{"id":866,"date":"2022-06-02T13:49:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/?page_id=866"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:05:14","slug":"counselling-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/counselling-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Counselling Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-lh2wy-1af8a4272ebda1bf1a97ca316a343970 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-d9j96-a3c0f80327a69b1accde1c22d1a2ad91\">\n.avia-image-container.av-d9j96-a3c0f80327a69b1accde1c22d1a2ad91 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-d9j96-a3c0f80327a69b1accde1c22d1a2ad91 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-d9j96-a3c0f80327a69b1accde1c22d1a2ad91 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-871 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-871 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling.jpg\" alt='' title='Disabled person by window'  height=\"1734\" width=\"1000\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling-594x1030.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling-768x1332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling-886x1536.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling-865x1500.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/glacier-view-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/Counselling-407x705.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6tlpu-0affb1f2ceed6b04f180b39b27242579 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3xhq9on-5e2fae4d75e8a01961bba75db3182f15 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Glacier View Counselling Department<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>School Counsellor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kelsea Lochhead <a href=\"kelsea.lochhead@sd71.bc.ca\">kelsea.lochhead@sd71.bc.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Youth and Family Support Worker:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vanessa Thornhill <a href=\"vanessa.thornhill@sd71.bc.ca\">vanessa.thornhill@sd71.bc.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We provide many services to support all students and families including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal and mental health counselling<\/li>\n<li>Support for concerns around substance use<\/li>\n<li>Academic support, course selection, career and post-secondary planning<\/li>\n<li>Scholarship\/Bursary information<\/li>\n<li>Help with study skills, organizational skills, time management, goal setting<\/li>\n<li>Family consultation and support \u2013 help for parents around their child\u2019s well being or educational needs<\/li>\n<li>Referrals \u2013 help for students, parents and families to find the resources they need in the community<\/li>\n<li>Presentations- classroom and parent presentations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Confidentiality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All conversations between students and counsellors are confidential; that means that they do not share information with parents, teachers, other students or school administrators without permission from the student. Counsellors take their commitment to confidentiality very seriously. There are some circumstances, however, that they are legally obliged to break confidentiality for student safety. Counsellors will always inform students when they have to break confidentiality and discuss options with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limits to Confidentiality:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When the student tells the counsellor that they (the student) or another person is at serious risk of being hurt or killed.<\/li>\n<li>When the student tells the counsellor that they (the student) or another person has been hurt or abused.<\/li>\n<li>In the rare event that a judge or court order requires a release of a student\u2019s file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Make a report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The erase Report It tool is an easy way to send a message to your school or school district\u2019s safe school coordinator, who will follow-up on the situation right away. They will also follow-up with you privately, if you provide your name.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erasereportit.gov.bc.ca\/add\/report-it\">Erase Report It tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>IN AN EMERGENCY CALL 9-1-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vancouver Island Crisis Hotline: <a href=\"tel:1-888-494-3888\">1-888-494-3888<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kids Help Phone: <a href=\"tel:1-800-668-6868\">1-800-668-6868<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MCFD After Hours Helpline for Children: <a href=\"tel:310-1234\">310-1234<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some Helpful Resources<\/strong>(alphabetical order) <strong>:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Autism Support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/autismoutreach.ca\/\">POPARD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Covid-19 Mental Health Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/health-info\/diseases-conditions\/covid-19\/about-covid-19\/mental-well-being-during-covid-19\">BCCDC Support Services for Mental Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Counselling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandhealth.ca\/our-services\/children-youth-services\/referrals-child-youth-family-mental-health\">Child and Youth Mental Health<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"tel:(250)%20334-5820\">(250) 334-5820<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foundrybc.ca\/\">Foundry BC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bcacc.ca\/\">British Columbia Counsellors Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eating Disorders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keltyeatingdisorders.ca\/resource\/eating-disorders-and-substance-use-pinwheel-education-series-recording\/\">Kelty Mental Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fasdoutreach.ca\/\">POPFASD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Grief &amp; Loss:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mygrief.ca\/\">Canadian Virtual Hospice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comoxhospice.com\/\">Comox Valley Hospice Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mental Health:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/gp-vanier-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/MentalHealthSupports.pdf\">Mental Health Supports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keltymentalhealth.ca\/\">Kelty Mental Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anxietybc.com\/\">Anxiety Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dwdonline.ca\/\">Dealing with Depression (DWD)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foundrybc.ca\/\">Foundry BC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heretohelp.bc.ca\/\">Here to Help BC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kidshelpphone.ca\/live-chat-counselling\">Kids Help Line<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/suicideprevention.ca\/\">Suicide Prevention<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Parenting Teens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.symondsmediationassociates.com\/parent-teen-text-page-1\">Comox Valley Parent Teen Mediation<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"tel:250-335-2343\">250-335-2343<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplep-parenting.net\/glo-en\/home\/\">Positive Parenting Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgccvi.com\/pwps\/\">Parenting Without Power Struggles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/familysmart.ca\/parent-peer-support\/\">Family Smart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parentsupportbc.ca\/grandparents-raising-grandchildren\/\">Grandparents Raising Grandchildren<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Self \u2013Injury:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keltymentalhealth.ca\/self-injury\">Kelty Mental Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sexual Abuse Counselling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyfamilyservices.com\/programs--2\/sexual-abuse-intervention-program--6\">SAIP BC<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"tel:250-338-7575\">250-338-7575<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sexual Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optionsforsexualhealth.org\/clinic\/courtenay-opt-clinic\/\">Options for Sexual Health<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"tel:250-331-8572\">250-331-8572<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sexual Orientation and Gender:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sogieducation.org\/\">SOGI 123<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/keltymentalhealth.ca\/collection\/gender-sexuality-keltys-recommended-resources\">Gender &amp; Sexuality &#8212; Kelty Mental Health\u2019s Recommended Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Substance Use:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jhsni.bc.ca\/index.php\/youth-family-alcohol-drug-counselling-how-can-it-help-you\/\">John Howard<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"tel:250-338-7341\">250-338-7341<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foundrybc.ca\/info-tools\/substance-use\/\">Foundry BC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heretohelp.bc.ca\/\">Here to Help BC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Suicide\/Crisis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vicrisis.ca\/\">Vancouver Island Crisis Society<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"tel:1-888-494-3888\">1-888-494-3888<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/suicideprevention.ca\/\">Suicide Prevention<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouthinBC 24\/7 crisis line at 1-866-661-3311, or access their Online Chat \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http:\/\/www.youthinbc.com\/&amp;data=05%7c01%7cCraig.Sorochan%40sd71.bc.ca%7cff6b3a3ca443494aef7f08dbf6c36832%7c8a33c0abdc5a486195746c1f01277d1c%7c0%7c0%7c638375091348187057%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&amp;sdata=15KN5iF6mnxMEwhbe9dKjnXzgfNxQYiH%2ByYkSb6xLIk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.youthinbc.com<\/a>\u00a0(12pm \u2013 1am daily)<\/li>\n<li>Youth Space at 778-783 0177 (text) (6pm -12am daily)<\/li>\n<li>The Suicide Hotline at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) available 24\/7<\/li>\n<li>The Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868<\/li>\n<li>9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline: Call or text 9-8-8 (24 hours daily)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Traumatic Stress:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nctsn.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/fact-sheet\/talking-to-children-about-war.pdf\">Talking to Children About War<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Victim Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyfamilyservices.com\/programs--2\/community-based-victims-services-program\">Community Based Victim Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/justice\/criminal-justice\/bcs-criminal-justice-system\/if-you-are-a-victim-of-a-crime\/victim-of-crime\/victim-services-directory\/vs-comox-valley-rcmp\">Comox Valley Victim Services RCMP<\/a> &#8212; 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