BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH RESOURCES
CLINICIAN / COUNSELLING SERVICES and wellness
Specialized Services for Emergency Workers and Healthcare Professionals
We work in collaboration with a variety stakeholder groups to develop specialized services for both emergency workers and healthcare professionals.
We bring Occupationally Aware Clinicians directly to you through our secure video conferencing platform (Telemedicine).
VANFIRE WELLNESS
Access to Wellness Information such as Family, Retiree, Signs of Stress, Grief & Loss, and Addiction.
Retirement Resources
Retirement is certainly a major life transition. It is never too soon to begin mapping out the course of the rest of your life, and for those who have already retired, it is never too late to put thought into how to live in a healthy and meaningful way.
The BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) is the professional association that represents Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC) in our province. Today, they represent over 4,100 Registered Clinical Counsellors across BC.
The BC First Responder Resiliency Program (FFRP) is a peer-based program that has demonstrated clinically and statistically significant outcomes on standardized measures of depression, trauma symptomology, social and occupational functioning and personal well-being that are durable at six months of post program completion.
Fire Fighters, paramedics, and law enforcement officers experience traumas and stressors on the job that are unlike those seen in most other occupations. The BCFRMH Committee recommends practices that promote positive mental health for first responders across the province.
What is 211?
211 is a free and confidential service that connects people to helpful and vital resources in their community.
We provide information and referral to a broad range of community, government, and social services that assist with: 1) basic needs like food and shelter, 2) mental health and addictions support, 3 legal and financial assistance, 4) support for seniors, and much more.
This course is designed for any mental health professional interested in expanding their skill set in treating fire fighters within a clinical setting
BC Professional Fire Fighters Association "More than Fighting Fires" Mental Health Care video series offers six short chapters in areas of 1) Access Mental Health Care for you and your loved ones, 2) BCPFFA Mental Health Task Force, 3) Occupational Awareness Training, 4) Accessing Occupationally Aware Clinicians, 5) Mental Health Landscape BC and 6) Supporting Your Wellness. A seventh video is shown to capture entire video series in one summary.
BC First Responder’s Mental Health Speakers Series
Leadership for Mental Health of your Workplace.
1. Navigating a changed world: Leadership in mental health during COVID-19
2. Surviving COVID-19: Lessons on what we have lived and learned
3. Returning to work from a psychological injury: Challenges and recommendations
4. Silent struggles: A look at stigma and co-morbidities in the first responder community
5. In this together: Family resilience and first responder mental health
6. Having the "conversation": Promoting mental health through diversity and inclusion