Local Crisis Resources

If you require immediate attention or support please contact the following crisis lines or visit your nearest hospital or call police at 911:

Canada Crisis Number: 1-833-456-4566, text: 45645

Simcoe County Crisis Line: 705-728-5044

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Emerg - 201 Georgian Drive, Barrie, ON

Athena's Sexual Assault Support Centre

24 hour crisis line 705-737-2008

Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Support

https://www.osmh.on.ca/sexual-assault-domestic-violence/

Translifeline: 1-877-330-6366 

Mental Health Crisis Line (Canada Wide): 1-888-893-8333

Simcoe County Perinatal Practitioner Network www.ambersperling.ca/scppn

Perinatal Wellbeing Ontario www.perinatalwellbeing.ca

Postpartum Support International www.postpartum.net

La Leche League provides free one-on-one and group breast- and chestfeeding support https://www.lllc.ca/

Find a Doula (Association of Ontario Doulas) https://ontariodoulas.org/find-a-doula/

Find a Lactation Consultant (Canadian Lactation Consultant Association) https://www.clca-accl.ca/Find-an-IBCLC-in-your-area

The Regional Women and Children Program at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) provides obstetric and paediatric services to North Simcoe Muskoka. https://www.osmh.on.ca/about-the-program/

Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital Perinatal Mental Health https://www.osmh.on.ca/mental-health/

Postpartum Support International

1-800-944-4773

Perinatal Wellbeing Ontario (support groups and "pay what you can" therapy)

Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit: https://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/HealthUnit/Services/ClassesTraining.aspx

Mt. Sinai perinatal mental health program: 416-586-4800 x8325

Women’s College Reproductive Life Stages program:
416-323-6400 x5635

Postpartum Support International - Provider Directory

https://psidirectory.com/

Visit the Online Provider Directory to find a knowledgeable/specialized perinatal mental health provider (Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social Worker, or Psychotherapist) near you.

BRIA

https://betterbria.com/

From planning pregnancy to perimenopause, BRIA offers psychiatrist-designed care programs to ensure women’s mental health needs are met with compassion and expertise. Optimal care requires an individualized approach for each person’s mental health needs. SELF-REFERRAL accepted. A BRIA Care Coordinator will ensure that BRIA members have timely access to a variety of treatments such as individual and relationship counselling, support groups, and psychiatric assessments for medication prescriptions when necessary. Services covered by extended benefits, OHIP services limited.

Mood Disorder Association of Ontario (MDAO)

Barrie Chapter -  http://www.mooddisorders.ca/event/barrie-peer-support-

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Barrie (family support) -  http://www.mooddisorders.ca/event/barrie-

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Orillia Chapter – http://www.mooddisorders.ca/event/orillia-peer-support-

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Midland Chapter -  http://www.mooddisorders.ca/event/midland-peer-

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Books:

• Impossible Parenting by Olivia Scobie

• Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzell (or really any of Dan Siegel's parenting books!)

• Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman

• Raising Good Humans By Hunter Clarke-Fields

• The Conscious Parent by Shefali Tsabary

• The Highly Sensitive Parent by Elaine Aron

• The Gentle Parenting Book by Sarah Okwell-Smith

• The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

• Healing Your Lost Inner Child by Robert Jackman

• Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, by Dr.Laura Markham

• How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent by Carla Naumburg

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson

• Raising Securely Attached Kids  by Eli Harwood

• Raising Mentally Strong Kids by Daniel G.Amen and Charles Fay

Podcasts:

• Mom and Mind with Katayune Kaeni

• Perinatal Wellbeing with Christine Cunningham

• Unruffled with Janet Lansbury

• Mommy Brain Revisted with Jodi Pawluski

• Good Inside with Dr. Becky (also on IG)

• The Good Enough Mother with Sophie Brock

https://postbabyhankypanky.com/  Postpartum Sex in Relationships

Books:

• What About Us? by Karen Kleiman

• And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman & Julie Schwartz Gottman

• Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson

• Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

• How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn

Podcasts:

• Where Should We Begin with Ester Perel

Instagram:

• @psychedmommy

• @loveafterbaby

 Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth (PATTCh)

EMDR for Birth Trauma and PTSD

Books:

• Why Birth Trauma Matters by Emma Svanberg

• Healing Your Birth Story: releasing the unexpected by Maureen Campion

• Birth Trauma by Kim Thomas

• When Survivors Give Birth by Penny Simkin & Phyllis Klaus

• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Podcasts:

• The Birth Trauma Mama Podcast with Kayleigh Summers

• What We Can Do About Obstetric Violence and Birth Trauma with Cristin Pascucci with Dr. Nicole Rankins

Instagram:

• @thebirthtrauma_mama

• @theteaonbirthtrauma

Resources and Support Groups:

PAIL Network Ontario https://pailnetwork.sunnybrook.ca/

PAIL Network support groups available here. https://pailnetwork.sunnybrook.ca/programs-for-parents/

Return to Zero https://rtzhope.org/

Register for RTZ Virtual Support groups here: https://rtzhope.org/register

Baby's Breath Canada https://www.babysbreathcanada.ca/

Perinatal Hospice https://www.perinatalhospice.org/

Bereaved Families of Ontario https://bereavedfamilies.net/

PSI: Loss & Grief in Pregnancy & Postpartum https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/loss-grief-in-pregnancy-postpartum/

Miscarriage for Men https://www.miscarriageformen.com/

Books:

• Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L Davis (about all kinds of pregnancy loss)

• Through Not Around: Stories of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss by Alison McDonald Ace, Caroline Starr, and Ariel Ng Bourbonnais

• Grief is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee

• An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

• It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine

• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

Podcasts:

• Mom and Mind with Katayune Kaeni

• Beyond the Loss by the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Centre

• Miscarriage Stories with Arden Cartrette

International OCD Foundation: Perinatal OCD https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/perinatal-ocd/

Postpartum Support International: Obsessive Symptoms https://www.postpartum.net/perinatal-mental-health/#OCD

About Perinatal OCD https://www.postpartum.net/perinatal-mental-health/#OCD

Maternal OCD https://maternalocd.org/

Books:

Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman

Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman and Amy Wenzel

Podcasts:

All the Hard Things with Jenna Overbaugh

The OCD Stories with Stuart Ralph

YouTube:

Postpartum OCD: Causes and Treatment by Nathan Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkNjOPgAe3g

Ending a Wanted Pregnancy: https://endingawantedpregnancy.com/ 

Ending a Wanted Pregnancy also runs a private support

Terminations Remembered: https://terminationsremembered.com/#google_vignette

They also run a private Facebook group (application here): https://terminationsremembered.com/join-the-tfmr-facebook-group/

Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network Ontario: https://pailnetwork.sunnybrook.ca/

Booklet https://pailnetwork.sunnybrook.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PAIL-A-Difficult-Choice-Ending-a-Pregnancy-CONTENTS-ONLY-AND-COVER-SEPT-15.pdf

PAIL network also offers a support group specific to TFMR. https://pailnetwork.sunnybrook.ca/peer-support/

Pregnancy After Loss has a support group for TFMR. https://pregnancyafterlosssupport.org/get-support/pals-private-groups/apply-to-join-tfmr/

TFMRmamas offers support groups and private facebook groups https://www.tfmrmamas.com/

Books:

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart by Deborah L Davis (about all kinds of pregnancy loss)

Our Heartbreaking Choices by Christie Brooks

Flowers in Our Womb: 19 Stories of Termination of Pregnancies for Medical Reasons by Ale Munoz

The Burden of Choice by Georgina Pearson

Podcasts:

Time to Talk TFMR

The Worst Girl Gang Ever (numerous episodes)

Dad Central Ontario https://dadcentral.ca/

PSI Help for Partners and Families https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/family/

Postpartum Dads http://postpartumdads.org/

Helping Men Beat the Baby Blues and Overcome Depression https://postpartummen.com/

Miscarriage for Men https://www.miscarriageformen.com/

New Dad Manual - www.newdadmanual.ca

Dad Central - http://www.dadcentral.ca/

Dad Central Ontario - https://www.facebook.com/dadcentralontario/

Books:

The Postpartum Husband by Karen Kleiman

What Not to Do When Your Wife has PPD (Article) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/isnt-what-i-expected/201103/dads-what-do-what-not-do-when-your-wife-has-ppd

Supporting Your Postpartum Partner (Article) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/preparing-for-parenthood/202402/supporting-your-postpartum-partner

10 Ways to Support a New Mom (Brochure) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d5ca187da24ffed7378b40/t/56fefdd507eaa0a58ebd8983/1459551702047/Supporting+a+New+Mom(1).pdf

Fathers Respond to Perinatal and Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uX-RAaA2G4

Podcasts:

Dad Space Podcast with Dave Campbell