Family Counselling Support Services

Provided by BC Centre For Ability (BCCFA)

Provides counselling and resources that enable families to better understand their child’s extra challenges.
Family Counselling Support Services aims to support families' positive coping skills and to strengthen their ability to support their child with extra challenges to develop social-emotional competencies. BCCFA works with families through their grief and loss in light of a new diagnosis, life transitions, and caring for one or multiple children with complex medical needs. Family Counselling Support Services offers:
  • 6 months of counselling for couples, family units, siblings and children with extra challenges;
  • Information and educational workshops
  • Resource information
  • Parent networking
  • Family-Together Nights (whole family activities)


The program is offered to children and youth living in Burnaby and New Westminster that have a CYSN Social Worker, as well as their siblings, families and caregivers.

There is no charge to families for these services. Family Counselling Support Services are provided Monday to Thursday from 9 am – 5 pm.

604-451-5511 ext. 1319

Public email: Brandon.Burke@bc-cfa.org

Website: https://bc-cfa.org/programs/family...

Service is available in English.

Cost: No cost

Referral options:

  • CYSN Social Worker
Associated Programs/Services

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Service area: Burnaby, New Westminster + show cities

Service area cities: Burnaby and New Westminster

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  2. Last Name
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