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Mental Health

12-step support groups for people whose lives have been affected by someone else"s drinking. Volunteers answer the toll-free phone 24 hours a day. Website lists meetings by city.

Addiction

12-step support groups for people whose lives have been affected by someone else"s drinking. Volunteers answer the toll-free phone 24 hours a day. Website lists meetings by city.

Mental Health

12-step support groups for women and men who want to stop drinking or are recovering from alcoholism. Meeting times and locations are listed on the website; volunteers answer calls 24-hours a day. Serves Carcross, Dawson City, Faro, Teslin, Watson Lake, Whiteh...

Addiction

12-step support groups for women and men who want to stop drinking or are recovering from alcoholism. Meeting times and locations are listed on the website; volunteers answer calls 24-hours a day. Serves Carcross, Dawson City, Faro, Teslin, Watson Lake, Whitehorse, and other communities in the Yukon. Also serves Atlin, Dease Lake, Iskut, and Telegraph Creek in BC.

Mental Health

Offers a variety of services to individuals who identify as transgender, Two-Spirit, or non-binary and their primary supports. Services include free counselling, peer support, group and individual art therapy, and community events. Nonprofit society.

Addiction

Offers full harm reduction services including safer injection equipment (needles, cookers, ties, swabs, sharps, and VitC), safer inhalation kits (stem and bubble pipes), safer snorting kits (plastic or paper straws), Take Home Naloxone (Narcan) Kits and overdose prevention training, fentanyl and benzo testing, health and harm reduction education, and safer sex supplies (condoms and dental dams). Also offers pick-up of discarded needles; after hours call or text the outreach van. TheDrug User Support Groupprovides peer support and meets 1 pm to 2:30 pm Tuesdays to discuss topics around drug use including safe practices, accessing safe supply, overdose prevention, street first aid, advocacy and empowerment, and access to services. Drop-in hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday to Friday.

Mental Health Counselling & Mental Health Treatment Services

Offers short-term individual and family counselling services. Virtual services available.

Mental Health

Promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness. Services include advocacy, education, research, and services that support and help people with mental illness develop the personal tools to lead m...

Youth

Provides free supported self-help for adults and youth ages 15 and up with mild to moderate depression, anxiety, and/or stress. Provides an instructional DVD that offers practical tips on managing mood, sleeping better, building confidence, increasing activity, problem solving, and healthy living; designed to give you the tools to help yourself at your own pace.Bounce Back Onlineprovides interactive video-based modules, fillable e-books, and interactive worksheets. Register through website. Also offers a guided self-help program that combines a series of customized workbooks with a telephone coaching service; accepts referral from a doctor, psychiatrist, nurse practitioner, or school counsellor. Self-referrals accepted if the applicant is connected to a primary care provider. Telephone coaching is offered in English and French.

Support Groups

Provides support to pregnant women and teens who are at risk of having low birth weight babies. Program includes nutritional and health counselling, referrals to other community services, peer support, and weekly lunch, drop-ins, classes, and social activities. Serves Carcross.

Mental Health

Works with families and community members to provide free therapeutic services and support the developmental needs of children from birth to school age in Yukon. Provides speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and developmental thera...

Support Groups

Offers a wide variety of supports to women and their families during pregnancy and up to two years after the baby"s birth. Regular luncheons, drop-in, workshops and outings are held to promote resource and information sharing, and to develop a support network. Funded by Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) as a Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP). Hours are 12 noon to 6 pm Monday to Thursday.

Mental Health

Provides early identification of problems leading to, and early remedial action to prevent family breakdown and child abuse/neglect. Also provides child protection services including investigation and assessment of suspected child abuse/neglect, prevention and...

Mental Health

Provides services to children up to age 19 in temporary or permanent care including assessment, counselling, ongoing planning, and placement in a caring and nurturing environment. Also offers special services and treatment to meet the mental, emotional, and ph...

Mental Health

Provides direct home-based support services and supportive counselling to families and citizens in the Tr"ondek Hwech"in community. Assists families to identify and draw upon available services, resources, and support systems with the aim of maintaining a stro...