Free mental health resources

Note: This collection is not exhaustive. Links open in a new tab.

• Trauma

  • Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute — resources
  • American Psychological Association — EMDR therapy for PTSD
  • American Psychological Association — Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • PTSD Association of Canada

• Parenting support

  • Postpartum Support International
  • Dr. Deborah MacNamara
  • Nurtured First — parenting blog
  • The Postpartum Stress Center — books
  • The Birth-ed Method
  • Huckleberry — infant sleep and routines

• Disability

  • United Nations — Disability-Inclusive Language Guidelines (PDF)
  • NMD United
  • Diabetes Canada
  • Rooted in Rights

• Grief support

  • Refuge in Grief
  • The Dougy Center — grief support for kids
  • Bereaved Families of Ontario — peer grief support
  • Canadian Virtual Hospice — MyGrief.ca (free online grief support)
  • What's Your Grief — articles and tools for grieving

• LGBTQIA+

  • The Trevor Project
  • Government of Canada — 2SLGBTQI+ resources
  • OutCare Health

• Self-compassion, self-acceptance, and confidence

  • Dr. Kristin Neff — Self-Compassion
  • Tara Brach — Radical Acceptance
  • The Confidence Gap by Russ Harris (book)

• Intimate partner violence

  • Canadian Women's Foundation — signs of an abusive or controlling relationship
  • Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region
  • Understanding intimate partner violence — video (YouTube)

• Indigenous community members

  • Ontario — programs and services for Indigenous people
  • Ontario Health — Indigenous services and resources
  • George Brown College — Indigenous services resources

• Concurrent disorders

  • CMHA Ontario — concurrent disorders
  • CMHA Ontario — harm reduction
  • CAMH — Concurrent disorders
  • ConnexOntario — mental health & substance use help