If you need help now
Lisa's practice is not an emergency service, and email and online booking are not checked around the clock. If you are in crisis or thinking about suicide, please reach out to one of these services now.
Help right now
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Emergency services
24 hours a day
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
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988 Suicide Crisis Helpline
Call or text 988
24 hours a day, every day
For anyone in Canada who is thinking about suicide or worried about someone else.
Website: 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline -
Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line
24 hours a day, every day
For children, youth and adults in a mental health or addictions crisis or in distress.
Website: Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line -
Yarmouth Regional Hospital emergency department
902-742-3541 main switchboard
Open 24 hours a day
60 Vancouver Street, Yarmouth. Between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. the north main entrance is locked; buzz to enter.
Website: Yarmouth Regional Hospital emergency department
More support in Nova Scotia
For when it isn't an emergency, but you need help soon.
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Nova Scotia Health Mental Health and Addictions Intake
Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday evenings until 8 p.m.
The way into publicly funded mental health and addictions services anywhere in Nova Scotia.
Website: Nova Scotia Health Mental Health and Addictions Intake -
Juniper House
902-742-8689 1-800-266-4087 toll-free
24-hour help line
A safe shelter and support for women and their children who have experienced violence or abuse, serving Yarmouth, Digby and Shelburne counties.
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Good2Talk Nova Scotia
1-833-292-3698 Text GOOD2TALKNS to 686868
Support for university and college students.
Website: Good2Talk Nova Scotia -
Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868 Text CONNECT to 686868
24 hours a day, by phone or text
For kids, teens and young adults.
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Hope for Wellness Help Line
24 hours a day, by phone or online chat
For Indigenous people across Canada. Support in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut is available on request.
Website: Hope for Wellness Help Line -
211 Nova Scotia
Call or text 211
24 hours a day
Help finding community, government and social services near you.
Website: 211 Nova Scotia -
811 health advice
24 hours a day
Non-emergency advice from a registered nurse, including about mental health and addictions.
These numbers were last checked on October 10, 2026.