Harbourside Family Counseling (HFC) is a multidisciplinary health centre that provides services to people of all ages, skills and abilities.
Our services are uniquely designed to enhance resilience, health, and quality of life for every client.
Harbourside Family Counseling is a full service integrated health centre with licensed and skilled professionals. Our support coordination service is developed based on the unique needs of you and your family.
Our counsellors view each client through a lens of mental wellness. What does that mean for your counselling process? Through the techniques supported by the latest science, we help you to develop the tools and skills to uncover the health and happiness that already reside within you. So, whether you’re affected by anxiety, depression, trauma, adjustment problems, or any other mental health concern, we are here to help you not only bounce back but to live an expansive and meaningful life.
Being a parent is not easy. Many of the parents we see tell us that the decision to work with a counselor or therapist was one of the best parenting decisions they have made. Our counselors can provide you with the support and resources you need to be the best parent possible. We specialize in an attachment and strengths based approach. That means we help you to develop a strong parent-child relationship by focusing on and amplifying the strengths that already exist.
No matter the cause, distress in a relationship can create undue stress, tension, sadness, worry and fear. Couples therapy helps couples of all types recognize and resolve conflicts, communicate better, problem solve and negotiate differences.
Our family life is fundamental to our emotional health and personal growth. If your family is going through a tough time — whether it's from stress, anger, grief or other struggles — family therapy can make a difference. Our clinicians help families to build connection and resilience through approaches that will support you towards real and lasting change. Methods like Emotion Focused Family Therapy, Systems Therapy, Attachment Centred Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy are well proven to make a transformative difference. Family therapy focuses on helping each person understand, learn to communicate better and work through conflicts.
At our clinic, we welcome individuals with a wide range of abilities. Our clinicians specialize in supporting clients with learning disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities. We take a strengths-based approach to working with our clients to foster a sense of independence, personal agency, and self-confidence.
All our clinicians have a high level of expertise with children, teens and adults on the autism spectrum. Over the last 20 years we have built lasting relationships with clients to support them through all their life stages. Our outcome goals are developed collaboratively with the family based on what you would like to see for your child or teen and we have adapted therapeutic approaches to keep individuals engaged over the long-term.
The Cogmed training program was developed by the world’s leading neuroscientists and psychologists to improve working memory functions, creating a cognitive platform for behavioural improvement. Cogmed has shown to result in significant academic and behavioural improvements in children with ADHD and other developmental disorders, including improved impulse control, reduction in hyperactivity, stronger language development skills and better complex reasoning skills, as well as increased focus and improved professional performance in healthy individuals.
Meditation has fast become a popular approach to developing a sense of calm, peace and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and your overall health. Anyone can practice meditation. It's simple and inexpensive, and available to you anywhere, anytime. At HFCC we offer weekly group meditation trainings or one-on-one teaching to support you towards developing a daily, consistent practice for a lifetime of vast benefit.
Harbourside Family Counseling works with a wide range of government funded programs to remove the financial barriers to treatment and ensure that mental health support is available to all, regardless of their means. Let us help you find the funding agency that applies to your area of need.
Persons aged 18 and under are entitled to funding after receiving a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
All our clinicians have a high level of expertise with children, teens and adults on the autism spectrum. Over the last 20 years we have built lasting relationships with clients to support them through all their life stages. Our outcome goals are developed collaboratively with the family based on what you would like to see for your child or teen and we have adapted therapeutic approaches to keep individuals engaged over the long-term.
Our counsellors are available to help you heal from the emotional, physical and financial effects of violent crime. Many of our clinician’s are registered service providers with British Columbia's Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP), a financial benefits program to assist victims, immediate family members and certain witnesses in dealing with the impact. For online application forms for victims, immediate family members and witnesses, click here. CVAP can be contacted at (604) 660-3888 in the Lower Mainland or toll free in B.C. at 1-866-660-3888.
Harbourside Family Counseling offers a ministry-funded clinical counselling treatment program for children and youth with developmental disabilities. Some of the treatment approached offered at Harbourside Family Counselling include:
Play Therapy
Parent Coaching
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Somatic Psychotherapy
Biofeedback/Neurofeedback
Referrals to the Global Program are made directly through your MCFD social worker.
Host Agency Funding is an Individual Funding (IF) payment option that CLBC offers to adult individuals and their families. As a Host Agency, Harbourside Family Counseling manages your funds and works with you, arranging and managing the supports that best fit your needs. This means less responsibility and paperwork for you and the freedom to contribute to the most important decisions about your life. We hold your funds on your behalf and select and employ support works, professionals and caregivers that are right for you. Our goal as a Host Agency is to provide you with a flexible approach to meeting your highest goals while arranging, managing and paying for your support and services.
This program teaches essential mind-body tools to minimize stress, build resiliency and develop heart-mind connection. See thechikids.com for more on this celebrated program