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In brief: As a lawyer, taking care of your well-being is an important aspect of equipping you to handle the challenges of the profession, where both the demands and stakes can be high. Your well-being can impact your ability to focus, make decisions and solve problems effectively. In addition to providing a strong foundation for the delivery of quality services, taking steps to care for your well-being is an investment in your success, happiness, and overall sense of fulfilment.
There are concrete steps you can take to care for your well-being and address health concerns you may experience over the course of your career. The confidential services listed below provide a range of options for accessing resources and support.
Check out the Law Society's Lawyer Well-Being Hub, which provides a central access point for information about support available to lawyers and their families, including easy-to-access resources, videos, tools and information.
TELUS Health One offers confidential personal counselling and referral services at no cost to individual BC lawyers and articled students and their immediate families.
The Lawyers Assistance Program provides confidential support, counselling, referrals and peer interventions for lawyers, their families, support staff and articled students who need help to deal with alcohol or chemical dependencies, stress, depression or other personal problems.
LifeSpeak is a digital wellness platform that offers anonymous access range of resources and content, including a library of short, digestible videos, live Q&A web-chats with mental health experts and blog posts. LifeSpeak’s Ask an Expert function provides a forum featuring qualified mental health professionals responding live to anonymous questions; users can log in to ask a question or read the transcript at later point in time.
For more support with mental health and substance use, see the LSBC’s initiative on Improving Mental Health for the Legal Profession.
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