| City | Organization | Website |
| Abbotsford | Abbotsford Hospice Society Non-profit. Hospice supports and companions the dying & the grieving. Affirms life; regards dying as a natural process. Cherishes life as a journey of growth and development until the last breath is drawn. |
www.abbotsfordhospice.org |
| CARES A community based counselling centre. Staff of 12 therapists offer counselling in areas such as grief, coping, depression and others. 1:1 & families. |
www.cares.ca | |
| Cascade Christian Counselling Centre -
Abbotsford office Counselling including issues of grief and bereavement. |
www.cascadechristiancounselling.com | |
| Dr. Goldsmith & Associates Counselling. |
www.inabbotsfordcity.com | |
| Susan Gifford, MA, RCC Registered clinical counsellor with a private practice. |
www.counsellingbc.com/listings/sgifford.htm | |
| Agassiz |
Compassionate Friends - Agassiz A self-help organization of bereaved parents of children of any age helping each other to a positive resolution of grief. This chapter offers phone support, resources & referrals. |
www.tcfcanada.net |
| Armstrong |
North Okanagan RCMP Victims Assistance
Program Emotional support & information to crime victims. Refer to community resources. Vernon (main office) 250-260-7171.. |
www.nord.bc.ca |
| Burnaby | Ark Child Services Society Private, non-profit counselling society with emphasis on separation, divorce and bereavement issues. Children and families. |
www.intergate.bc.ca/business/theark |
| Burnaby Counselling Group of Christian
Professionals Not-for-profit. Counselling for a wide range of issues to individuals, couples, families, children. |
www.counsellinggroup.org | |
| Children's Wish Foundation of Canada Provide wishes for children with high risk, life threatening illness between the ages of 3 & 17 years old. Able to provide interpreters if necessary. |
www.childrenswish.ca | |
| Darlynne Gehring MSW, RSW, RCC, MFT Certified Sex Therapist. Counselling for individuals, couples, families & groups. Sexual & reproductive health clinician specializing in issues of men and women's sexual health, including miscarriage, infertility, death, illness, & adjustment. |
www.drgehring.com | |
| Jericho Professional Counselling Services Counselling for individuals, couples, families, and groups for issues related to grief and loss. |
www.jerichocounselling.com | |
| Linda Medaris Registered Clinical Counsellor at Burnaby Counselling Group. Private practice. Individuals, families, couples. |
www.counsellinggroup.org | |
| MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers),
Greater Vancouver Chapter To remove the drinking driver from the road & to assist the victim of this terrible crime. Support all victims of drinking driving crashes, victim support group & trained victim advocates. |
www.maddvan.bc.ca | |
| Patricia Roles, MSW, RSW, E-counselling Via email so accessible anywhere. Online counselling with clinical social worker. Bereavement, birth parent loss & grief, adoption reunion, adjustments to illness, parenting, parent-teen conflict, family communication, & eating disorders. Consent needed to work with children & teens. |
www.e-mailtherapy.com | |
| Red Cross Family Support Program For families of children in BC Children's Hospital. Provide emotional & some financial support. |
www.redcross.ca |
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| Family Services of Greater Vancouver For families, individuals & young people. Work with children in families. Intake office: Vancouver. Richmond languages offered: Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin. Vancouver & Burnaby languages offered: French, Cantonese, Mandarin, Punjabi, Hindi. |
www.fsgv.ca | |
| Campbell River | Campbell River Family Services/Crisis
Line 24 hr/d, 7 days a week public phone service offering emotional support & resource information. Refer grief issues to Hospice Society. |
www.crfamilyservices.bc.ca |
| Compassionate Friends A self-help organization of bereaved parents of children of any age helping each other to a positive resolution of grief. Phone support. Meets 3rd Tues. monthly - 7:30 pm at Catholic Church on Alder St. |
www.tcfcanada.net | |
| Castlegar | Castlegar Hospice Society Provide support to people with life-threatening illnesses & who are grieving. Bereavement coordinator support, 1:1 volunteer support, support groups. |
www.castlegar.com/hospice |
| Discovery Counselling Services Kelly Cook, RCC. Individual, relationship, group & trauma issues. West Kootenay area. |
www.discoverycounselling.com | |
| Charlottetown |
Hospice Palliative Care Association of
PEI Trained volunteers provide care and support to persons living with or dying from a life-threatening illness and to those who are bereaved. Act as advocates for improved hospice palliative care services on Prince Edward Island. |
www.hospicepei.ca |
| Chetwynd | Chetwynd Counselling Services Child & youth, adult & family initiatives counselling. Able to provide interpreters if necessary. |
www.spcs.bc.ca |
| Chilliwack | Chilliwack Hospice Society Provides support to people living with a life-threatening illness & their families. Follow-up bereavement support. Promotes community awareness about death, dying & grief. |
www.chilliwackhospice.com |
| Integra Counselling Group Inc. Private practice. Counselling in an office with several counsellors. |
www.integracounselling.com | |
| Cloverdale | Ark Child Services Society Private, non-profit counselling society with emphasis on separation, divorce and bereavement issues. Children and families. |
www.intergate.bc.ca/business/theark |
| Coquitlam | Crossroads Hospice Society Grief support: bereavement support packages, Grief's Journey (walking group), Support and Share Night (for those newly bereaved), adult grief group, teen grief group, educational training program for volunteers. |
www.crossroadshospice.bc.ca |
| Denis E. Boyd & Associates Inc.,
Psychologists & Counsellors Psychologists and counsellors who provide compassionate counselling services to those experiencing grief and other effects of loss. |
www.denisboyd.com | |
| Linda Medaris Registered Clinical Counsellor at Burnaby Counselling Group. Private practice. Individuals, families, couples. |
www.counsellinggroup.org | |
| Van-Art Expression Therapy on location; art and music therapy services. |
www.van-artexpression.com | |
| Coquitlam / Port Coquitlam/ Port Moody/ Anmore/ Belcarra |
Greater Coquitlam Crisis & Information
Line Volunteers provide anonymous, confidential telephone crisis intervention and support, community information and referrals 24-hours a day. |
www.sharesociety.ca |
| SHARE Family and Community Services Society Social service agency. Fee for service counselling for individuals, couples & families, addiction services, crisis & info. line 24 hr./7 day/wk. Changeways depression group. |
www.sharesociety.ca | |
| Cowichan |
Cowichan Crisis Line Free, confidential telephone service to people in distress. Specially trained volunteers provide crisis management, suicide prevention & intervention, & community resource information. Phone support. |
www.crisiscentre.bc.ca |
| Cranbrook |
Summit Community Services Society Non-profit society providing support & counselling programs through various government funding. |
www.summitfamily.ca |
| Dawson Creek | Bergeron Funeral Services & Crematorium
Ltd. Supplies grief support materials to teens & young people. Adult grief support group meeting monthly. Yearly grief support seminar. |
www.bergeronfunerals.com |
| Delta | Deltassist Family & Community
Services Youth Suicide Prevention Program for Delta youth up to & incl. 18 yr. & for family, schools, community for support with completed suicide. Crisis intervention, risk assessment/management, counselling, education. |
www.deltassist.com |
| Delta Police Victim Services Information, support & follow-up for victims and witnesses of crime, trauma, & sudden death in Delta. |
www.police.delta.bc.ca | |
| Duncan | Canadian Mental Health Association - Cowichan
Valley Branch - CMHA Community & Family Services Partners with Cowichan Valley Intercultural & Immigrant Aid Society. Promotes health & well-being through Community Mental Health education & weekly family support evenings. Facilitates peer support & advocacy services & trainings. |
www.cmha-bc.org |
| Cowichan Valley Hospice Society Professionals & volunteers provide emotional support to persons dealing with death & dying in hospital or at home. Brown Bag Lunches for those who have lost spouses. Coffee Party for those who have lost adult children. Life Story Program: leaves a personal history for their family. |
www.members.shaw.ca/cvhospice/ | |
| Elmvale |
GENERATIONS: Memorials That Live On Focuses on posting online obituaries & memorials. Offers Canadian directories for funeral homes, churches & flower shops. Hundreds of pages with genealogical information & links to genealogy web sites. |
www.generations.on.ca |
| Enderby |
North Okanagan RCMP Victims Assistance
Program Emotional support & information to crime victims. Refer to community resources. Vernon (main office) 250-260-7171.. |
www.nord.bc.ca |
| Fort St. John | Burden Bearers of Canada, Fort St.
John Private counselling including issues of grief or bereavement. Located in Gray West Office Centre. |
www.burden-bearers.ca |
| North Peace Community Resources Society Non-profit. Bereavement support & counselling through the Family Advancement & Children's Mental Health programs, individually or in family groups. |
www.npcrs.bc.ca | |
| Fruitvale |
Compassionate Friends - Trail A self-help organization of bereaved parents of children of any age helping each other to a positive resolution of grief. |
www.tcfcanada.net |
| Gabriola | Wildwood Counseling Services (April
Steele, MSc, BCATR) EMDRIA-certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) Registered art therapist. Regularly works with First Nations People. |
www.april-steele.ca |
| Golden | Compassionate Friends - Golden A self-help organization of bereaved parents of children of any age helping each other to a positive resolution of grief. This chapter offers 1:1 phone support & literature. |
www.tcfcanada.net |
| Golden Family Centre Society Education, resources, counselling, early intervention & support services for families, individuals & couples. Languages spoken are English and Spanish. |
www.goldenfamilycentre.bc.ca | |
| Grand Forks | Discovery Counselling Services Kelly Cook, RCC. Individual, relationship, group & trauma issues. West Kootenay area. |
www.discoverycounselling.com |
| Hazelton | Upper Skeena Hospice - Hazelton
& Area Home Support Under the umbrella of Hazelton & Area Home Support. Provide bereavement support, a small library of books & videos. Support is also provided to Gitskan First Nations People. |
http://library.wrinch.hnet.bc.ca/Hospice |
| Hornby Island | Marie-Jose Dhaese Counseling for children, teens & adults including bereavement. Verbal counseling, imagery, expressive & play therapies. Grief/trauma due to immigration. French, English. First Nations people |
www.centreforexpressivetherapy.com |
| Kamloops | AIDS Society of Kamloops Provides direct and ongoing support to persons affected/infected with HIV/AIDS/HCV. Languages spoken are English and French. Specialized support to First Nations living on or off a reserve. |
www.aidskamloops.bc.ca |
| Burden Bearers of Canada, Kamloops Professional Christian counselling. |
www.burden-bearers.ca | |
| Compassionate Friends - Kamloops A self-help organization of bereaved parents of children of any age helping each other to a positive resolution of grief. This chapter holds a meeting the first Wednesday of each month. |
www.tcfcanada.net | |
| Kamloops Volunteer Centre (The) Central resource centre for volunteerism in Kamloops area. Dedicated to enhance community's quality of life through volunteerism by providing recruitment, registration, referral, education & information services. |
www.volunteerkamloops.com | |
| Linda Rolstone Consulting Registered Clinical Counsellor & Registered Occupational Therapist offering support with grief, bereavement, trauma, pain, loss, anger, suicide, murder. |
www.lindarolstone.com | |
| Scriver Consultants Personal counselling as well as employee assistance services. Stress, relationships, grief, anger, depression. |
www.wellness-works.net | |
| Summit Drive Baptist Church Exists to help people in their relationship to God. Programs for people of all ages. Counselling/support to those in time of loss, especially when the person has been involved in the church. |
www.summitdrive.com | |
| Volunteer Kamloops Support community & enhance quality of life through the promotion, recruitment & referral of volunteerism for Kamloops & district. Information & resource centre for non-profit organizations, community services, sporting events & special events. Online directory: www.kamloopscrd.ca |
www.volunteerkamloops.com | |
| Kaslo |
Kaslo & Area Hospice Support for patients & families during life-threatening illness; bereavement support for up to 1 year following a death. Occasional workshops. |
www.nelsonhospice.com |
| Kelowna | Cancer Centre for the Southern Interior Patient and Family Counselling Services. Art therapy for children. |
www.bccancer.ca |
| Central Okanagan Hospice Association Skilled volunteers provide support for terminally ill clients & their families. Bereavement services including a children's grief group. Professional grief counselling. Workshops on adult grief. Enhanced bereavement training for volunteers. |
www.kelownahospice.com | |
| Compassionate Friends, The A self-help organization of bereaved parents whose children have died at any age of any cause helping each other to a positive resolution of grief. This chapter holds a monthly support group & 1:1 phone support is available. |
www.tcfcanada.net | |
| Creative Therapeutic Counselling
Centre Individual, marriage & family counselling. Counselling available in English and German. |
www.welcometokelowna.com/ctcc | |
| F.O.C.U.S - Families of Children
Utilizing Services for Life Threatening Illnesses Society On a regional & provincial level, promote optimal development of children & adolescents who are facing life threatening illnesses. |
www.welcometokelowna.com/focus | |
| Janet Sutherland, MSc, RMFT Private practice therapy with a clinical registered marriage and family therapist. |
www.bcamft.bc.ca | |
| Reach Out Youth Counselling Centre Provide professional one-on-one counselling & support services for youth ages 13-25, on-line counselling available. |
www.reachoutyouth.org | |
| Kimberley |
Kimberley Family Centre Non-profit society (Summit Community Services Society) providing support & counselling programs through various government funding. Can provide interpreters if necessary. Seniors. Will refer to other resources. |
www.summitfamily.ca |
| Kitimat |
Compassionate Friends - Kitimat A self-help organization of bereaved parents of children of any age helping each other to a positive experience of grief. 2nd Wed. each mon. 1:1 phone support. |
www.tcfcanada.net |
| Ladysmith | Ladysmith Counselling Services Counselling for all ages, including grief & loss. |
www.island.net/~hollys/ |
| Langley | Affinity Counselling Services Private counselling. Services include Grief and Loss Counselling. Registered Clinical Counsellors & Marriage and Family Therapists. |
www.affinitycounselling.com |
| Anne K. Morrison Consulting Ltd.,
RSW Individual, couple or family therapy. Specialty includes grief, loss, change & transition. |
www.annemorrison.com | |
| Ark Child Services Society Private, non-profit counselling society with emphasis on separation, divorce and bereavement issues. Children and families. |
www.intergate.bc.ca/business/theark | |
| Burden Bearers of Canada, Langley A safe & professional context to explore the meaning of loss & to find healthy ways to grow through loss. Our hope in this process comes from a strong Christian world view. Individuals & couples. |
www.burden-bearers.ca | |
| Langley Hospice Society Hospice with particular strength in bereavement support. Languages spoken are English and French. |
www.langleyhospice.com | |
| New Life Christian Counselling Christian perspective. Stress, unhealthy feelings & behaviours, relationship difficulties & past traumas which affect daily living. Uses care, compassion & respect. Offers individual, marriage, family & group therapy. |
www.rosbc.com/newlife.htm | |
| Oasis Consulting Ltd. Serving clients for over 20 yrs. Provide education, training & coaching for individuals & organizations. Provide facilitation &/or therapeutic services to individuals, those in relationships & families. |
www.thecircleofstrength.com | |
| RCMP Victim Services - Langley Emotional support, information & community referrals to anyone who is a victim of crime or has been traumatized by a serious incident. |
www.langleyrcmp.uniserve.com | |
| Sexual Abuse Support Services (SASS) Counselling Professional counselling & support for families & youth under the age of 19 who have made a disclosure of sexual abuse. Work with family members of clients. |
www.fayss.com | |
| Lumby | North Okanagan RCMP Victims
Assistance Program Emotional support & information to crime victims. Refer to community resources. Vernon (main office) 250-260-7171. |
www.nord.bc.ca |
| Whitevalley Community Resources
Centre Individual & family counselling including grief counselling. Referrals to other agencies for long-term support related to grief. |
www.monashee.com/wcrc | |