Steve Brewster, West Kootenay Wellness

Phone: 604-817-1410
Email: info@westkootenaywellness.com
Website: https://www.westkootenaywellness.com/wellness-team/
Communities Serviced: Nelson
Age Range: Youth, Adults
Areas of Practice: Trauma/PTSD, Gender dysphoria/LGBTQ+, Abuse/maltreatment, Substance use, Addiction to social media/gaming, Mindfulness, Eating disorders, Anxiety/depression, Developmental disability, Indigenous oriented therapy, Autism spectrum, Parental coaching, ADHD, OCD
Counseling Modalities: Group, Family, CBT, DBT informed, EMDR informed

Supervised Access Services, Arc Programs

Phone: (250) 365-5800
Email: arcprograms@arcprograms.com
Website: https://arcprograms.com/kootenays-services/
Communities Serviced: New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Supervised Access Services supports families to maintain contact in a healthy and safe environment. Reduce the risk of harm to children during mandated supervised visits and to help caregivers better understand the intentions behind their children’s behaviours. Children and youth 0-18 and their families Where supervised visits are required Arrow Lakes district. *Must be referred by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) Guardianship team in Nakusp*

Support Services for Families with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) or Similar Neuro Developmental Conditions, Arc Programs

Phone: 250-365-5800
Email: arcprograms@arcprograms.com
Website: https://arcprograms.com/kootenays-services/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Kaslo
Age Range: Children, Youth
Areas of Practice: Keyworker Services for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) provides family and community-focused planning, consultation, support and educational services. Goals: Build the capacity of parents, caregivers and communities to meet the unique needs of their children, and to reduce risk factors associated with FASD.

Support to Family Care Network, Arc Programs

Phone: (250) 365-5800
Email: arcprograms@arcprograms.com
Website: https://arcprograms.com/kootenays-services/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kaslo, Midway / Rock Creek / Beaverdell, Provincial
Age Range: Adults
Areas of Practice: Support, facilitation and training services for family care homes. Develop the capacity of caregivers to provide for the unique needs of the children in their homes, to build connections with other family care home providers and help navigate the system in which they work. Must be a Family Care Home Provider.

Talking Little Feet Aboriginal Head Start, Circle of Indigenous Nations

Phone: 250-231-4968
Email: info@coinations.net
Website: https://coinations.net/programs/talking-little-feet-aboriginal-head-start/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kaslo
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Is our 24 space no fee daycare for Indigenous families of the Boundary region. We provide 8 infant and toddler spaces and 16 preschool age spaces. Aboriginal children learn about their culture and language and are taught to be proud of their identity as a First Nations, Metis and Inuit person. Our Talking Little Feet daycare is part of the Aboriginal Head Start Association of B.C.

Tamara Schiesser, The Little Way Counselling and Wellness

Phone: 250-588-0374
Email: info@thelittlewaywellness.com
Website: https://www.thelittlewaywellness.com/
Communities Serviced: Grand Forks, Midway / Rock Creek / Beaverdell
Age Range: Adults
Areas of Practice: Anxiety, Stress, Depression, PTSD, Guided Mediations, Past-Life Regression, Inner Child Work, Hypnotherapy.
Counseling Modalities: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and EMDR.

Tami O’Meara

Phone: 250-718-9291
Email: Tami@okclinical.com

Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Nelson
Age Range: Children, Adults
Areas of Practice: Child & Youth, Divorce & Separation, Hear the Child Reports, Anxiety & Depression, Educational and Career counselling, ADHD & Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Hypnosis

Terry Brennan, Registered Clinical Counsellor

Phone: 604-789-2079
Email: terrybrennenassociates@gmail.com
Website: https://www.terrybrennen.com/?utm_source=ContentNetwork
Communities Serviced: Trail
Age Range: Youth, Adults
Areas of Practice: Interventions, Recovering Alcoholics/Addicts, Marital & Relationship, Anger Regulation.
Counseling Modalities: Attachment Based/Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (AB/IS-TDP), CBT.

The Persona Supports Initiative (PSI)/Developmental Disability (DD) Program, Arc Programs

Phone: (250) 365-8558
Email: arcprograms@arcprograms.com
Website: https://arcprograms.com/kootenays-services/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar
Age Range: Adults
Areas of Practice: PSI provides individualized outreach support services for adults. Increase quality of life in the areas of shared living, community inclusion, employment skills and life skills development. Adults with significant limitations in adaptive functioning AND A Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnosis and/or an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, OR an Intellectual Disability diagnosis. *Must be referred by Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) in Castlegar*

Therapeutic Recreation Programming, Freedom Quest Youth Services Society

Phone: 250-304-2676

Website: https://www.freedomquestyouthservices.ca/therapeutic-recreation-programming.html
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kaslo
Age Range: Youth
Areas of Practice: Local schools and other youth-serving organizations who wish to offer therapeutic recreation programming to young people between the ages of 12 – 19 who are being negatively impacted by their own substance use and/or the substance use of others.

Tracy Kuiper, Kuiper Counselling and Psychotherapy

Phone: 250-687-8155
Email: kuipercounselling@gmail.com
Website: https://www.kuipercounselling.ca/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Trauma/PTSD, Abuse/maltreatment, Substance use, Grief, Mindfulness, Anxiety/depression, Chronic pain management, Chronic illness, Developmental disability, Indigenous oriented therapy, Autism spectrum, Parental coaching, ADHD
Counseling Modalities: Family, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, DBT, EMDR.

Trail Family and Individual Resource (FAIR) Centre Society

Phone: 250-364-2326
Email: admin@trailfair.ca
Website: http://trailfair.ca/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Early Years program providing support for parents and their children 0-6yrs old, Family Advancement, Strong Start Fruitvale, Kootenay-Columbia Childcare Resource and Referral (CCRR), Family Counselling, Peace Program and Children and Youth, Sexual Abuse Intervention Program (SAIP), Stop the Violence Counselling for Women, Community Based Victim Services, Interior Crisis Line, Legal Aid BC Community Partner, Transition House for women leaving abusive or violent situations.

Vanessa Deverell Counselling & Craniosacral

Phone: (250) 900-8388
Email: connect@vanessadeverell.com
Website: https://www.vanessadeverell.com/
Communities Serviced: Nelson
Age Range: Adults
Areas of Practice: Mindfulness, Somatic Therapy, Attachment.
Counseling Modalities: Somatic Therapy, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST)

Vanessa Marie Miller, The Little Way Wellness

Phone: (403) 593-9808
Email: vanessa@thelittlewaywellness.com
Website: https://www.thelittlewaywellness.com/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Kaslo, Midway / Rock Creek / Beaverdell
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Trauma/PTSD, Gender Dysphoria/LGBTQ+, Abuse/Maltreatment, Substance Use, Addiction to social media and gaming, Sexual Behaviours, Grief, Eating Disorders, Anxiety/Depression, Chronic Pain Management, Chronic Illness, Parental Coaching, Family Counselling, Parent/Teen Mediation, Health Management and Consultation, Nutrition Counselling, Personal Training, Group Facilitation.
Counseling Modalities: Hypnotherapy, Reiki, EMDR, Clinical Counselling, Groups & Classes.

Variety Children’s Fund

Phone: (800)381-2040
Email: info@variety.bc.ca
Website: https://www.variety.bc.ca/grant-qualifications/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kaslo, Midway / Rock Creek / Beaverdell, Provincial
Age Range: Children, Youth
Areas of Practice: Grant available for a child with a qualified medical or developmental special need, recognized by a designated professional. (This does not apply to private autism and psychoeducational assessments or mental wellness requests)