A registered clinical counsellor is specifically trained to help people improve and maintain their mental health and well-being.
Tips & Links
- You do not need a referral from a health care professional to see a clinical counsellor. However, your physician, family members, or those close to you may suggest you seek help for emotional health or mental illness support.
- Counselling BC offers a comprehensive list of Counsellors, Psychologists, Art Therapists and Psychotherapists who can help. Read their biographies to identify ones with whom you might feel comfortable. Most offer a 15-minute consultation for free. In most cases, this type of counselling is fee for service.
- Clinical Counsellors work in private practice, hospitals, care facilities, rehabilitation centres, employee assistance programs, and education.
- Be aware that for seniors, feelings of anxiety and changes in their emotional health can come from loss of loved ones, social isolation, confusion, memory loss, and changes in your health status.
- Think about ways to decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation from Healthlink BC.
- If you have these feelings, it is helpful to share with others and seek out opportunities for active living, socializing, getting out, exercising, and doing other things you enjoy. Check out the BC Seniors Service Directory for helpful suggestions.
- Thinking about death or suicide is a serious symptom of depression. If you or someone you care about talks about feeling helpless or is showing warning signs of suicidal thoughts, find help right away. Call the BC Crisis Line at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) or call 911.
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