Resources

WISE Parenting Local Community Resources

WISE Parenting is not a crisis service

If you need immediate help, please contact the appropriate crisis support service listed here.

Peterborough Regional Health Centre – Emergency (705) 743-2121
1 Hospital Drive, Peterborough, Ontario
310 COPE (children ages 0 – 18) 1 (855) 310-COPE
**Providing 24/7 crisis support to parents and children

Kids Help Phone (ages 5 – 25) Call: 1-(800) 668-6868 or Text: 686868
**Providing 24/7 national support/counselling via phone or text

4 County Crisis (ages 16 +) (705) 745-6484

Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC) (ages 16+) (705) 741-0260
**Providing support to anyone affected by sexual assault

Peterborough Youth Services – Community Response Team (705) 743-1681
(ages 12 – 18) **Providing immediate support to youth who are in crisis

Health Connect Ontario (Replacing TeleHealth Ontario) 811
Offers 24/7 support for health related issues (all ages)

YWCA Peterborough Haliburton (all ages) 1 (800) 461-7656
Shelter staff are available 24/7 to provide risk assessments
and safety planning for women experiencing violence

Assaulted Women’s Helpline (all ages) Call: 1 (866) 863-0511 or text: #7233
Support to all women experiencing abuse – 200+ languages

ONTX – Ontario Online & Text Crisis Services (all ages) 1 (905) 430-2522, 1 (800) 452-0688, or Text: 258258
Live online chat and text – safe, confidential, one to one support

Victim Services Peterborough City (all ages) (705) 876-1122 ext. 268
Support provided to those having been harmed due to crime or tragic circumstances

Parenting Resource

Blended Family Hot Issues

Parent Types Model

Parenting – Great Ideas for Family Fun and Connection

Relationships- Dr. John and Julie Gottman – The Gottman Institute



“Reaching out for help took a lot of courage, but we are so glad we did. Our family had been struggling for a while and something needed to change. Stephanie’s approach helped us to move from a place of frustration and feeling incompetent, to feeling certain about our parenting values and excited to do things together as a family.”

R and S – Peterborough, Ontario

“When my parents split up, I felt lost. It felt like they had forgotten about me as they moved on to other relationships. I felt like I didn’t belong anymore and was a stranger in my own home. Stephanie helped me to sort out my feelings and find a way to reconnect with my parents. I had felt invisible and now they saw me as important to them. I was able to go off medication for depression and anxiety and plan a future that I (and they) could be excited about.”

James – age 15

“I contacted Stephanie due to my stressful work conditions. I was feeling trapped, not sleeping and in a constant state of worry. I was having physical symptoms of a heart attack, but I didn’t want to take time off work to see my doctor. Stephanie helped me to make some good decisions about my health, work stress, and to rethink the ways stress was hindering my life. I was able to let go of feeling guilty and ashamed of not being able to manage the load.”

Stan – age 47

“Our family was a mess. We were in a constant state of tension and on the verge of divorce. Stephanie taught us how to work as a team and take control of our destructive ways of communicating and acting with one another.”

C and F – City of Kawartha Lakes

“Stephanie has this talent of tapping into my sense of power and illuminating my long-forgotten talents and gifts. She is a gift. Her wisdom and compassion in her approach to counselling is unique. To top it off, she’s funny too.”

Marylynn – age 34