Pathways | Counselling Programs - For women, children, youth, families, adults and addictions

Counselling Programs - For women, children, youth, families, adults and addictions - North Kootenay Lake

Abuse / Neglect, Addictions / Substance Use, Child Services, Family / Parenting, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, Mental Health - Child & Youth, Victim Services, and Youth Services

Provided by Kaslo Community Services

Provides assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic interventions for individuals who have emotional, mental and behavioral issues.

Offers free confidential counselling for Women, Children, Youth, Families, Adults and Addictions. This includes crisis response, and short term or long term counselling services. The team includes professionals with expertise in, family violence, sexual abuse and mental health and addictions support and using a variety of therapy modalities. More targeted counselling is also available for victims and for children who witness abuse.

Community Counselling Service: Provides confidential emotional support and promotes positive growth and healing for individual adults, children, youth and families. This includes crisis response, and short term or long term counselling services. The team includes professionals with expertise in, family violence, sexual abuse and mental health and addictions support and using a variety of therapy modalities.

The Counselling service also provides psycho-educational groups for adults and children/youth, Life skills groups, Clubhouse for Mental Health and Addiction clients, Open Studio art groups for children and youth. The counselling services also provide a Safe Home program for women and children and pets who are at risk of abuse.

Child and Youth Mental Health: Provides assessment and therapeutic interventions (including group, family and individual counselling) for children and youth who have emotional, mental and behavioural issues.

Adult Mental Health and Substance Use: Offers assessment, crisis intervention, and ongoing counselling support for adults and coordination with existing local services and agencies. The focus is on the Harm Reduction model of addiction services. Included in this contract are psycho-educational groups (ie. anxiety and depression), Outreach for existing clients. Weekly Community Connections Clubhouse meetings provide social connection, education and life skills for clients with mental health issues.

Children Who Witness Abuse: Offers community-based counselling for children, information sharing and support to parents, and school-based prevention activities aimed at breaking the cycle of violence against women and children.

Family Support: Offers support to families to enhance connection and communication between family members. Included are parent-teen mediation, parenting skills enhancement and productive resolution of family conflict.

Victim’s Services: This is a community-based service for victims of crime, offering justice-related services, crisis intervention, advocacy and emotional support.

Stopping the Violence for Women: Offers short and long term individual counselling for women who are healing from past or present abusive situations. A variety of modalities including expressive therapies to support women on their healing journey.

Safe Homes Program: Provides crisis intervention, and a local network of short term accommodation for women with their children and pets who are at risk of abuse. Focus on safety, emotional support and help to access other resources. Transportation to the Nelson Transition House is also available.

To book an appointment please call 250-353-7691 and one of our counsellors will do an intake with you. This is just a 10 or 15-minute conversation that can be done over the phone or in person, usually the same day, to find out what you are seeking counselling for. Based on this conversation a counsellor will be assigned to you who will call you to book an appointment.

250-353-7691

Public email: office@nklcss.org

Website: https://kaslo.services/counselling/.

336 B Avenue, Kaslo, British Columbia, V0G 1M0

Cost: No cost

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