Welcome to Cares!

As a local non-profit counselling agency, we recognize that many people in our community are struggling to cope with challenges in their lives. Our mandate is to respond to those needs through high quality counselling services offered at affordable rates. To meet that goal, we offer subsidized rates to those who qualify. For over 20 years, we have successfully facilitated change and growth in our clients. Our skilled, professionally trained and certified therapists are well equipped to offer a wide variety of counselling services for children, individuals, couples, and families. Please contact us directly if you have any questions.

Why should you partner with us?

You can literally change lives by donating to Cares! We subsidize our rates so those who need help but otherwise would not be able to afford counselling can get the support they need! Did you know the average cost of counselling in BC is $150? If someone working a minimum wage job sought out counselling at that rate, it would take them 8.9 hours of work to afford 1 counselling session. At Cares, we understand that taking care of your mental health also involves nourishing your body and having a safe place to live. That’s why Cares Counselling subsidizes our client’s counselling fees.

What does Subsidy mean?
It costs us $135 to hold a counselling session, yet most of our clients access our lowest fee of $70. How is that possible? We pay the remaining portion of $65. We do this with all our clients. In 2022, Cares contributed $395,640.00 in subsidies so our clients could access counselling. How do we do this? With the help of people like you who believe in our mission!

Our mission is to make counselling accessible to everyone because mental health is part of our overall health and currently, that is not recognized by BC medical. If you want to make a real difference in your community, click the donate button below and help us continue the good work we do.