Counseling & Supports
WAVAW: Women Against Violence Against Women
24-hour Phone: 604-255-6344 Toll-free: 1-877-392-7583
Web: www.wavaw.ca
WAVAW provides sexual assault support services to females 14 years of age and older, and is open and accessible to all women survivors of violence. Operates within a feminist and anti-oppression framework, and is committed to non-violence.
Their services are free and include:
- a 24-hour Crisis Line
- Hospital accompaniment (accessible 24/7)
- Aboriginal Outreach and Counselling Program
- One-on-one and support group counselling
- Victims Services – support, information, advocacy and accompaniment for sexual assault survivors considering reporting to police or other disciplinary bodies.
SAFER (Suicide Attempt Follow-up, Education & Research)
Phone: 604-675-3985
Address: 1669 East Broadway, 3rd floor, Vancouver BC
Works to reduce suicide risk among those in crisis, to assist family and friends who care about them, and to promote healing among those bereaved by suicide.
Vancouver and Burnaby residents: People age 13 and over who have made a suicide attempt, are currently suicidal, or have suicidal ideation, and are assessed as fitting program criteria, can receive individual counselling, advocacy, and hospital liaison within a six-month time frame. Also provides up to three one-on-one psychoeducational sessions to people concerned about suicide in a significant other. Anyone with concerns related to suicide can speak with an intake worker 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
BC-wide services: Anyone bereaved by a suicide death who can attend the office may access one-on-one counselling and a structured support group.
Battered Women’s Support Services
Phone (Counselling line): 604-687-1867 (Mon-Fri 10am – 5pm; until 8pm on Wednesdays)
Web: www.bwss.org Email: information@bwss.org
Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) provides support and advocacy for women who have experienced abuse, as well as education about violence against women.
Services include:
- Crisis Support line
- Long-term individual counselling
- Support groups
- First Nations Women’s Support & Outreach
- Legal advocacy and civil court accompaniment
- Dating Violence information-for young women
- Education and Training
- Retail program
BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Phone: 604-682-6482
Address: #202 – 1252 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC
Provides treatment and support services to male survivors of sexual abuse and support for significant relatives and others of the survivors.
Offers individual therapy, group therapy and support groups for partners of male survivors. Appointments are also available in Port Coquitlam and White Rock.
Child and Adolescent Response Team (CART)
Phone: 604-874-2300
Address: 401-1212 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC
Provides a community-based response to mental health related crisis involving school-aged children and youth (up to 18) living in Vancouver who are experiencing urgent psychiatric or emotional crisis. Services can range from phone consultation to on-site assessment or consultation, short-term counselling or psychiatric assessment.
Program offers:
- Urgent assessment and consultation
- Clinical intervention and short term supports
- Community resource co-ordination
- Follow-up from hospital to community resources when needed
- Psychiatric consultation when appropriate
Priority is given to youth that are presenting with self-harming behaviour or suicidal risk.
Watari
Phone: 604-254-6995
Web: www.watari.org Email: info@watari.org
Main office:301-877 East Hastings St, Vancouver BC, V6A 3Y1
Watari offers support and resources to youth around substance misuse, life skills training and street issues. Programs include:
- The Youth Day Treatment Program is a 7-week, voluntary substance misuse day treatment program for youth ages 13 to 24. It offers alcohol & drug counselling and education, wellness and life skills, referrals, recreation, and creative arts. Supports youth in making the transition to a more self-directed, life-affirming lifestyle.
- Through the Youth & Family Program, the Community Addictions Counselling Team is for children, youth, adults and families (primarily in the Downtown Eastside) struggling with alcohol and drug use, either their own or a close one’s. Counselling focuses primarily on alcohol and drug related issues.
- The Survival Manual (survivalmanual.org) is a compilation of services in Vancouver for high-risk adults, youth and families. Presented in a format designed by youth, it provides easily accessible health, legal, and resource information. A print version is also available from Watari.
- Various life-skills and outreach programs
Covenant House Vancouver
Tel: 604-685-7474 Toll-free: 1-877-685-7474
Address: 575 Drake St, Vancouver BC
Web: www.covenanthousebc.org Email: info@covenanthousebc.org
Covenant House Vancouver helps homeless, runaway and at-risk young people between the ages of 16 and 22 for short-term residential care through their crisis shelter and up to two years in their transitional living program.
Services offered include:
- 22 bed 24-hour crisis shelter for youth aged 16-22, accessed on first-come, first-served basis. While in the shelter, youth have access to counselling, addictions management program and life skills program, referrals to other agencies, support in getting income assistance, employment and housing, recreational outings, help with repatriation or family reunification, 3 meals/day and laundry
- Rights of Passage program, a supported, transitional living program for young people aged 18-23 progressing from an “at risk” street-involved lifestyle to stabilized independent living. Includes long term (up to 2 years) residential component as well as individualized case planning (includes educational, vocational and after care support services).
- Community Support Services for youth 13-24, with a Street Outreach Team and a Drop-In. Provides access to youth/outreach worker, addictions counselling, referrals to other social service agencies, help getting ID, employment, housing and financial asssistance, snacks, hot meal on Monday afternoons, and more.
Broadway Youth Resource Centre
Phone: 604-709-5720
Web: broadwayyouthresourcecentre.org
Address: #103 – 2780 East Broadway Street, Vancouver BC V5T 1X7
Open Mon, Tues, Thurs 1pm-7pm || Wed 2:30-7pm|| Fri 1pm-6pm
Also known as BYRC, Broadway Youth Resource Centre offers the following services/programs for youth aged 13-24:
- Drop-in resource room
- Phone/computer use
- Youth advisory group
- Youth addictions counsellor
- Probation workers
- Adult basic education
- Counselling clinic
- Aboriginal youth program
- Youth clinic (Th 2:30pm-5pm)
- Leave Out Violence Program
- Aboriginal youth victim support program
- Youth housing registry and housing assistance
- Vietnamese youth development program
- Youth to adult transition program
All services are FREE
Run by Pacific Community Resources Society.
Young Adult Cancer Network
Phone: 604-732-0633
Web: www.callanish.org/yacn_meetings.aspx Email: info@yacn.ca
A support group devoted to 18-30′s diagnosed with cancer.
Meetings are held monthly at the Callanish Healing Society, consult the web site for the next meeting. No fee for participation, though donations are appreciated.
Living Through Loss Counselling Society of BC
Phone: 604-873-5013
Address: 201-1847 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6J 1Y6
Web: www.ltlc.bc.ca Email: ltlc@rbs.rogers.com
Offers professional individual and group counselling to adults, children and adolescents experiencing who is experiencing stress due to grief , life change or loss.
There is a fee of $85 for individual sessions.
