Castlegar & District Community Services Society serves a wide and diverse range of people with a variety of programs, from long-range counselling to short term groups.
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Services Offered
Children Who Witness Violence Counselling CWWA program delivers counselling services to children who witnessed violence or directly experienced violence in their lives. The goal of the CWWA program is to interrupt the cycle of violence, provide healthy ways to deal with conflict, to be able to identify healthier ways of relating, and to strengthen a positive regard for self and others.
Family Support Counselling The Family Support Team consists of a team of both Family Support Counselors and a Family Support Worker. Three areas specific to the Family Support Program include: * Family advancement - refers to supporting families in gaining new skills, such as communication skills and conflict resolution, to assist in effectively address issues occurring within the family system. These issues may comprise of child behavioral issues, differing parental styles, and/or co-parenting.
* Skill acquisition - refers to the utilization of newly learned skills by families, teens, and parents in order to effectively work on their identified issues. These skills may consist of learning new communication styles, creating an understanding of co-parenting within divorce situations, and awareness of techniques to try while working with children who display difficult behaviors.
* Parent-teen mediation - refers to supporting parents and their teens in communicating their needs to one another. Through mediation, parents and teens can begin to have the platform to express their issues in a safe, non-judgmental manner and enhance their communication within their family system.
Sexual Abuse Intervention Counselling for Children (SAIP) SAIP program has a mandate to provide counselling with a clinical treatment plan to children under the age of 19 who have disclosed sexual abuse.
The SAIP counselor can also work with children and families who have concerns where sexual abuse may have occurred but there has been no disclosure, however there is a presenting issue where sexual abuse is suspected.
Stopping the Violence Counselling This counselling program provides free and confidential individual and group counselling to women experiencing emotional, physical, sexual, psychological, social and economic abuse.
Fees and Payment
Services are free of charge.
This is a registered charity.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Pro-bono
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.