- Citizen Counselling (sliding scale counselling services)
- Employee Assistance Program (this is an explanation guide about EAP, which most often includes free counselling services and other free services, ask your HR person to know if your organization offers this service): https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/eap.html
- UVic staff and faculty: 1-844-880-9142
- UVic students: 1-800-387-4765
- Royal Roads staff and faculty: 1-800-481-5511
- Grief Counselling (free or low-cost counselling services)
- Single Parent Resource Centre (including free counselling, free closet, free market, etc.)
- Esquimalt Neighbourhood House Society (free counselling for adults)
- Neeed2 (suicide prevention, education and support)
- Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR, free or sliding scale counselling services available in multiple languages)
- Vancouver Island Crisis Society (crisis chat/text/phone services)
- Umbrella (various outreach, mental health, and substance use support services)
- Canadian Mental Health Association (country-wide crisis support)
- Mental Health Recovery Partners – South Island (free family and peer support services)
- Help Starts Here (access over 2500 service listings and resources related to mental health and substance use supports available in BC.)
- Hiiye’yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society (Offers low-barrier, no-cost counselling to adults in the Cowichan Valley)
- 310 Mental Health Support
(Call 310-6789 for emotional support, information and resources) - 1-800-SUICIDE
Call 1-800-784-2433 if you are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including thoughts of suicide