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Gutsy Peer Support

Crohn's and Colitis Canada - BC Division

Provides a private online chat space where volunteer mentors who are living with or support dependents with Crohn's and colitis, can provide support to newly diagnosed individuals and or their caregivers. Mentors offer emotional support and advice on everyday living with Crohn's and colitis such as work, school, relationships, travel, stress, and anxiety.

Available B.C. wide

QuitNow Program

British Columbia Lung Association

Offers a free program for residents of BC looking to quit or reduce tobacco and e-cigarette use. The program is customized for each person and helps with quitting or reducing nicotine use, and to understand what happens when you make this change.

See the website for information and tips on quitting, starting a personalized Quit Plan, and or how to connect with a community forum for support.

Available B.C. wide

Peer Support Groups

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers a variety of support groups around the province for those with mental illness and mood disorders, their family and friends. Support groups are facilitated by trained volunteers with lived experience of mental health concerns.

The support groups are peer-led and offer a safe place to share stories, struggles and accomplishments, listen to others as they share similar concerns, and receive informal education about mental health challenges.

Available B.C. wide

Food as Medicine

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers group medical visits for adults wanting to understand and treat chronic inflammation, believed to be one of the root causes of pain and mood disorders. The group meets with a physician to investigate the causes of chronic inflammation and what can be done about it.

Each individual will have blood tests to assess for underlying imbalances and nutritional deficiencies that are contributing to illness. Supplements and medication will be prescribed as indicated. Participants will learn which foods cause harm to the body and how to use food as medicine.

1030-789 W Pender Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Group Therapy

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers a variety of medical treatment options to help individuals coping with depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health difficulties. Treatment options include psychodynamic group therapy, dialectical behavior treatment skills group, and narrative therapy. During group sessions, participants meet with others who may be going through similar challenges in their mental health journey and recovery. Group sessions are provided online.

Available B.C. wide

Wellness and Therapeutic Exercise

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers group therapeutic wellness programs to help people living with a mood disorder, manage and work through difficult emotions such as anxiety, low mood, stress, and depression. Groups include physical activity and exercise, mindful movement for mood, and yoga therapy. Programs are provided online.

Available B.C. wide

Interpersonal Therapy

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers individual and group therapy for people with depression and who have, or are, experiencing struggles with a very personal relationship that leads to feelings of frustration, loneliness and despair. Participants will have two individual sessions and then meet with others for online group sessions. A group is also available for new mothers experiencing perinatal depression to help them with relationship issues and challenges in motherhood.

Available B.C. wide

Seniors Abuse and Information Line

Seniors First BC Society

Provides a toll-free telephone line for older adults, and those who care about them, to talk to someone about situations where they feel they are being abused or mistreated, or to receive information about elder abuse prevention.

Available B.C. wide

Victim Services Program

Seniors First BC Society

Provides information, support and referrals to seniors who are victims of abuse or a crime, including family or sexual violence. Assistance may include information about the justice system, practical and emotional support, and assisted referral to other programs.

Available B.C. wide

Community Support Groups

Autism Society of British Columbia

Provides an online listing of autism support groups available throughout the province. Groups offered include community groups to support families; adult groups for youth and adults on the autism spectrum; and sibling groups for siblings of individuals with autism and related disabilities.

Showing 381 - 390 of 534 Resources
Available B.C. wide

Gutsy Peer Support

Crohn's and Colitis Canada - BC Division

Provides a private online chat space where volunteer mentors who are living with or support dependents with Crohn's and colitis, can provide support to newly diagnosed individuals and or their caregivers. Mentors offer emotional support and advice on everyday living with Crohn's and colitis such as work, school, relationships, travel, stress, and anxiety.

Available B.C. wide

QuitNow Program

British Columbia Lung Association

Offers a free program for residents of BC looking to quit or reduce tobacco and e-cigarette use. The program is customized for each person and helps with quitting or reducing nicotine use, and to understand what happens when you make this change.

See the website for information and tips on quitting, starting a personalized Quit Plan, and or how to connect with a community forum for support.

Available B.C. wide

Peer Support Groups

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers a variety of support groups around the province for those with mental illness and mood disorders, their family and friends. Support groups are facilitated by trained volunteers with lived experience of mental health concerns.

The support groups are peer-led and offer a safe place to share stories, struggles and accomplishments, listen to others as they share similar concerns, and receive informal education about mental health challenges.

Available B.C. wide

Food as Medicine

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers group medical visits for adults wanting to understand and treat chronic inflammation, believed to be one of the root causes of pain and mood disorders. The group meets with a physician to investigate the causes of chronic inflammation and what can be done about it.

Each individual will have blood tests to assess for underlying imbalances and nutritional deficiencies that are contributing to illness. Supplements and medication will be prescribed as indicated. Participants will learn which foods cause harm to the body and how to use food as medicine.

1030-789 W Pender Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Group Therapy

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers a variety of medical treatment options to help individuals coping with depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health difficulties. Treatment options include psychodynamic group therapy, dialectical behavior treatment skills group, and narrative therapy. During group sessions, participants meet with others who may be going through similar challenges in their mental health journey and recovery. Group sessions are provided online.

Available B.C. wide

Wellness and Therapeutic Exercise

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers group therapeutic wellness programs to help people living with a mood disorder, manage and work through difficult emotions such as anxiety, low mood, stress, and depression. Groups include physical activity and exercise, mindful movement for mood, and yoga therapy. Programs are provided online.

Available B.C. wide

Interpersonal Therapy

Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia

Offers individual and group therapy for people with depression and who have, or are, experiencing struggles with a very personal relationship that leads to feelings of frustration, loneliness and despair. Participants will have two individual sessions and then meet with others for online group sessions. A group is also available for new mothers experiencing perinatal depression to help them with relationship issues and challenges in motherhood.

Available B.C. wide

Seniors Abuse and Information Line

Seniors First BC Society

Provides a toll-free telephone line for older adults, and those who care about them, to talk to someone about situations where they feel they are being abused or mistreated, or to receive information about elder abuse prevention.

Available B.C. wide

Victim Services Program

Seniors First BC Society

Provides information, support and referrals to seniors who are victims of abuse or a crime, including family or sexual violence. Assistance may include information about the justice system, practical and emotional support, and assisted referral to other programs.

Available B.C. wide

Community Support Groups

Autism Society of British Columbia

Provides an online listing of autism support groups available throughout the province. Groups offered include community groups to support families; adult groups for youth and adults on the autism spectrum; and sibling groups for siblings of individuals with autism and related disabilities.

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