The Krasman is a community mental health agency with offices in Richmond Hill and Alliston.  We are a Consumer/Survivor Initiave, which means that our support services are provided by peers with direct lived mental health experience.  For more information on our programs, please navigate through our “Programs” tab, if you’d like to read through some of our news or announcements, please check out our “Newsfeed” page.

Below is a short digital story that conveys what the Krasman Centre means to its visitors, as well as a word from our Executive director on Mental Health Recovery and The Krasman Centre.

Our Family of Choice (Krasman Centre Digital Story):

Overview of the Krasman Centre:

Tanya gives a wonderful overview of the Krasman Centre’s work with consumer survivors of the mental health system. Her organization marked their 10th anniversary this year so this is a special interview to celebrate that milestone.

Her talk gave me greater insight into the values and approach a consumer survivor organization assumes in the day to day work of fostering and supporting the voices of those with lived experience. For those not familiar with the consumer survivor philosophy and practice framework, this interview with Tanya will be a good introduction.