CHILD & YOUTH COUNSELLING
Crisis Lines
o Suicide Crisis Line 1-800-Suicide (1-800-784-2433)
o Kids Help Phone (available 24/7) 1-800-668-6868 or text 686868
o 24 hour Youth Crisis Line (Northern BC) 1-888-564-8336 or text 250-564-8336
o The KUU-US Crisis Line Society 1-800-588-8717 (toll free) or Youth line 250-723-2040 a First Nations and Indigenous specific crisis line available 24/7 from anywhere in BC
o Foundry Virtual Counselling 1-833-308-6379
School District 52
School District 52 has counsellors at each school. They are qualified teachers as well as counsellors (Masters in Counselling)
Middle School:
o Lori Leighton : Lori.Leighton@sd52.bc.ca
o Salomon Garcia: Salomon.Garcia@sd52.bc.ca
Pacific Coast School:
o Lonni Bryant : Lonni.Bryant@sd52.bc.ca
Charles Hays:
o Lonni Bryant Lonni.Bryant@sd52.bc.ca
o Troy O’Toole Troy.OToole@sd52.bc.ca
Child and Youth Mental Health
o 250-624-7594 Office
o 778-884-0215 Intake
· North Coast Community Services
o 250-627-7166
* Please note: Private Counselling services not listed here
ADULT/FAMILY COUNSELLING
Crisis Lines
o 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433): available 24/7 in 140 languages
o 310-Mental Health (310-6789 – no need to dial an area code): for individuals who would like emotional support, information and resources specific to mental health in BC. Available 24/7 and is toll free.
o Drug & Alcohol Support Line (24/7) 1-800-663-1441
o The KUU-US Crisis Line Society 1-800-588-8717 (toll free) or Adult line 250-723-4050 a First Nations and Indigenous specific crisis line available 24/7 from anywhere in BC
o BC Bereavement Helpline 1-877-779-2223
Northern Health
o Phone: 250-622-6380 Health Unit
Mental Health & Addictions
Mental Health Outreach Worker
250-627-1717 ext. 30
North Coast Transition Society
250-627-8959 (free)
Sexual Abuse Intervention Program
Phone: 250 627-8959 Ext. 25
Text: 250 600-0768
E-mail: hielan@citywest.ca
Women’s Counselling Program (Stopping the Violence Program)
Phone: 250 627-8959 Ext. 22
Text: 250 600-0513
E-mail: stvncts@citywest.ca
Family Counselling Program
Phone: 250 627-8959 Ext. 33
Text: 250 600-0383
E-mail: fcncts@citywest.ca
Women’s Advocate
Phone: 250-600-0029
· Friendship House 250-627-1717
o Mental Health Counselling
o Drug and Alcohol Counselling
Northwest Family Counselling
o 250-627-8435 free to Aboriginal families in the PR area
· Northwest Inter-Nation Family and Community Services
o 250-622-2514
ON-LINE SERVICES
· First Nations Health Authority
https://www.fnha.ca
· Foundry
www.foundry.ca
foundryterraceinfo@tdcss.ca
· Wellness Together Canada
https://ca.portal.gs
info@wellnessworkscanada.ca
· Bounce Back BC
www.Bouncebackbc.ca
· Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
https://www.keltyhealth.ca
· Anxiety Canada
· Virtual Hospice
www.mygrief.ca
· Wellbeing
https://wellbeing.gov.bc.ca/
· Here to Help
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/
This list was last updated March 2024