Resources and connecting to follow up

• Watch the After your forensic nursing visit video in English, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, Punjabi and Spanish.
  
  View the scripts in English, Arabic, Farsi, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
• Watch the Caring for injuries video in English, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, Punjabi and Spanish.
  
  View the scripts in English, Arabic, Farsi, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
• Embrace Clinic
• Strangulation Clinic at the Embrace Clinic
• Youth Clinics in the Fraser Health region
  • Youth Clinics in Vancouver
• Options for Sexual Health – call 1-800-739-7367 (all of B.C.) or 604-731-7803 (Lower Mainland B.C.)

You may have been told or think you might have a concussion after your recent violent incident. You might have been strangled during this incident. These resources are for you.

• Watch the Head injury video in English, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, Punjabi and Spanish.
  
  View the scripts in English, Arabic, Farsi, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
• Watch the Strangulation video in English, Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, Punjabi and Spanish.
  
  View the scripts in English, Arabic, Farsi, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
• Strangulation Clinic at Embrace Clinic
• Concussion Clinic – resources about concussion recovery. A referral to this clinic can be done by the Embrace Clinic.

Recovery exercises:

• Post-concussion yoga video – Duke University
• Qi gong seated video

If you can pay for or have benefits through school or work that can pay for counselling, this will be the quickest way to access this service. Check out BC Association of Clinical Counsellors for a list of registered clinical counsellors in your area.

You may also be eligible for counselling sessions through the Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP). Contact VictimLink for help completing this application.

Free and low-cost counselling options are available through many community resources. Many have waitlists.

• Surrey Women’s Centre
• Moving Forward Society
• DeltaAssist
• Sources
• Cythera House
• FRAFCA
• Tri-Cities Transitions
• Salal Sexual Violence and Support Centre (formerly WAVAW)
• Battered Womens’ Support Services
• BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

• Victim Services
• Legal Aid BC
• Parents Legal Centre

• BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
• Trans Care BC
• Embrace Clinic – medical follow up after violence for mature minors and adults of all genders

• VictimLink
• YWCA Violence Response
• FRAFCA Violence Response Team
• Options for Sexual Health (STI testing, birth control and unbiased pregnancy options)
• Smart Sex Resource (STI testing clinics and STI information)