Clinical Services - Yorktown Family Services

Our waitlist for Strengths-based, Time-limited, Attainable, Realistic Therapy (START) is currently over 6 months long. Please note that our waitlist for trauma assessment and treatment is closed.

For rapid access to a psychotherapist please call 416-669-3521.

Growing With Grief

Individual, family and group counselling and support for children, youth and families experiencing grief related to the death or dying of a parent, sibling or in-home custodial caregiver.

KFT (Keeping Families Together) and CARE (Children at Risk of Entering Care)

KFT and CARE are partnerships with local child welfare agencies to provide rapid, in-home treatment to families where there is risk of an apprehension or placement breakdown.

START Program

START stands for Strengths-based, Time-limited, Attainable, Realistic Therapy and is an 8-12 session therapy program that relies on evidence informed treatment

Rapid Access Therapy

Rapid Access Therapy, provided at no charge, is barrier-free access to mental health counselling services offered virtually (Virtual Rapid Access Therapy) and in-person (Walk-in Rapid Access Therapy).

Trauma Treatment

Yorktown is part of the West End Services for Abuse and Trauma (WESAT), a network of agencies that provide evidenced based treatment to children, youth and their families who have experienced trauma.

What’s Up Walk-In®

The What’s Up Walk-In is a Rapid Access Therapy brief counselling service offered at the by Yorktown Family Services at 3 locations: West Toronto Youth Wellness Hub in the West End, and downtown Toronto at Centre Francophone Du Grand Toronto and St. Jamestown The Corner.

Upcoming Agency Closures:

Yorktown Family Services will be closing our Virtual Rapid Access Therapy on Saturday, October 18th, 2025.

Regular Service hours will resume on Monday, October 20th, 2025.

Yorktown Family Services will also be closing our offices at 1 pm on Thursday, October 30th, 2025 for our Annual General Meeting.

Rapid Access Therapy will be closed on that day.

All Regular Service hours will resume on Friday, October 31st, 2025

Thank you.

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