Our Mission

Distress Centre Halton (an amalgamation of our three locations - Oakville, Georgetown and Burlington) supports people in our community and surrounding areas, to better cope with crisis, loneliness, and emotional stress. We provide a free, confidential, listening, befriending, crisis prevention and crisis intervention telephone service for people in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Georgetown, Acton, Hamilton, and surrounding areas in the Greater Halton Region.  We are ALL community.

Our service is a caring, compassionate, emotional support telephone service for anyone who is feeling anxious, lonely, depressed or is in crisis. Our trained volunteers provide crisis intervention and ongoing crisis prevention, befriending and information and referrals as needed.

DISTRESS CENTRE HALTON is a registered charity, incorporated and founded in 1974. (GEORGETOWN two year earlier in 1972!)  The agency is unique that it uses volunteers in front-line social work telephone calls, and in its innovative approach to helping with social problems.

Burlington: 905-681-1488

Halton Hills/Milton: 905-877-1211

Hamilton: 905-561-5800

Oakville: 905-849-4541 

TeleCheck:  We’ll contact you at a scheduled time for a 10 minute phone call to connect in with you,  and to check on your well-being. CMHA referrals, OTMH referrals and you can self refer or refer a family member.

For more information on TeleCheck please contact us.

If you're interested in volunteering, apply online at

https://www.dchalton.ca/volunteer

About DISTRESS CENTRE HALTON

Distress Centre Halton provides:

1. Crisis Intervention services for those in immediate crisis, distress or experiencing suicidal thoughts - We provide anonymous, confidential, non-judgmental, listening, emotional support and crisis intervention.

2. Crisis prevention services for ongoing emotional support - We provide befriending for those who are lonely, isolated, struggling with mental illness, disabilities and stressful life events.

3. Information and referrals for practical assistance - Clients are provided with information and referrals to other agencies in the community.

4. Public education and awareness - We provide information about mental illness and suicide prevention through displays and presentations.

5. Customized Communication Skills Workshops - We provide fee-for-service Communication Skills training for the workplace focusing on effective skills and strategies to deal with difficult and stressful situations.  In today's world - have we lost our listening?  Active Listening training at its absolute best!