Moving Forward Family Services

Moving Forward Family Services Moving Forward Family Services is a registered charity that provides low-barrier counselling for individuals, families, couples, and children.

Our vision at MFFS is to ensure no one is ever turned away from quality counselling services.

Join us for Our 10th Anniversary Celebration - and Opening of Moving Forward Centre: Health, Wellness and Beyond Saturda...
08/07/2025

Join us for

Our 10th Anniversary Celebration - and Opening of Moving Forward Centre: Health, Wellness and Beyond

Saturday, September 20th 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

And at 1 pm for the Canadian Walk for Veterans

Please join us on Saturday, September 20th and learn more about the Moving Forward Centre: Health, Wellness and Beyond.

A portion of this farmland has been lent to Moving Forward to consider ways to support diverse communities in land-based healing opportunities, such as a community garden, day retreats, therapeutic horticulture, onsite counselling, walk and talk counselling, outdoor yoga, and walks and bicycling to and within nearby Mud Bay Park.

Register via this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/moving-forward-family-services-10-year-anniversary-tickets-1333441843449?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=1

We will also be hosting on the same day and location the Canadian Walk for Veterans (coordinated nationally by True Patriot Love)

8th Annual Canadian Walk For Veterans
1 pm (at nearby Mud Bay Park)

Join Canadians from coast to coast as we come together to honour those who have served and support those still on the journey.

This year’s theme is Veteran Transition: Honouring the Past, Supporting the Journey. We’re paying a special tribute to the brave Canadians who served in the Second World War, while celebrating the continued leadership and impact of today’s Veterans — as mentors, advocates, and community champions.

Come celebrate 10 years of Moving Forward Family Services with us as we look back on our journey and look forward to the future together!

07/13/2025

Welcome sisters! This women's retreat is a space for grounding, healing and connection for ages 25 and up.

This is a one day overnight retreat with two groups. Please select one day that works for you. Group 1 is checking in Aug 15th and Group 2 checking in Aug 16th. 

Retreat cost for one day/one night is $100 CA. This is a reduced price thanks to SAMHAA (South Asian Mental Health Alliance). 

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06/22/2025

Happy !

I am excited to share that I will be facilitating Yoga in the Park for the third summer in a row at Hawthorne Park in Surrey for all of July. All sessions are free, but folks are welcome to donate to Moving Forward Family Services to support their mission of providing accessible mental health for all who seek it.

I look forward to seeing you there :)

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At Stronger Together in Port Coquitlam
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At Stronger Together in Port Coquitlam

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At Car Free Day Newton
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Moving Forward Family Services opened its doors in 2016 and set about revolutionizing the way people access quality mental health services throughout the Lower Mainland. Frustrated by the need he saw all around, and the lack of integration between primary health care providers and those in the mental health field, our Executive Director Gary Thandi founded Moving Forward Family Services (MFFS). Our vision at MFFS is to ensure no one is ever turned away from quality counselling services because of lack of funds or long waitlists. MFFS uses a client-centered, anti-oppressive approach to provide safe, accessible, affordable counselling to all. If you want counselling, we will provide it. Since we don’t rely on government funding, we turn to the community to support our programs through donations.

In just over two years, MFFS has provided counselling to over 3000 patients ranging in age from 4-94 in donated office space all over the lower mainland for people from literally every corner of the globe. We serve clients in 15 different languages. We receive approximately 30 new client requests every single week. We see clients for depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, we do couples counselling and see clients who are mandated to attend. We offer group counselling and hold psycho-educational programming as part of our commitment to community-university engagement. The demand is daunting, but our commitment is limitless.

MFFS is a not-for-profit and a registered Canadian charity. We have an active, engaged Board that brings attentive oversight and an impressive breadth of experience to our operations. Our founder and Executive Director oversees a very small team of contracted administrative employees, intern counsellors from schools across Canada and the US, and affiliated clinical counsellors. It is a lean operation with no extras: we hold pot-lucks and we do our own tidying up. Our focus is on delivering high quality counselling services to clients who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access it, and everything we do furthers that mission. We have had enormous impact throughout the community have been honoured to receive many awards and citations since inception, including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Difference Makers Award and the DRISHTI Magazine Award for Community Engagement.