Services For You

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MAX offers individual support and education services by and for guys into guys in the Ottawa region.

Need to talk to someone?

Mental Health Navigation

MAX can help create a navigation plan, connecting you to the proper resources through our 3 step approach:

INTAKE
Meeting to discuss your needs and explore options that will work best for you.

REFERRAL
We'll help you make a referral that suits your goals and works for you financially.

FOLLOW-UP
On the two week and three-month mark, we will follow up to ensure that you are satisfied with the outcomes.

If you've thought about counselling, but you're not sure where to start, Ryan our Mental Health Navigator, can talk to you about our mental health navigation service.

Visit Our Mental Health Navigation Page

councilling services
The walk-in counselling clinic for LGBT2SQ+ individuals and those close to them is offered every Wednesday from 12-8 PM at Centretown Community Health Centre (420 Cooper Street). The last session is at 6:30 PM.
 
This clinic offers support for life's challenges from trained and professional counsellors from the LGBT2SQ+ community. Single-session services are free, no appointment necessary, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Sessions are approximately 1.5 hours in length.
 
For more details: www.walkincounselling.com
 
The Walk-in Counselling Clinic is funded by the Champlain Local Health Integration Network.
 

Want to get tested?

Gay ZONE provides a wide range of programs and services for gay, bi, trans men and other men who have sex with men in the Ottawa area.  

Temporary changes to services to COVID-19:
179 Clarence St. Clinic: Thursdays 4pm - 6pm, (by appointment only). Call 613-234-4641 to book your appointment.

For more information and questions, visit GayZone's website! 

Did you know that MAX hangs out in the suburbs? We offer rapid HIV testing, mental health navigation, peer support, and general sexual health information through partnerships with The Somerset West Community Health Centre and The AIDS Committee of Ottawa. Stop by if we're in your neighbourhood, or make an appointment for testing online: https://hivtest.setmore.com/

This is where we are  from 4:30-6:30pm: :

2nd Wednesday: Orléans-Cumberland CRC

3rd Wednesday: South Nepean Community Health Centre

4th Wednesday: Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre

Message us for more info!

Learn more about Testing: http://thesexyouwant.ca/testing/

Want to get harm reduction supplies?

Every Thursday, at Gayzone, 420 Cooper Street, 5 to 8 pm.

Our peer volunteers are there to dispense harm reduction materials, answer some of your questions on substance use and sex, and provide referrals to other appropriate services. For more information on our harm reduction service, please connect with us :

Phone: 613-701-6555
Email: info@maxottawa.ca

 

See more about our harm reduction supplies program, here.