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  • Okanagan/Thompson-Nicola Family Support Group – Virtual

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. BCSS Interior Region is running a joint virtual Family Support Group for family members and friends within the Okanagan and Thompson-Nicola regions, who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness. BCSS Family Support...

  • Lower Mainland Virtual Family Support Group

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    BCSS Vancouver Coastal Region is running virtual Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  Family Support Groups offer a safe and supportive environment for family and friends to share, ask questions, and connect with others who are also supporting a loved one with...

  • Nelson Family Support Group – Virtual

    Nelson Family Support Group – Virtual
    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. BCSS West Kooteney is running virtual 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...

  • Northern Interior Virtual Family Support Group

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. The Northern Interior is running virtual 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 for...

  • Northern Interior SMART Recovery Family & Friends Support Group

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. The Northern Interior is running virtual Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  It offers a safe and supportive environment for family and friends to...

  • Vancouver Island Virtual LEAP Workshop

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    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, or partially adherent, to become more cooperative and engaged in treatment and services, including medication, psychotherapy, psychosocial programs, club houses,...

  • Vancouver Island Virtual LEAP Workshop

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    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, or partially adherent, to become more cooperative and engaged in treatment and services, including medication, psychotherapy, psychosocial programs, club houses,...

  • Lower Mainland Virtual Strengthening Families Together

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Looking for tools to help you support your loved one with a mental illness? You are not alone. Vancouver Coastal Region is hosting a virtual Strengthening Families Together. This is a FREE six-session program for family members and caregivers. Get the opportunity to learn: Reliable information about mental illness, diagnosis, and treatment options Effective coping and communication skills...

  • 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.