Counselling Links & Resources
The following links are ones that I have found helpful. Knowledge is power, and one way to empower yourself and take full ownership for your wellness is through knowledge and information.
Jump to:- ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- BC NurseLine
- Brain Health
- Crisis Line
- Depression
- Family Violence
- Loss & Grief
- The Red Book
- Sexuality
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
CADDRA - The Canadian Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder Resource Alliance
www.caddra.ca/cms4
CHAD - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
www.vcn.bc.ca/chaddvan/welcome.htm
Dr. Jim Roche JD PhD CAGS - Registered psychologist
www.relatedminds.com
Dr. Daniel Amen
www.amenclinics.com
Pete Quily – Adult ADD Coach Vancouver
www.addcoach4u.com
Dr. Paul Swingle – neural therapy in Vancouver
www.swingleandassociates.com
Funny and educational Canadian site on ADD
www.totallyadd.com
West Vancouver ADHD Clinic
www.northshoreadhd.com
Addiction
BC Mental Health and Addiction Services
www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Center for Internet Addiction
www.netaddiction.com
Internet Addiction Self Test
psychcentral.com/netaddiction/quiz
Robert Weiss, LCSW, CAS
www.cybersexualaddiction.com
Smart Recovery – Self-Management And Recovery Training Non 12 Step, tools for recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups.
Dr. Stanton Peele – TRUE RECOVERY ©Values, Purpose, and Addiction
Non 12 step, non disease model of addiction
www.peele.net
Problem Gambling
www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca
Anxiety
Anxiety BC – Resources, Results, Relief. AnxietyBC™
provides a rich resource of self-help information and programs, as well
as resources for parents and caregivers. Our mission is to increase awareness,
promote education and improve access to programs that work.
www.anxietybc.com
BC Mental Health and Addiction Services
www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Canadian Mental health Association – BC Division
www.cmha.bc.ca
BC NurseLine
Call 1-866-215-4700 (toll-free in BC), 604-215-4700 (in Greater Vancouver) or 1-866-889-4700 (if you are deaf or hard of hearing). BC NurseLine provides confidential health information and advice. If English is not your first language, say the name of your preferred language in English to be connected to an interpreter. More than 100 languages are available. Anywhere in the province, call BC NurseLine to speak to a registered nurse 24-hours or a pharmacist from 5 pm to 9 am every day. Have your CareCard number ready. If you do not have a CareCard or don’t want to give your CareCard number, you can still get service.
Brain Health
Dr. Daniel Amen
www.amenclinics.com
Dr. Paul Swingle – neural therapy in Vancouver
www.swingleandassociates.com
Crisis Line
Your Local Crisis Line
Despite the name, crisis lines are not only for people who are in crisis.
You can call for information on local services or if you just need someone to talk to.
You can find the number for your local crisis line online at
www.crisiscentre.bc.ca/distress/other.php
or at the front of your local phonebook under Emergency & Important Numbers > Distress Centres >
Crisis Line. Many are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Depression
BC Mental Health and Addiction Services
www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Canadian Mental health Association – BC Division
www.cmha.bc.ca
The International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred)
www.ifred.org/about.html
The Mood Disorders Association of BC (MDA) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to providing support, education and hope of recovery for
those living with a mood disorder or other mental illness.
www.mdabc.net
Dr Randy Paterson, Your Depression Map
www.randypaterson.com
The Mood Disorders Association of BC (MDA) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to providing support, education and hope of recovery for
those living with a mood disorder or other mental illness.
www.mdabc.net
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) is a
Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide.
www.suicideprevention.ca
Bounce Back Program - Canadian Mental health Association of BC
Bounce Back: Reclaim Your Health is a program designed to help adults experiencing
symptoms of depression and anxiety that may arise from stress or other life
circumstances. The project is led by CMHA BC Division and funded by the BC
Ministry of Health Services.
www.cmha.bc.ca/services/bounceback
Family Violence
Ending Relationship Abuse Society of BC
www.erabc.ca
Feeling Angry Playing Fair: Breaking The Cycle of Abuse
Download book
www.hma.co.nz/.../feeling-angry-playing-fair.asp
Victim Link, online resource for victims of all types of crime
www.victimlinkbc.ca
Loss & Grief
Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt - The Center for Loss is dedicated
to "companioning" grieving people as they mourn transitions and losses that
transform their lives
www.centerforloss.com
Delta Hospice Society
www.deltahospice.org
Surrey Hospice Society
www.surreyhospice.com
Living Through Loss Counselling Society of BC - LTLC
(founded in 1972) is a not-for-profit organization that provides professional
grief counselling to adults and children who have experienced any type of loss.
www.ltlc.bc.ca
The Red Book
The Red Book, now in its 36th edition, contains over 5,000 listings
of community, social and government services in the Lower Mainland.
It is the most comprehensive guide of its kind and many professionals
working in the field consider it the definitive directory of community
resources.
www.bc211.ca
Sexuality
Dr. David McKenzie – local sexologist and sex and marriage
therapist
www.goodsexforlife.com