Suicide Attempt Follow-up Education and Research (SAFER)

Mental Health - Adult & Senior

Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health

Offers suicide assessment, follow-up, education, and research as a part of the Mental Health and Substance Use Outpatient Services at Vancouver General Hospital.
S.A.F.E.R. is a free of charge, time-limited counselling service offered at Mental Health and Substance Use Outpatient Services. S.A.F.E.R. provides counselling for individuals age 19 and over who have made a suicide attempt, are currently suicidal, or have suicidal ideation; also offers support and education for people who are concerned about the risk of suicide in a significant other or bereaved by a suicide death.

A S.A.F.E.R counsellor can help you if:
  • You are feeling suicidal: Counselling (for up to 6 months) may help you learn new ways to cope with difficult times and painful feelings. S.A.F.E.R. can help you: Discuss ways to keep you safe, deal with painful feelings, talk about what has happened in your life that causes you pain, begin to set goals and feel more hopeful, learn how to work on and solve problems and build on strengths
  • You are concerned about someone who is suicidal: S.A.F.E.R. offers up to three appointments with a counsellor to a person concerned about someone who is suicidal. During these sessions, you can: Learn about what to do, how to get help, and where to go for support, talk about your concerns, get facts about suicide risk, learn when to get help and discuss ways to look after yourself
  • You are experiencing suicide bereavement: S.A.F.E.R. offers individual counselling (for up to a year) to individuals who have lost someone to suicide and also offer counsellor-led groups for those who are ready to work on their grief with others

Educational workshops: S.A.F.E.R. counsellors offer educational workshops in Suicide Intervention and Suicide Bereavement for mental health workers and members of the Greater Vancouver community. For more information contact the Clinical Educator

To refer yourself for any of these services, please contact the Access and Assessment Centre

604-675-3700 (Access and Assessment Centre)

Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/service/suicide...

803 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1M9

Open 7 days a week 7:30 a.m. – 11 p.m

604-675-3710 (Clinical Educator)

Cost: No cost

Referral options:

  • Self-referral
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Service area: Vancouver

Service Types Provided
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  • Provided 1:1 in-person
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  • Provided in a group in-person

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