Centre de crise hébergement
Description of our services
Located in Sorel-Tracy, La Traversée – Suicide Prevention and Crisis Center offers residential crisis intervention services to adults experiencing psychosocial, psychopathological or psychotraumatic distress or crisis.
La Traversée – Suicide Prevention and Crisis Center is a friendly home where people are welcomed with respect for their dignity and the particularities of their lives, both psychological and social. It is an environnement with restorative qualities based on the values of welcome and humanity.
Lodging, which lasts an average of 24 to 48 hours, can sometimes be an alternative to hospitalization or a problematic environment, when an individual’s psychological equilibrium is threatened or when there is a risk of deterioration. Peo0le seeking our support therefore initiate a request for a stay that enables them to put down their suffering, understand themselves better and reclaim the power over their lives.
People staying at La Traversée – Suicide Prevention and Crisis Center have free access to accommodation including immediate, intensive, reassuring and structuring intervention, in complete confidentiality. In addition to accommodation, our residents benefit from several services ;
- Daily 45-minutes individual follow-up
- Informal meetings as needed
- Specific support for social reorganization
- Access to resources adapted to a range of issues
- Transport assistance
- 24/7 hotline (available during and after the stay)
Access condition
Our services are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Requests for accommodation come from healthcare professionals, organizations and partners in the region, identified as direct referrers.
Requests are made by contacting the hotline at (450) 746-0303.
Our approach
La Traversée – Suicide Prevention and Crisis Center is a friendly home where people are welcomed with respect for their dignity and the particularities of their lives, both psychological and social. The people requesting our support initiate a request voluntarily.
Our residents are also involved in the development of policies that concern them (length and objectives of stay, intervention plan, post-housing follow-up, etc.), while preserving their right to confidentiality
Intervention values
La Traversée – Suicide Prevention and Crisis Center intervention values are inspired by alternative ans community values, and stem from a practice that is rich in reflexion and constantly evolving.
Our intervention favours the creation of meaning, i.e., the meaning that the crisis takes on at a certain point in life, and thus, the mobilization of the individual’s capacity to think and speak. This experience, in itself interpretative, is intended to be both soothing and constructive. In fact, our intervention is essentially about recognizing the other.
Our team
La Traversée – Suicide Prevention and Crisis Center above all, it is a team concerned with provifding the most human intervention possible.
Our counselors have advanced degrees in the humanities and social sciences (specialized education, psychology, psycho-education, etc.). They have solid clinical experience and in-depth knowledge of mental health as well as ongoing training and supervision. The complementary of our team members, with their different backgrounds and experiences, is a guarantee of personalized, high-quality intervention, placing the humain as a whole at the hearth of our intervention.
« Moi je sais l’utilité de votre service, combien de fois vous m’avez secourue en période de crise! Publiquement, je vous remercie toutes et tous d’avoir sauvé ma vie et celle de mes amis. »
Julie
« Un jour, j’ai appelé le CPS La Traversée, car j’avais atteint le fond du baril comme on dit. J’ai apprécié l’aide que j’ai reçu. Je ne serais plus là si ce n’était d’eux. »
Jimmy
« La Tête me tournait sans cesse chez nous, incapable de me reposer. Votre centre de crise et d’hébergement m’a aidé à me reprendre en main avec un plan d’action pour ma vie. »
Robert