Women's College Hospital

Site: Mental Health Program

Service: Trauma Therapy Program

Record #: MET5077
Last Full Update: 12 Jun 2023

Contact Information

Office Phone 416-323-6230
Fax 416-323-6356
E-Mail patientrelations@wchospital.ca
Website www.womenscollegehospital.ca/care-programs/mental-health/#tab-6
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Agency Information

Legal Status (50) Non Profit

Description and Service Details

Description (Service) Specialized trauma-focused therapy service for persons with childhood histories of trauma
  • primarily group-based psychotherapy for adults who experienced childhood interpersonal trauma including physical, sexual, emotional abuse and/or neglect that occurred between the ages of 0-18
  • does not provide crisis services or long-term therapy
  • offers two kinds of groups based on gender: one open to self-identified women, trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit people, and the other which is open to everyone
Resourced and Resilent Group
  • entry point for accessing therapy in the Trauma Therapy Program (TTP)
  • teaches strategies to help manage current symptoms of trauma and to enrich quality of life
  • focuses on helping people explore the impact of past traumatic experiences on their current life and not on processing details of individual trauma
Pathways for Healing
  • variety of weekly, time-limited, groups for individuals who have completed the Resourced and Resilient Group
  • heal trauma through approaches including: healing through the arts, healing through the mind, healing through the body, and healing through relationships
  • couples therapy interventions available to those in the program
  • after completing up to 2 group pathways, individuals will be discharged for 1 year to consolidate gains made in therapy. Individuals can be re-referred to the program or to WRAP after 1 year if interested
Women Recovering from Abuse Program (WRAP)
  • intensive half day group psychotherapy program with accompanying individual therapy
Hours Office: Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm; WRAP Program: Mon-Thu 9 am-1 pm
Areas Served Ontario
Eligibility Individuals 18 years and older experiencing mental health problems resulting from a childhood history of physical, sexual or emotional abuse, incest, or neglect
Application Referral from a physician or a nurse practitioner providing primary care; clients must attend an orientation session
Languages English
Fees Covered by Ontario Health Insurance

Site Information

Located In Community Toronto
Address & Map
76 Grenville St
7th Fl
Toronto, ON
Canada M5S 1B2
Intersection Bay St and College St
Mailing Address 76 Grenville St 
Toronto, ON 
Canada M5S 1B2
Physical Access Fully accessible - Wheelchair accessible building including main entrance and barrier free washrooms; Access ramps at front and emergency entrances; Braille and tone elevator, lowered buttons

Categories and Classification

HCSD Main Heading Abuse / Assault
HCSD Sub Heading Victims of Abuse Support Programs
Service Categories Art Therapy ~ Adult Child Abuse Survivors ; Marriage Counselling ~ Adult Child Abuse Survivors ; Psychiatric Disorder Counselling ~ Adult Child Abuse Survivors

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