Parents, Families & Caregivers
This section has resources to help anyone with parenting -- all the tasks involved in raising a child to become an independent adult. This section is not exhaustive, but focuses on resources that might be of interest to those with mental health difficulties.
Publicly Funded / Free Services
Services include psycho-social assessments, individual and family counselling, psychoeducation groups, DBT program and caregivers support group.
2828 Cruickshank St., Abbotsford, BC, V2T 5M4 Map
604-870-5880
Area Served: Fraser
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Up to 19 years
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La plateforme Autisme-Asperger-Québec (AAQc) se veut une plateforme informative, éducative et inclusive sur l’autisme, les troubles du spectre de ...
QC, Canada
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All ages
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BC Borstal Association is a charitable, non-profit organization that has been operating since 1948. Specializing in trauma and focused on Healing, BC Borstal ...
7337 137th Street, Surrey, BC, V3W 1A4 Map
604-879-3224
Areas Served: Vancouver Coastal, Fraser
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All ages
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National charity that provides a wide range of services and supports for mental health, resilience and recovery, for:
* Mental health
* Substance use
* ...
2425 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC, V5T 4L6 Map
604-872-4902
Areas Served: Vancouver Coastal, Fraser
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All ages
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A specialized program operating within Mental Health services and supported by the Fraser Health Authority and MCFD that serves the communities of ...
6345 120th Street, Delta, BC, V4E 2A6 Map
604-592-3700
Area Served: Fraser
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All ages
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Nobody’s Perfect is a facilitated parenting program for parents of children from birth to age five. The program is designed to meet the needs of parents who ...
ON, Canada
Areas Served: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Yukon
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Up to 5 years
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Serenity Renewal for Families provides hope and support in a safe environment through short-term counselling, educational workshops and programs for ...
2255 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, ON, K1G 4K3 Map
613-523-5143
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5 years and up
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We can help connect you to a qualified, professional counsellor in your area. Our designation, Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), signifies a counsellor who ...
780 Tolmie Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8X 3W4
250-595-4448
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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A free, inclusive, resource centre for BC families and their children up to the age of 25. We provide timely, evidence-based information on mental health and ...
4555 Heather St, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1 Map
604-875-2084
Area Served: British Columbia
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Up to 25 years
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Looking for a psychologist? The BCPA website has a Psychologist Referral Service to help find a psychologist depending on geographic location and by specific ...
1177 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6H 1G3 Map
604-730-0522
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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British Columbia Schizophrenia Society :
Strengthening Families Together - family mental illness information course
Do you have a relative or friend with a serious mental illness? Strengthening Families Together is a 10-session group for families and friends, which provides ...
6011 Westminster Highway, British Columbia, BC, V7C 4V4 Map
604-270-7841
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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Canucks Autism Network (CAN) provides year-round sports and recreation programs to individuals and families living with autism, while raising awareness and ...
1788 West 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V6J 1V6
604-685-4049
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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The BC Ministry of Child and Family Development provides information about child/youth mental health (CYMH) on their website, as well as information about finding help in BC.
830 Thompson Avenue, Chase, BC, V0E 1M0 Map
250-679-8224
Area Served: British Columbia
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Up to 19 years
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Our organization is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to help each other develop healthy relationships. We do this by ...
423 6th St., New Westminster, BC, V3L 3B1 Map
1-604-239-1042
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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The Family Support Institute of BC (FSI) is a provincial not for profit society committed to supporting families who have a family member with a disability. ...
227 6th Street, New Westminster, BC, V3L 3A5 Map
604-540-8374
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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FamilySmart helps children and young people by helping their family and other caring adults. We know children and young people do better when the adults who care about them are supported.
West Vancouver, BC, V7V 3P3 Map
604-878-3400
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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Offers crisis line and various services and programs for people dealing with: *Anxiety *Eating Disorders *Depression * Mental Heath Challenges * Suicidal ...
BC, Canada
1-604-660-9382
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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Hulitan preserves, unifies, and advocates for Indigenous families by supporting healing and fostering resilience through culturally rooted programs and ...
104-731 Station Avenue, Victoria, BC Map
250-384-9466
Area Served: British Columbia
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Up to 18 years
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Providing counselling services for individuals, adults and families
666 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, V6C 3P6 Map
604-909-3437
Area Served: British Columbia
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12 - 68 years
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We are a group of registered charitable Not-for-Profit Agencies working together in one facility to provide services for children. By working together, it is ...
4325 Neill Street, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 1E5 Map
250-723-7345
Area Served: British Columbia
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Up to 12 years
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Foundation dedicated to creating Canada's first treatment facility for adolescents with eating disorders. It also provides an annual summer camp in Aug for ...
2006 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6J 2B3 Map
604-314-0548
Area Served: British Columbia
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Up to 25 years
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Supporting mothers and their families experiencing postpartum/perinatal distress, depression and anxiety for over 40 years.
Our Support Lines are available ...
7342 Winston Street, Burnaby, BC, V5A 2H1 Map
604-255-7955
Area Served: British Columbia
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18 years and up
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Supporting the well-being of all families and children by empowering those in a parenting role through parenting support groups, parenting workshops, advocacy ...
5623 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC, V5J 1G1 Map
604-669-1616
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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We offer personal peer support and education to families of the seriously mentally ill; information on all the major mental illnesses to the community at ...
1865 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 1J7 Map
604-926-0856
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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The Richmond Early Years Centre is a new resource for families and caregivers in Richmond.
It is designed to make it easier for families to access the ...
Richmond, BC Map
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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We provide affordable, income-based counselling services for all individuals -age 16 +, seniors, couples and families in need - from experienced, clinical counsellors.
3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd, Victoria, BC, V8V 2M6 Map
250-472-2851
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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Working to build a caring community free of the stigma of mental illness while providing treatment, education, and support people impacted by mental health issues.
605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 5J3 Map
604-873-0103
Area Served: British Columbia
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12 years and up
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Social service agency providing mental health and wellness support to people of all ages. Programs serve women, children, youth and families and seniors. ...
915 Pine Street, Creston, BC, V0B 1G0 Map
250-428-5547
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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A online directory of qualified therapists in who offer Reduced Rate and Sliding Scale services in Canada. Serving Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and beyond.
ON, Canada
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Attachment Parenting Canada is an organization dedicated to promoting 'attachment parenting', which is a philosophy of parenting based on promoting the special ...
12018 Lake Erie Road SE, Calgary, AB, T2J 2L8 Map
403-667-4557
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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CanChild is a research and educational centre founded in 1989 with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
The Canadian Centre for ...
1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7 Map
905-525-9140 x27850
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Child Disability Benefit (CDB) is a tax-free benefit (of up to $2,300/year in 2005) for families who care for a child under age 18 with a severe and ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Canada
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Up to 18 years
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Key information for qualified practitioners who are called upon by their patients to certify Form T2201, Disability Tax Credit Certificate.
ON, Canada
1-866-741-0127
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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A registered disability savings plan (RDSP) is a savings plan that is intended to help parents and others save for the long-term financial security of a person ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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FRP Canada promotes the well-being of families by providing national leadership, consultation and resources to those who care for children and support ...
331 Cooper Street, Ottawa, ON, K2P 0G5 Map
1-866-637-7226
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Canadian Caregiver Coalition is the national voice for the needs and interests of family caregivers. We are a bilingual, not-for-profit organization made ...
110 Argyle Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K2P 1B4 Map
888-866-2273
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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National, not-for-profit, registered charitable organization with a mandate to reduce youth violence and make our schools and communities safer. The ...
111 Peter Steet, Toronto, ON, M5V 2H1 Map
416-977-1050
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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CANGRANDS is a not-for-profit organization devoted to providing support for Kin caregiver families across Canada.
Approximately 57,000 children are being ...
1613 Central Ave, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 2T4 Map
639-318-0435
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Centre for Family Initiatives extends Pine River’s knowledge and experience to serve not just our most acute populations but to work with families and care ...
180 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON, M5G 1Z8 Map
1-519-217-2537
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All ages
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The Benefits Finder is an online tool to help people identify government benefits for them. This tool could be useful to your clients in their search for ...
ON, Canada
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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FIA is a registered children's charity providing facilitated peer to peer support groups to children, from Grade 4 through to College & University as well ...
29 Madison Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5R 2S2 Map
647-239-2740
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Honouring Life Network is a project of the National Aboriginal Health Organization. The website offers culturally relevant information and resources on ...
220 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5Z9 Map
613-237-9462 x567
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Motherisk offers pregnant, planning and breastfeeding women answers to questions about morning sickness and the risk or safety of medications, herbs, diseases, ...
555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8 Map
416-813-6780
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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The Neufeld Institute provides education and training to adults involved with children using the attachment-based developmental model created by psychologist ...
2155 West 36th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6M 1L3 Map
604-263-4278
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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PSI-CANADA is the Canadian presence of Postpartum Support International (PSI), the world’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to helping those ...
ON, Canada
1-800-944-4773 (Toll Free)
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Organisme francophone canadien dédié à la prévention du syndrome d'alcoolisation foetale (SAF). Donne de l'information sur le TSAF (trouble du spectre de ...
370 Rue des Forges, Trois-rivières, QC, G9A 2H1
1-873-559-1108
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Stigma-Free Society is a registered Canadian charity that provides education about stigma with an emphasis on mental health.
Our resources support ...
BC, Canada
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada is a national registered charity dedicated to nurturing resilience in kids with the use of psychological science so ...
AB, Canada
416-644-4944
Area Served: Canada
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Up to 17 years
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Non-profit institute that provides mental health treatment via telephone and internet for families, as opposed to face-to-face visits in a clinic.
The ...
267 Cobequid Road, Lower Sackville, NS, B4C 4E6 Map
1-866-470-7111
Area Served: Canada
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3 - 16 years
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Tourette Canada is a national voluntary organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for those with or affected byTourette Syndrome through programs ...
5955 Airport Road, Mississauga, ON, L4V 1R9 Map
905-673-2255
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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"We are a unified voice collaborating, educating and innovating for systemic change that ends violence against women making Canada a model for safety in ...
ON, Canada
613-680-5119
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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Formerly known as the Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF), The Balanced Mind Foundation is a not-for-profit, web-based organization that supports ...
566 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL, 60661 Map
847-492-8510
Area Served: World
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Up to 25 years
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Private Practice Professionals and Commercial Businesses
4840 Delta Street, Ladner, BC, V4K 2T6 Map
604-283-7827
Area Served: Fraser
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All ages
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The Woods Counselling
4401 Blauson Blvd., Abbotsford, BC, V3G 0A4 Map
1-604-302-2193
Area Served: Fraser
Accepting patients: Yes
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All ages
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The Spaces Between Counselling
BC, Canada
Area Served: Fraser
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19 years and up
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825 Granville Street,, Vancouver, BC, V8Z 5J4 Map
778-655-3923
Area Served: Fraser
Accepting patients: Yes
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19 years and up
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Firefox Counselling
15388 24 avenue, South Surrey, BC, V4A 2J2 Map
1-604-377-6033
Area Served: Fraser
Accepting patients: Yes
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18 - 68 years
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The Holding Space: Virtual & Mobile Counselling & Family Care
33497 Bevan Ave., Abbotsford, BC, V2S 6H5
604-217-7134
Areas Served: Fraser, Ontario, British Columbia
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All ages
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Langley Township, BC
604-530-3966
Area Served: Fraser
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All ages
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Danielle Palmer Counselling & Trauma Therapy
5780 176A, Surrey, BC, V3S 4H3 Map
604-346-9625
Area Served: Fraser
Accepting patients: Unknown
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All ages
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Dr. Jim Roche
9304A 3292 Production Way, Burnaby, BC, V5A 4R4 Map
778-998-7975
Areas Served: Fraser, Vancouver Coastal
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4 - 80 years
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525 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC, V2A 5Y8 Map
778-899-3802
Areas Served: Vancouver Coastal, Fraser, British Columbia
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All ages
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Noetica Counselling
9220 Glover Rd, Langley, BC, V1M 2R8 Map
778-996-3433
Area Served: Fraser
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13 years and up
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45844 Yale rd, Chilliwack, BC, V2P 2N8 Map
604-792-9981
Area Served: Fraser
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All ages
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5780 176A, Surrey, BC, V3S 4H3 Map
604-346-9625
Area Served: Fraser
Accepting patients: Yes
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13 years and up
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BC, Canada
Area Served: Fraser
Accepting patients: Yes
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16 years and up
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Coquitlam, BC, V3C 4N3 Map
604-317-9267
Area Served: Fraser
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All ages
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4885 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC, V5H 4T2 Map
604-568-6556
Area Served: Fraser
Accepting patients: Yes
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All ages
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BC, Canada
604-531-4544
Area Served: British Columbia
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All ages
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4401 Blauson Blvd, Abbotsford, BC, V3G 0A4
604-302-2193
Area Served: British Columbia
Accepting patients: Yes
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All ages
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2143 Avenue du Suroit, Mascouche, QC, J7L 4G4
1-877-254-3348 (Toll Free)
Area Served: Canada
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All ages
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BC, Canada
Area Served: Canada
Accepting patients: Yes
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All ages
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