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Self-Help Resources
Support Services
Finding Your Resilience
Access a variety of innovative mental well-being resources when you need them.
Young people need to connect, they need support, and they need it in the moment.
Check out the resources below, many of which are supported by RBC Foundation through RBC Future Launch’s commitment to youth mental well-being.
Kids Help Phone: Whenever you need to talk, we’re open.
Text a helpline or speak to a counsellor (powered by Kids Help Phone):
Text CONNECT to 686868 or Call: 1-800-668-6868
Jack.org: Empowering Youth to Revolutionize Mental Health
Join the jack.org movement or learn how to Be There for someone who might be struggling with their mental health.
How Youth Mental Health Apps Can Help: What You Need to Know
Researched by the Homewood Research Institute, read more on which apps to look for and how to support the mental health of others.
Explore Digital Solutions
MindShift® CBT App
The MindShift® CBT app is an award-winning, self-help, anxiety management app that helps users engage in healthy thinking, track anxiety symptoms and challenge negative thoughts. Available on iOS and Android.
BounceBack
A free, guided self-help program effective in helping manage low mood, mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or worry. Through telephone coaching and a selection of skill-building workbooks to choose from, participants can customize their own program, learn ways to overcome their symptoms and improve their mental well-being now and in the future.
Find professional support near you:
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The Alex Youth Health Centre (Calgary)
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Calgary Counselling Centre (Calgary)
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Distress Centre Calgary (Calgary)
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Skylark (Toronto)
Strides (Toronto)
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KW Counselling Services (Kitchener/Waterloo)
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Pathstone Mental Health (St. Catharines)
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Ontario Shores (Whitby)
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The Maltby Centre (Kingston)
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Waypoint Centre for Mental Health (North Simcoe Muskoka)
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Phoenix Centre (Pembroke)
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211 Grand Montréal – Santé mental (Grand Montréal)
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Centre d’expertise RBC universitaire en santé mentale (Estrie-Sherbrooke)
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OCEAN (Organisation Communautaire d’Écoute et d’Aide Naturelle) (Capitale nationale – Québec)
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Services en santé mental (Montérégie)
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