General Counseling
There are times in all our lives when we face challenges and hardships. It is during these times that we may need someone to listen to our concerns, offer us emotional support, and guide us in finding ways we can help ourselves overcome these challenges. Counseling can be offered in English, Cantonese, or Mandarin.

Problem Gambling
“When one person is addicted to gambling, the whole family suffers.” For most people, gambling is seen as a form of social activity that does no harm. However, for some, when it becomes an addiction, it can destroy them personally, professionally, and financially. It can harm their relationships with friends and family members; it can jeopardize their job; and it can significantly diminish their own well-being. Counseling and support are available for problem gamblers and their family members.

This project is part of a collaboration with NICOS Chinese Health Coalition and Richmond Area-Multi-Services.

Domestic Violence Intervention
Cameron House has been working with women and children who are victims of domestic violence for decades. It is only in the last 3 decades that the larger society has named and identified domestic violence as a crime and a major social problem. In the early 1900s, our records show. In the early 1900s, our records show that women knocked on our doors late in the evening, because their husband were “ill-treating” them and needed help. When we no longer provided refuge to women who were sold into prostitution or domestic servitude, women continued to come to us with issues of family conflicts, intergenerational conflicts, or domestic violence.

Cameron House provides assistance to Asian women and children who are victims of domestic violence. These services include case management, counseling, advocacy, accompaniment, and referrals to legal and shelter services. We can provide service in Cantonese, English, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.

Referrals for legal assistance, such as restraining orders and child custody, are provided in partnership with Asian and Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, which has a special emphasis on domestic violence, family law, and immigration.

Children Witnessing Domestic Violence
Cameron House offers counseling to children and youth who witness domestic violence. This program will help children and youth to increase their knowledge about identifying non-violent behaviors and enhance their capacity to promote better health and safety through their own decisions and behaviors.

Research has shown that a child who has witnessed domestic violence will have difficulty in a number of areas, such as cognitive development, social behavior, and healthy relationships with others. Also, as children and later as adults, they have a greater chance of acting violently towards themselves or others. Therefore, to decrease the chance of violent acts and to stop the cycle of violence from reoccurring in future generations, it is important that these children seek early therapeutic intervention and treatment.