Counselling Resources

“I like that I am encouraged to do things rather than instructed and ordered to do something.”
– 10 year old boy in the clinical counselling program

Support for Parents

• • Single Mothers’ Support Groups & Individual Support: YWCA Single Mothers’ Support Services
  • Parent Support Circles, Parenting Education, and Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program:
    Parent Support Services Society
  • Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (for parents of children from birth to age 5):
    BC Council for Families
  • ReDiscover Parenting – Atira Women’s Society
  • Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
    
  • Anxiety Canada
    Online resource providing self-help information, community programs and workshops in British Columbia, resources for parents, carefigver treating anxiety
  • The F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids’ Mental Health : British Columbia : eMentalHealth.ca
    Non-profit society, child mental health information for teachers, parents, advocates
  • Kelly Mental Health – Let’s Talk
    Providing information and resources on mental health disorders and substance use affecting BC youth
  • youthinbc.com
    A program of the Crisis Centre, connecting youth with support, information and resources
  • The Family Education and Support Centre The Family Education & Support Centre Providing a wise range of information and discussion based groups designed to support the unique needs of families in the Ridge Meadows community.
  • Services for Victims of Crime in BC Services for Victims of Crime in British Columbia – Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca) Victim Services are available to anyone who has been a victim of crime in BC. Services and people are available to help deal with emotional, physical and financial effects of a crime.

Support for Children (18 yrs and under)

For Children Aged 3 – 18:

• YWCA: Children Who Witness Abuse Program
• Children Who Witness Abuse Program – Children Who Witness Abuse Groups in Surrey and White Rock – Atira Women’s Society
• Specialized Counselling for Children: Trauma Counselling – Family Services of Greater Vancouver (fsgv.ca)
  (includes Children Affected by Family Violence Program, and Sexual Abuse Intervention Program)
• Helping My Child: A Guide to Supporting Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
• Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver
•  Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland | Youth Mentoring
• Cybertip
  Operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection with a mandate to protect children from online sexual exploitation
• Dialectical behavior therapy
  Find handouts, worksheets, lessons, and research articles
• Child & Youth Mental Health Intake Clinics – Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca) Children and youth can access free and voluntary community-based mental health supports and services in BC through one of their 93 clinics in BC.
• Foundry – Where Wellness Takes Shape – (foundrybc.ca)
  Foundry is a province-wide network of integrated health and wellness services for young people ages 12-24. Foundry’s vision is to transform access to services for young people to support them in living a good life.
• Alisa’s Wish (alisaswish.com) A program of community services, helps all children and youth in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie First Nation who have experienced or witnessed physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
•  For Teens (exploitationeducation.org) This organization offers prevention education programs to schools along with online cyber safety courses and resources for teens.