Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre - Connect Parent Group
Offers group sessions where parents and caregivers of young people with a lot of mental health concerns or troubling behaviour, can meet together in small groups to learn new skills. The group sessions focus on areas such as recognizing and managing feelings or reactions, setting limits, communication, and strengthening relationships with their teen.
2721 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC
Therapeutic Counselling
Offers therapeutic counselling and life-skills support services to youth who are experiencing anxiety, depression, and substance use issues resulting from childhood trauma and abuse. Family counselling is also available.
Young Carers Program
Provides support and education to young caregivers who providing significant care to a family member. The need for care may include supporting a family member with physical or mental illness, disability, addiction or other difficulties such as financial issues or divorce.
Services include individual support and counselling, workshops, family counselling, First Nations family support, advocacy, and referrals to other service providers.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - West Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.
Alzheimer Resource Centre - East Kootenay
Provides information, education and support for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Also offers support to caregivers, families, and health professionals who help those concerned with or facing dementia, build the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain quality of life.
Services include individual support, community referrals, and a resource library including books, videos, brochures and information sheets.
Stopping the Violence Counselling
Provides individual and group counselling to women who have experienced current or past relationship abuse, sexual assault, or physical, emotional or sexual abuse at any age.
Stopping the Violence Counselling
Provides counselling to women who have experienced current or past relationship abuse, sexual assault, or physical, emotional or sexual abuse at any age. The program provides a safe place for women to make decisions that feel right for them, learn coping skills, and regain a sense of safety and control.
Y Mind Teen
Offers a free support group for young adults who experience anxiety. Participants learn healthy coping skills, connect with other young people in the community, and get support all in a safe and friendly environment. Programming is supervised by trained mental health professionals.
The program includes take-home resources to help manage anxiety in between weekly meetings, and a 14 week YMCA gym membership to encourage youth to manage their anxiety through physical activity.
Youth Counselling and Family Support
Provides counselling to young people between 12 - 25 years of age through the Youth Addictions Outreach Worker. Includes screening, assessment, ongoing treatment counselling and/or referrals to detox, and residential treatment resources. Additional services provided to the community include parent support, interactive school presentations and rapid response to school based incidents involving alcohol and other drugs and community consultations. Serves the Kamloops and Merritt communities.
Chimo Crisis Line - Richmond
Provides free, confidential emotional support and information to individuals in distress, crisis or who need someone to talk with. Professional volunteers are available by telephone or online chat.