Self-Help, while you wait for services

Documents

• Apps for Visualization and Relaxation
• Mental Health Resources
• Cycle of Anxiety
• Cycle of Depression
• Mental Health Supports for Adolescents (Dec 2023)
• Adult Crisis Access Services, Counselling (Dec 2023)

Mental Health Apps

Mindshift CBT– info, tracking, voice recorded tools/strategies
https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt/

AbilitiCBT– 18 yrs + ages, therapist lead, internet based mental health coaching
https://abiliticbt.com/home

Pocketwell– all age groups, resources, mood tracking, crisis counsellors are available
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/pocketwell/id1576878966
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenspacehealth.wtc&hl=en_CA&gl=US

Being Me– journaling
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/being-me-journal-goals-habits/id1462605314

Calm– breathing and mindfulness guided exercises
https://www.calm.com/

Online Mental Health Programs and Supports

Bounce Back – CBT workbooks and phone coaching

• videos (use your email and code: bbtodayon)

AbilitiCBT is an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) program that you can access from any device, any time. https://abiliticbt.com/home

Wellness Together Canada and their Pocketwell app https://www.wellnesstogether.ca/en-CA
(youth line)

• 1-888-668-6810 or text wellness to 686868

CMHA Thames Valley Addiction & Mental Health Services – a listing of programs and services offered. 

Ontario Care Giver – https://ontariocaregiver.ca/

Depression 101 – https://youtu.be/xgjQ1difuls

CBT Hot Cross Bun – https://youtu.be/qp8X5Tv-ius

Indigenous Mental Wellness at St. Joseph’s Health Care London –  https://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/areas-of-care/mental-health-care/biigajiiskaan-indigenous-mental-wellness/services 

 

Online Resources on Aging

McMaster Optimal Aging – https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org

 

Books/ Workbooks

• The Worry Cure (Dr. Robert Leahy)
• Don’t Believe Everything You Feel (Dr. Robert Leahy workbook)
• The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques and The 10 Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques (both by Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg)
• Mind Over Mood –workbook (available online and in bookstores)

Websites and Resources for Youth

Mind your mind– www.mindyourmind.ca
Kids help phone– https://kidshelpphone.ca/

Anxiety 101 for youth (14-18 yrs old) – Online workshop for teens exploring what is anxiety and how to cope. Presented by Katherine Bodkin, Social Worker of London Family Health Team on March 4, 2022
youtube link https://youtu.be/7cUzSDjSuyA

Anxiety 101 for parents and caregivers– Lunch and Learn Session conducted on 1 March 2022 for caregivers of teens. Presented by Katherine Bodkin, Social Worker of London Family Health Team.
youtube link https://youtu.be/5SlK044lUZU

Crisis Services for Youth

Canada Suicide Prevention Helpline – https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/
Call 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)
Text to 45645

Reach out– https://reachout247.ca/
Call 1866-933-2023
Text to 519-433-2023

Kids Help Phone – 0-18y- https://kidshelpphone.ca/
Call 1-800-668-6868 (24/7)
Text CONNECT to 686868.

CMHA London-middlesex Crisis Centre– https://cmhamiddlesex.ca/

911

London Health Sciences Centre – https://www.lhsc.on.ca/

Good2talk.ca – Post-Secondary students support services and resources (only Ontario and Nova Scotia students)

Gender Based Violence Supports

ANOVA – Provides safe places, shelter, support, counselling, and resources for abused women, their children, and all oppressed individuals. – https://www.anovafuture.org/
London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC)- Free counselling, advocacy, and support for abused, prostituted, trafficked and harassed women and girls. – https://www.lawc.on.ca/

 

Resources for Legal Issues

Your Legal Rights in Ontario – topics include the following: abuse and family violence, debt and consumer rights, employment and work, family law, health and disability, housing law, human rights, immigration and refugee law, income assistance, wills and estates.