Pathways | Counselling Services - For Adults, Youth, and Children, with a Specialization in Trauma.

Counselling Services - For Adults, Youth, and Children, with a Specialization in Trauma.

Abuse / Neglect, Child Services, Mental Health - Adult, Mental Health - Child & Youth, Victim Services, and Youth Services

Provided by Family Services of Greater Vancouver (FSGV)

For adults, youth, and children, with a specialization in trauma.

Counselling Programs Include:

SAIP: Provides strength-based, client-centered counselling for children and youth (up to the age of 18) who have experienced sexual abuse and their supportive family members. Based on each child, youth, or family’s needs, our services may include parent support, individual counselling, therapeutic play sessions, family sessions, and coordination and referrals to other community agencies/resources. (Vancouver, Richmond)

Healthy Connections: Support to help pregnant people and birthing parents work through trauma related issues that they feel may interfere with their ability to connect with their children. The program includes one-to-one counselling, support for co-parents/couples, and a capacity-building group that helps foster connections and counter the impacts of parenting in isolation. Healthy Connections is available as early in the pregnancy as possible and support continues until the child’s third birthday. (Vancouver)

Family Trauma Program: This program provides trauma-informed, child-centered counselling for children, youth, and families who have experienced trauma.(New Westminster, Richmond)

Richmond Counselling Program: A short-term counselling program for individuals, couples, children, youth, and families. Over 12 sessions, we support clients who want to explore concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and/or grief and loss. (Richmond)

Vital Connections: Counselling support for adults over age 50 who are experiencing challenges related to life transitions, depression, anxiety, isolation, relationship issues, grief and loss, trauma, and/or health issues. Vital Connections includes arts-based, somatic, cognitive, and psychoeducational approaches to healing.(New Westminster)

Stopping the Violence: Individual and group counselling for women (cis and trans) and people of all marginalized genders who have experienced violence. Clients may explore how to recognize and understand the dynamics and impacts of abuse, learn self-care, coping, and assertiveness skills, and develop a safety plan and support system. (Vancouver, Richmond, New Westminster)

PEACE: The PEACE Program provides culturally sensitive, trauma-informed and child-centered services for children and youth, aged 3 to 18, who have witnessed and/or experienced family violence. Free individual and group counselling sessions are avialable for children, youth, and supportive parents/caregivers. Services incorporate play-based, arts-based, somatic, cognitive, and psychoeducational approaches. Common themes addressed may include establishing a sense of safety, exploring emotional expression, setting boundaries, and developing secure attachments. Groups are offered regularly for children, youth, and parents/caregivers who are on the waitlist for individual counselling. (Vancouver)

There is no fee to access these programs; however, some may require a referral from a social worker.

Public email: traumaservices@fsgv.ca

Website: https://fsgv.ca/programs...

604 874 2938 (Vancouver) ext. 4100

#201, 1638 E Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N 1W1

604-279-7100 (Richmond)

#250, 7000 Minoru Boulevard, Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 3Z5

604-525-9144 (New Westminster)

#200, 601 6th Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 3C1

Service is available in Cantonese, English, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian.

Cost: No cost

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