Mental Health Support


YWCA Toronto Choices for Living is a trauma informed free program for women and gender diverse people living with mental health issues. In a supportive group environment, participants meet to discuss common problems and create a shared community. With the support of program facilitators, they help each other find positive pathways through experienced challenges.

The group activities are experiential and relational, based on expressive arts and body-based awareness practices.

Women and gender diverse people who:

  • Are used to living with limited environmental support

  • Are feeling isolated and struggling to cope

  • Know the suffering of mental health such as depression, anxiety and low self-esteem

  • May have received a psychiatric diagnosis, and

  • Are interested in giving and receiving support.

  • Opportunities for women and gender diverse people to broaden their choices and build coping skills

  • A space where women and gender diverse people can connect with others in an atmosphere of acceptance and non-judgment

  • Support to help women and gender diverse people get the most out of their group experience

  • Information to help women and gender diverse people make decisions about their mental health and well-being, including resources and referrals

  • An approach that focuses on women and gender diverse people's strengths and abilities

  • A safe place to practice building supportive relationships

We have two ongoing groups which take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays from September to June.

Prefer to Participate in-person?
We welcome you to our Wednesday MH support group at the Driftwood Community Rec Centre, 4401 Jane Street (Jane & Finch).

Mapping the Wellness Journey (In-Person)
Women and Gender Diverse People (ages 25+)
Wednesdays 10:30a.m. - 12:30p.m. group


Prefer to join us virtually?
We now offer our Thursday MH Support group for women and gender diverse people delivered exclusively via ZOOM (throughout the GTA).

Our Voices our Choices (Virtual)
Women and Gender Diverse People (ages 25+)
Thursdays 11a.m. - 12:30p.m. group


We offer three, 12-week sessions per year which take place in the fall, winter and spring! Please connect with us now to book your intake meeting with us, this will help you find out more about us and determine if the group is right for you.

Marina Riker-Kucic (RP), and/or
Karin Foulds (Expressive Arts Practitioner)
Program Workers / Choices for Living
CFLInfo@ywcatoronto.org

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