Family Support Services (FSS) - Mental Health and Substance Use
Addictions / Substance Use, Family / Parenting, Mental Health - Adult, Mental Health - Child & Youth, and Mental Health - Senior
Provided by Fraser Health
Participants can expect:
- Individual coaching sessions with a clinical counsellor or family peer (up to eight sessions)
- Family and friends support groups
- Information sessions
- Education events and resources on mental wellness and psychosis
- Skill-building groups
- Family Connections Program (a group focused on building skills related to emotion challenges and offered with The Sashbear Foundation)
- Tools and resources about mental health, substance use, reducing harm and preventing overdoses, such as MindWell app to support their own mental health and wellbeing
- Help connecting clients with Fraser Health and other community services
- Family Huddle newsletter
- Navigating the health care system within the province
- Wellness planning
The service is provided in English. Language specific clinicians are available in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Provincial Language Services for interpreters are also available as needed.
Eligibility: Anyone aged 19+, including older adults:
- You are providing unpaid support to an adult or an older adult who is living with mental health and/or substance use concerns
- The person receiving mental health and substance use care must live within the Fraser Health region and connected to a Fraser Health Mental Health and Substance Use Service
- The family and natural supports can be living anywhere within Canada
1-833-898-6200
Public email: fss@fraserhealth.ca
Chilliwack and Fraser Health Rural Primary Care Centre - 104 7955 Evans Road, Chilliwack, British Columbia, V2R 5R7
North Delta Mental Health Centre - #203, 7327 137th Street, Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 1A4
New Westminster mental health Centre - 403 6th Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 3B1
Service is available in Cantonese, English, Hindi, Mandarin, Punjabi, and Urdu.
Interpreter available upon request.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Health professional referral
- Health Authority personnel referral
- Family physician or nurse practitioner referral
Details: To make a referral, clients and family and natural supports can call 1-833-898-6200 and leave a message with your name and contact number or send an email to fss@fraserhealth.ca. Family and natural supports can also self-refer by calling Fraser Health Access Line: Mental Health and Substance Use (Home of Access Central for Substance Use Services).
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Fraser Health:
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- Youth Concurrent Disorders Program
- Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Services (DDMHS) - Burnaby
Availability
Service area: Fraser Health Area + show cities
Service Types Provided
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided in a group in-person
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.