Miranda Terlingen, Equinox Counselling & Education

Phone: (250)551-7616
Email: mirandaterlingencounselling@gmail.com
Website: http://mirandaterlingencounselling.ca
Communities Serviced: Nelson
Age Range: Youth, Adults
Areas of Practice: Trauma/PTSD, Grief, Mindfulness, Anxiety/Depression

Movin’ Mountains Therapy

Phone: 778-456-0020
Email: info@movinmountainstherapy.com
Website: https://movinmountainstherapy.com/our-services/therapies-for-kids/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Clinical Counselling for children, youth and adults. Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Physiotherapy, Pediatric Speech Language Therapy, Therapy Options, Equipment 4 Kids, Adult Physiotherapy – Pelvic Health, Neurological Conditions and General Orthopedics.
Counseling Modalities: Play based approach – Pediatric Therapists, Adult Therapists – functional rehabilitation approach for MS, Parkinson’s, Brain or Spinal Cord injury, Stoke (CVA, or other vascular events and general orthopedics. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Parent Supports, Solution-Focused Approach, Play & Art Therapy, Mindfulness Approach, Anxiety & Depression, Trauma-Informed Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy.

Nelson & Dsitrct Youth Centre

Phone: 250-352-5656

Website: https://www.nelson.ca/184/Youth-Centre
Communities Serviced: Nelson
Age Range: Youth

Nelson & Womens Centre

Phone: (250)352-9916
Email: info@nelsonwomenscentre.com
Website: http://www.nelsonwomenscentre.com/
Communities Serviced: Nelson
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Drop-in, Resource and Referral Program, Crisis Support, Queer Connect, Crafternoons, Youth Empowerment Series, Food Security and Equity Project, Rooted in Community Volunteer Training.

Nelson Community Services

Phone: 250-352-3504
Email: admin@servicesfyi.ca
Website: https://www.servicesfyi.ca/our-programs/
Communities Serviced: Nelson
Age Range: Children, Youth
Areas of Practice: Child and Youth Counselling Program assists children and youth who have experienced and/or been exposed to trauma/traumatic events and whose quality of life has been impacted as a result.

Nelson Friends of the Family

Phone: 250-551-5905
Email: hello@nelsonfriendsofthefamily.com
Website: https://nelsonfriendsofthefamily.ca/
Communities Serviced: Slocan Valley, Nelson, Kaslo
Age Range: Children, Youth
Areas of Practice: FINANCIAL AID: Provide financial aid to assist with travel-related costs for families of children under the age of 19 years, who live within the prescribed area, who must travel to receive emergency or necessary medical treatment due to serious illness or injury. The prescribed area is the west side of School District #8 (Kootenay Lake), generally described as the area north/south from Meadow Creek (including Argenta) to Nelway, and west/east from Balfour to Slocan (via Playmor Junction at South Slocan), and all points in between. Provide information to families on avenues to access assistance from other agencies that may be able to provide financial aid. Provide guidance to family or friends of a child who wish to fundraise to further assist the child with travel and/or accommodation costs. Accept donations in honour of clients, to be made available by application as outlined by the NFOF policies and procedures.

North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society

Phone: 250-353-7691
Email: office@nklcss.org
Website: http://nklcss.org/
Communities Serviced: Kaslo
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Family & Early Years Programs/ Growing with Baby Programs/ Programs for Seniors/ Child & Youth Mental Health/ Adult Mental Health/ Substance Use/ Counselling / Family Support/ PEACE/ Youth & Art Culture/ Kaslo Food Hub/ Kaslo Saturday Market/ Kaslo Tool Hub

Open Mind – Youth Mental Health Tools & Resources

Email: communications@doctorsofbc.ca
Website: http://openmindbc.ca/youth-young-adults/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kaslo, Provincial
Age Range: Youth
Areas of Practice: Resources for youth and young adults.

Outreach & Support, WEGCSS – WE Graham Community Service Society

Phone: 250-355-2484
Email: youthmentalhealth@wegcss.org
Website: https://wegcss.org/
Communities Serviced: Slocan Valley
Age Range: Youth
Areas of Practice: Mental Health, Substance Use, Physical Health, and Positive Life Skills.

Pacific Medical Law

Phone: 604-685-2361
Email: info@pacificmedicallaw.ca
Website: https://www.pacificmedicallaw.ca/jannaeppbursary/
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: In memory of Janna Epp, Pacific Medical Law will donate $5,000 to a child living with cerebral palsy every year, to assist with that child’s care, therapy or recreation. The recipient of the award will be selected by Janna’s mother. Every year applications are due on June 30. The recipient is selected by July 30.

Pacific Post Partum Society

Phone: (855)255-7999
Email: admin@postpartum.org
Website: https://postpartum.org/
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 for anyone who is experiencing isolation, distress, or a PMAD in the perinatal period or is supporting someone who is. This includes pregnant people, new parents, mothers, fathers, partners, non-gestational parents, surrogates, adoptive parents, foster parents, and people who have experienced perinatal or infant loss.

Parenting Programs, Boundary Family Services

Phone: 250-442-2267, 877-442-5355
Email: info@bfiss.org
Website: http://www.boundaryfamily.org/
Communities Serviced: Grand Forks, Midway / Rock Creek / Beaverdell
Age Range: Adults
Areas of Practice: Group sessions which are focused on developing communication, coping and parenting skills that help parents and caregivers to understand and respond to their child’s behavior during every stage of a child’s development from infant to teen.
Counseling Modalities: Group

Peach Door Counselling

Phone: 343-338-4626
Email: contact@peachdoorcounselling.com
Website: https://www.peachdoorcounselling.com/brittany
Communities Serviced: New Denver/Nakusp
Age Range: Youth, Adults
Areas of Practice: Trauma/PTSD, Gender Dysphoria/LGBTQ+, Substance use/Addiction to social media/gaming, Sexual behaviours, Grief, Mindfulness, Eating disorders, Anxiety/Depression, Chronic Pain Management/Chronic Illness.
Counseling Modalities: Family, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindfulness.

Permanency Support, Arc Programs

Phone: (250) 365-5800
Email: arcprograms@arcprograms.com
Website: https://arcprograms.com/kootenays-services/
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Nelson
Age Range: Children, Youth, Adults, All Ages
Areas of Practice: Permanency Support provides individual and family counselling, behaviour support, case management, service coordination, and follow-up support. Strengthen caregiver capacity as children and youth transition from care to an adoptive or extended family home. Families, Children and youth with permanency plans in place, Experiencing challenges with the caregiver-child/youth relationship. *Must be referred by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) Guardianship, Resources, or Adoptions teams*

Regional Alcohol & Drug Day Treatment Program (RADD), Freedom Quest Youth Services Society

Phone: 250-304-2676, 877-304-2676, 250-231-0316

Website: https://www.freedomquestyouthservices.ca/regional-alcohol–drug-day-treatment-program-radd.html
Communities Serviced: Castlegar, Trail, Fruitvale, Rossland, Salmo, New Denver/Nakusp, Slocan Valley, Nelson, Grand Forks, Kaslo
Age Range: Youth
Areas of Practice: Young people between the ages of 12 – 19 who are motivated to make changes to their substance use