Counselling Resources

Sympatico Help Line

	Need Crisis and Information Line
	P.O. Box 5112, Postal Station B, Victoria V8R 6N3
	Office Ph: (250)386-6328 Fax: (250)386-9748
	Crisis Line: (250)386-6323 (24 hours a day/7 days a week)
	-- Includes counselling, referrals, general information, suicide prevention

	Camosun College Counselling Centre
	Lansdowne Campus: 3100 Foul Bay Rd. Victoria V8P 5J2
	Ph: (250)370-3571
	Interurban Campus: 3100 Interurban Rd. Victoria
	Ph: (250)370-4925
	-- Provides counselling for registered students at Camosun

	Roots Youth and Family Substance Abuse Program
	#12 - 1560 Church Ave. Victoria V8P 2H1
	Ph: (250)721-2669 Fax:(250)721-3408
	-- Counselling services for youth ages 12-19 years, also includes
	lifeskills training, self-exploration through arts, and family therapy

	Nisika Community Services
	143 Moss St. Victoria V8V 4W2
	Ph:(250)383-4821 Fax:(250)386-7142
	-- Mental health and residential counselling

	Living and Learning Through Loss
	P.O. Box 84, 7115 W. Saanich Rd. Brentwood Bay V8M 1R3
	Ph:(250)652-4142
	-- Assisting in loss counselling, including bereavement of any kind

	Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre
	306-620 View St., Victoria V8W 1J6
	Ph: (250)383-5545 Fax: (250) 383-6112 Crisis Line: (250)383-3232

	Banfield Early Pregnancy and Parenting Centre
	1230 Styles St., Victoria V9A 3Z5
	Ph: (250) 384-4333 Fax: (250) 383-6527
	Open 24 hours a day / 7 days a weeek
	--Residential care program for pregnant women ages 16-21; focus on
	independent living and pre and post natal care

	Peninisula Community Association - Youth, Adult and Family
	Services
	9751 Third St., Sidney V8L 3A5
	Ph: (250) 656-0134 Fax: (250)655-4357
	--Offers childcare for parent teens, training in lifeskills and outreach to at
	risk teens; Also offers counselling for parent/teen conflict

	Girls' Alternative Program (G.A.P.)
	3020 Richmond Rd., Victoria V8R 4VI
	Ph: (250) 598-3144 Fax: 598-6074
	--Offers academic upgrading(Grades 9-12); Lifeskills, counselling, and
	programs for pregnant teens and teen parents

	Saanich Police Youth and Family Counselling
	780 Vernon Ave., Victoria V8X 2W6
	Ph: (250) 475-4348 Fax: (250) 474-4398
	--Family counselling to Saanich residents; Includes family conflict, anger
	management, criminal behavior

 

Health Resources

Mental Health

Healthy Way

AIDS Youth

	AIDS Vancouver Island
	304 - 733 Johnson St., Victoria V8V 3C7
	Administration Ph: (250)384-4554
	AIDS Helpline: 1-800-665-AIDS
	Outreach Ph: (250)225-1171
	Street Outreach: 1220 Commercial Alley
	Ph: (250)384-1345

	University of Victoria -- Eating Disorders Program
	UVIC Counselling Services
	P.O. Box 3025 Victoria V8W 3P2
	Ph: (250)721-8341

	B.C. Eating Disorders Association
	#5 - 841 Fairfield Rd. Victoria V8V 3B4
	Ph: (250)382 -2755 Fax: (250)383-2755

Special Interest Groups

United Church Youth

UVIC Campus Crusade for Christ

	Watch Out World -- providing a community of fun, acceptance, and
	friendship to youth on a regular basis, while encouraging them to
	grow in their knowledge and understanding of who they are in
	Christ and how that affects the world around them

Aboriginals Youth Page

UVIC Students with Disabilities