Crisis Resources
If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. Lambton Counselling Services is not an emergency service and we cannot respond to messages outside office hours. Every service listed on this page is staffed and can help you today.
If you need help right now
You do not have to be certain that it is an emergency before you call. The people who answer these lines would far rather hear from you early than late, and there is no threshold you need to meet before you are allowed to ask for help.
Local crisis lines
These services are based in Sarnia and Lambton County and know what is available locally.
- Mental Health First Response Service. Call 1-800-307-4319. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Run by CMHA Lambton-Kent for anyone in Sarnia and Lambton County experiencing a mental health crisis.
- Distress Line, Family Counselling Centre. Call 519-336-3000 or toll free 1-888-347-8737. A listening line for anyone who needs to talk.
Children, youth and young adults
- St. Clair Child and Youth Crisis Line. Call 1-833-622-1320. Seven days a week, for children and youth up to age 18 in Sarnia and Lambton County, and for their parents and caregivers.
- Kids Help Phone. Call 1-800-668-6868 or text the word CONNECT to 686868. Free and confidential, 24 hours a day, across Canada.
- Good2Talk. Call 1-866-925-5454. For post-secondary students and young adults roughly 17 to 25, 24 hours a day.
Abuse, assault and personal safety
- Women’s Interval Home of Sarnia-Lambton. Call 519-336-5200 or toll free 1-800-265-1412. A 24 hour crisis and support line for women and children experiencing abuse, with emergency shelter available.
- Sexual Assault Survivors’ Centre Sarnia-Lambton. Crisis line 519-337-3320 or toll free 1-888-231-0536. Available 24 hours a day. Support is offered regardless of when the assault happened and whether or not it was reported.
- Victim Services of Sarnia-Lambton. Call 519-344-8861 extension 5238, or toll free 1-888-281-3665 extension 5238.
- Assaulted Women’s Helpline. Call 1-866-863-0511. Available 24 hours a day across Ontario.
Indigenous mental health support
- Hope for Wellness Helpline. Call 1-855-242-3310 or use the online chat at hopeforwellness.ca. Available 24 hours a day to all Indigenous people across Canada. Counsellors are available in English and French, and on request in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.
2SLGBTQ+ support
- LGBT YouthLine. Text 647-694-4275 or use the chat at youthline.ca. Peer support across Ontario for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer and questioning young people.
- Trans Lifeline. Call 1-877-330-6366. Peer support run by and for trans people.
Finding ongoing care
If the immediate crisis has passed and you are looking for longer term support, these services can help you find it.
- ConnexOntario. Call 1-866-531-2600. Free and confidential information about mental health, addiction and problem gambling services anywhere in Ontario, 24 hours a day.
- CMHA Lambton-Kent, Sarnia office. Call 519-337-5411.
- Bluewater Health Outpatient Mental Health. Call 519-464-4400.
If you are worried about someone else
Ask them directly and plainly whether they are thinking about suicide. Asking does not put the idea in someone’s head. For most people it comes as a relief, because it means someone has noticed and is willing to hear the answer.
Listen without rushing to fix it. You do not need to have an answer, and you are not expected to be their therapist. Staying calm and staying present matters more than saying the right thing.
Do not leave someone alone if you believe they are in immediate danger. Call 9-1-1, or call 9-8-8 yourself for guidance on how to help them. You can call these lines on someone else’s behalf.
Offer to sit with them while they make the call, or to make it with them. The step from thinking about reaching out to actually doing it is the hardest part, and company makes it easier.
How we fit in
Lambton Counselling Services is not an emergency service. Our office is open Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 6:00pm. After hours, and on Saturday and Sunday, we see clients by appointment only. Our contact form, our email and our voicemail are not monitored outside office hours, so please do not use them to reach us in a crisis.
When you are ready to begin ongoing therapy, you can reach us at 519-336-9612 or admin@lambtoncounselling.com, or book an intake appointment online. We will get back to you during office hours.
This page was last reviewed on 3 September 2026. Crisis services occasionally change their numbers and their hours. If you find anything on this page that is out of date, please tell us at admin@lambtoncounselling.com so we can correct it.