Resources
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Counselling / Mental Health - Yellowknife - Children & Youth
Counselling
Yellowknife Family Centre
Phone: (867) 669-6772
Web: www.ycs.nt.ca/commRes/commRes.html
The Yellowknife Family Centre provides services including a toy lending library, a family play centre, along with parenting resources and workshops. This program is available to Yellowknife families with children from birth to six years of age. The Centre provides service to children and families with special needs, families living in isolation, families with high stress levels, mental illness, low income and new immigrants to Canada. The program offers parent support through the services of trained staff, as well as peer support by member families. The objective of this program is to provide the Yellowknife community with programming that will fit the needs of individual families.
Member Assistance Program
Toll Free: 1-800-268-7708
Web: http://www.forces.gc.ca/health-sante/ps/map-pam/default-eng.asp
The Member Assistance Program (MAP) is a voluntary and confidential service for Canadian Forces (CF) to help members (Regular Force, all Reserve Class Members, Cadets) and family members. MAP provides a short-term problem solving service for persons who have parenting or family concerns, interpersonal relations, personal and emotional, stress, anxiety, sexual assault and addiction concerns.
Based on the Description on the M.A.P. website.
Mental Health
Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority
Phone: (867) 873-7276
Web: http://www.yhssa.org/index.asp
Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority provides a variety of services to Yellowknife residents including mental health services for children and youth. If your child or youth is experiencing things such as anxiety, depression, behavioural challenges or has a mental health diagnosis contact the phone number provided above.
Yellowknife Mental Health Clinic
Phone: (867) 873-7042
The Mental Health Clinic provides treatment for people who are living with a mental health disorder and referred by general practitioners.
