Mental Health Support

Compassionate Care for Every Journey

What Is Counselling at ACTS?

ACTS counselling services provide a safe, supportive, and culturally grounded space for Black, Indigenous, and Minoritized youth and their families. We seek to work with our community members along their healing journey by exploring their emotions, experiences, and personal challenges. Our approach focuses on healing, empowerment, and building resilience through person-centered and trauma-responsive care.

Aim

To provide accessible mental health support that nurtures healing, confidence, and personal growth for youths and their families.

Approach

Person centered, trauma-responsive, and culturally grounded practices that honour each individual and family’s journey.

What We Believe In

Safe & Respectful Spaces

We create spaces where individuals feel heard, valued, and supported.

Cultural Understanding

We recognize and respect diverse identities, traditions, and lived experiences.

Empowerment & Growth

We help individuals build confidence, resilience, and self-awareness.

Embrace Cultural Integrity

Center identities, cultures, and lived experiences of diverse youth.

Strength in Community

We foster connection, collaboration, and collective growth.

Services

Counselling & Coaching

Group and individual sessions within safe, inclusive, and culturally grounded spaces for minoritized, ethnocultural, and low-income backgrounds across Canada. We encourage community members to come together for shared healing, peer connection, and meaningful dialogue. These sessions are designed to foster trust, respect, and a strong sense of belonging, while encouraging open and honest conversations around resilience, racial trauma, identity, and mental wellness. Through guided discussions, peer learning, and community engagement, participants are supported in building coping skills, strengthening relationships, and developing a deeper understanding of their experiences. Our approach promotes collective healing, empowerment, and long-term well-being within individuals, families, and the broader community.

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Individual Counselling

Personalized one-on-one sessions in a confidential and supportive space where youth and family members can explore their thoughts, emotions, and experiences. We provide support for stress, anxiety, depression, identity, grief, and trauma using culturally grounded, person centered, and trauma-responsive approaches.

Youth & Family Counselling

Support for youth and their families to strengthen relationships, improve communication, and navigate cultural expectations, generational differences, and life transitions together in a respectful and supportive environment.

You're a fit if you need:

Culturally grounded, trauma responsive and supportive space to be heard
Support for stress, identity, and emotional challenges
Culturally grounded, inclusive care
To strengthen youth and family relationships
Encouragement with healing, growth, and well-being

Supporting the mental well-being of the communities we serve. Inspiring hope and preserving integrity while encouraging participants along healing and recovery.

Counseling & Support Services

We provide access to confidential counseling sessions where individuals can seek professional guidance and emotional support in a safe and understanding environment.

Awareness & Workshops

Our mental health workshops focus on stress management, emotional resilience, and self-care practices to help individuals maintain a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

Community Support Programs

We encourage peer support and community engagement through group discussions and activities that foster connection, empathy, and shared experiences.