Low cost therapy options.

Here is a list of low cost options for additional support:

What’s Up Walk In: 

What's up Walk in

A directory of therapists offering affordable counselling across Canada.

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Affordable and accessible Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) (Currently online)

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Counselling sessions are available by phone & video. Call Mental Health T.O. at 1-866-585-MHTO (6486) to be connected to a counsellor. (9am -7pm)

Affordable Therapy Network: 

Midtown DBT: 

Offers services for adults 18+ provided by student therapists in the TICP Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program. All student therapists are under the supervision of an experienced Registered Psychotherapist. They do not charge traditional sessional fees and rather ask clients to pay a small administrative fee ($5-$25 per session) to help them maintain their clinic. No one will be turned away for inability to pay. 

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A list of free or sliding scale options from page 3-6 of this document:


camh options

Offers services for children, adolescents and adults by students under the supervision of psychologists.

Rates for regular sessions: $125 per session. Rates for sessions by supervised graduate students: $35 per session. Please call/email to confirm rates.


Oise Clinic website

Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TICP) Community Clinic:

CAMH Low Cost options:

U of T OISE clinic:

Drop In Centre for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and two-spirt youth in the GTA (aged 16-29) to find counselling, practical supports and a sense of community.


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Aworie is an organization that strives to cover a portion of the cost of private mental health counselling for disadvantaged populations in Ontario who experience economic barriers and/or do not have an extended healthcare insurance plan. Sliding scale fees range from $40 -$100 per session and are based on income. Discounts for single parents and people living with disabilities are also available. 


AWorie website

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Comprehensive document of information about affordable mental health programs and resources in the Toronto area. Updated: Feb 25, 2020

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Aworie Canada:

Free/ Low Cost Services in Toronto: 

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