Hong Fook, meaning "Health" and "Felicity" in Chinese, has been serving the Asian communities in the Greater Toronto Area since 1982. We strive to address the mental health concerns of the Cambodian, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Korean and Vietnamese communities.
Our mental health services cover the spectrum from showing people how to stay healthy to helping them recover from illness, which include: * Clinical Services - Intake, Case Management, Support Within Housing, Group Psychotherapy, and the Asian Community Psychiatric Clinic * Self Help Programs * Family Initiatives * Prevention and Promotion Programs * Youth Programs - Youth Outreach Worker Program, CHOICES, and York Region Youth Project * Training Programs - Journey to Promote Mental Health training for staff serving immigrants and refugees, and Workplace Wellness Training
You May Also Consider (Sponsored)
Quick Start Online Therapy: Tell Us a Little About Yourself and Get Matched With a Therapist Right for You
Take a simple guided quiz and let us know your preferences. Get matched to an online therapist right for you. Convenient and affordable online therapy from your phone, tablet or computer.
Have you been in therapy before?
Services Offered
Clinical Services * Intake - Intake is the process in which intake workers help clients identify presenting issues, determine eligibility for services, and make appropriate service referrals.
* Case Management - Case Management aims to connect a client and his/her family with a Case Manager who strives to understand the individual's specific needs, reinforce collaborations with community resources, and ultimately, help our client and his/her family to walk through the recovery journey with specific goal setting strategies that focus on reflecting, planning, implementing, achieving, revising, and reflecting again.
Our Case Manager conducts assessments, develops care and safety plan with achievable goals, and provides supportive counselling to individuals and/or their families.
We provide: > Assessment and care plan > Information and referral > Service coordination and care conference > Symptom management > Education and skill building > Supports for daily living > Supportive counselling > Linguistic and cultural interpretation support > Escort for medical and legal appointments > Advocacy
* Group Psychotherapy - In partnership with University Health Network (UHN), we provide time limited group program for the Chinese community to improve access to psychoeducation and group psychotherapy. The program includes: > Journey to Healing: 10-session psycho-education group promoting mental health, recovery and resilience.
> Integrative Behavioral Group Therapy: 12-session psychotherapy group with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness as the three core elements of intervention.
* The Asian Community Psychiatric Clinic - Hong Fook Mental Health Association partners with a group of bicultural psychiatrists to facilitate access to psychiatric assessment, treatment, injection services, case management and related supportive services. Outside the City of Toronto, services can be provided through teleconferencing and videoconferencing facilities via the Ontario Telemedicine Network system.
The Asian Community Psychiatric Clinic (Asian Clinic) focuses its resources on the provision of ethno-specific assessment and consultation of clients in the East and Southeast Asian communities (Cambodian, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese). Program consultations are also offered to agencies serving these populations.
Family Initiatives The Family Initiatives provide a variety of programs and activities for caregivers to strengthen their resilience when they walk alongside a loved one's journey to recovery: * Consultation to family members * Education workshops and resource development * Mutual support groups in different languages (Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin) * Self-care and coping strategies * Leadership training to build the capacity of caregivers * Opportunities to participate in anti-stigma events and advocacy activities
Prevention and Promotion Programs The overall goal of the Prevention and Promotion Programs is to build community capacity through empowering individuals with the knowledge of mental health and resources so that they can play a more active role when it comes to their mental health. As well, the suite of programs aim to build community capacity by providing accurate information to reduce stigma, by advocating equal access to mental health services, and by encouraging community participation.
Based on an empowerment and capacity building approach, our Prevention and Promotion Programs deliver: * Community Engagement - to develop capacity through training and developing volunteers; involving community individuals in program planning and development through the Community Advisory Committee; collaborating and coordinating with other ethno-specific community agencies
* Educational Activities - to facilitate participants' understanding of holistic health and mental illness; to strengthen their emotion management abilities and problem solving skills; to increase their knowledge regarding family issues, parenting, identity and inter-generational relationships
* Educational Materials - to develop and produce information related to holistic health, mental well-being and mental illness in a linguistic and culturally appropriate format to reduce language and cultural barriers to accurate information for the target communities
* Workshops and Groups - to teach clients and their families stress management skills; to promote personal growth; to foster self-reflection, self-care, and self-love with a focus on promoting mental wellness
* Mass Promotional Activities - to reduce stigma on mental illness by drawing the public's attention to mental health and to enhance their understanding of mental illness through seminars, research publications, and community gatherings
* Joint Outdoor Activities - to promote mental health awareness and reduce stigma through community-wide and large scale activities for clients, family members and the public
* Media Campaign - to raise mental health awareness, to enhance acceptance of mental illness, and to promote wellness in a broader life context in all the diverse communities we serve
* Special Projects - to address emerging community needs and to develop strategies to meet such needs
Youth Programs * Youth Outreach Worker (YOW) Program - The Youth Outreach Worker Program is a one-on-one program for youth aged 12-21 in the Chinese community. The program provides support and guidance to youth and their families all across East Toronto, to overcome social, behavioural, and economic challenges.
Youth and their families will be supported to: > Better navigate through services and supports in their community > Access services, such as employment, mental health/addiction, housing, legal services, etc. > Become more empowered
* CHOICES - CHOICES is a program for youth who are between the ages of 12-17 and would like a safe space to learn and speak their mind. It is a 10-week prevention and early-intervention course that helps youth to develop skills and confidence to resist risk-taking behaviors that may lead to substance use.
* Amazing YOUth - York Region Youth Project - The six-week parallel workshops educate youth aged 12-18 and their parents on how to become or raise an amazing youth. With growing pressures for the youth, there is an increasing disconnect between youth and parents, where youth may feel that parents do not understand their needs and vice versa. The project is designed to bridge this gap, emphasize family support and mutual understanding. It also aims to enhance immigrant youth's self-esteem, to regulate their emotional well-being, and to build capacity in managing stresses in an effective manner.
Fees and Payment
Services are free of charge.
This is a registered charity.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual Faith-Based
Payment: Sliding Scale
Online Counseling: Yes
If You Call, Please Let Us Know How it Went:
Were You Able to Make an Appointment?
One quick last question. Who was seeking counseling today?
Do you know the reason they are not accepting clients?
A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.
