School-Based Mental Health Outreach Program
Provides counselling programs for students and families experiencing stress at home, such as addictions, grief, mental health, stress, and anxiety, which affect the student's ability to manage at school. Families are referred by the school and services are offered in the school and or family home.
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.
Caregiver Support
Offers one-on-one support, groups support, counselling, information and education to support those who are in a caregiving role to an adult family member or friend. Support is available in person or over the phone.
Holding Hope Peer Support Groups
Offers group peer support for individuals and families with loved ones who use or have used substances. Participants share their experiences, ways to cope, or just gather strength and comfort from being with others who understand. See website for an online listing of support groups in BC.
EASE at Home
EASE (Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators) at Home offers helpful tips for parents, like how to teach children calming breathing techniques.
Counselling and Support
Provides counselling and a variety of programs and services to support individuals with Down syndrome, their parents and families. Support includes individual counselling, information and resources, parent support meetings, child play therapy, kids and youth groups, skill development, and health workshops.
481-13320 78th Avenue, Surrey, BC
YouthTalk Counselling
Provides confidential email counselling, information and referral for youth and young adults by a professional counsellor. In-person counselling sessions are also offered when needed.
Areas of support include anger management, alcohol and drug use, relationships, family and or school challenges, bullying, and depression.
200-324 Goldstream Avenue, Victoria, BC
24-Hour Crisis and Information Line
Provides 24-hour crisis support, information and referrals to women, trans, two-spirit, nonbinary, and gender diverse people who are survivors of sexualized violence. Support services are free and confidential and may include emergency crisis support, hospital accompaniment, criminal and legal support, counselling, Elder support, workshops, and support circles, Texting and online chat may also be available.
Counselling
Provides individual, family and group counselling, circles and crisis support to Residential School Survivors, their families, and those dealing with intergenerational traumas.
The counselling team supports emotional, mental, and spiritual development, along with healing and recovery, through culturally-based values and guiding principles.
413 W Esplanade, North Vancouver, BC