Stella’s Place is a Toronto youth mental health charity. It is the only youth mental health charity in Toronto that provides services for people aged between 18 and 29 years.
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| Formation | 2013 |
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| Founder | Donna Green |
| Headquarters | Toronto |
Executive Director | Nzinga Walker |
| Website | https://stellasplace.ca/ |
Organization and activities
editStella's Place is a youth mental health hub located in Toronto that provides free counselling, psychiatry, mentoring and employment support services to about 800 youth annually.[1][2] It is the only youth mental health charity in Toronto that provides services for people aged between 18 and 29 years.[3]
Therapy provided by the peer-counsellors includes an adapted dialectical behavior therapy program.[4]
The organization was founded in 2013 by Donna Green and moved to a larger location Toronto's Queen West area in 2020.[5] Green opened the charity after struggling to find support for the mental health needs of her daughter, Stella.[5]
The center works in partnership with City of Toronto and is funded by the federal government of Canada.[6]
References
edit- ^ Yousif, Nadine (2020-09-28). "A new home for a fast-growing youth mental health centre in Toronto wants to redefine what healing spaces look". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ Implementing Research and Best Practice for the Development of Mental Health Hubs in the Community (PDF). University College London. 2019.
- ^ Michelle Cheung (21 Sep 2016). "Stella's Place, Toronto mental health centre, founded by concerned mom". CBC.
- ^ Coulombe, Claudie; Rattelade, Stephanie; McLaughlin, Miriam; Choi, John (2020-11-02). "A Peer-Clinician Approach to the Delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Targeted to Young Adults in a Community Mental Health Setting". Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 39 (2): 65–69. doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2020-013.
- ^ a b Lavoie, Joanna. "Youth mental health centre gets a new, permanent home in downtown Toronto". Toronto. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ Merali, Farrah (28 Jan 2022). "How a Toronto project is tackling violence by helping youth talk about past trauma". CBC.