Community
Counselling
  Community Counselling and Resource Centre
exists to make a positive and lasting difference in people's lives.
Community Counselling and Resource Centre helps people strengthen their
lives and promotes community well-being.
We do this through services that offer counselling, support and
resources to assist with personal well-being, credit and financial
management, access to housing and connection with the community.
Community
Counselling is a program of
Community Counselling and Resource Centre. Staff are skilled
professional counsellors noted for their clinical excellence in both
assessment and ongoing counselling. Individual, couple, family,
senior's, and group counselling are available. Counselling services are
confidential, short-term and strengths-based.
Clients seeking
services may want to address
issues that foster growth, development or situational change.
Challenges may relate to personal, job, relationship, parenting, family
issues, aging, caregiving, separation / divorce, or any form of abuse
including elder abuse and domestic violence.
Fees are geared to
income and no one is turned
away due to an inability to pay.
There are several
programs within Community
Counselling, designated primarily by funding categories.
 Program: MCFCS - Violence Against Women
Program [top]
Program
Vision:
To be an active community partner in social and individual change in
order to end violence against women.
We offer
individual, longer-term counselling to
women and their children who are victims of violence and whose safety
is deemed to be at
risk.
Program: MCFCS - Sexual Abuse Program [top]
Program Vision:
To enable women and
children who have been sexually abused to find
healing and hope through counselling.
We offer
individual and family counselling to
victims of sexual abuse to reduce the effects of trauma.
Program: MCFCS - Peaceful Families Groups [top]
Program Vision:
To support children
as they heal from the effects of witnessing domestic violence. To
support mothers as they assist their children to heal from
the effects of violence.
We offer groups
for women and their children
(ages 4 - 16) who have witnessed or experienced violence in the home,
so that the impact of the trauma is lessened. Groups are run
concurrently and childcare and transportation are available.
Program: MOH-LTC - Caregiver Support -
Support & Counselling Service [top]
Program Vision:
A caregiver will
find support, validation and strength in his / her
role as caregiver, from the service.
Individual or
group (Caring for the Caregiver)
counselling are offered to provide information and support to
caregivers.
Program: MOH-LTC - Social Work [top]
Program Vision:
Any member of our
community over the age of 59 can access free support and
counselling to optimize health and well-being and reduce the risk of
psychosocial breakdown.
Individual, couple
and family counselling are
offered to members of our community over the age of 59, free of charge.
Program - Employee Assistance Program [top]
Program Vision:
When employees of
an organization or their families are helped through
counselling, the employee's home life improves, which can benefit the
employee personally and improve work performance.
Individual,
couple, family counselling as well
as workshops and critical incident stress debriefings are offered to
enhance worker health and well-being.
http://www.familyserviceseap.com
Program - United Way [top]
Program
Vision:
Counselling
supporting individual, couple, family and parental
development and growth leading to healthy relationships and strong
communities.
Professional,
confidential short-term
strengths-based counselling is offered to people of all ages in
Peterborough city or county, to contribute to personal and community
well-being.
Program: City of Peterborough - Housing
Social Worker Program [top]
Program Vision:
To assist residents
of social housing in Peterborough City and County through social work
services, including counselling, actions to retain tenancy, and
community development.
The Housing Social Worker is available to
residents of social housing for providing the services
listed above.
Program: Various Funders - Women's
Personal Growth Groups [top]
Program Vision:
An invitation to awareness, fun, and personal empowerment.
Ten week sessions focusing on self-esteem,
assertiveness, stress management or anger management. The groups
offer concrete strategies for building life skills and enhancing
personal fulfillment. September through June.
Program:
United Way - Managing Change Effectively - an 8 week program for men
[top]
Program Vision:
An invitation to men coping with unemployment,
separation & other challenging life transitions.
-a psycho-educational group to enhance:
-effective communication in change situations
-coping with stress & social changes
-conflict resolution & anger management in tense situations
-social change & loss
The group
consists of 8 sessions, 90 minutes each, once a week.
Location of Services
459 Reid Street
Peterborough, Ontario, K9H 4G7
Tel: 705- 742-4258
Fax: 705-741-1734
Email: ccrc@ccrc-ptbo.com
Outreach Counselling
is available in Apsley and Havelock. Please call to arrange an
appointment.
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