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Community Wellness & Mental Health

A safe place to put your shoulders down.

Migration, work pressure, family stress, isolation — life is heavy sometimes. GSOS offers trauma-informed, culturally responsive wellness programs and referrals to trusted clinicians, in the language you feel safest in.

We don't replace your doctor or therapist. We help you find the right one, hold space until you get there, and walk beside you while you do the work of healing.

Counselling referrals

  • Free & low-cost counselling matchmaking
  • Multilingual & culturally matched therapists
  • Crisis line warm transfers
  • Family & couples counselling referrals

Trauma-informed support

  • Refugee wellness program
  • Settlement-trauma peer groups
  • Survivors of violence support pathways
  • Psychoeducation & coping skills workshops

Peer support circles

  • Weekly community connection groups
  • Newcomer healing gatherings
  • Faith-and-wellness conversations
  • Caregiver support meetings

Stress & resilience

  • Stress management workshops
  • Mindfulness & breathwork sessions
  • Sleep & nervous system basics
  • Wellness habits for shift workers

Men's & women's circles

  • Men's support groups
  • Women's wellness circles
  • Grief & bereavement groups
  • Multicultural women's circle

Parenting & family

  • Parenting in a new country workshops
  • Postpartum support referrals
  • Teen-parent communication coaching
  • Family wellness gatherings

Who this is for

  • Newcomers carrying settlement stress
  • Refugees & survivors
  • Parents & caregivers
  • Youth & young adults
  • Seniors experiencing isolation
  • Anyone who could use someone to talk to

We'll walk with you.

If you're in crisis right now, call 9-8-8 (Suicide Crisis Helpline) or the Surrey Crisis Centre at 604-584-8131.