Pathways | Moving Forward Counselling Services

Moving Forward Counselling Services

Addictions / Substance Use, Condition Specific Support, Healthcare Providers, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, Mental Health - Child & Youth, and Multicultural Services

Provided by Moving Forward Family Services Society

Offers free short-term and affordable long-term counselling options to underserved communities across Canada via in-person, telephone, and online platforms.

Moving forward offers counselling programs and various support groups.

The Moving Forward Program is a free 12-session psycho-education and coaching program based on cognitive behavioural therapy, solution-focused therapy, positive psychology, and mindfulness. These sessions can be delivered one to three times per week over the phone or online. Topics include depression, anxiety, stress management, healthy relationships, and healthy coping strategies. Note this is a one-to-one coaching program and not intended for deep clinical counselling work. The minimum age is 16 to participate.

Moving Forward is a counselling service that is not funded and therefore operates on cost recovery. Low cost and free services are delivered by fully insured, fully supervised interns on practicum or volunteers with a background in counselling or social work.
Services are for those who are not eligible for other services in the community (or face long waitlists) and/or who cannot afford traditional counselling service rates. Moving Forward can also refer clients to private fee-based clinical counsellors who provide services to those who cannot afford traditional private therapy rates.
Offices are in Newton (Surrey), Abbotsford, Gastown/Downtown Eastside (Vancouver), Burnaby, Langley, Victoria and White Rock.

Costs:

Low cost, $50 - $65 services are available in Surrey, Vancouver (the Downtown Eastside area) and Abbotsford offices.
Counselling with Clinical Counsellors for $50 for individuals with no waits
Counselling with Clinical Counsellors $65 for couples and families with no waits
If cost is a barrier, we offer lower fee services with interns on practicums with a wait of up to 8 weeks. In exceptional circumstances, we can further reduce or waive the fee; the waits for this service can be up to 20 weeks

The program provides the following options for counselling:

Counselling with a Clinical Counsellor ($50 individual /$65 for couples and families). If you chose this option, please be advised that services are provided by the Counsellor (not Moving Forward Family Services (MFFS)); MFFS simply provides the referral to the Counsellor. All subsequent correspondence should be with the Counsellor, and any Client-related material is kept by that Counsellor.
$20 services with fully insured, supervised Interns on practicums. Note that there may be limited services available on evenings and weekends for this service.
Services for less than $20 with fully insured, supervised Interns on practicums. *Note that these services are only available during the weekdays, between 9 am and 4 pm

*If you have extended health and/or other coverage, your fees will first be applied to your insurer at standard rates.

The following groups and coaching services are available for free:

Healthy Relationships Coaching: Offers free one-to-one healthy relationships coaching over the telephone or online.
Women's Group: Offers free counselling on stress, mental health, substance abuse, relationships, and anger. Service is offered in English and Punjabi.
Men's Group: Offers free counselling on stress, mental health, substance abuse, relationships, and anger. Service is offered in English, Farsi, Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, Korean, and Punjabi.
Substance Use Support Group: Support group for substance-affected adults in Punjabi and Hindi.

Multi-lingual Services:

Reduced cost & Free services with waits of up to 8 -20 weeks are in English, Punjabi, Hindi, Mandarin, Cantonese, Farsi and Arabic
Pay What you Can’ with waits up to 4 weeks are in English, Punjabi, Hindi, Mandarin, Cantonese, Farsi and Arabic
Current services at $50 with a Clinical Counsellor and no waits are in English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Farsi, Arabic, Tagalog and Spanish.

Surrey /Newton Drop-in Intake:
Moving Forward Family Services is offering drop-in Open Intake at their Newton location. At intake, you will see an intake worker who will conduct a short assessment/intake (no cost). You will then be given priority in seeing a counsellor (priority over clients who call and leave a text or voice message or e-mail and priority over those referred by paper referral).

The program approachs counseling through the following techniques (but are not limited to):

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
Behavioural therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) (including DBT)
Cognitive therapy
Existential therapy
Gestalt therapy
Person-centered therapy (also known as “client-centred” counselling)
Solution-focused brief therapy
Family/Systemic therapy
Group therapy
Integrative
Interpersonal therapy
Mindfulness
Trauma-Informed Therapies
Narrative Therapy
Adlerian
Satir
EMDR (minimum fees apply)
Bioneurofeedback (minimum fees apply)

Referral Instructions: To access services, Please complete the form below.

877-485-5025

Public email: hello@movingforward.help

Website: https://movingforward.help/

#103, 12827 76th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia

At the corner of 128th and 76th, look for the All Care Medical Clinic. Entry is through room 101 (which faces towards out towards 128th Street).

Service is available in American Sign Language, Arabic, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Croatian, English, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Urdu.

Cost: Fees may apply

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