Live Chat Counselling
Offers confidential one-to-one real time counselling to help young people with challenges and or experiences they are facing. A counsellor is available through live chat on the web, or on the Always There app.
The program is staffed by trained professional counsellors with a wide variety of backgrounds including social work, psychology, sociology, and child and youth services.
Online Peer Support Chats
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.
Jessie's Legacy
Provides eating disorders prevention education, resources and support for BC youth, families, and professionals; offers online resources, email and phone support, an early childhood development program, and guest speakers to present at schools and groups.
203-1111 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, BC
Youth Residential Treatment Program
Offers a residential treatment program to help youth recover from substance use, including drug and alcohol addiction. Peak House is located in Vancouver and open to all youth in BC who need a more intensive level of service than can be provided in their home community.
The program includes individual and group counselling, life-skills training, fitness and social activities, assessment, relapse prevention, and aftercare planning. Elder visits for Indigenous connections are also available.
220-825 Powell Street, Vancouver, 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
Peer Education Workshops
Provides peer-led workshops, presentations and training to youth on sexual health and harm reduction topics. Offered to youth communities throughout BC, the program aims to increase the skills of young people with preventing, passing and getting HIV, Hep C, and other sexually transmitted infections. Workshops are facilitated by youth, for youth, and can be customized to meet the needs and learning goals of the group.
Youth Health and Engagement
Offers a web-based resource and information centre designed to encourage individual youth wellness, and foster engagement in youth health policy and program availability in BC. Website includes access to Youth Advisory & Action Council, workshops, research and consultation and youth engagement resources.
Kids and Teens in Control
Offers online group support and education to children and youth who have a loved one with mental illness or substance use disorder. Participants share their experiences, ways to cope, self-care techniques, and learn about mental illness and skills to communicate with loved one.
Bed-Based Treatment and Recovery Services Listings (BCCSU)
Find treatment and supportive recovery services that are live-in or bed-based in a community near you.
Battered Women's Crisis Line
Provides telephone-based crisis support and victim services to women dealing with violence and or the effects of abuse, childhood sexual abuse, and adult sexual assault.
Callers receive emotional support, coping strategies, safety planning, community resource information, and referrals to transition houses, medical services, and lawyers. Specialized support for immigrant and aboriginal women is also available.