Resources
Please note: the following resources are for crisis and informational purposes only and do not replace treatment with your physician and/or mental health professional.
Click on the bolded text below to be taken to external websites for more information.
24/7 Help & Crisis Supports:
Mental Health Helpline: 1-877-303-2642
Calgary Distress Centre: 403-266-HELP (4357)
Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566
Indigenous Hope Line: 1-855-242-3310
National Trans Lifeline: 1-877-330-6366
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Crisis Text Line: Text CONNECT to 686868
Addiction Helpline: 1-866-332-2322
Family Violence – Find Supports: 310-1818
211 Alberta: Find Programs and Services in your community
Health Link: 811
Mobile Tools & Apps:
Text4Hope: Supporting Mental Health & Wellness. Receive daily texts to help you identify and adjust negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Recieve advice and encouragement. There is no cost, however standard message rates may apply.
Stress: To subscribe text HOPEAB to 393939
Addiction: To subscribe text Open2Change to 393939
Cancer Issues: To subscribe text CancerCare to 393939
ReachOut: Find professionally-reviewed mobile apps and tools to help you look after your health & wellbeing. Mix of free and paid apps are reviewed on this website.
How We Feel: Free app. Check in to track your emotions. Spot patterns as they appear over time. Learn new ways to help yourself in the moment.
Free Podcasts:
Free podcast from Yale: The Happiness Lab
Based on the psychology course that Dr. Laurie Santos teaches at Yale, the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history – “The Science of Well Being,” this podcast discusses the latest scientific research and shares some surprising and inspiring stories that will alter the way you think about happiness.
Free podcast from Dr. Maya Shankar: A Slight Change of Plans
Named by Apple as the Best Show of the Year 2021, host Dr. Maya Shankar blends compassionate storytelling with the science of human behaviour to help us understand who we are, and who we become, in the face of a big change.
Free podcast from Brene Brown: Unlocking Us
Brene Brown is a researcher and an inspirational storyteller. Her podcast is described as “conversations that unlock the deeply human part of who we are, so that we can live, love, parent, and lead with more courage and heart.”
Free Course:
This free online course through Coursera and offered by Yale is designed to increase well-being, happiness and productivity
Free e-Book:
Roadmap to Resilience by Donald Meichenabaum, PhD
This book discusses strategies to help increase coping and resilience (e.g. how to handle intense emotions, how to sleep better, how to develop and practice behaviours that improve resilience, specific ways to cope with coronavirus, etc).
Websites:
Anxiety Canada: Free Information and Resources to help manage anxiety
Center for Clinical Interventions: Free Self-Help Resources for various mental health problems (free workbooks)
Self-Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff: Free information, Practices and Resources
Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley: Science-based practices for a meaningful life
UCLA Health: Free Guided Meditations
Get Help Here: Canada Mental Health Support: Mental Health and Substance Use Resources available in your province or territory.
Mental Health Commission of Canada: Large library of free publications on a variety of mental health subjects.
Canadian Mental Health Association: Information, resources, free courses, peer support, and more. Community locations across Canada.
Emergency and Crisis Supports – Alberta: Help for abuse and bullying, emergency financial assistance, emergency housing, mental health, victims of crime, etc.