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Addictions & Substance Abuse

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The Canadian Drug Rehab Centres directory was created to address the increasing demand for current and comprehensive resources relating to residential treatment programs and outpatient rehabilitation programs in Canada only.

This includes a full list of help throughout B.C.

Including:

A Complete Directory
Welcome to the Vancouver Coastal Health's web site - providing citizens of the Coast Garibaldi regions and of Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Richmond with quality health care ranging from acute care hospitals to community-based residential, home health, mental health, and public health services.
Complete Directory
Our mission is to identify a broad spectrum of human needs on the Semiahmoo Peninsula and beyond and respond to them in a creative, caring and fiscally responsible way. This is achieved by providing information, services, advocacy and working with other individuals, groups and organizations. Semiahmoo House Society (Local:Surrey, BC)
OUR MISSION:
The mission of Richmond Addiction Services is to “improve the lives of those affected by addiction”. We respect the integrity of each human being and believe that each person has the ability to change and accept personal responsibility for his/her physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual and social health. We approach addiction through a harm reduction model that recognizes and incorporates abstinence.
A Complete Directory
Creators of the Survival manual on-line, a complete list of services for youth and others at risk. At WATARI, our mission is to facilitate positive change in at-risk children, youth, families and communities through the design and delivery of innovative services.
Day Treatment available
A Complete Directory
The Women's Addiction Foundation is a public foundation committed to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness of women whose lives have been affected by their misuse of, or dependency on alcohol or other drugs.

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Addiction Counselling and Resource Associates
Serving Vancouver, the lower mainland and all parts of British Columbia by providing hope and healing for those persons and their families struggling to find solutions for compulsive sexual behaviour.
ACARA also provides services to those persons seeking assistance for trauma, grief, loss and stress-related issues. Phone: 604-926-3642
Transforming major life challenges!
Jennifer Scott, MA, ADTR, RCC, is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, offering counselling and psychotherapy for individuals and families. With more than 20 years experience as a social worker and counsellor, Jennifer is skilled in helping people transform major life challenges into opportunities for change, growth, and connection. Working with the major symptoms and feelings underlying addictions - such as stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, sleep disturbance, PTSD, relationship issues, grief & loss, abuse & rape, and so on – she helps her clients access their own (often hidden) resources to promote healing and transformation in their journey towards wholeness, authenticity, and genuine positive relationships. While relationships are often at the core of life challenges, they are also an important agent of change. Thus a caring, non-judgmental and compassionate therapeutic relationship is an essential component of Jennifer’s counselling style. She presently has a private practice with offices in West Vancouver serving adults in: West and North Vancouver, Burnaby, Bowen Island, and Squamish.
Phone: 604-926-5304
THOUGHTFUL CARING WHEN YOU NEED IT!

Charlaine Avery, M Ed., RCC focuses on the biological, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual effects Addictions and other Mental Health Concerns may have on the individual as well as their families, the workplace and communities.

Charlaine understands this is a critical time of discovery as well as recovery.
Whether you are the person with the addiction and/or mental health concern or a loved one affected by the actions of another, Charlaine addresses each personally and in unity, setting goals for individual and family recovery.

Charlaine brings a Masters Degree in counselling from Simon Fraser University, fifteen years practical experience as a counsellor PLUS post-graduate training in counselling techniques such as: Cognitive Behavioural, Solution Focused, Narrative, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Virginia Satir's Brief Therapy Model and meditation, that prepares and readies Charlaine to lead each client into a new journey of facing some of life’s many challenges with new goals of healthy change and living.

Charlaine Avery provides therapy for
individuals, couples and families
in areas of:

Addiction Anger Anxiety Assertiveness
Communication Depression EMDR
Emotions Management Grief and Loss
Health and Well-Being Goal Setting
Healthy Couples Life Transitions Meditation
Parenting & Step-Parenting
Separation & Divorce
Sexual & Physical Abuse Trauma Worry

Phone: (604) 724-7763
“If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.”
Are you struggling with addictive behaviours or are you close to someone who is?

Individual counselling for any addiction gives you a chance to resolve your problems in a safe place. Addictive behaviours actually cover up unresolved feelings such as sadness, anger, resentment, and feelings of low self-worth. As we work together in therapy, we will uncover the deeper reasons for your unhealthy choices. You will then be able to eliminate your need to engage in destructive addictive behaviours.

Counselling will also help you become aware of the solutions that will work best for who you uniquely are. Our goal in therapy is to overcome problematic addictive patterns and help you make more positive life choices.

I provide therapy and counselling services for the Greater Vancouver area including Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver and West Vancouver. I also provide phone therapy for clients who are unable to attend sessions in person.
Phone: 604-677-5876

Addiction Counselling Services & Recovery Coaching

Addiction Counselling Services
Our newly created Addiction Counselling Services offers individual, couple and family counselling, drug testing, family consultations, and workplace presentations. The outpatient therapist for the program, Gerry McDougall, has extensive experience in the counselling field. Over the years, Gerry has specialized in trauma therapy, substance abuse, sexual abuse, and sexual addictions. More information about these services is available by contacting the Centre at 604- 860-4001 or Gerry directly at ext. 309.

Recovery Coaching
Crossroads is pleased to introduce the service of Recovery Coaching for individuals recently having completed treatment, or who are in early recovery. Doreen Cardwell, a Certified Recovery Coach, is passionate about coaching and sees it as an integral component in many individuals recovery process.
Recovery Coaching is an ongoing professional and supportive relationship with people who want to continue to move forward with their recovery from addiction. Coaching offers support and guidance, as well as momentum in creating a healthy and productive life. Click here for more information about Recovery Coaching.

Free Information Sessions
Crossroads will be offering free information sessions the last Thursday of every month from 7 - 9 pm in the Counselling Services building at Crossroads Treatment Centre (760 Highway 33). These sessions will be open to any individual wanting information regarding addiction treatment options, including residential treatment, withdrawal management, out-patient programs and counselling services. Individuals concerned about their own addiction, or that of a family member, are encouraged to attend.

Pre and Post Treatment Services
Recent research has overwhelming shown the importance of pre and post care treatment in the ongoing success of addiction recovery. EDGEWOOD is delighted to now offer on-going support pre and post treatment in the new EDGEWOOD Vancouver office located at 7th and Granville. More than just a clinical office, EDGEWOOD Vancouver represents what we believe will be the next major innovation for EDGEWOOD’s modality of treating addiction. The combination of long term aftercare with built-in monitoring and consequences (therapeutic, not punitive), regular meetings to ensure adherence and 12 Step requirements have excellent sobriety results.
Pre-Care Program - is designed to assist both the family and patient in recognizing the disease of addiction and its attendant behaviors and to support them in their decision to seek treatment.
AfterCare Services - Maintaining a long-term, healthy recovery is an on-going process that requires support both within the family and from the community at large.
On-Going Services - As life in recovery progresses often secondary recovery issues surface. Recognizing this, Edgewood offers a continuum of personal services for as long as it takes.

Patrick Zierten, Program Director

EDGEWOOD - Vancouver Addiction Services 1525 West 7th Avenue

Phone: 604.734.1100 - Cell: 778.686.6376 - 1.800.683.0111 (24 hours)

Counselling Support & Workshops for Individuals, Couples & Families
Jeanie McKenzie, BA Psych, MA Ed, RCC, Located in West Vancouver, Jeanie addresses the diseases of alcoholism and drug addiction that leaves the family devastated. Jeanie has completed several extensive program certifications in the field of substance abuse at Canadian and U.S. institutions. Practical experience and professional licensure have prepared her to fulfill the much-needed gap in support counselling that leads to family wholeness. Additional focus is in empowering healthy and productive personality changes to effectively break free from co-dependency, resolve conflict and deal with emotional crisis, depression and anxiety. And there is much more…
Phone: 604.351.0539
Registered Counsellor with Crime Victim Assistance

Jaminie Hilton’s work as a therapist for over 25 years including her training, education, and work experience span a wide diversity of cultural viewpoints and therapeutic approaches in both California, and Vancouver.

Jasmine’s passion is “To do my best work in connecting you to your true self and your authentic feelings so that you create with maximum productivity, and experience the richness in each relationship you wish to have.”

Jaminie has worked for Crisis & Suicide prevention centres and residential facilities for chronically mentally ill clients in crisis, and recovering addicts. Her practical experience also includes the Elizabeth Fry Drug & Alcohol Counselling program; Family Services - Vancouver Incest and Sexual Abuse Centre; and the Vancouver School Board where she taught classes in development and communications. Jasminie loves to share her practical experience from 20 years in the field working as a therapist along with facilitating thousands of groups, with her clients in her private practice.

Jaminie’s supervision style is based on the following:

  • Support and empathy
  • Increasing your confidence in your clinical decisions
  • Alleviating the weight of your sense of responsibility
  • Maintenance of appropriate balance and boundaries
  • Stimulation of your inner resources to expand on your therapeutic options
  • Reflective responses to highlight your feelings, e.g. anxiety; over-involvement; fatigue from responsibility overload
  • Feedback regarding theoretical consistency in your approach

Additional Work Experience:

  • Drug & Alcohol programs
  • Teaching: Personal Development; Relationships; Communication; Assertiveness; Finding Goals & Direction
  • In private practice - adults, couples, and parents & children - depression, anxiety, recent and historical trauma from abuse, sexual assault, accidents and loss, parenting, parenting after separation, grief, transitions including divorce and career change, and creative blocks

Phone: 604-802-4126

“It's a funny thing about life;
if you refuse to accept anything but the best,
you very often get it.”

Somerset Maugham

Individuals, Couples, Family & Workplace

Dr. Jim Browning is a registered Psychologist with a private practice in West Vancouver and in the downtown core of Vancouver. Jim provides assessment, therapy and consultation to an adult and adolescent population with an emphasis on psychological concerns, individuals, couples issues, family violence, substance abuse, disability and workplace issues.

A Certified Substance Abuse Professional, Jim has first hand experience with residential treatment and outpatient treatment programs along with years of direct work with a major employee assistance program. Importantly, Jim has done critical research on the treatment of substance abusers and the social problems related to substance abuse resulting in a street-wise, practical and tested approach to treatment and recovery.  "Jim is very comfortable with both men and women. For those men who need to talk to another man, Jim is a great choice!"

Jim’s approach to substance abuse treatment:

  1. Assessment to determine motivation, the presence of co-occurring disorders, health concerns & current social supports
  2. Referral to residential treatment if warranted,
  3. Enhance motivation and reduce minimization of the problem with a goal of abstinence in most cases,
  4. Identification of triggers for substance use and the development of alternative coping skills,
  5. Treatment of contributing mood disorders and relationship issues,
  6. Coordination with the physician regarding medical aspects of the case,
  7. Encouragement of consistent involvement in AA/NA for group support and public commitment,
  8. Relapse prevention.

Other area’s of practice include:

Psychological Disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety)

Family Violence, Anger Management

Relationship Counselling

Disability Management

Post Trauma

Jim recommends breathing exercises, relaxation, cognitive behavioural therapy, gradual exposure, nutrition and physical exercise as important components during times of
discovery, treatment and recovery.

For either location, please phone: 604-473-6465

Registered Clinical Counsellor

Lee has a Masters degree in counselling from Antioch University, and is an experienced teacher and supervisor, as well as a practitioner of counselling and psychotherapy.
Some Background:
- Counselled in mental health agencies
- Worked in residential addictions treatment
- Facilitated support groups for people with anxiety disorders
- Counselled individuals and groups in private practice
- Taught counselling for Vancouver Community College, the Counsellor Training Institute, and the Addictions Counselling Program of Medicine Hat College
- Supervised student and lay counselors
- Taught Gestalt theory for the Gestalt Experiential Training Institute in Vancouver, and written about it for The British Gestalt Journal and for publications in the US and France.

For over 20 years, Lee has helped people struggling with:
• addiction
• depression and anxiety
• suicidal thoughts and feelings
• relationship difficulties
• workplace and education issues

Phone: 250-888-6825
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Supervisor,
Art Therapist

Located in North Vancouver, BC
Linda believes in helping her clients develop a sense of personal empowerment through acknowledging their existing strengths and resources and using these to work through challenging times in their lives.

As a Clinical Counsellor, Linda provides assessment, evaluation and treatment of mental, emotional, behavioural and spiritual challenges.

Linda also incorporates Art Therapy, a special language all its own, providing effective treatment for adults, adolescents and children who have experienced trauma that is impossible or very difficult to express in words.

FULL SERVICES PROVIDED:

  • Effective treatment for substance misuse and other compulsive behaviours.
  • Support, education and guidance for families in transition.
  • Strategies for dealing with grief and loss.
  • Self care for managing difficult physical conditions, i.e. chronic stress/fatigue, burnout or physical illness.
  • More effective relationship skills
  • - Enhanced communication
  • - Greater emotional and physical intimacy
  • - Resolution of power struggles
  • - Comprehensive treatment of physical, emotional and sexual trauma
  • Personal growth & development
  • - Enhance your creativity through art, journaling, meditation and breath work
  • - Explore family of origin influences
  • - Improve self esteem and personal effectiveness

For the past 14 years Linda has complimented her Private Practice working within non-profit agencies such as Family Services of Greater Vancouver, North Shore Crisis Services and ACT II Child & Family Services. Linda is also instructor at the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute teaching Clinical Assessment and Case Study Preparation to post graduate students already working as professional therapists

Please Phone: (604) 317-6629

Willow House Wellness Ltd.
Trained and experienced in working with a broad spectrum of issues, Michele specializes in working with adults who are suffering from addictions, trauma, depression and anxiety. Michele’s clients come from a wide variety of cultures from within the home and the workplace. Michele is particularly proud of her years of success working with First Nations people.

Her counselling design, which transcends the usual approaches in therapy, is to help each client access solutions through a proven 2-step formula. The benefits of her methods are well documented in the scientific research.

1) The mind-body concept, the connection between emotional duress and physical symptoms, is a focal point of this approach. This step utilizes various energy psychologies, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Self Regulation theory and Thought Field Therapy/Emotional Freedom Techniques.

2) Utilizing a cognitive behavioural model, which promotes rational thinking, Michele teaches a reality-based belief system that can transform your life and elevate feelings of self-sufficiency for your future.
Her certification in this approach is rare which gives each client a distinct advantage.

Located in a comfortable character house in New Westminster, BC, Michele provides services in Greater Vancouver, including Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Richmond, and Surrey. Appointments are typically booked on weekdays, between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm. However, occasional evenings and Saturdays are also available.

For a free 20-minute phone consultation
Phone: 604 515-9727

Individual, Relational & Group Therapy
At the Shanti Counselling Centre our focus is on holistic wellness – therapy for the mind, body, and spirit.  We provide individual, relational, and group therapy for people who are looking for greater peace in their lives.  Our team of therapists have expertise in the following areas:Addictions - Anxiety - Abuse - Body Image – Communication – Depression - Grief/Loss – Parenting - Problematic Eating – Relationships - Self-Esteem – Sexuality - Trauma

We offer free services to people who struggle with problematic gambling, or anyone impacted by the gambling of someone else.  For non-gambling clients we offer a fee structure based on sliding scale.

Our Counsellors: Danielle Duplassie M.A. – Joanne Chiu M.C. – Gwyneth Bowen M.Ed. Signe Wiingaard MSc – Kim Roth MA
Phone: 604-773-3100

International Certified Alcohol & Drug Counsellor

Addiction Counselling & Education
Recovery Coaching
Continuing Care Programs

“There is life without alcohol and drugs”

Sharon offers understanding, hope and restoration of personal dignity for individuals and concerned loved ones affected by chemical dependency.

Equipped with many years of experience and valuable personal insight, she is deeply committed to helping those struggling with the frightening and shaming effects of substance abuse and the destructive patterns of co-dependency. Sharon’s approach embodies sensitivity, compassion, empathy and respect.

Working with individuals, families and groups, she offers a variety of Addiction Services, including Stage 1 and Stage 2 Recovery Coaching, Pre and Post Treatment Care, Relapse Prevention, Educational Workshops, Assessment, Referral, Spiritual Guidance and Consultation.

Serving the North Shore, Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and surrounding areas, her office is located in West Vancouver at 100 Park Royal Tower where she is an associate of:


Phone: 604-922-3378

“It’s all about change”

Emotional Sobriety

Sue Diamond Potts’s approach to drug and alcohol counselling and trauma therapy is holistic. Sue’s focus is on the healing of your whole person, not just your symptoms (such as your substance abuse, anxiety or depression). Your emotions, thoughts, beliefs, sensations and behaviors make up your whole experience and are all connected.

Sue’s journey has led her to successful relationships with a multi-ethnic clientele, and is especially sensitive to the unique issues of immigration, cultural self-hate, and the intergenerational effects of war trauma, childhood abuse, alcohol and drug abuse and other addictive behaviors.

After over 25 years experience in the counselling field and a lifetime of experience with trauma and alcohol and drug abuse, Sue offers this claim;
“What you need to know is that no matter how devastating your addiction has been I am certain that you can find the skills necessary to heal with confidence and optimism. No matter how affected you have been by traumatic events in your life, I know that it is possible for you to move beyond your trauma and your addiction to live with joy and purpose.”

If you are interested in how you can heal from
addiction and/or trauma,
please don’t hesitate to call
Sue Diamond Potts.

Serving Vancouver, the Lower Mainland,
North Vancouver, West Vancouver,
Sunshine Coast and Washington State.

Phone: 604-682-1484

Addiction Doctors in B.C. Back to Top Next Section


Burns Lake, B.C.
Dr. M.R. Whittle
250-295-3220

Chilliwack, B.C.
Dr. L. Tewfik-Moussa
604-792-4909

Comox, B.C.
Dr. B.C. Fehlau
250-339-2266

Cumberland, B.C.
Dr. R.T. Brown
250.336-2221

Kamloops, B.C,
Dr. R.N. Baker
250.374-6566

Dr. W.P. Bishop
250.376-7412

Kelowna, B.C.
Dr. Grant Smith
250.763-7448

Maple Ridge, B.C.
Dr. M.M. Milewski
604.463-8877

Nanaimo, B.C.
Dr. P.A. Gooch
250.753-5455

Dr. R. Keith Phillips
250.753-3431

New Westminster, B.C.
Dr. D.S. Coleman
604.525-5211

Dr. D.G. Hedges
604.525-5211

Dr. Paul Soby
604.521-7784

North Vancouver, B.C.
Dr. P.D. Clark
604.988-6355

Pentiction, B.C.
Dr. L. Westby
250.490-9378

Prince George, B.C.
Dr. D.G. Dahlstrom
250.564-5535
Dr. M.J. O’Malley

Nelson, B.C.
Dr. G.R. Falck
250.352-2311

Revelstoke, B.C.
Dr. G.L. Woodman
250.837-9321

Richmond, B.C.
HealthQuest
Dr. Ray Baker
604-718-6929

Dr. Paul Farnan
604-718-6929

Surrey, B.C.
Dr. K.C. Hunter
604.590-5811

Vancouver, B.C.
Perinatal Addiction Services - B.C. Women’s Hospital
Dr. R.R. Abrahams
Dr. G.C. Hunt
604-875-2032

Vernon, B.C.
Dr. R.J.H. Ross
250.545-5321

Victoria, B.C.
Dr. Donna Clements
250.381-8901

Winfield, B.C.
Dr. Brian Martin
250.766-3938

Alcohol & Drug Outpatient Clinics/Counsellors Back to Top Next Section

Abbotsford Community Services
1.604-850-5106

Alternatives Counselling - North Vancouver, B.C.
604.984-0255

Burnaby Clinic - Burnaby Hospital
604.453-1910

Chilliwack Addiction Services
1.604-824-6883

Delta Assist Family Services
604.594-3455

Deyas Counselling - Vancouver, B.C.
604.685-7300

Dual Diagnosis - Vancouver, B.C.
604.255-9843

Fraser House - Mission, B.C.
1.604-826-6810

Greater Vancouver Family Services
604.421-2228

Health Nurse
219 Main St. 604.660-9695
1058 Seymour St. 604.660-6776
South Delta 604.943-8610

Langley Family Services
604.534-7921

Maple Ridge ADP
604.467-5179

Pacific Spirit - Vancouver, B.C.
604.267-3970

Peace Arch Community Services
604.538-2522

Perspectives - New Westminster, B.C.
604.522-3722

RADS - Richmond, B.C.
604.270-9220

Seniors Well Aware Program - Vancouver, B.C.
604.524-8994

SHARE Tri Cities Mental Health - Pt. Coquitlam, B.C.
604.464-3164

SHARE 2 - Port Moody, B.C.
604.936-3900

Substance Abuse Services - Abbotsford, B.C.
1.606-850-5106

Surrey Clinic - Surrey, B.C.
604.953-4900

Three Bridges Clinic - Vancouver, B.C.
604.736-9844

Vancouver Daytox
604.658-1278

VIDUS - Vancouver, B.C.
604.685-5533

Additional Addiction Services Back to Top Next Section

Freedom to be…all that you are
Agora Regeneration Clinics, the first of its kind to address the physical detoxification process from a Naturopathic perspective, and to offer the regeneration and restoration of the neuroreceptors of the brain, damaged by the use of drugs and/or alcohol.There is the remarkable gentleness of the withdrawal process without the usual adverse side effects. Within a few days, everyone in the program begins to feel a calmness and a sense of well-being unlike anything they have experienced in recent years.
Encouraging a workplace free from substance abuse!

The BC Council on Substance Abuse provides leadership in the development of a workplace free from substance abuse.
The Council will provide programs for use by the employer to assist in reaching their goals to providing a safe work environment.
“Our aim is to provide help, where help is needed, not to moralize about substance abuse”.

Burnaby Addiction Services offers individual, couple, and family counselling to people concerned about their alcohol and drug use or their gambling. We also counsel family members and friends who are affected by the substance use or gambling of those close to them. We regularly offer support and therapy groups to clients and community members.

Features:

  • Confidential individual, couple, and family counselling
  • Male and female counsellors available
  • Alcohol and drug and gambling assessment and referral
  • Treatment preparation and planning
  • Support groups for recovering people and affected family members
  • Community presentations on alcohol, other drug and problem gambling issues upon request
“What we cannot do alone, we can do together”
At Avalon Women's Centres we offer a warm, supportive environment, where women seeking recovery can come for resources and meet other women who know what they're going through. Or just come for coffee, read a book from our library, help themself to a new(ish) outfit from our closet, or just sit, relax and 'be'. No pressure.
The women at Avalon represent a true cross-section of our society and come to us from throughout the Lower Mainland of Vancouver.Women suffering from the disease of addiction are daughters, mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, doctors, lawyers, employees and employers; we are of every race; we are of every religion; we are of all ages.
Mission Statement:
Burnaby Counselling Group is a charitable non-profit society serving God both within the church and the larger community by providing spiritually sensitive and psychologically skillful counseling, training and teaching, in order to strengthen relationships and foster emotional, mental and spiritual maturity. We have dedicated, qualified therapists with more than a hundred years of combined experience. We offer professional and pastoral counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups from all walks of life.
New Direction for New Canadians
DIVERSE city community resources society is a registered non-profit agency offering a wide range of services and programs to the immigrant and refugee communities of Surrey, Delta, White Rock and Langley. DIVERSE city community resources society is accredited by the `Council on Accreditation’ (COA) and its services are delivered through five main departments, namely:
Delivering a wide range of vital outreach services to the street-involved people of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside." The nature of all DEYAS services is the provision of "windows of opportunity" for clients wanting to make lifestyle changes or to exit the street.
Strengthening People, Families & Communities
At some point in life, everyone gets stuck. Since 1928, people experiencing challenges have been turning to Family Services of Greater Vancouver—a community-based not-for-profit organization providing crucial social services to children, youth, adults, and families across Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Surrey. We offer support, provide hope, and present opportunities—helping people realize and create possibilities for themselves. All of our work is about building healthy, vibrant tomorrows.
Counselling & Support-Youth Services-Addiction Services-Community Education-Employment & Skills-Adoption Services-Employee Assistance
Addiction Services

When most people think about health care, they think of their local hospital, but Fraser Health is much more. We're a network from Burnaby to White Rock to Hope of integrated health services working together to meet your health care needs.
We are the community hospital where you go to repair the broken leg you suffered on a weekend ski trip; the referral hospital where specialists save the life of your newborn after a high-risk birth; the residential care facility or assisted living facility where your elderly loved one receives care; the public health unit where your new baby is weighed and immunized; the mental health and addictions office where you can get support if you suspect a family member is suffering from depression or substance abuse; the home health workers who visit your disabled neighbour and offer the support needed to live independently; and the environmental health officers who monitor everything from your favourite local restaurant to your drinking water. (Click on any link above for contact information.)

Alcohol & Drug Direct Help Line

Alcohol and Drug 604 660-9382
Outside Lower Mainland: 1 800 663-1441
For people needing help with any kind of substance abuse. Referrals include treatment services for adults and youth, education/prevention resources, self-help groups, contacts for fetal alcohol syndrome and other addiction concerns. Funded by the Ministry of Health. Hours: 24 hours, seven days a week.

Angels Highly Recommended!
"Celebrating the inner strength and beauty of everyBody"
Jessie's Hope, a non-profit organization, has been educating, supporting and advocating for services around the issue of eating and weight disturbances in the province of British Columbia since 1985. 2006 brings a new focus: prevention of eating and weight disturbance issues. Read more about our new direction>>
Drug Education & Treatment
Drug Education Prevention Video for Schools: For the past 39 years, Narconon perfected its drug education delivery to ensure that our message regarding the truth about drugs did come across to kids of all ages. We give children real understanding regarding the effects of drugs so they can make the right decision when they are presented with drugs and no adults are around.
Quality Social Services Since 1964
An award winning, accredited, not-for-profit society serving Lower Mainland communities since 1984. The agency provides addictions, special education, employment, counselling, housing and cultural enrichment services for children, youth, adults and families. We currently deliver more than 40 programs serving thousands of individuals from Vancouver to Chilliwack.
Youth Detox Services

Youth Detox Services
We provide a community-based service for young people 21 years and under (preference given to 19 and under) who require detox services and reside in New Westminster, Burnaby, Vancouver, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Sechelt or Squamish.

  • Residence is in a specialized PLEA family home.
  • Our addiction counsellor arranges a treatment plan and oversees and supports the placement. This is a non-medical service.
  • Maximum length of stay is ten days.
    Referrals may be made by schools, doctors, and other agencies or directly by the young person by calling the Youth Detox line toll free: 1(866) 658 1221.
Dedicated to those who self-injure
S.A.F.E in B.C. dedicates its resources to reducing the burden of suffering caused by self- abuse. The services are available to all adolescents and adults without discrimination, recognising that people with differing ages and backgrounds may need different approaches to healing.
We Offer: Therapeutic services directly to those who self-abuse and their families and friends. Training to professionals who may meet people who self-abuse in the course of their work.
We develop programs and tools to facilitate our vision of help to those confronted with the problem of self-abuse.
“Self-abuse is defined as repeated episodes of non-lethal self-inflicted injuries and overdoses.”
The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.
Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra) and adjacent communities.

Adult Addiction Services : Outpatient counselling services for individuals and families who are experiencing problems related to drug/alcohol misuse, including education, assessment, planning, counselling, referral and prevention.

For intake or more information call 604.936.3900.

Our mission:
To promote the physical, mental, social, environmental and spiritual well-being of the senior population who are facing unique challenges that include social isolation, substance misuse and abuse and elder abuse. These challenges are addressed by SWAP through the provision of outreach, withdrawal management (where appropriate), individual and group counselling, advocacy and community development.
“Serving 6 locations in the Fraser Valley”
Our RITE/WRITE ( Men and Women Reaching Independence through Employment) program is a gender specific, six week, group facilitated employment program that is NO COST to participants. It enables participants to recognize and overcome their barriers to employment, make informed and appropriate career choices, and obtain and maintain employment .
Since 1998 our programs have assisted those with multiple barriers to employment. Each office employs an Addictions Counsellor, Anger Management Specialist, Personal Development Facilitator, Employment Counsellor and Job Developer with the skills and expertise to identify, address and help resolve barriers to employment.
Clients with unique barriers may also be referred to the appropriate service program/agency. Clients learn both through workshops and one-to-one counselling. Hear what our clients say!
The Vancouver Aboriginal Council is an Aboriginal Community development organization dedicated to developing and nurturing collaborative working relationships, information sharing, and partnerships between 35 to 40 Aboriginal service provider organizations and agencies in Vancouver.
ESTABLISHED in 1991, Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS) delivers medical, counseling and social services, with an emphasis on providing care to the Aboriginal community. All programs are accessible without fees to native and non-native individuals residing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. This "ghettoized" neighborhood is home to most of the Lower Mainland's most marginalized society: substance dependent individuals, the mentally ill, homeless, immigrants, troubled youth and First Nations people.
Rapid Opiate Detoxification under Anaesthesia (RODA)
(RODA) is a means of withdrawing from opiates (heroin, opium, codeine, methadone, etc.). It is a more comfortable and quicker means of doing so than both the typical “cold turkey” and “valium and clonidine” home withdrawal methods. Although not a means of treating the underlying addiction itself, it should be seen as an important “start” of a more comprehensive addiction treatment program. Western Canada Detox Centre has been accredited by the College of Physician and Surgeons of British Columbia.
Various Locations in B.C.

The Women's Dew Program is an alternative to residential addiction treatment for women. It offers women the opportunity to build recovery skills that work while living at home. Women attend the program Monday through Thursday, usually between 10:00 am and 2:30 pm. Designed specifically to address women's recovery needs, the Women's Dew Program is offered in a group therapy setting that helps each participant connect with her own inner wisdom. Women in the group join together to support one another, discover their strengths, and recover the living skills that addiction takes away.

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Methadone Clinics in B.C.
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  • Gemini Services Clinic 1
    Unit B-45910 Alexander Avenue
    Chilliwack, BC V2P 1L7
    Ph: 1-604-793-3757
  • Gemini Services Clinic 2
    33786 George Ferguson Way
    Abbotsford, BC V2S 2M6
    Ph: 1-604-870-9925
    Fax: 1-604-870-9825
    Toll Free: 1-866-870-9925
  • Campbell River Clinic
    1405 Spruce Street
    Campbell River, BC V9W 7K1
    Ph: 250-286-1334
  • Columbia Coast Addictions Services
    151 Beech Street
    Campbell River, BC V9W 5G4
    Ph: 250-287-4822
    Fax: 250-286-4842
Phoenix Centre
922 3RD Avenue
Kamloops, BC V2C 6W5
Ph: 250-374-4634
Fax: 250-374-2244 / 250-374-462
Gardell ∓ Associates Consultant Ltd
549A Lawrence Avenue
Kelowna, BC V1Y 6L8
Ph: 250-868-1411
Fax: 250-868-1457
These four Methadone Centers also serve British Columbia's lower mainland. For more information and contact details, please visit Yaletown, Park City, Royal Oak, and 3 Pillars.
  • Avi Health Centre
    216-55 Victoria Road
    Nanaimo, BC V9R 5N9
    Ph: 250-754-9111
    Fax: 250-754-9888
  • Gardell ∓ Associates Consultant Ltd
    4-10 Commercial Street
    Nanaimo, BC V9R 5G2
    Ph: 250-753-5455
    Fax: 250-753-5450
  • Duncan Clinic
    203-149 Ingram Street
    Duncan, BC V9L 1N8
    Ph: 250-746-8644
    Fax: 250-746-8409
  • Bio-Scan (Stroh Health)
    301-7337 137TH Street
    Surrey, BC V3W 1A4
    Ph: 604-599-4321
    Fax: 604-599-4821
  • Lower Mainland Drug Freedom Inc
    25 Blackwood Street
    New Westminster, BC V3L 2T3
    Ph: 604-520-1068
    Fax: 604-520-3435
  • New Beginnings Clinic
    10690 135A Street
    Surrey, BC V3T 4E2
    Ph: 604-582-1068
    Fax: 604-582-1062
  • Park City Clinic Ltd
    103-10216 128TH Street
    Surrey, BC V3T 2Z3
    Ph: 604-585-4385
    Fax: 604-585-4383
Central Interior Native Health Centre
1110 4th Avenue
Prince George, BC V2L 3J3
Ph: 250-564-4422
Fax: 250-564-8900
**FREE CLINIC**
Gilwest Clinic/Population Health
7000 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC V6X 1A2
Ph: 604-233-3109
Fax: 604-233-3198
Appt: 604-233-3100
  • BIO-SCAN (Courtesy Dosing)
    714-750 West Broadway
    Vancouver, BC V5Z 1H6
    Ph: 604-879-1196
    Fax: 604-879-1197
  • Evergreen Community Health Centre
    3425 Crowley Drive
    Vancouver, BC V5R 6G3
    Ph: 604-707-3620
    Wednesday & every 2nd Thursday 8:30am - 12pm
    (Cedar Cottage, Hastings, Renfrew Collingwood areas)
  • Pacific Spirit Community Health Centre
    2110 West 43rd Avenue
    Vancouver, BC V6M 2E1
    Ph: 604-267-3970
    Tuesday 8:30am - 1:45pm
    (West area: Arbutus, Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Jericho, Southlands, Shaughnessy, University Lands, West Point Grey areas preferred)
    **FREE CLINIC**
  • Pender Community Health Centre
    59 Pender Street West
    Vancouver, BC V6B 1R3
    Ph: 604-669-9181
    Fax: 604-688-9775
    **FREE CLINIC**
  • Raven Song Community Health Centre
    2450 Ontario Street (8th)
    Vancouver, BC V5T 4T7
    Ph: 604-709-6400
    Fax: 604-879-9173
    Wednesday & Thursday 1:30pm-4:30pm
    (Mount Pleasant, Kensington, Riley Park, South Cambie areas)
    **FREE CLINIC**
    but needs to be involved w/counselor or case manager
  • Royal Oak Clinic
    2127A Kingsway
    Vancouver, BC V5N 2T4
    Ph: 604-438-6184
    Fax: 604-438-6194
  • Three Pillars Clinic
    412 East Hastings Street
    Vancouver, BC V6A 1P5
    Ph: 604-216-2530
    Fax: 604-216-2531
  • Vancouver Native Health Society
    449 East Hastings Street
    Vancouver, BC V6A 1P5
    Ph: 604-255-9766
    Fax: 604-254-5750
    **FREE CLINIC**
  • Yale Medical Centre
    1280 Granville Street
    Vancouver, BC V6Z 3B2
    Ph: 604-682-2141
    Fax: 604-682-2151
Outreach Services Clinic
2004 Fernwood Road
Victoria, BC V8T 2Y9
Ph: 250-480-1232
Fax: 250-480-1231

Detox Centres
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Adult Detox Services

Easy Access to Detox
ACCESS CENTRAL – Detox Referral Line - Vancouver, B.C.
604.646-6808

Cordova Detox – (Harbour Light)
119 E Cordova Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1K8
604.646-6808 (referral through ACCESS CENTRAL)
Community based residential safe, supportive environment for individuals withdrawing from the acute effects of alcohol or other drugs.

Chilliwack Detox Centre - Chilliwack, B.C.
1.604-703-6986

Creekside Withdrawal - Surrey, B.C.
604.587-3755 

DAYTOX - Vancouver, B.C.
866.658.1221 (initial referral through ACCESS CENTRAL)
604-658-1278 (for appointments)
Home detox day program for individuals whose substance misuse does not require residential detox. Structured program with scheduled appointments offering counselling, education, support, acupuncture and alternative therapies.

Seniors Well Aware Program - Vancouver, B.C.
303-1290 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1W2
866.658.1221 (referral through ACCESS CENTRAL)
http://www.vch.ca/swap
Community-based home detox program for seniors.

Vancouver Detox
377 East 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5T 1B9
604.646-6808 (referral through ACCESS CENTRAL)
Residential safe, supportive environment for individuals withdrawing from the acute effects of alcohol or other drugs.

Youth Detox Services

Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society (DEYAS-Watari)
432 East Hastings St. Vancouver, B.C.
604-251-7615
Residential Detox Services for youth 12-21 (Assessment, 24 hour supervision, after care and support) 6 beds; 3-7 days.

Family Services of Greater Vancouver
Mailing Address: 202-1193 Kingsway Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3C9
604-872-4349
www.fsgv.ca
Residential Detox Services for youth 12-21 (Assessment, 24 hour supervision, after care and support) 2 beds; 3-7 days.

Pacific Legal Education Association (PLEA)
3894 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 4G2
604-871-0450
Pager Intake: 604-891-1082