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Health & Wellness

Phone: 604-982-7816
Intake Email: wellness@squamish.net

The team can coordinate various alternative healing and wellness services, including the development of personal wellness plans.

Phone: 604-982-7816
Intake Email: wellness@squamish.net

The Mental Health Intake Worker provides an initial response and support for community members in North Vancouver and Squamish Valley. Services include referrals to short-term crisis counselling, individual/couples/group counselling, and alternative healing and planning support regarding mental health issues.

The goal is to ensure client safety and provide fair and equitable access to various programs and services.

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Car 22

Car 22 is a program that pairs an RCMP officer and a clinical psychiatric nurse, or a clinician, to attend any mental health or substance use crisis. Car 22 also follows up and ensures the caller is on the right path and offers additional resources.

To access this service, Squamish People can email nvmental_health@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or call the North Vancouver RCMP non-emergency line at 604-985-1311 or the West Vancouver non-emergency RCMP line at 604-925-7300. In case of an emergency, Car 22 can also be dispatched via 911.

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CRCL: Crisis Response, Community Lead

CRCL is a mobile community-led team dedicated to responding to crisis calls associated with mental health issues on the North Shore. This initiative pairs a mental health professional with a peer worker to offer trauma-informed support to individuals aged 13 and older residing in the North Shore area.

For assistance, please reach out through the following channels:

Call: 1-888-261-7228

Text: 778-839-1831

Email: CRCL@cmhanorthshore.ca

Service Hours: 7 days a week, 8am-12:30am

Therapy

About Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Dialectical Behavior Therapy was developed by Psychologist Dr. Marsha Linehan at the University of Washington. Initially designed to address para-suicidal behavior, self-harm, and emotion dysregulation, it has proven effective for various other issues, including eating disorders, substance abuse, anxiety, and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy integrates elements of classical philosophy (Dialectics), behavioral psychology, and Zen Buddhism.

About Emotional Freedom Technique: Developed by Gary Craig, EFT or Tapping is an evidence-based stress reduction tool that can safely and gently manage anxiety, PTSD, and other conditions. EFT involves tapping acupressure points, sending a calming signal to the brain, allowing balanced energy, and reducing emotional and physical pain.

About Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Developed by Francine Shapiro, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is internationally recognized as an evidence-based therapy for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma-related symptoms. Our clinicians can make referrals to First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) providers who offer EMDR.

About Narrative Therapy: Created by Michael White and David Epston, narrative therapy aims to separate the individual from the problem, allowing them to externalize their issues rather than internalize them. It relies on the individual’s skills and sense of purpose to guide them through difficult times.

About Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR):TIR has been in use for over 30 years and is listed as an evidence-based practice for trauma and substance abuse. TIR is a brief, structured, and highly effective therapy for resolving the negative impact of trauma, whether recent or historic.

TIR provides relief from extreme negative emotional states, such as depression and anger while integrating humanistic, psychodynamic and behaviorist principles.

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Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician

The Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician starts from a place of each story is unique. Focusing on providing a respectful, safe, and empathetic space for sharing and collaborating to find meaningful, attainable and sustainable solutions. Support provided includes individual therapy employing cognitive-behavioral, dialectical-behavioral, and trauma modalities through a person-centered holistic and trauma-informed lens

Phone: 604-982-7816
Intake Email: wellness@squamish.net

Addictions Counsellors offer services to Members in North/West Vancouver and Squamish Valley.

The Addictions Counsellor assists Squamish People on their healing journey of recovery and wellness. Meeting them where they are at in their healing journey, guiding Squamish People on their path of sobriety and recovery as a personalized journey. The support provided includes in-person sessions and treatment centre applications. As a Squamish Person themselves the Addictions Counsellor also provides cultural support, including brush off and candling to support Squamish People in a holistic way.

Services include:

• One-to-one counselling.
• Support in completing treatment assessment/referral/application forms.
• Support in coordinating travel to and from treatment.
• Development of wellness plans, including pre- and post-treatment care.
• Prevention and awareness information.
• Support and coordination of community-based services (such as talking circles).
• Evening groups

Phone: 604-982-7816
Intake Email: wellness@squamish.net

Harm reduction focuses on the distribution of harm reduction supplies and overdose response supplies – including life-saving naloxone – and developing education, clinical practices, and policies to support harm reduction strategies and services. Under the harm reduction program, peer support is a resource for both Squamish People and our mental health and addiction providers, offering emotional support and patient advocacy, promoting health provider relationships that are trauma-informed, and client-centered to meet members where they are at.