Mental Health
Below are information and resources about how to maintain mental health.
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BRIDGE adult day program
Building Respect, Inspiring Dreams, Gaining Energy (BRIDGE) Centre has an adult day program for individuals 19+ who experience mental health issues in addition to cognitive impairment. This program meets three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from...
Kids and Teens in Control Support Groups
These education and support programs are catered to youth ages 8-19 who have a parent or family member with a serious mental illness. They teach youth healthy coping strategies, education on mental illnesses and connect them to peers who are going through similar...
Clear Fear Anxiety App
The Clear Fear app is designed for users ages 11-19 to reduce the physical responses to threat and anxiety. This app uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and other techniques to help individuals learn how to breathe, relax and be mindful. This is free to download....
Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR)
Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR) provides mental health counselling to immigrants and refugees residing in Canada. Due to Covid-19, most services are online. Trained interpreters are also used as required. To meet with a...
Looking Glass
The Looking Glass is a non-profit based in Vancouver, BC that offers free peer support services to individuals struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating, as well as providing connections to low-cost or sliding scale counsellors. The program is free and...
Connections Place
Connections Place is a community centre for individuals living with mental illness. The program offers employment, education, and recreation initiatives to people diagnosed with mental illness. Membership is free and for life, and members can visit as often as they...
Urgent Short Term Assessment and Treatment (USTAT) Victoria
This free service is provides adults with short-term individual psychotherapy for individuals in crisis, at risk, or in severe distress. With this service, clients are assigned to a primary therapist who does an initial assessment and establishes treatment goals. A...
South Island Urgent Psychiatric Consult
Crisis nurses, physicians and mental health clinicians may refer to this specialized service for children and youth up to and including age 16 who would benefit from a one-time psychiatric evaluation. This program is free and requires a referral from a primary health...
Early Psychosis Prevention
This program is meant to connect individuals between the ages of 13-35 experiencing their first episode of psychosis with trained professionals to provide early intervention and treatment. Individuals may self-refer to this no-cost program. Location: Victoria Mental...