Free Confidential Services for Youth

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#BeSeenandHeard

It's common for youth to worry that their parents will be able to see when they have visited a doctor or counsellor. If you're concerned about this, you can always discuss with the service provider or their staff whether they can tell your parents or guardians that you have had an appointment. 

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Available B.C. wide

Telephone Counselling

Kids Help Phone

Offers confidential toll-free telephone counselling and text-based support to help young people with challenges and or experiences they are facing. Support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The program is staffed by trained professional counsellors with a wide variety of backgrounds including social work, psychology, sociology, and child and youth services.

Youth in BC Crisis Online Chat

Chat with a crisis responder online: chat is available from Noon to 1 am in B.C. and Yukon.

Available B.C. wide

Foundry Virtual

Foundry

Provides access to virtual services through an app and web portal for youth and their caregivers in BC. Services are free and confidential; no referral or assessment is needed.

Use the app to drop-in or schedule a virtual counselling appointment, join a youth group or caregiver group, find peer support, or browse a library of tools and resources.

Available B.C. wide

Live Chat Counselling

Kids Help Phone

Offers confidential one-to-one real time counselling to help young people with challenges and or experiences they are facing. A counsellor is available through live chat on the web, or on the Always There app.

The program is staffed by trained professional counsellors with a wide variety of backgrounds including social work, psychology, sociology, and child and youth services.

Youth Against Violence Line

Provides confidential, multilingual, 24/7 phone and text service. Youth can talk one-on-one to a support worker.

Sex Sense

Free resources and information on sex, sexuality and sexual health from registered nurses, counsellors, and sex educators.

Trans Care BC

Supports for equitable and accessible care, surgical planning, and peer and community support for trans people across B.C.

Available B.C. wide

Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service

211 British Columbia Services Society

Provides a free, confidential phone service for people throughout BC needing help with any kind of substance use concern. Offers information and referral to education and prevention resources, support groups, and a full range of counselling and treatment services. Not a clinical service.

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