Mental health services

Community Addiction and Mental Health Services provide children, youth and adults with outpatient individual and group counselling and specialized treatments. In addition, access to a therapy session is available at no cost.

Stepped Care is an evidence-based model for organizing and delivering addictions and mental health services, with the goal of improving access to services and navigating within the system. It includes a range of low-to-high intensity support and services, from self-directed online resources to community-based programs to open access brief therapy to specialized and long-term treatment services.

If you’d like to access these services, please call the number above or consult the Mental health centres page for the closest location near you.

• One-at-a-Time Therapy is where the therapist and client work together on a single goal, with the hope that meaningful change is possible one small step at a time. There is no intake appointment, so the person can go straight to speaking with a therapist about the issues they want help with. There is no ongoing commitment with this type of therapy, but clients are welcome to return if and when they would like to access this service again, much like a health clinic. This is an open access service, meaning no professional referral is needed. You can refer yourself or get help from your health-care provider. 
• The Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Program is intended to reduce the buildup of stress among first responders and promote a culture of positive mental health in their workplaces. The team provides workplace stress awareness sessions and ongoing education and training, debriefings after a critical incident to help them share their thoughts and reactions while discussing the incident, follow-up contact and referral to mental health or private service providers for further assistance, if needed, and demobilization during an ongoing response to a critical incident. 
• Early Psychosis Program provides treatment and support to clients aged 16 to 30, and their families who are coping with their first episode of psychotic illness, with a goal of early intervention, rehabilitation and prevention of relapse and reintegration before the illness has a significant impact.
• Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (F.A.C.T.) aims to assist people experiencing severe and persistent mental illnesses and multiple limitations in their overall functioning. The F.A.C.T. program allows clients to move back and forth between higher and lower intensity services, to reduce hospital stays and maintain persons with severe mental illness in community.
• The Operational Stress Injury Clinic provides mental health assessment and treatment to clients and their families who are suffering from work related psychological stress and trauma. Clients are referred by Veterans Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defense and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Conditions treated at the clinic include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, as well as depression, chronic pain, and addictive illness. Staff working in this clinic have extensive education and expertise in treating trauma and mental illness. The OSI Clinic, located in Fredericton, serves the Atlantic Region.

• One-at-a-Time Therapy is a type of brief therapy where the therapist and client work together on a single goal, with the hope that meaningful change is possible one small step at a time. There is no intake appointment, so the person can go straight to speaking with a therapist about the issues they want help with. There is no ongoing commitment with this type of therapy, but clients are welcome to return if and when they would like to access this service again, much like a health clinic. This is an open access service, meaning no professional referral is needed. You can refer yourself or get help from your school or health care provider. 
• Child and Youth Teams throughout the province offer services to children and youth who need help with emotional needs, mental health, or addictions. These teams are multidisciplinary, with professionals trained in counselling, social work, occupational therapy, psychology, education, nursing, mental health, and addictions. Child and Youth Teams are in places that work for children, youth, and families - schools, mental health sites, and other community settings. Anyone can request services from the Child and Youth Team in your region. If you have a child or if you are a youth experiencing emotional, behavioural, mental health or addiction issues, there is help available. See the Addiction and Mental Health Services for Children and Youth (Vitalité) or the Child and Youth Services (Horizon) for more information on available services. 
• Early Psychosis Program provides treatment and support to clients, from ages 16 to 30, and their families who are coping with their first episode of psychotic illness, with a goal of early intervention, rehabilitation and prevention of relapse and reintegration before the illness has a significant impact.