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)
• City of London Cold Weather Response (Jan 2024) – where the drop-in and overnight beds are located.

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

9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline – This is available across Canada 24/7 and free of charge.  This helpline gives people access to suicide prevention services via call or text. Available in English and French, and other languages through an interpreter. For more information, click here.

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.