Free, reduced-cost, and sliding-scale services
Counselling can be expensive. Please share, and help get the word out about affordable therapy.
Check out these free counselling resources:
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1-866-585-0445 (Wellness Together Canada) – Speak with a Homewood Health counsellor about anything that is on your mind.
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778-744-3488 (Free Counselling Society Canada) – Free virtual counselling with volunteer counsellors across Canada.
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1-800-668-6868 (Kids Help Phone) – Free telephone counselling for young people aged 5-25 years old.
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1-833-308-6379 (Foundry Virtual BC) – Free virtual counselling for young people aged 12-24 years old and their caregivers.
Megan Sutherland, MSW, RCSW, from Willow Tree Counselling in Vancouver, BC, maintains updated information on reduced-cost counselling, private sliding-scale counselling, and crisis services and helplines in BC. While many are based in Vancouver, some offer province-wide virtual services.
These lists are updated quarterly. Email megan@willowtreecounselling.ca to be notified quarterly when this list is revised.
See here for reduced-cost counselling options.
See here for private sliding-scale counsellors and clinics.
See here for crisis services and helplines.