Crisis & Helpline Services

Crisis Centre BC

Crisis Centre BC offers non-judgmental and confidential support through phone lines and online services, 24/7. They deliver help quickly, break down stigmas around mental health, and boost awareness and skills for overall well-being.

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Canada Suicide Prevention Service

If you're feeling hopeless, coping with mental health challenges, or dealing with thoughts of suicide, 9-8-8 can help. Trained workers can offer support, and information about mental health resources.

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VictimLink BC

VictimLink BC supports victims of crime, including family and sexual violence, and human trafficking. Support workers can provide legal information, referrals to victim and counselling services, and transition housing.

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Indigenous Hope for Wellness Help Line

The Hope for Wellness Line is a national resource for Indigenous people seeking mental health support. Counsellors who are culturally competent are available by phone and online chat, 24/7.

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Kids' Help Phone Line

Kids Help Phone offers online information to help you understand yourself better. If you're having a challenging time, you can call or text a trained volunteer for support, or chat with a counsellor for help over the phone or online.

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Here2Talk for Students BC

Here2Talk offers free counselling services and community referrals that are accessible 24/7, through an app, phone, or web. Services are available to all students in BC post-secondary schools (students can be domestic or international).

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BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services

BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services helps people dealing with mental health and substance use challenges in British Columbia. They also support those in custody and people referred by courts for assessment and treatment.

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Lamathut Crisis Line

The Lamathut 24/7 Crisis Line is operated by the Indian Residential School Survivors Society to help survivors of residential schools and their families in British Columbia.

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Multicultural Victim Services (MOSAIC)

Multicultural Victim Services provides support and counselling for those facing violence or abuse. They help aid recovery, and offer legal and police support, advocacy, and assistance for multicultural, immigrant communities.

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S.U.C.C.E.S.S Helplines

Led by trained volunteers, the S.U.C.C.E.S.S Helplines provide non-English-speaking individuals (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Farsi-Dari, Ukrainian) with confidential emotional support and referrals to community resources that can support them to address a wide range of life issues.

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Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre

The Salal support Centre offers crisis line, text and chat support, victim and counselling services, and Indigenous and gender diverse support programs for women, trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit, gender diverse, and sex-working survivors.

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Free or Low - Cost Counselling Services

QMUNITY Counselling & Wellness Program

QMUNITY offers low-cost (or free) counselling to LGBTQ2SAI+ residents of the Lower Mainland (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Please note that all clinicians providing care, like Registered Clinical Counsellors are trained in LGBTQ2SAI+ and gender-diverse related issues.

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Oak Counselling Services Society

Oak Counselling provides weekly counselling services to adults in need around Metro Vancouver (including Port Moody, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam) for up to one year. Oak Counselling counsels individuals and couples on a wide range of areas, including those struggling with family dynamics, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, trauma, grief and loss. Oak counselling does not provide crisis, multi-year or active substance use counselling services.

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Shoreline Counselling

Shoreline Counselling offers reduced rate counselling to provide therapeutic services for those in the Langley and Vancouver area who may have limited financial resources. You can access clinical intern ($60/hour) post-graduate clinical fellow ($120/hour) who is supervised weekly by a Registered Clinical Counsellor.

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Moving Forward Family Services

Moving Forward Family Services provides free and low-cost short and longterm counselling in the Lower Mainland (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Counselling services are delivered by supervised interns or Registered Clinical Counsellors.

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Specialized Counselling & Trauma Services (FSGV)

Family Services offers counselling in Vancouver, Richmond, and New Westminster, by Registered Clinical Counsellors or Social Workers. They support survivors of trauma, sexual abuse, and victims of family violence. All programs are trauma-informed, feminist, and anti-oppressive.

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BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

BCSMSSA offers reduced-rate or low-cost counselling services to Lower Mainland residents (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Registered Clinical Counsellors and supervised interns offer victim services and individual, and group counselling.

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Battered Women's Support Services

Battered Women's Support Services offers counselling services to Lower Mainland residents (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Trained professionals like Registered Clinical Counsellors offer safe and non-judgemental counselling to women survivors of sexual abuse and assault as well as residential school survivors.

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VAST

VAST supports victims of torture, with a focus on refugee mental health. Experienced clinicians, like Registered Clinical Counsellors, offer counselling services to individuals and groups across the Lower Mainland (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive).

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Archway Community Services

Archway Community Services provides a variety of community support programs to residents of Langley, Mission, Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Archway offers free counselling services, delivered by supervised student interns and Registered Clinical Counsellors.

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Metro Vancouver Indigenous Counselling

Metro Vancouver Indigenous Counselling offers counselling services to Indigenous residents of Metro Vancouver (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Counselling services can be delivered by mental health professionals like Psychologists, Registered Clinical Counsellors and and Social Workers.

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Clinical Psychology Centre (SFU)

The SFU Clinical Psychology Centre offers low-cost counselling to Lower Mainland residents (Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Counselling services are delivered by student interns who are overseen by Registered Clinical Counsellors or Psychologists.

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Vancouver Black Therapy and Advocacy Foundation

VBT & AF offers support for Black folks in BC and the Lower Mainland (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). They offer free or reduced-cost counselling and advocacy services to low-income, newcomer, LGBTQIA+, and disabled people.

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