Stepping Stones Toward Finding Hope Again

Vancouver Island Crisis Society offers a full range of suicide bereavement support services for residents of Vancouver Island. These services include one on one lay counselling, a monthly suicide bereavement support group, smaller peer support and similar loss groups, sound bath healing sessions, and access to our on-line self-care padlet.

Please note that we are funded to provide these services FREE OF CHARGE by BC Gaming and by generous private donations.

To learn more about what we offer, please contact VI Crisis Society via email at info@vicrisis.ca

Our Process

• Telephone Intake: Reach out via email to book an intake call.
• During the intake call, you will speak with one of our experienced suicide bereavement support practitioners who will ask you gentle questions about your loss, provide compassionate support over the phone, let you know about the services we provide, and answer any questions you might have.

Our Services

1. Suicide Bereavement Support Group

• Meets the first Wednesday of every month from 6 to 8 pm over the Zoom platform.
• A safe space for sharing feelings of loss and grief with others who understand what it is to survive a suicide loss. We will provide the confidential Zoom link to individuals who wish to attend after our intake call.

 

 

2. Suicide Bereavement Lay Counselling Sessions

• Lay counselling with an experienced suicide loss practitioner.
• A safe space to connect and talk with someone who understands the unique complexity and pain that suicide bereavement brings.
• Can be booked in person or virtually through a confidential Zoom link.

3. Peer Support/Similar Loss Group

• Supported connection with peer volunteers who have come to a place of integration on their grief journey and want to help others do the same.
• Supported connection with peer volunteers who might share a similar loss.
• Can be booked in person or virtually through a confidential Zoom link.

4. Sound Bath Healing Sessions

• Emotional release and healing: Sound baths can create a safe space for emotional exploration and release. Because they're thought to release emotions, powerful sound waves may help people heal past traumas or deal with grief.
• Offered periodically by an experienced, licensed, practitioner.

5. Online Self Care Padlet

• An online portal offering a wide variety of healing modalities for registered members of our support services.