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Available B.C. wide

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills Groups

Mind Space Skills for Wellbeing Society

Offers a variety of virtual and in-person mental health skills training groups for adults and their caregivers with mild to moderate anxiety, depression, insomnia, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The groups teach practical tools to recognize, understand and manage patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving for daily life to better manage stress and symptoms.

Groups are facilitated by trained physicians who uses strategies based on cognitive behavioural therapy such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and acceptance and commitment therapy.

Available B.C. wide

Grief and Bereavement Care

Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society

Provides education, support and counselling services to individuals, families and groups who are grieving the death of a loved one or coping with a life-threatening illness. Support is offered through a holistic approach with emphasis placed on healing both within and between families.

Programs include individual and family grief and bereavement counselling, as well as family therapeutic camps, a community choir and educational workshops.

Multiple Locations

Available B.C. wide

Indigenous Wellness

Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society

Provides holistic culture-based programming to support Indigenous communities experiencing serious illness, grief and bereavement. Culturally-safe programs support Indigenous people on their healing journeys through Elder meetings and support, grief counselling, land-based activities, grief support groups, and community gatherings that use the power of art and music.

322-198 Island Highway E, Parksville, BC

Available B.C. wide

24-Hour Crisis Line - Indigenous

Indian Residential School Survivors Society

Offers residential school survivors, students and intergenerational survivors, their family members, and the community at large a 24-hour crisis line for immediate emotional support, information, and referrals. Referrals include access to crisis counselling, elder support, cultural workshop, grief and loss support, and help with filing missing persons reports.

Available B.C. wide

Friendly Calls Program

The Canadian Red Cross Society - BC and Yukon

Offers friendly phone calls to individuals across Canada to enhance social connections and individual well-being. Program provides regular check-in, emotional support, healthy coping strategies, well-being resources, and referrals to other community services.

Available B.C. wide

Treatment and Prevention Information

Arthritis Society Canada

Provides information on arthritis medication, treatment team members, surgery, and complementary and alternative therapies to help make informed decisions about arthritis. Also provides pain management information and resources.

Available B.C. wide

Tool Kit for Active Living and Support

University of Victoria

Offers a free information tool kit and six phone-based sessions, to help adults with chronic conditions, chronic pain or diabetes, manage their physical and emotional well-being.

The tool kit is mailed to the participants and they then meet in small groups by phone or computer audio. Those who wish to not participate in the phone calls can choose to have the tool kit mailed to them only.

Available B.C. wide

Pain Support and Wellness Groups

Pain BC Society

Offers online group peer support for individuals living with persistent pain to meet regularly and build a community of support. Participants share their experiences, pain management and coping strategies, and take part in gentle movements.

Available B.C. wide

Pain Support Line

Pain BC Society

Offers free information and support by phone, text or email to people wanting to talk about their own pain or that of a family member or friend. Trained volunteers provide a safe space to talk about pain and its impact on life, as well as information on pain and self-management, finding a physician, and community resources such as health care, social services, and income assistance.

Available B.C. wide

Live Plan Be

Pain BC Society

Provides an online self-management tool to help those living with persistent or chronic pain. Individuals can learn about chronic pain, complete pain self-assessments, keep track of symptoms, develop plans for pain management and quality of life, connect with others who live with pain, and access the latest in pain research and practical, evidence based resources.

Showing 421 - 430 of 531 Resources
Available B.C. wide

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills Groups

Mind Space Skills for Wellbeing Society

Offers a variety of virtual and in-person mental health skills training groups for adults and their caregivers with mild to moderate anxiety, depression, insomnia, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The groups teach practical tools to recognize, understand and manage patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving for daily life to better manage stress and symptoms.

Groups are facilitated by trained physicians who uses strategies based on cognitive behavioural therapy such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and acceptance and commitment therapy.

Available B.C. wide

Grief and Bereavement Care

Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society

Provides education, support and counselling services to individuals, families and groups who are grieving the death of a loved one or coping with a life-threatening illness. Support is offered through a holistic approach with emphasis placed on healing both within and between families.

Programs include individual and family grief and bereavement counselling, as well as family therapeutic camps, a community choir and educational workshops.

Multiple Locations

Available B.C. wide

Indigenous Wellness

Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society

Provides holistic culture-based programming to support Indigenous communities experiencing serious illness, grief and bereavement. Culturally-safe programs support Indigenous people on their healing journeys through Elder meetings and support, grief counselling, land-based activities, grief support groups, and community gatherings that use the power of art and music.

322-198 Island Highway E, Parksville, BC

Available B.C. wide

24-Hour Crisis Line - Indigenous

Indian Residential School Survivors Society

Offers residential school survivors, students and intergenerational survivors, their family members, and the community at large a 24-hour crisis line for immediate emotional support, information, and referrals. Referrals include access to crisis counselling, elder support, cultural workshop, grief and loss support, and help with filing missing persons reports.

Available B.C. wide

Friendly Calls Program

The Canadian Red Cross Society - BC and Yukon

Offers friendly phone calls to individuals across Canada to enhance social connections and individual well-being. Program provides regular check-in, emotional support, healthy coping strategies, well-being resources, and referrals to other community services.

Available B.C. wide

Treatment and Prevention Information

Arthritis Society Canada

Provides information on arthritis medication, treatment team members, surgery, and complementary and alternative therapies to help make informed decisions about arthritis. Also provides pain management information and resources.

Available B.C. wide

Tool Kit for Active Living and Support

University of Victoria

Offers a free information tool kit and six phone-based sessions, to help adults with chronic conditions, chronic pain or diabetes, manage their physical and emotional well-being.

The tool kit is mailed to the participants and they then meet in small groups by phone or computer audio. Those who wish to not participate in the phone calls can choose to have the tool kit mailed to them only.

Available B.C. wide

Pain Support and Wellness Groups

Pain BC Society

Offers online group peer support for individuals living with persistent pain to meet regularly and build a community of support. Participants share their experiences, pain management and coping strategies, and take part in gentle movements.

Available B.C. wide

Pain Support Line

Pain BC Society

Offers free information and support by phone, text or email to people wanting to talk about their own pain or that of a family member or friend. Trained volunteers provide a safe space to talk about pain and its impact on life, as well as information on pain and self-management, finding a physician, and community resources such as health care, social services, and income assistance.

Available B.C. wide

Live Plan Be

Pain BC Society

Provides an online self-management tool to help those living with persistent or chronic pain. Individuals can learn about chronic pain, complete pain self-assessments, keep track of symptoms, develop plans for pain management and quality of life, connect with others who live with pain, and access the latest in pain research and practical, evidence based resources.

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