Counselling Services

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NEC Counselling

Our licensed counsellors provide a safe and confidential environment to help our Indigenous learner’s transition into student life. Whether it’s working through anxiety, depression, or grief, our counsellors can help. Students can either drop-in or make an appointment.

Personal Counselling

Our licensed counsellors provide support for various personal situations including:

Relationship difficulties Depression Anxiety Building coping skills Self-esteem Suicidal thoughts Grief and loss Abuse in intimate relationships Survivors of childhood sexual abuse Adult sexual assault Survivors of Indian Residential Schools and/or foster care

Support for a Crisis Situation

For crisis situations, our licensed counsellors can help you work through issues including:

• Suicidal thoughts or feelings
• Threats of physical harm or assault
• Extreme anxiety or panic attacks
• The sudden death of a student, staff or faculty member

 

Workshops

Workshop and group offerings vary throughout the year. If you are interested in a workshop or group that is not presently offered, please contact us with your interest at fvrc@necvancouver.org. If we have sufficient interest in a workshop or group, we will offer it as soon as possible.

Workshop topics:

• Coping with Anxiety & Grounding Activities
• Getting Things Done": Change Process & Goal Setting
• Healthy Relationships, Healthy Boundaries
• Lateral Violence & Toolkit Ideas for Lateral Kindness
• Life Writing: Applications for Healing and Wellbeing
• Lifting the Fog: Coping with Depression
• Medicine Wheel Teachings
• Photovoice & Applications for Individual Wellness
• Resilience & Strength-Based Approaches to Wellness (Narrative Therapy)
• 7 Grandfather Teachings (Love, Courage, Humility, Honesty, Respect, Truth, Wisdom)

 

Groups