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Y Mind Adult

YMCA BC

Offers a free online support group for adults who experience stress and mild to moderate anxiety. Participants come together to learn healthy coping skills and connect with others who are experiencing similar thoughts and feelings.

Available B.C. wide

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills Groups

CBT Skills Groups Society of Victoria

Offers group medical visits for older youth and adults experiencing stress, anxiety and or mild to moderate depression. The groups teach practical tools to recognize, understand and manage patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing.

Designed by psychiatrists and taught by doctors, the course uses neuroscience, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioural therapy skills and concepts. Groups are offered virtually using Zoom.

Available B.C. wide

Refugee Mental Health Services

Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture

Offers mental health support and services to refugees who arrive in BC with psychological trauma as a result of torture, political violence and other forms of persecution on the basis of race, religion, gender identity and or sexual orientation.

Services include group and one-on-one counselling, referrals to health and social services, workshops for health and social service providers, and documentation of evidence of psychological trauma for the refugee claim process.

2610 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC

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Mental Health Support

Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour

Provides free one-on-one counselling for low-income women black, Indigenous, and people of colour including transgender and two-spirit community members. Services are offered virtually and where available, in-person.

Areas of support include racialized trauma, depression, sexuality and or gender issues, adjustment, low self-esteem, anxiety, stress management, and negative thoughts.

203-2722 Fifth Street, Victoria, BC

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Online Peer Support Chats

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

Provides a safe, confidential space for individuals who are affected by an eating disorder or disordered eating, to chat online about their experiences and benefit from the empathy and understanding of their peers while avoiding sensitive subjects such as weight, dieting and specific eating disorder behaviours. There are 10 live chats per week and participants can join as many as they like.

Available B.C. wide

Hand in Hand Peer Support

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

Offers a peer support program that matches adults and older youth with a trained volunteer who provides compassionate, judgment-free support and listening during eating disorder recovery. Support is provided in-person or over video call.

The program supports individuals wherever they are in their unique recovery journey and, through the consistent and personalized support of a mentor, helps them to discover what they can achieve, as they are ready.

Available B.C. wide

Eating Disorders Counselling

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

Provides affordable one-on-one counselling to individuals who are affected by eating disorders to process challenges and focus on recovery. Counselling is provided by a university practicum student that works under the supervision of a registered clinical counsellor. Sessions are available in-person or virtually.

200-2006 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC

Langley Community Services

Providing community services in the Langley area.

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Showing 11 - 19 of 19 Resources
Available B.C. wide

Y Mind Adult

YMCA BC

Offers a free online support group for adults who experience stress and mild to moderate anxiety. Participants come together to learn healthy coping skills and connect with others who are experiencing similar thoughts and feelings.

Available B.C. wide

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills Groups

CBT Skills Groups Society of Victoria

Offers group medical visits for older youth and adults experiencing stress, anxiety and or mild to moderate depression. The groups teach practical tools to recognize, understand and manage patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing.

Designed by psychiatrists and taught by doctors, the course uses neuroscience, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioural therapy skills and concepts. Groups are offered virtually using Zoom.

Available B.C. wide

Refugee Mental Health Services

Vancouver Association for the Survivors of Torture

Offers mental health support and services to refugees who arrive in BC with psychological trauma as a result of torture, political violence and other forms of persecution on the basis of race, religion, gender identity and or sexual orientation.

Services include group and one-on-one counselling, referrals to health and social services, workshops for health and social service providers, and documentation of evidence of psychological trauma for the refugee claim process.

2610 Victoria Drive, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Mental Health Support

Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour

Provides free one-on-one counselling for low-income women black, Indigenous, and people of colour including transgender and two-spirit community members. Services are offered virtually and where available, in-person.

Areas of support include racialized trauma, depression, sexuality and or gender issues, adjustment, low self-esteem, anxiety, stress management, and negative thoughts.

203-2722 Fifth Street, Victoria, BC

Available B.C. wide

Online Peer Support Chats

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

Provides a safe, confidential space for individuals who are affected by an eating disorder or disordered eating, to chat online about their experiences and benefit from the empathy and understanding of their peers while avoiding sensitive subjects such as weight, dieting and specific eating disorder behaviours. There are 10 live chats per week and participants can join as many as they like.

Available B.C. wide

Hand in Hand Peer Support

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

Offers a peer support program that matches adults and older youth with a trained volunteer who provides compassionate, judgment-free support and listening during eating disorder recovery. Support is provided in-person or over video call.

The program supports individuals wherever they are in their unique recovery journey and, through the consistent and personalized support of a mentor, helps them to discover what they can achieve, as they are ready.

Available B.C. wide

Eating Disorders Counselling

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

Provides affordable one-on-one counselling to individuals who are affected by eating disorders to process challenges and focus on recovery. Counselling is provided by a university practicum student that works under the supervision of a registered clinical counsellor. Sessions are available in-person or virtually.

200-2006 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC

Langley Community Services

Providing community services in the Langley area.

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