• Mental wellness center Penticton
  • Provides services for those affected by mental health, their friends and family members.
  • Services include family support groups, individual and family support, Kids & Teens in control, peer support program, youth recovery journey, a free education program: Strengthening Families together, helping Canadians live with mental illness, and Martin House for youth and young adults age 16-30.
  • http://www.mentalwellnesscentresos.com
  • They can be reached over email: bcsspenticton@shaw.ca OR called at 250-493-7338
• Foundry Penticton Office
  • Offers young people age 12-24 access to mental health services and substance use support, primary care, peer support and social services.
  • Walk in services are Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00pm – 5:00pm.
    • These walk in services include: primary care, counselling, access and intake, youth navigation and peer support.
  • The services listed are also available by appointment.
  • https://foundrybc.ca/penticton
  • They can be reached at FoundryPenticton@OneSkyCommunity.com OR 778-646-2292
• Child Youth and Mental Health Penticton
  • There are many chapters across all of B.C. Those living in Cawston, Hedley, Keremos, O’lalla, Oliver, Osoyoos, and Princeton can access this chapter.
  • Children and youth can access free community-based mental health supports and services.
  • In order to access the services for free, there is an intake process that includes a 45-90 minute interview (which gets some background information from the youth and family) and then they are directed to the services that will best fit their needs. Youth 13+ are encouraged here to have their guardians present during the interview.
  • https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/mental-health-substance-use/child-teen-mental-health
  • This office can be reached at 250-487-4422
• Okanagan College Counselling Services
  • This is for students of the college in Penticton. The counsellor can help students with personal, academic, or social issues that students may be struggling with.
  • Sarah Lefebure Warriner is the counsellor on this campus.
    • slefebure@okanagan.bc.ca
    • She uses person-centered, holistic approach. She specializes in areas of identity, self-esteem, grief and loss, supporting LGBTQ students, mental health and well-being.
  • https://www.okanagan.bc.ca/counselling-services
• Okanagan Clinical Counselling Services
  • Provide individual, couples, children, family, and group counselling.
  • They offer a free 20 minute consultation to make sure you get matched with a clinician that best suits what you need.
  • They specialize in the following areas: “depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance use, difficult life transitions, trauma, grief, divorce, sexuality and more.”
  • They offer workshops, specialty counselling services and subsidized counselling programs. They offer a variety of different approaches such as EMDR trauma therapy.
  • https://okclinical.com
  • They can be reached at: info@okclinical.com OR 250-718-9291
• Vickie Kampe @ Penticton Counselling
  • Vickie Kampe is a registered clinical counsellor.
  • She provides individual, couples, and group therapy. She uses Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Motivational Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Family Systems therapy. These approaches are used for depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, stress management, interpersonal problems, work and career issues, unresolved and complicated grief.
  • These approaches are mixed together to be personalized to best fit what you need!
  • http://www.pentictoncounselling.com/
  • She can be reached at 250-488-8873 OR through email on the website above in the contact page.
• Stepping Stones Counselling Group
  • The main office is located in Kelowna but they do offer online counselling for the areas surrounding.
  • Online therapy is a useful tool that can be done wherever you are and especially with the COVID-19 pandemic, it can keep you and the counsellor safe.
  • They offer services for individuals, children, teens, adults, families, couples, and they offer group problems. Additional services are behavioural consultation, occupational therapy, and autism services.
  • Approaches they use are play therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, applied behaviour analysis services, art therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, neurotherapy/neurofeedback, eye movement desensitization reprocessing therapy (EMDR), animal assisted therapy and groups, and theraplay.
  • https://www.steppingstonesokanagan.ca/
  • This office can be reached at info@steppingstonesokanaga.ca OR 250-763-7414
• Hive counselling
  • Hive counselling is an online counselling service offered in B.C.
  • This counselling offers trauma-focused therapy, disability justice-informed therapy, person-centered therapy and psychodynamic approach. These approaches are offered to individuals, couples, and groups.
  • This agency is welcoming to all in the LGBTQ community, those exploring their sexuality and gender, and in a polyamorous relationship.
  • https://www.hivecounselling.com/
  • They can be reached at poe@hivecounselling.com OR 778-200-3189
• SOWINS (South Okanagan Women in Need Society)
  • This agency offers programs for shelter, safety, and support when fleeing abusive relationships. SOWINS mission is to support individuals in the recovery from the impact of violence and abuse and ensuring that all individuals have the ability to have safe and healthy lives.
  • Programs offered here is an emergency shelter (250-493-7233), female youth bed (250-493-7233), women’s counselling (250-493-4366), Children and youth counselling (250-493-4366) and SAFExst program (236-422-1488).
  • https://sowins.com/
  • They can be reached at info@sowins.com OR the numbers listed above (250-493-4366 is the administrative office number as well).
  • For crisis and emergency shelter call 1-800-814-2033
• One Sky Community Resources
  • They have programs in early childhood, sexual abuse, FASD, youth engagement, transit, harm reduction, personal supports, residential services, home share, seniors services and way more!
  • https://oneskycommunity.com/
  • They can be reached at (250) 492-5814

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