Who Are We?

The Children’s Centre Thunder Bay provides children’s mental health services to children, youth and their families living in Thunder Bay and the surrounding area. The focus of our services is on children’s mental health issues in the context of the individual child, their family, day care, school and community. Many of the children who come to the Centre are experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties which are impacting their functioning at home and at school. We work with both individual children, parents, families and other professionals to address problems and strengthen functioning.

We are an Accredited Children’s Mental Health Centre which offers assessment, consultation, treatment, support and education services. Although many of our services are provided directly to children from birth to 18 years of age, their parents and families, we also provide consultation services to other professionals.

The Children’s Centre is a not-for-profit organization which is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, whose role is to provide direction and leadership to the Centre. The Centre is managed by a Management-Leadership Team, which consists senior and program managers.

We directly employ a variety of mental health professionals from fields such as social work, child and youth work, psychology, early childhood education, speech and language, developmental services, and nursing who work together to provide the best service possible for children, youth, parents and families. We also use a variety of excellent consultants from psychiatry, psychology, nurse practitioner, and pediatrics.