Websites
Help Guide: Cognitive Distortions (thinking traps)
Learn how to put a stop to catastrophizing and other negative thinking patterns, restructure how you talk to yourself, and ease anxiety.
The Child Mind Institute is an independent, non profit society dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. (USA based website)
A trusted guide to mental health and wellness. They provide empowering, evidence-based content that is easy to digest and focused on information you can use to help yourself.
This free tool is easy to use and provides a framework complete with examples to personalize your self care plan.
Podcasts
Apps
Designed by the National Center for Telehealth & Technology to teach breathing techniques to manage stress. The skills taught may be applied to those with anxiety disorders, stress, and PTSD. This app can be personalized to a pace that the user f inds relaxing; includes a video demo, reading materials, and charts to map personal progress. Helpful for self starters or when working with a therapist to include breathing techniques in their treatment.
To help teens and young adults gain insight into and basic skills to manage their symptoms of anxiety disorders, including GAD, social anxiety, specific phobias, and panic attacks. It’s also useful for managing worry, performance anxiety, test anxiety, and perfectionism. The skills taught may be applied to individuals with physical, emotional, cognitive, or behavioral manifestations of anxiety, providing users with more helpful, balanced ways of thinking about feared situations.
Provides psychoeducation about risk factors and psychosocial approaches to treatment, a depression symptom questionnaire (PHQ-9), a thought diary, a suicide safety plan, and videos such as meditation guides
E-News
A free e-newsletter that suggests a simple practice each week that will bring you more joy, more fulfilling relationships, and more peace of mind and heart.
CRISIS SUPPORT NUMBERS TO PHONE/TEXT:
- Crisis Centre B.C. – You can call/text 9-8-8 if experiencing thoughts of suicide, or call 310-6789 if experiencing a mental health crisis.
- KUU-US Crisis Line Society – phone 1-800-588-8717 (Crisis Intervention and Crisis Services for all Indigenous people across BC)
- Kids Help Phone – text 6-8-6-8-6-8
