Resource Round up: Free Therapy/Counselling/Self-help Resources in BC
Here are some free therapy resources if you live in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia!
I recently did a post on free online education/courses that was quite popular, so now let's try a roundup of another type of free resources: therapy! Therapy is expensive. I am lucky that, in my industry, we have access to decent health care benefits, including therapy and mental health supports.
I won't lie though, if I didn't have these benefits, I would not be able to afford regular therapy, as is the case for so many people.
As such, I wanted so share a few free resources where folks can get access to counselling, therapy, mental health support, etc --spread the word!
BounceBack BC
https://bouncebackbc.ca/what-is-bounceback/
BounceBack is free for all BC residents, with a program for youth and one for adults 19+! There are three formats too which make it very accessible
Guides on Psyche
Psyche magazine has all sorts of guides written by academics and/or registered psychologists that are completely free to read online and contain the very latest research and practices. Guide topics include (directly copied from the site):
"How to nurture confidence in a child with dyslexia,"
"What to do when you’re feeling upset about being disliked,"
"How to tell if someone is hoarding – and provide effective help,"
"How to overcome a fear of heights,"
among many, many others!
QMUNITY Counselling
https://www.qmunity.ca/counselling
"QMUNITY facilitates to affirming, short-term counselling that supports you in exploring your gender, s-xuality, and sense of self"
BWSS Counselling
https://www.bwss.org/support/programs/counselling/
"Trained and supervised workers at BWSS provides free support services for any woman who has been abused in an intimate relationship as well as women survivors of childhood s-xual abuse and adult s-xual assault. BWSS also provides support to women survivors of Indian Residential Schools and/or foster care."
Library Books
This is perhaps a bit of a cheat, and remember, your local library will have tons of self help books (both in physical book format and in audiobooks!) that you can access for free! Here are some of my faves to get you started:
- all about love by bell hooks
- The Courage to be Disliked: The Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to change your life and achieve real happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
- What Am I Missing?: Discover the Four Blind Spots That are Holding You Back, and How to Overcome Them by Emma Reed Turrell
- How to Be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists by Ellen Hendriksen, Ph.D.
- Rise Sister Rise by Rebecca Campbell
