Resources

Crisis and Helpline Services

Canada Suicide Prevention Service

If you're feeling hopeless, coping with mental health challenges, or dealing with thoughts of suicide, 9-8-8 can help. Trained workers can offer support, and information about mental health resources.

Crisis Centre BC

Crisis Centre BC offers non-judgmental and confidential support through phone lines and online services, 24/7. They deliver help quickly, break down stigmas around mental health, and boost awareness and skills for overall well-being. 

Kids' Help Phone Line

Kids Help Phone offers online information to help you understand yourself better. If you're having a challenging time, you can call or text a trained volunteer for support, or chat with a counsellor for help over the phone or online.

BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services

BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services helps people dealing with mental health and substance use challenges in British Columbia. They also support those in custody and people referred by courts for assessment and treatment.

Thrive Lifeline

The Thrive Lifeline supports underrepresented folks who are experiencing obstacles around their identities (people of colour, LGBTQ2S+, people living with disabilities, neurodivergent, and/or other marginalized identities). Thrive offers support 24/7 to folks living in communities like Port Moody, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.  

Multicultural Victim Services (MOSAIC)

Multicultural Victim Services provides support and counselling for those facing violence or abuse. They help aid recovery, and offer legal and police support, advocacy, and assistance for multicultural, immigrant communities.

 S.U.C.C.E.S.S Helpline

 The S.U.C.C.E.S.S Helpline provide non-English-speaking individuals (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Farsi-Dari, Ukrainian) with confidential emotional support and referrals to community resources that can support them to address a wide range of life issues.

Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre

The Salal Support Centre offers crisis line, text and chat support, victim and counselling services, and Indigenous and gender diverse support programs for women, trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit, gender diverse, and sex-working survivors.

Free or Low-Cost Counselling Services

Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS)

 Battered Women's Support Services offers counselling services to Lower Mainland residents (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Trained professionals like Registered Clinical Counsellors offer safe and non-judgemental counselling to women survivors of sexual abuse and assault as well as residential school survivors.

BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (BCSMSSA)

 BCSMSS offers reduced-rate or low-cost counselling services to Lower Mainland residents (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Registered Clinical Counsellors and supervised interns offer victim services and individual, and group counselling.

VAST

VAST supports victims of torture, with a focus on refugee mental health. Experienced clinicians, like Registered Clinical Counsellors, offer counselling services to individuals and groups across the Lower Mainland (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive).

QMUNITY Counselling & Wellness Program

 QMUNITY offers low-cost (or free) counselling to LGBTQ2SAI+ residents of the Lower Mainland (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Please note that all clinicians providing care, like Registered Clinical Counsellors are trained in LGBTQ2SAI+ and gender-diverse related issues.

Metro Vancouver Indigenous Counselling

Metro Vancouver Indigenous Counselling offers counselling services to Indigenous residents of Metro Vancouver (Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, inclusive). Counselling services can be delivered by mental health professionals like Psychologists, Registered Clinical Counsellors and  and Social Workers.