Interior Region Family Navigator
Provides a toll-free phone line for parents and caregivers of children, youth, or dependent adults living in the interior of BC, who are unsure how to find mental health services, or information about mental health and substance use issues.
Navigators listen to concerns, find out what supports are needed, and then assist the caller in finding relevant, local community resources.
Community Helpline
Provides culturally-safe phone support in multiple languages to individuals and families in BC experiencing crisis or distress. Trained volunteers and staff provide non-judgmental emotional support, information and referrals. Case management services are also available.
Mindful Self-Compassion
Offers a free online course to help people get past insecurity and develop more compassion and kindness to increase their overall peace and joy. In the group sessions, participants learn how to overcome perfectionism, reduce anxiety and depression, improve relationships, and learn how to handle difficult emotions easier.
Mind Medicine
Offers a free 7-week group-based mental wellness program for Indigenous young adults experiencing anxiety and stress. Participants learn healthy coping skills, connect with other Indigenous young people in the community, receive culturally appropriate support, and engage in physical activities as part of their mental wellness plan. Provided through local Indigenous organizations and may be available in person or online.
Y Mind Adult
Offers a free online support group for adults who experience stress and mild to moderate anxiety. Participants come together to learn healthy coping skills and connect with others who are experiencing similar thoughts and feelings.
BounceBack: Reclaim Your Health
Teaches effective skills to help youth and adults overcome symptoms of mild to moderate depression or anxiety, and improve their mental health. Participants can learn skills to help with unhelpful thinking, manage worry and anxiety, and become more active and assertive.
A self-guided online program with access to video modules and worksheets is available. The program also offers coaching sessions delivered by phone or video.
Confident Parents: Thriving Kids Anxiety Program
Provides a family-focused coaching service for parents of children with mild to moderate anxiety. The program helps parents build skills and strategies that strengthen their role as a parent and help with managing their child's anxiety symptoms.
The program includes short educational online videos supported by weekly telephone coaching sessions delivered at flexible times over 8 - 10 weeks to parents and caregivers across BC.
Confident Parents: Thriving Kids Behaviour Program
Provides a family-focused coaching service for parents of children with mild to moderate behavioural problems. Program sessions are held via telephone and parents are also provided with an accompanying manual which they work through with their coach.
Program focus includes: encouragement of positive behaviour; consequences for negative behaviour; monitoring of children's activities; problem solving; and positive involvement in children's interests, activities, and social development.
Care for Caregivers
Provides online information and resources to support good mental health for healthcare providers in BC. Resources include mental health information, webinars, blogs, videos, important phone numbers, and web links.
Topic areas include anxiety, coping tips, supporting staff, depression, social connection, financial concerns, and taking care of me.
Healthy Minds, Healthy Campuses
Offers an interactive website to promote campus mental health and reduce risky substance use. The website is designed to engage students, campus professionals, faculty, administrators and community partners.
Web features include learning events, web links, and online resources such as tools and videos, interactive reports, and naloxone information.