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Below are contacts of individuals and organizations that provide counselling services and others. Scroll down for emergency help and crisis lines.

Recommended Registered Counsellors in BC:

Blair McInnis, RTC, Vancouver: https://boundarywork.ca

Michael McLaughlin, RTC, Gibsons & Surrey: https://renewalcounselling.net

Linda Nakata, RTCc, Vancouver, : https://insightscounselling.ca

Clo Nickel, RPC, Abbotsford & Chilliwack: https://anxietyservices.ca

Xiva Taverna, RTCc, Vancouver: https://terracounselling.com

Organizations and Services:

Moving Foward Family Services – affordable counselling: https://mffs.ca/

Looking Glass Foundation – eating disorders support: https://www.lookingglassbc.com/

Foundry BC – drop-in counselling sessions for youth 12-24 and their caregivers: https://foundrybc.ca/

Vancouver Coastal Health’s Access and Assessment Centre for Adults http://www.vch.ca/locations-services/result?res_id=1186

(located at: 803 West 12th Avenue, Level 1 East Entrance Vancouver, BC)

St. Paul’s Hospital Rapid Access Addiction Clinic(RAAC) – low-barrier access to free addiction treatment: https://www.providencehealthcare.org/rapid-access-addiction-clinic-raac

Phoenix Society – addiction treatment and programs in Surrey, BC: http://phoenixsociety.com/

Supervized Consumption Sites information: http://www.vch.ca/public-health/harm-reduction/supervised-consumption-sites

Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver – various programs including housing: https://vancouver-fraser.cmha.bc.ca/

Options Community Services – housing, counselling, crisis help: https://www.options.bc.ca/

MOSAIC – immigration services, housing, training, counselling: https://www.mosaicbc.org/

Atira Women’s Resources Society – housing and advocacy: https://atira.bc.ca/

Fraser River Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association: https://frafca.org/

Crisis Lines:

Fraser Health Crisis Line: 604-95108855 & 1-877-820-7444

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) 

Crisis Services Canada: https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

The Crisis Line’s Online Services for Adults: www.CrisisCentreChat.ca 

The Crisis Centre Distress Services: 604-872-3311

Psychological First Aid offered by Psychologists: https://www.psychologists.bc.ca/covid-19-resources or call 604-827-0847

Indigenous Support – Call the Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 or Online chat at hopeforwellness.ca (For more information visit Government of Canada- Hope for wellness Helpline)

YouthinBC 24/7 crisis line: 1-866-661-3311 or their online chat 12pm – 1am daily 

WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre: 604-255-6344 (24 hr line) https://www.wavaw.ca/