Pregnant, Postpartum and Families with a Baby

Help Lines

View a list of Help Lines on our Mental Health Services page.

Medical Assessments

Contact your health care provider, physician, midwife, nurse practitioner or obstetrician if you are not feeling yourself and wondering if you may be experiencing a mood change during pregnancy or after having a baby.

Perinatal Psychiatric consultation is available through the Ontario Telemedicine (tele-psychiatry) Program to all Ontario Primary Health Care Providers (Family MD, NP, etc.).

If you do not have health care provider, please visit a local walk-in clinic, or access a virtual clinic.

Walk-In Clinics

• North Bay & area walk in clinics
• North Bay Indigenous Hub - Primary Care

Virtual Health Care

• Cover Health
• Couch MD

Community Mental Health Services

The Alliance Centre at West Nipissing General Hospital

• Free, confidential and bilingual mental health and substance abuse services to people 16 years of age and older who live in the Municipality of West Nipissing.
• All referral sources, including self-referrals, are accepted.

Phone: 705-753-2271 ext. 721

Email: alliancecentre@alliancecentre.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association (Muskoka Parry Sound)

• Counselling services provide assessment, individual counselling, treatment planning and group counselling for mental health and addictions. Services may also include psychiatric consultation.

Parry Sound: 705-746-4264

Sundridge: 705-384-5392

Community Counselling Centre of Nipissing

• A fully accredited, non-profit organization providing professional counselling services and community programs to individuals, couples and families. 

Phone: 705-472-6515

Hands TheFamilyHelpNetwork.ca

• Counselling and therapy services for those under the age of 18 years old and their families.

North Bay: 705-476-2293   

Parry Sound: 705-746-4293

Sundridge: 705-384-5225

General: 1-800-668-8555

Postpartum Matters

A free eight-week online support group run by the Mental Health Program at Women’s College.

Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program

• Treatment and services for people with depression, anxiety, and anxiety-related conditions
• Online appointments available
• Time-limited therapy

Phone: 1-877-341-4729 ext. 2883

Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Group at NBRHC Outpatient Clinic

• Nipissing residents only.
• Physician referral required.
• Group for mothers/birthing persons who have given birth or adopted a child in the last year, have the child in their care, and who are experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety.
• Uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is informed by Mindfulness and Self –Compassion.

Your Family Physician/Nurse Practitioner

If your health care provider is part of the Family Health Team or Community Health Centre, you have access to free time-limited counselling and different groups.

Parenting and Play Groups

Nipissing District

EarlyON Child and Family Centres provide free programs for adults and children 0-6 years of age to drop in, meet, share, play and find friendly support and information. 

EarlyON - North Bay and Area

Early ON - North Bay Indigenous Hub 

Phone: 705-995-0060

Email: earlyon@gmghub.ca

View the EarlyON North Bay Indigenous Hub Facebook page

EarlyON/On y va - West Nipissing

MotherCare 

Based in North Bay, this program offers:

Phone: 705-472-0910
Email: more.info@parnipcas.org

Parry Sound District

Community Action Program for Children: Tiny Tots

• Tiny Tots is a parent/child group offered at the Parry Sound Friendship Centre through the The Community Action Program for Children (CAPC).

Phone: 705-746-5970 ext. 111

Email: cpc@psfc.ca

View the Parry Sound Friendship Centre Facebook page

EarlyON Child and Family Centre 

• EarlyON Child and Family Centres provide free programs for adults and children 0-6 years of age to drop in, meet, share, play and find friendly support and information. 

Phone: 705-746-9522 ext. 4350

Email: lwhetham@psdssab.org

View the EarlyON Child and Family Centres in the District of Parry Sound Facebook page 

Great Beginnings

• Programs support pregnant people and parents of young children 0 to 3 years of age with opportunities for play, resource sharing and parenting strategies.

Parry Sound: 705-746-4293

South River: 705-384-5225 ext. 2211

Email: greatbeginnings@handstfhn.ca

View the Great Beginnings Parry Sound Facebook page

Indigenous Programs and Supports

Talk 4 Healing

• 24/7 help, support and resources for Indigenous women
• Services in 14 languages

Call or text 1-855-554-4325 

Live web chat  also available. 

B’Saanibamaadsiwin 

• Meaning "living a good life," this Aboriginal mental health program provides mental wellness care that is culturally safe. Services available include assessment, referral, crisis and counselling services. 

Phone: 705-746-2512

Hope for Wellness Help Line  

• Available 24/7 to all Indigenous peoples across Canada.
• Offers immediate counselling and crisis intervention support.
• Online chat and phone call options available.

Phone: 1-855-242-3310

Indigenous Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Program (Nipissing District)

• Helps Indigenous families to provide the best opportunities for healthy development up to 6 years of age.
• Prenatal and parenting support
• Infant supplies (diapers, baby food, etc.)
• Craft and activity supplies
• Referrals to community resources

Phone: 705-472-2811 ext. 204

Mental Health and Addictions Program

• Offered Ontario-wide and includes a wide range of services and supports to Métis children, youth and adults.
• Services are delivered in person, over the phone, or by video conference. 

Phone:1-800-263-4889 ext. 7

Email: MHA@metisnation.org

North Bay Indigenous Hub

• Holistic, culturally relevant mental wellness and social services for individuals and families. 

Phone: 705-995-0060

Email: info@gmghub.ca

Parry Sound Friendship Centre

• Working in a Healthy holistic environment; collectedly and cooperatively to promote and deliver programs and activities to build healthier lifestyles, families and communities.
• Available to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people

Phone: 705-746-5970

Métis Nation of Ontario Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Program

• This Program is designed to help children and families from the pre-natal stage to six years of age. The goal of is to ensure equitable access to resources, support, and knowledge for Métis families so that their children have the best possible opportunity to thrive.

Phone: 705-474-2767 ext. 314

Email: contactus@metisnation.org

Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Postpartum Support International

Postpartum Support International offers more than 20 online support groups, including groups for military moms, NICU parents, queer parents, pregnancy mood, pregnancy and infant loss, postpartum psychosis survivors and more.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network

PAIL provides support to families who have suffered the loss of a pregnancy or the death of their baby/babies.

Self-Help

BounceBack®

• A free skill-building program designed to help adults and youth manage low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stress or worry.
• Delivered over the phone with a coach and through online videos, you will get access to tools that will support you on your path to mental wellness.

Self-Help Booklets

• CircleOfLife.pdf (perinatalservicesbc.ca)  

• Managing Depression:
  A self help skills resource for women living with depression during pregnancy, after delivery and beyond 

• Coping with depression during pregnancy and following the birth guide
• Coping with anxiety during pregnancy and following the birth guide