North Shore CBT Centre
Summary
- Relationship counselling
- Individual counselling
- Crisis counselling
- Support groups
- Sliding Scale
- Free
- LGBQ+ Affirming
- Trans Affirming
- Remote services
Welcome! We are a team of highly trained and caring Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors and Practicum Students providing evidence based treatments for youth, adults and families. We specilaize in CBT, ACT and Familly Therapy for youth and young adults.
We believe that everyone should have access to mental health support. We offer reduced cost and no cost counselling to ensure counselling is accessible to all clients regardless of income or financial security
Want to learn more about this service’s work with Two-Spirit, trans, LGBQ+ people?
We invite all service providers listed on MindMapBC to answer the following questions. These questions were developed in collaboration with community members, researchers, and mental health and other service providers. They're intended to help us understand what a service provider or organization is doing to affirm and support sexual and gender diverse service users.
See below for responses for this listing.
Want to learn more about our screening questions and filters?
Are the forms used in your practice inclusive of various sexual orientations and gender identities (e.g., opportunities to fill in pronouns, etc.)?
—Yes
Do all individuals involved in the care of individuals accessing your services ask about pronouns and use them appropriately?
—Yes
Are you and your colleagues aware of what specific barriers may exist for trans individuals accessing your services? Please describe some of these below.
—Yes, to some extent
Gendered washrooms
Therapist confidence level
Therapist understanding of WPATH Standards of Care
Therapist understanding of gender affirming medical care and navigating the system
Are you and your colleagues aware of what specific barriers may exist for Two-Spirit individuals accessing your services? Please describe some of these below.
—Yes, to some extent
Systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, intersectionality and the thoughts and feelings and behaviours that accompany these.
Are all individuals involved in the care of individuals accessing your services comfortable asking relevant questions about gender identity and sexual orientation?
—Yes, to some extent
We all have a social justice stance, and some team members with lived experience, however, further training is always needed. We have a team training on gender affirming care next month.
Are you and your colleagues aware of what specific barriers may exist for LGBQ individuals accessing your services? Please describe some of these below.
—Yes
Systemic oppression and lived experience of not being accepted/understood.