Saplings Mental Health Services

Saplings Mental Health Services strives to meet the mental health needs of the next generation at the community level. We are here to collaborate with service providers, stakeholders and community members who are working with children and youth in almost any capacity. The Saplings team is passionate about ensuring children and youth mental health is being addressed at this critical time.

Youth Short Term Assessment and Response (YSTAR) Outpatient

The YSTAR outpatient program provides compassionate, timely, and community-based mental health and substance use support to adolescents experiencing crisis, escalating risk, or transition from hospital to community. Working from a strength-based, trauma-informed, culturally safe, and family-centred approach. YSTAR outpatient focuses on recognizing resilience, reducing harm, and strengthening connection to natural and formal supports.

The Program responds to crisis concerns from community partners, completes community-based assessment, supports service navigation and referrals. It strengthens discharge planning and offers clients warm handoffs post discharge from the Fort St. John Emergency Department. The role provides brief follow-up contact and bridges supports so youth and caregivers are not left without connection after crisis.

Mental Health and Substance Use Counselling Program (Adolescents & Young Adults)

Youth ages 12-24 who are experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use issues are provided with individual counselling and case management services. Referrals are accepted through clients, families, and community service providers.

Youth Addiction Counselling Program

Providing outreach services to youth ages 12-19 who are experiencing addiction issues. Services often include building connections to pro social activities, involvement in school and harm reduction interventions. Referrals are accepted through clients, families, and community service providers.

Groups & Workshops at Saplings Mental Health Services

At Saplings, we believe in the power of connection and community as part of the healing journey. We offer therapeutic groups for teens and workshops for parents, drawing on evidence-based approaches to support emotional wellbeing and healthy relationships.

Our group programming is always evolving! Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about upcoming groups, workshops, and training opportunities for both adults and teens. Simply email kira.browett@fsjacl.com to be kept up to date on upcoming programming!

Mental Health and Substance Use Counselling Program (Young Adults)

Adolescents and young adults ages 17-24 are provided with individual counselling and case management. Clients of this program have co-occurring mental health and substance use issues and are referred through the Fort St. John Hospital.

Early Psychosis Intervention Program

Children, Adolescent and Young Adults, ages 6- 45 who have risk factors, symptoms or diagnoses of psychosis are provided with individual counselling, case management and family support. This is a regional program that provides in person and virtual services to ensure even remote clients have access to programming. Referrals are received through community professionals, families, and clients.

Life Skills Program

Adolescent and young adults can benefit from the Life Skills Program in a variety of ways. The program offers outreach services directed at building independent and living skills, social and self regulation skills, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. Referrals come directly from within the NHSP.

Counselling for Indigenous Youth

Adolescents ages 12-19 who identify as Indigenous or having indigenous ancestry are able to access individual mental health counselling sessions. Sessions occur weekly or bi-weekly and can involve CBT or DBT for support in distress tolerance, suicidal ideation and substance use.

Contact Us

1-250-787-9262

info@fsjacl.com

Find Us

9940 - 104 Ave,
Fort St. John, BC
V1J2K3

We are CARF Accredited

The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities (CARF) has awarded FSJACL another three year accreditation in 2023, the highest level of accreditation available. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CARF

Land Acknowledgement

The Fort St. John Association for Community Living is committed to building and nurturing relationships with Indigenous peoples. We would like to gratefully acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional lands of the Dane-zaa peoples of the Doig River First Nation, Blueberry River First Nation, and Halfway River First Nation, in Treaty 8 Territory, also part of the Métis Nation homeland, and we thank them for their hospitality.