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Recovery Lodge

Round Lake Alcohol and Drug Treatment Society

Provides residential treatment support for adults who have completed a full-recovery treatment program and need help to further strengthen their wellness and recovery.

The program includes cultural and spiritual support, employment counselling, continuing with twelve-step programs, and referrals to community support as needed.

200 Emery Louis Road, Armstrong, BC

Available B.C. wide

Addiction Services

PLEA Community Services Society of BC

Offers a four-month young men and six-month young women residential treatment program for youth with substance use issues. Participants live with family caregivers in the community who support and reinforce what the youth learn while they receive day, evening and weekend programming at a treatment centre.

The program includes individual and group counselling, harm reduction strategies, substance use awareness, parent-teen mediation, teacher-supervised education, recreational activities, and practical life-skills. Access is province-wide.

3894 Commercial Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

BIPOC Therapist Directory

The Healing in Colour Society

Provides a directory of black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) therapists in BC committed to supporting and understanding the lived experiences of BIPOC in all intersections.

Available B.C. wide

Mental Health First Aid

Canadian Mental Health Association - Vancouver Fraser Branch

Offers a training course to improve mental health literacy, and provide the skills and knowledge to help people better manage potential or developing mental health problems in themselves, a family member, friend or colleague.

Teaches to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, provide initial help, and guide a person towards appropriate professional help. Course is 12-hours, delivered in 4 modules, carried out over 2 days.

Available B.C. wide

MindShift CBT App

Anxiety Canada Association

Provides a free phone app that helps youth and young adults cope with anxiety, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps to help take charge of anxiety.

Features include personal journal, individual assessment tools, and web-based resources designed to improve mental wellness and tackle anxiety related concerns.

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

Information and Referral Services

ACT Autism Community Training Society

Provides telephone and email support to families and health professionals across BC on a wide-range of topics relevant to autism services. Topics include diagnosis, autism treatment and diagnostic procedures.

Available B.C. wide

BC Epilepsy Parents Network

BC Epilepsy Society

Offers group support for parents, caregivers, guardians and all other adults who contribute to the lives of children living with epilepsy. Participants meet monthly via videoconference to connect with others, share their experiences and provide support.

610-4180 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby, BC

Available B.C. wide

Hammer Time

Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health

Offers a facilitated group peer support for individuals with substance use issues working in the construction, trades, forestry and transport industry from staff who understands and has lived experience.

Participants share their experiences, ways to cope, and find support to access recovery and harm reduction services.

Available B.C. wide

Online Peer Support Chats

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

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.

Showing 461 - 470 of 533 Resources
Available B.C. wide

Recovery Lodge

Round Lake Alcohol and Drug Treatment Society

Provides residential treatment support for adults who have completed a full-recovery treatment program and need help to further strengthen their wellness and recovery.

The program includes cultural and spiritual support, employment counselling, continuing with twelve-step programs, and referrals to community support as needed.

200 Emery Louis Road, Armstrong, BC

Available B.C. wide

Addiction Services

PLEA Community Services Society of BC

Offers a four-month young men and six-month young women residential treatment program for youth with substance use issues. Participants live with family caregivers in the community who support and reinforce what the youth learn while they receive day, evening and weekend programming at a treatment centre.

The program includes individual and group counselling, harm reduction strategies, substance use awareness, parent-teen mediation, teacher-supervised education, recreational activities, and practical life-skills. Access is province-wide.

3894 Commercial Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

BIPOC Therapist Directory

The Healing in Colour Society

Provides a directory of black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) therapists in BC committed to supporting and understanding the lived experiences of BIPOC in all intersections.

Available B.C. wide

Mental Health First Aid

Canadian Mental Health Association - Vancouver Fraser Branch

Offers a training course to improve mental health literacy, and provide the skills and knowledge to help people better manage potential or developing mental health problems in themselves, a family member, friend or colleague.

Teaches to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, provide initial help, and guide a person towards appropriate professional help. Course is 12-hours, delivered in 4 modules, carried out over 2 days.

Available B.C. wide

MindShift CBT App

Anxiety Canada Association

Provides a free phone app that helps youth and young adults cope with anxiety, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps to help take charge of anxiety.

Features include personal journal, individual assessment tools, and web-based resources designed to improve mental wellness and tackle anxiety related concerns.

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

Information and Referral Services

ACT Autism Community Training Society

Provides telephone and email support to families and health professionals across BC on a wide-range of topics relevant to autism services. Topics include diagnosis, autism treatment and diagnostic procedures.

Available B.C. wide

BC Epilepsy Parents Network

BC Epilepsy Society

Offers group support for parents, caregivers, guardians and all other adults who contribute to the lives of children living with epilepsy. Participants meet monthly via videoconference to connect with others, share their experiences and provide support.

610-4180 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby, BC

Available B.C. wide

Hammer Time

Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health

Offers a facilitated group peer support for individuals with substance use issues working in the construction, trades, forestry and transport industry from staff who understands and has lived experience.

Participants share their experiences, ways to cope, and find support to access recovery and harm reduction services.

Available B.C. wide

Online Peer Support Chats

Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders

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.

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