Hands to Heart
Therapy
In North Vancouver or Virtually In British Columbia
Need Help Now?
You don't have to face anything alone.
If things feel overwhelming, reaching out is a courageous first step. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, or thoughts of suicide, support is available, and you deserve to be heard with compassion and without judgment.
If you are in immediate danger or believe you cannot keep yourself safe, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
If you need someone to talk to right now, here are some resources:
Helplines for Suicide, Mental Health and Violence
Call 911
Crisis Centre of BC (Suicide Helpline): 1-800-SUICIDE or 1-800-784-2433
Mental Health Support Line: 310-6789
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre: 604-255-6344
Vancouver General Hospital Sexual Assault Service: 604-875-4995
Vancouver Coastal Regional Distress Line: 604-872-3311
CRCL is a community-led, crisis response team that provides in-person support to people experiencing a mental health crisis.
1 (888) 261-7228
(Text us) (778) 839-1831
2SLGBTQI+ Specific Support
National Help Center: 1-888-843-4564
Trans Lifeline:1-877-330-6366 (1-877-565-8860 US)
QMUNITY (BC): Programs, peer support, counselling referrals, youth and senior services, and community events for 2SLGBTQIA+ people.
PFLAG Canada: Support for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, parents, families, friends, and allies through local chapters and virtual groups.
Sher Vancouver: Culturally inclusive support, social groups, and programs for Two-Spirit, queer, and trans South Asians and their friends, families, and allies.
Rainbow Refugee (Vancouver): Support for LGBTQIA2S+ refugees and asylum seekers, including community connections and advocacy.
Indigenous Support
Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310. Support and counselling to all Indigenous peoples across Canada.
Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-800-721-0066
KUU-US Crisis Response Service (for First Nations, Indigenous and Métis people in BC)
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BC-wide: 1-800-588-8717
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Métis Line: 1-833-638-4722
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Adult line: 250-723-4050
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Child & Youth line: 250-723-2040
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Text/Chat: 778-601-8009 (available evenings/overnight)
Child and Teen Support
Kids Helpline: 1-800-668-6868
(Or text Text 686868)
The Foundry (BC) – Mental health, substance use, primary care, and peer support for young people aged 12–24, with inclusive and affirming services.
2SLGBTQ+YouthLine (Canada)
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1-800-268-9688
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Text, chat, and peer support for 2SLGBTQ+ youth.
Family Resources
Supporting a loved one through mental health challenges can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to navigate it alone. Whether you're looking for information, parenting strategies, peer support, or help understanding the mental health system, there are trusted resources available for
families across British Columbia.
Have Cancer?
If you don't know about Inspire Health and all the resources, my clients find this so useful. This resource has educational programs, movement and yoga classess, workshops, stress reduction classes and group counselling. Many of my clients have found support through Inspire Health.
"The key to working with what is so deeply unwanted, is to let go of the ideas, (the thoughts), about how we shouldn’t be sick and what will happen to us if we remain sick. Somehow we have to respect the illness, welcome it, enter into it…we surrender and say, okay, what have you to teach me?…about letting go of control, about slowing down…about tasting the full experience of a moment…the light, the sound, the quality of our mood, of our pain, the sight of dust or birds or nothing special…respecting all that."
-Pema Chodrin