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The Family Outreach and Response organization offers recovery-oriented mental health support services to families. Our staff and volunteers are all psychiatric survivors or family members of people who experience extreme mind states often labeled as “mental illness.”

Snapshots of What’s Happening

  • * We completed our Strategic Plan Summary for 2012 thanks to the Endeavour Team.
  • * We were honoured to receive a $64,500 grant to extend in-home family support and engagement to help young people make sense of their distress and refer them to early intervention services.
  • * We are running Acceptance and Commitment Therapy groups for young people in distress and their families
  • * We made a youtube video!
  • * And of course, as always, we are taking your calls and supporting you with with education, counselling, groups, referral, created community, and support.
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Watch our short video to meet the faces of people involved at Family Outreach and Response, and to hear our thoughts on Recovery. … [Read More...]

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We are offering two parallel Acceptance and Commitment Therapy groups for families experiencing distress. One is for people experiencing distress between the ages of 17 -30, and the other is for their support people. The groups are happening at OISE at St. George & Bloor on Thursdays, from 6:30 - … [Read More...]



Family Outreach Reaches Out We put an end to families in distress. Share your support. Mental health issues within families are overwhelming. We know how to help! [READ MORE...]

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FOR is thrilled to be able to offer recovery courses online as part of a joint initiative with MotherBear Community Action Network andPracticeRecovery.com. We are running a pilot this fall and plan on launching our first family recovery series open to the public April 2013. … [Read More...]