Counselling Resources & Support Links
If you have an immediate Emergency, please contact 911.
If you’re going through a crisis and thinking about suicide call:
Crisis Center at 604.872.3311
Online Service for Youth help line, youthinbc.com
Call in Safe
A parent guide for dealing with Bullying in Elementary schools: Download
West Vancouver Police Department
Online Chat for Youth
www.YouthInBC.com (Noon to 1am)
Crisis Intervention
Seniors Outreach
Call: 604-987-8211, Hollyburn family services
Senior's Distress Line
Call: 604.872.1234
Geriatric and other programs for seniors
Call 604-983-3333 seniors one stop information line
Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter
First Nations Health Authority
Hope, Help and Healing.
https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments/FNHA-Hope-Help-and-Healing.pdf
For Suicide prevention and Bullying Issues
Talk Suicide Canada
Hours: Available 24/7/365 for calls; 4 PM—12 AM ET for texts; Languages: English, French 1.833.456.4566
Reporting Child Abuse
To report concerns for the safety and well-being of a child please call the BC Helpline for children at 310-1234 or 1-800-663-9122.
Information to prevent Child Sex Abuse and how to support them
National Child Abuse Hotline
Call: 1-800-422-4453
Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868 or Text the word “CONNECT” to 686868.
West Vancouver Police Victim Services
Address: 755 16th Street
West Vancouver, BC V7V 0B8
Phone: 604 925-7468
24 hour Toll-free, confidential, multilingual service across B.C. and the Yukon. Access Victim LINK by phone or email.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/victims-of-crime/victimlinkbc
Battered Women's Support Services
Free Legal Aid
https://legalaid.bc.ca/
BC Crime Victims Assistance Program
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/bcs-criminal-justic…
The Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP) assists victims, immediate family members & some witnesses coping with the effects of violent crime. The program provides financial benefits to help offset financial losses and assist recovery.
1-800-660-3888 or 604-660-3888
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/bcs-criminal-justice-system/if-you-are-a-victim-of-a-crime/victim-of-crime/financial-assistance-benefits
BC Victim Safety Unit
The Provincial Victim Safety Unit provides victims with information about the accused offender. Once you register, the unit gives ongoing information to victims while an accused or offender is in the community.
1-877-315-8822 or 604-660-0316
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/bcs-criminal-justice-system/if-you-are-a-victim-of-a-crime/victim-of-crime/victim-notification
VictimsInfo.ca
https://www.victimsinfo.ca/
Battered Women’s Support Services
Crisis: (604) 687-1867
Women Against Violence Against Women Rape Crisis Centre
24 hour crisis: (604) 255-6344
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter
24 hour crisis: (604) 872-8212
To book an appointment with a counsellor, please Leave a message on our confidential voicemail with your name, contact number and the best time to call you. Alternatively, you can send an email if you have any questions, and you will receive a reply within 48 hours.
Tel: 604.260.6049 or email: Info@catalystmindcenter.com
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