Chilliwack Youth Health Centre

Meet Tony! Tony is a recent UFV graduate, a former intern and current volunteer at the CYHC. He has completed his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, but has decided to begin his Master’s of Counselling Psychology in order to do the most good and have a positive impact on people’s lives, especially improving people’s mental health.

Fun fact about Tony: he loves all things technology, video games and board games, but also has years of martial arts training!

Thank you to the Downtown Community Market for having us this past Sunday! It was lovely to connect with people in our community and share more about our services.

Meet Carina! Carina is our Integrated Services Coordinator and a recent UFV graduate. She began her journey at the CYHC as a practicum student since 2021 and has been around since. As the Integrated Services Coordinator, Carina spends a lot of her time building rapport with the youth, which is important to her as she believes that it’s relevant to helping them access the correct services for their needs.

Thank you to Kelli Paddon for having us this past weekend! It was great to be out and about in our community making connections with families and other organizations.

If you’re needing any medical services we have a doctor available at the NLC from 2pm-4:30pm.

On June 21, for National Indigenous Peoples Day, we recognize and celebrate the history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Canada. For generations, many Indigenous groups have celebrated their culture and heritage on June 21 or around that time of year because of the significance of the summer solstice as the longest day of the year. For more information about National Indigenous People day check out https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100013718/1708446948967

Join us at the CYHC in celebrating a few of our staff and external who just graduated from UFV 2024! Happy Graduation to Carina (our integrated services coordinator), Tony (external Counselor), Jenna (extern counselor), and David (extern counselor)! We are beyond proud of you all for this amazing accomplishment and can’t wait to see what you do next!

Huge thank you to Coast Capital and their team for giving us such a large and kind donation! We appreciate your ongoing support for our services and everything that we do!

Important medical update for Thursday! Our medical hours have shifted and are now 1-4pm. To book an appointment, call or text us at 604-819-4603 or email us at [email protected]

Meet Courtney! Courtney is a student at Adler University in the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology program. Her role at the CYHC is working on psychoeducational and psycho-diagnostic assessments for youth in our community. She will be with us until July 2024.

Courtney is passionate about mental health and has a keen interest in supporting children, youth, and young adults. She believes that these formative years are imperative to ensuring that these populations receive appropriate supports so that they can be set up and equips with the skills to navigate the complex and dynamic challenges that are unique to young people.

Fun fact: she’s a plant mom! 🪴

May 5th is a national day of awareness to honour and remember the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and the two spirited (MMIWG2S+).

The roots of National Red Dress Day started out when Jaime Black, a Métis artist, embarked on creating a meaningful and evoking art installation called, “REDress Project” which consisted of hanging red dresses in various locations to create feels of pain and loss felt by loved ones and survivors.

Thank you to Antoine for all of his wonderful work! Today is his final day working with the CYHC. It has been great having you on our team and we wish you the best in the future!

In honour of BC youth week, we would like to highlight a youth success story. Cyrus is a youth that accesses our services regularly and consistently shows support for the CYHC. Cyrus recalls that he first started coming to the CYHC because he was not in a good headspace and wanted to find support within the community. Through connecting with our counsellors, Cyrus has been able to set goals for himself and our staff has helped reach his full potential. As a result, Cyrus was able to send his application to St. John’s Ambulance Canada, successfully complete the training for his CPR and AEPD training, and is now certified by Red Cross Canada. Congratulations Cyrus!

Meet Christa! Christa is our medical office assistant and she works alongside our wonderful team of doctors to ensure the medical needs of our youth are met. You can find Christa at our NLC location on Tuesday’s and our Stó:lō location on Thursday’s. Christa is a very important member on our team and we’re very happy to have her work with us!

Congratulations to Dr. Rose for successfully defending her dissertation! Dr. Rose completed her third year practicum and residency at the CYHC and is now a part of our wonderful team of supervisors.

Our annual Run for Youth is back! Join us on May 25th for the run, activities and more. You can register for the run on our website or in-person at the event.

We are also looking for sponsor for the run! If you or someone you know is interested in sponsoring us for the event, share the flyers with them! If you would like more information, please reach out to [email protected].

Check out our new substance use counselling! You can submit your information in our confidential box at the NLC or reach out to us to get more information.

DBT is starting next week! Contact us to sign up.

Meet Dillon! Dillion is a practicum student completing his Master’s of Arts in Clinical Psychology. He is one of our counsellors that is at the CYHC on Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s.

What Dillon loves most about counselling is the opportunity to provide intentional, judgement-free time to someone amidst the busyness of life: time to connect, share, and gain insight. It brings him joy to collaborate and discover who it is sitting across from him.

Fun fact about Dillon: he loves reading! He specifically enjoys classic literature.

Dillon’s favourite quote is: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” - Viktor Frankl

Thank you to Ben for all of his wonderful work as Interim Director of Counselling and Training! Over the last couple of months, Ben has stepped into the role and supported our team in various ways. Today marks his last day in the role, however he will be supporting us as a supervisor moving forward. Ben also successfully defended his dissertation recently. Congratulations Ben!

Thank you to Chilliwack Community Services for their generous donation! They have provided us a $1500 donation in the form of bus tickets and grocery gift certificates for us to better support our youth. Thank you for the donation CCS, it is greatly appreciated!

IMPORTANT REMINDER! We do not have medical services available today (April 2nd). They will resume back to regular scheduling this Thursday, April 4th, at our Stó:lō site.

Meet Bella! Bella is a student at Adler University in the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology program. Her role at the CYHC is working on assessments for youth in our community and she will be with us until August 2024.

Bella has been interested in psychology because she feels that it empowers individuals through personal growth, resilience and self improvement.

Fun fact about Bella: she loves to swim!

Thanks for being a part of our team and doing the great work that you do Bella!

We are excited to announce our collaboration with PCRS! Amy Jamieson will be joining our team on Tuesday’s from 1-4pm at the NLC. If you are wanting to connect with Amy, you can request to see her upon your arrival at the CYHC. Welcome to the team Amy!

IMPORTANT REMINDER! There has been a change with our medical service delivery this week due to some scheduling conflicts. Please stay tuned and watch out for a post early next week that will detail our medical services for the week of March 4th.

IMPORTANT REMINDER! Due to some scheduling conflicts, we do not have medical services at the NLC today. Our medical services will resume back to normal on Thursday, February 29th at our Stó:lō site.