Mental Health / Counselling - Service Available in: English Language

Registered Clinical Counsellor BCACC #8262
Individual and group counselling; focus on persistent mental health issues including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, addictions, chronic physical health problems and personality disorders. Talk therapy, assessments, EMDR, psycho-education, referrals and liaison with other health care professionals as needed. Experience working with family doctors, nurses, community policing, psychiatrists, music therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, spiritual care providers and mental health workers.more info

Bounce Back is an evidence-based program designed to help adults experiencing symptoms of mild to moderate depression, low mood, or stress, with or without anxiety. The program offers a free DVD available to all, and free telephone coaching available by doctor referral.more info

Mental Health Family Support, Education and Respite Services. more info

FamilySmart™ Parents In Residence (PiR) and Youth In Residence (YiR) provide peer support, mentoring, system navigation and access to information, resources, networks and education for youth or young adult with lived experience of mental health and/or substance use challenges;families and caregivers parenting children, youth or young adults with mental health and/or substance use challenges; and systems and service providers; to assist in building knowledge, skills and capacity in working well together with youth, young adults and families to enhance mental health outcomes.

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Provides urgent mental health assessment and brief crisis intervention for children and teens ages 6 to 18 who are in acute mental health crisis and live in Fraser Health region (from Burnaby to White Rock to Hope and Boston Bar). The START Team was formerly called the Child and Youth Crisis Program (CYCP). Youth and families can directly access services by calling toll-free 1-844-782-7811 (1-844-START11). Callers will be connected with the START Team office that serves their area. more info

This provincial clinic offers free (covered by MSP) genetic counselling to individuals of all ages (and / or their families) who live with a psychiatric diagnosis. The service can help individuals with mental health disorders and their family members better understand the cause and potential chances for them or their family members (eg. children) to develop a psychiatric disorder. The clinic offers individuals and families a very powerful service as it helps people better understand why they have a mental health disorder. The clinic’s counsellors can help patients reframe understandings of the causes of mental health disorders. This is the only clinic of its kind in the world! Learn more about genetic counselling on our website.more info

Crime - Victim Assistance Counselling
For any women, children, adolescents or men that have been the victim of a crime and have been awarded counselling benefits through the Crime – Victim Assistance Program we have experienced trauma counsellors that can help people resolve the traumatic stress that has resulted from the incident.

Traumatic stress can severely disrupt a person’s functioning and well-being. It is common to experience difficulty sleeping, panic attacks, withdrawal from every day activities, low mood and hypervigilance.

Our trauma counsellors have extensive training in helping people that have experienced a trauma. The therapy models used by our trauma counsellors include Sensory-Motor Processing, Focusing, Eye Movement De-sensitization and Reprocessing and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Trauma.

For more information or to set up an appointment please contact Heather Evans at 604-541-4827.

If you have been the victim of a crime and have not applied for counselling benefits you can apply online at http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/criminal-justice/bc-criminal-justice-system/if-victim/publications/cvap-victim-application.pdf
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