an alternative philosophy of empowerment and mutual aid and uses a Solution Focused Approach to respond to its members needs and hopes.
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The services they offer include:
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Affordable social community housing and support services.
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Activities, workshops and outings at their community centre for members.
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PAL-Action Program: a therapeutic and remunerated work and life skills program for Projet PAL members.
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Contact:
(514) 767-4701; info@projetpal.com
Family and Caregiver Resources
Friends for Mental Health
Friends for Mental Health is a non-profit organization whose mission is to offer support and tools to families and the entourage of people living with mental health problems. Their services include psychosocial counselling, support groups, courses, workshops, and respite activities.
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Contact:
(514) 636-6885; Contact form
AMI-Québec
AMI-Quebec is a non-profit organization that helps family caregivers cope with mental illness in a loved one through support, education, guidance, and advocacy. AMI has many programs and services, including some for people living with mental illness themselves: workshops, support groups, counselling for families, family peer support, outreach, online learning, resources, support for young carers, special events, and more, and all their programs are free! Some are held in person at their office in Montreal and some are online so that they can best accommodate as many people as possible.
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Contact:
(514) 486-1448; reception@amiquebec.org
Legal Advice and Advocacy
Action Autonomie
Action Autonomie is a Montreal-based community organization dedicated to defending the rights of individuals who have used mental health services, whether voluntarily or not. Their advocacy advisors help Montrealers experiencing problems with the health care system. They inform people of their rights (access to services, choice of professional, consent to care...) and of the laws and recourses concerning the problems they encounter. When the problems encountered do not concern mental health rights and recourses, or when people call from outside Montreal, they refer them to the appropriate places for help.​
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Contact:
(514) 525-5060; lecollectif@actionautonomie.qc.ca