This program is designed for women struggling with substance use, especially women who are pregnant or parenting. Women in this situation may not seek help because they feel they might be scrutinized and labelled as a ‘bad parent’. We want to help. We do not, and will not judge. We want only to provide support.
Family Transition Place seeks to be a leader and community partner through the provision of education
Are you a woman concerned with your substance use?
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Counselling is available throughout Bolton, Caledon, Orangeville and Dufferin County. Counsellors will meet you at a location that is most convenient, safe, and comfortable for you. Collaborative services are provided between different community organizations (i.e., nurse practitioners, Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN), etc.) to help you reach your goals. 24 hour crisis/info line For compassionate, non-judgemental counselling and support, please call.
519.941.4357 • 905.584.4357
Women Changing Paths
1.800.265.9178 familytransitionplace.ca
We want to help.
20 Bredin Parkway Orangeville, ON L9W 4Z9
a partner of Opioid Support Services Central West LHIN
What is Harm Reduction?
What is Women Changing Paths? Offered by Family Transition Place, Women Changing Paths is a program designed to compassionately help women whose lives have been affected by ongoing use of substances. Primarily for women who are pregnant or who have children, the program seeks to help women lessen the consequences of substance use – through counselling,
Practices that aim to reduce the harms associated with the use of substances in people unable or unwilling to stop. Being “clean” or abstinent is not required for support. We will work with you where you are at and support you in achieving your own personal goals in regards to your substance use. Counsellors work from a women-centered and trauma-informed lens to provide service coordination, advocacy, assessment, counselling, case management, assistance with child welfare issues and parenting support.
education and a harm reduction approach. Counselling in the program is client-centred and non-judgemental.
In 2015, 734 people died of an opioidrelated cause, increasing four-fold since 1991.
You can receive support related to any of the following: Alcohol
Heroin
Amphetamines
Ketamine
Benzodiazepines
Methadone/ Suboxone
Cannabis
Methamphetamines
Cocaine/Crack
Opioids/Opiates (Percocet, Oxycontin, Tylenol 1, 2, 3, 4, Morphine, Dilaudid, Fentanyl, etc.)
Ecstasy
Stimulants
GHB
Tobacco
That’s two people every day.1
Hallucinogens
Substance use dependence is a complex health condition that can require long-term treatment and care. Its treatment is important
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Ontario Drug Policy Research Network. Emerging trends in opioid-related deaths in Ontario: 1991 to 2015. March 2017.
to reduce health and social consequences, and to improve the well-being and functioning of the person affected.