Resources
This page is meant to offer additional support with references to local resources in the community and beyond. Whether you are waiting for a session with me, trying to augment therapy, or just looking for other options, I hope that this list will offer you something.
QMUNITY offers a welcoming space where queer, trans, and Two-Spirit people can connect, grow, and thrive within a supportive community. Their mision is to improve queer, trans, and Two-Spirit lives through services, connection, and leadership. The core pillars of the organization are: support, connection, leadership, celebration, anti-oppression and intersectionality, and reconciliation. They offer peer support, low and no-cost counselling and probono legal help.
Pflag's purpose is to help 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and their loved ones connect with resources and find a supportive community. With chapters in communities across the country, the pflag Canada network provides peer support, education, and advocacy for a Canada that affirms, respects, and values all sexualities, genders, and gender expressions.
The Safe Space Alliance is a LGBTQI+ led nonprofit organisation that helps people identify, navigate, and create safe spaces for LGBTQI+ communities worldwide. Their two core activities include maintaining an online directory of spaces around the world that welcome and support LGBTQI+ communities, and helping LGBTQI+ people get to safety.
Trans Health HQ helps trans community members find the right healthcare team, at the right time. They have a free database of various resources to support trans health an ellness. This is curated and monitored by people within the trans community and lists agencies acorss five continents.
Canada (877) 330-6366 or US (877) 565-8860
Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive. They have lists of the major hotline/support lines, a blog, and many resources for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and their allies.
Foundry offers free and confidential mental health and wellness services for youth ages 12-24 in British Columbia and their families. They have programs in several cities and resources available to support and educate about various mental health topics, as well as links to crisis lines.
The MTABC is the provincial association for Certified Music Therapists here in BC. Not only do they support the music therapy community with trainings, the process of provincial regulation, and camaraderie (comradery?? Essentially making us feel feel heard, valued and part of a community!!), they also offer education to employers and the general public. We are often seen at booths in wellness fairs, community events, etc, and its usually the MTABC who organizes those. They are also working hard towards regulation in BC, which would mean that "music therapist" would be a protected title.
If you'd like to know more info about music therapy works, this is a great place to look!
Similar to above, the CAMT is the national association for Certified Music Therapists. They oversee Canadian bylaws and requirements to hold the MTA designation - we must be a member of this association to practice in Canada and we are required to complete a certain number of continuing education credits every cycle. This website is another great place to look if you are wanting more info about music therapy, how to get an MTA to work in your organization, what qualifications to look for if you are thinking of hiring and MTA, etc.
The BCACC is the provincial association for clinical counsellors. They set the ethical and education standards that we have to meet in order to have the Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) designation. This includes offering continuing education and supervision opportunities. The also provide education and resources to the public (RCC directories, advocacy, encouraging employers to allocate more fundingfor mental health, etc), as well as offer support and investigation into complaints about it's members. They are also working hard towards regulation in BC, which would mean that "counsellor" would be a protected title.
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