FFaammiillyy CCoonnnneeccttiioonnss Mental Health and Substance Use Services Family Resources Support Groups, Counselling, Education Resources, etc. Published by the Vancouver Coastal Health Familiy Support and Involvement (FSI) Team, Mental Health & Substance Use Services (MHSU). The FSI team provides families with information, education, referrals, and supports; engages families so that their voice is heard throughout the MHSU system; and supports MHSU staff in involving and engaging families. The FSI team: Becky Hynes Coordinator, Family & Consumer Involvement, Tertiary (long-term hospital stays) 604-313-1918; [email protected] Isabella Mori Coordinator, Client/Family Support & Involvement, Acute (short term hospital stays) and Community (for clients living in their own homes or group homes); 604-290-3817; [email protected] Jennifer Glasgow Manager, Family Support & Involvement; 604-736-2881; [email protected] Support Groups – General Mental Health and/or Addiction Family Mutual support group 1st Thursday & 3rd Monday of every month @ 6 – 8pm Connections for families with a Support Group loved one living with The Joseph & Rosalie Segal & Family Health Centre mental illness and/or 2nd Floor Boardroom, 803 W 12th Ave, Vancouver addiction. Contact: VCH Family Support and Involvement Team Isabella Mori: [email protected] 604-290-3817 Or Becky Hynes: [email protected] 604-313-1918 BC Support group for 2nd Wednesday of each month @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Schizophrenia families with a loved Society one living with mental Vancouver Community College, Broadway Campus 1155 E Vancouver illness. Broadway, Vancouver, BC. V5T 4V5 (Building B, Room Family Support G218) Group Contact: Andrew Kellett @ 604-754-7464 St. Paul’s Support group for Registration requested, call: 604-682-2344 local 62403 Hospital families of someone diagnosed with a mental illness. SMART Support group for Tuesdays 6:30 – 7:30pm. Three Bridges,1290 Hornby Friends and family and friends to Street, Rm 310. Family learn and implement Thursdays 6:00 – 7pm. Raven Song, 2450 Ontario Street, self-care, boundary 1st floor. setting, and compassionate Registration requested, call Oona Krieg 604-675-3988 ext communication tools. 20258 Support Groups - Specific to certain issues, populations or locations: Addictions Parents A professionally Every 2nd Friday @ 7 – 9:30pm Forever supported, mutual St. Mary’s Kerrisdale, 2490 W 37th Ave, Kerrisdale, support group for Vancouver. parents and family Contact: Frances Kenny 604-524-4230 or members of adult [email protected] addicted children (18 www.parentsforever.ca years of age and up) GRASP Family GRASP offers peer- 2nd Thursday of each month @ 7 – 9 pm Support Group led mutual support groups for families or Gilmore Community School, 50 South Gilmore Ave - Room individuals who have 207, Burnaby had a loved one die as a result of Registration requested, contact substance abuse or [email protected] addiction. Al-Anon Family Mutual support groups For location: http://www.rwglobal.com/~bcyukon-al- Groups for persons with a anon/meetings.html loved one living with Al-Anon Central Office (Vancouver) 604-688-1716 alcoholism. Online Family Groups: http://www.ola-is.org/ Updated Aug 2018 by Isabella Mori, FSI Team 2 Narc-Anon Mutual support groups Locations: http://www.nar-anon.org/find-a-meeting Family Groups for persons affected by another person’s addiction. Support Groups - Specific to certain issues or locations – Eating Disorders VCH Eating Support group for 1st Wednesday of each month @ 6 – 7:30pm Disorder family and friends of Program someone who lives 3rd Floor, 2750 East Hastings, Vancouver Family Support with an eating Group disorder. Contact: Hella 604-675-2531 ext 20689. Open to all family members and friends regardless of whether their loved one is attending the VCH program. Looking Glass Offers education and 604-314-0548 Foundation of support to families BC and persons living http://www.lookingglassbc.com/ with an eating disorder. Support Groups - Specific to certain issues or locations – Other Mood Disorder Support for families Vancouver: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month, 7 – 9pm Association with a family member Mount St. Joseph Hospital, Harvest Room A living with a mood disorder. Also http://www.mdabc.net/mdabc-support-groups monthly family education series. Contact: [email protected] VCH – North Support groups for North Shore Hope Centre, 1337 St. Andrews Avenue, North Shore HOpe families with a loved Vancouver Centre one living with mental illness and/or 604-984-5000 addiction receiving service through VCH on the North Shore. Pathways Personal support and Vancouver Support Group: last Sat of each month Serious Mental information on major @ 10am – noon Illness Society mental illnesses — (formerly North schizophrenia, bipolar Café Artigiano 4010 Main St, Vancouver Shore disorder, depression, Schizophrenia borderline personality Contact: Kathryn Seely, 604-926-0856 Society) disorder, concurrent [email protected] disorders, and anxiety disorders. Updated Aug 2018 by Isabella Mori, FSI Team 3 Canadian No-cost monthly Open to children aged 8-17 whose parent is a client of Mental Health recreation program for VCH, VCMHS, or Richmond Mental Health Services Association – children whose Super Saturday parents have mental https://vancouver-fraser.cmha.bc.ca/programs- Club illness. Provides services/super-fun-and-pandemonium-groups/ children the opportunity to Contact: Natalie Talson 604-872-4914 increase their social [email protected] network while promoting social skill development and confidence. Pathways Chinese Family 2nd Saturday of each month. Clubhouse Support Groups – Cantonese & Contact: Lorraine Ng 604-276-8834 ext. 215 Mandarin. Support for [email protected] Chinese families with a loved one living with https://pathchinese.wordpress.com/ mental illness. Circles of Support group for Last Monday of each month 6:30pm-7:45pm Support for family and other Loved Ones of supporters of youth 3360 Fraser Street Prisoners – involved in the justice John Howard system. 604-872-5471 ext 222 Society of the Lower A safe place for individuals to share and obtain information Mainland about the criminal justice system, learn about and offer their insights of useful resources available in the community, and to generate a way for people with common experiences to communicate their grievances and opinions with one another. Family Contacts for families https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-info/mental-health- Involvement who have a loved one substance-use/family-support/family-support and Support – accessing mental Fraser Health health service in the Fraser Health Authority region. Updated Aug 2018 by Isabella Mori, FSI Team 4 Inexpensive or free counselling - General Family Individual, couple, Intake: 604-874-2938 ext 4119 Services of family, school age Greater children counselling. http://www.fsgv.ca/ Vancouver Jewish Family Individual and family Mental Health Outreach Program Services counselling available. Email: [email protected] Agency (Open to all families and communities) 604-257-5151 https://www.jfsa.ca/ Sliding scale available Oak Professionally- 949 West 49th Ave, Vancouver Counselling supervised Services counselling for 604-266-5611 Society individuals, couples, and families. http://oakcounselling.org/ Sliding scale available The Adler Professionally- #440 – 2184 W Broadway, Vancouver Centre supervised individual, couple, and family 604-742-1818 counselling. Also family supports such https://adlercentre.ca/counselling-clinic/ as parenting groups. Gordon Individuals, couples Wednesdays 6:00pm – 8:30pm and Fridays 9:30am – Neighbourhood and group counseling 2:00pm House And other Email: [email protected] Neighbourhood Houses 604-683-2554 https://gordonhouse.org/programs/free-counselling/ Cost: free Other neighbourhood houses: http://anhbc.org/index.php Stewart and Individual, couple, and #227 – 1118 Homer St, Vancouver Associates family counselling. Subsidized Email: [email protected] counselling program offers counselling 604-687-7171 sessions with a supervised http://www.counsellingservicevancouver.com/ counselling intern. Updated Aug 2018 by Isabella Mori, FSI Team 5 Dragonstone Individual, couple, and Located in Kitsilano Counselling family counselling. Subsidized 604-738-7557 counselling program offers counselling http://www.dragonstonecounselling.ca/index.html sessions with a supervised counselling intern. UBC Assessment and Douglas Kenny Building, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver Psychology counselling services Clinic provided by Doctoral 604-822-3005 student interns supervised by http://clinic.psych.ubc.ca/ registered psychologists. Sliding Scale: $15-$50/hour for counselling sessions; assessments are $360-$1000 Scarfe Counselling provided 604-827-1523 Counselling by counseling UBC psychology graduate Cost: free students, supervised by a psychologist. Clinic runs from Sept to Apr Bounce Back Telephone coaching 604-874-7881 Program. for people with mild- Canadian moderate depression https://cmha.bc.ca/programs-services/bounce-back/ Mental Health with or without Association anxiety. Coaching Cost: Free available in English, Cantonese, French and Punjabi. Family doctor’s referral required to access this program. SFU Clinical Outpatient mental Harbour Centre Room 300 Psychology health clinic and Centre training centre 778-782-5200 associated with the Department of https://www.sfu.ca/students/health/counselling.html