The Abbotsford Addiction Centre provides therapists with Masters Degrees at a free Alcohol and Drug Outpatient Program, with a Multicultural and Seniors Addictions component. We serve both youth and adults using and those affected by substance misuse.
We provide the following services:
Individual, couple, family counselling.
Recovery Groups for men and women.
Substance Affected Group.
Referrals to other services.
Prevention activities in the community.
In order to access our services attendance at an orientation session is required. There is a waitlist for individual counselling however new clients can usually join a group right away.
We are an outpatient community-based alcohol and drug counselling program founded in 1988
We work with individuals, couples and families providing one to one counselling, couple and family counselling, and groups
We serve youth and adults regarding their own substance misuse or the effect that someone else's substance misuse has on others
We are funded by the Fraser Health Authority, so there is no charge for any of our services
We use a bio-pschyo-social-spiritual professional approach to help people resolve their problems
We provide referrals to other services in the addiction field, such as day treatment and residential
We are an information resource for the community on addiction with many pamphlets, videos, and we do public presentations if requested
We do prevention work in the schools and community, and sponsor several community committees dealing with prevention
The staff are all Masters level therapists or Masters level interns who continuously upgrade their knowledge and skills in order to provide effective services. We have male and female therapists, as well as a multi-cultural therapist who can speak Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi