Christine Riddell | BC Schizophrenia Society

  • Nanaimo Family Support Group

    Nanaimo Family Support Group
    Vancouver Island Regional Library 6250 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone  BCSS Vancouver Island Region is running in-person Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  BCSS Family Support Groups offer a safe and supportive environment...

  • Port Alberni Family Support Group

    Port Alberni Family Support Group
    Echo Aquatic and Fitness Centre (Hemlock Room) 4255 Wallace St, Port Alberni, BC, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone  BCSS Vancouver Island Region runs Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  This offers a safe and supportive environment for family and friends...

  • Vancouver Island Virtual LEAP Workshop

    BCSS Vancouver Island - Virtual Parksville, BC, Canada

    Join us for an interactive virtual workshop to learn and practice the LEAP method with other families, friends, and caregivers. LEAP (Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner®) is a set of evidence-based practices that create therapeutic alliances and trusting relationships with people suffering from severe mental illness. Designed to build and strengthen mutual respect, it helps people who are non-adherent,...

  • Vancouver Island Virtual LEAP Workshop

    BCSS Vancouver Island - Virtual Parksville, BC, Canada

    Join us for an interactive virtual workshop to learn and practice the LEAP method with other families, friends, and caregivers. LEAP (Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner®) is a set of evidence-based practices that create therapeutic alliances and trusting relationships with people suffering from severe mental illness. Designed to build and strengthen mutual respect, it helps people who are non-adherent,...

  • Nanaimo Family Support Group

    Nanaimo Family Support Group
    500 Bowen Road, Nanaimo Bowen Park Complex Room 2 - 500 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone  BCSS Vancouver Island Region is running in-person Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  BCSS Family Support Groups offer a safe and supportive environment...

  • We acknowledge that the lands on which BCSS operates and supports families are the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples. We are honoured and privileged to live and work on this land we all share. We are committed to reconciliation, decolonization, learning from and with Indigenous peoples, and building relationships within our communities.