Hope Leads Mental Health Care

06/03/2026

05/30/2026

04/09/2026

We are excited to share that Ron is expanding his practice at Hope Leads and is now accepting new clients with increased availability!

03/21/2026

Johanna is currently accepting new clients, with immediate availability for evening and weekend appointments. She brings over a decade of experience supporting individuals navigating trauma, addictions, and caregiver burnout. To schedule a session wtih Johanna, visit our website at www.hopeleads.ca or write to us at info@hopeleads.ca !

03/03/2026

✨💙 It’s Social Work Week! 💙✨

Today, Hope Leads proudly celebrates the heart and soul of our organization — our incredible social workers! 🌟

From offering compassionate individual and group therapy, to strengthening and supporting community-based mental health programs, our social workers wear many hats every single day. 🎩👩🏽‍⚕️📚

They are advocates.
They are listeners.
They are change-makers.
They are hope in action. 💫

Their dedication, empathy, and resilience create safe spaces for healing, growth, and empowerment within our community. Because of them, lives are transformed and brighter futures are built.

To our amazing team — thank you for the countless ways you show up, lead with heart, and inspire hope. 💙

Join us in celebrating and thanking the social workers who make a difference every day! 👏🏽✨

02/16/2026

Black History Month Feature. “Strength training supports my mental health by strengthening my mind-body connection, helping me recognize when anxiety shows up physically, reminding me that movement is one of the fastest ways I can regulate and relax.”

Jade Reid (she, they)

02/11/2026

We are hiring! Hope Leads Mental Health Care is recruiting an Associate Therapist (black mental health focus) to join our team to provide psychotherapy to communities across Ontario, Canada. As an independent contractor, you will be joining a team of values-aligned leaders and be able to provide psychotherapy to diverse communities from across the gender spectrum. To learn more about this amazing opportunity, follow the JOB OPPORTUNITY link in our bio.

02/02/2026

Black History Month invites us to pause and honour the joy, brilliance, and boundless creativity that Black communities carry and continue to gift the world. At Hope Leads Mental Health Care, we celebrate the stories that heal, the connections that sustain us, and the futures being imagined across Black communities every day.

Our work, and the way Joelle ( President, Co-founder, Registered Social Worker and Therapist) and Tolu (Associate Therapist, PHD student, & Registered Social Worker) show up in community, is grounded in research, kindness, and deep meaning. It is care rooted in listening, in honouring lived experience, and in believing wholeheartedly in the power of Black joy to transform and uplift.

Black joy is playful. Black joy is legacy. Black joy is full of possibilities.

01/24/2026

It feels -23C outside but the community made it hot like it’s a summer weekend! Grateful to be able to support weekly community play for 2SLGBTQ+ communities and allies.

01/19/2026

Organizations committed to equity know that supporting Black mental health requires more than statements of solidarity; it requires meaningful action.
This Black History Month and Black Mental Health Week, we honour the brilliance and collective joy of Black communities while naming the barriers that continue to hinder access to care. Hope Leads Mental Health Care offers Anti Black Racism Training, Black Q***r and Trans Mental Health Capacity Development, Harm Reduction Trainings, and Program Consultation to help organizations build culturally responsive and affirming spaces where Black people can thrive.

Connect with us at info@hopeleads.ca.