Resources
This page is your go-to resource for accessing a variety of mental health resources and links tailored specifically to students’ needs.
Helplines & Hotlines
Naseeha is a Muslim mental health helpline that provides culturally competent and spiritually appropriate counselling to diverse populations. This helpline is specifically designed to address the unique mental health challenges faced by Muslims, and it offers confidential and non-judgmental support to those in need. However, those of different faiths or no faith are welcome to use this helpline as well as our counsellors are trained in various therapeutic modalities and knowledgeable of the spectrum of mental health issues.
1 (866) 627-3342
Immediate, anonymous & confidential support over the phone
12:00 PM – 3:00 AM, 7 days a week
Offered in English
Referral required: NO
Écoute Entraide offre un service d’écoute téléphonique et de référence pour tout le Québec. Les appels sont gratuits et confidentiels. Nos bénévoles vous accueillent chaleureusement et sans jugement.
Nos lignes sont ouvertes 7 jours sur 7
de 8h00 à 22h00
Montréal : 514 278-2130
Sans frais : 1 855 EN LIGNE (1 855 365‑4463)
Disponible en français
Référence nécessaire : NON
The Hope for Wellness Helpline is available to all Indigenous people across Canada. Experienced and culturally competent counsellors are reachable by telephone and online ‘chat’ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Both telephone and online chat services are available in English and French. Telephone support is also available upon request in: Cree, Ojibway (Anishinaabemowin), Inuktitut.
1 (855) 242-3310 Online chatting is also available through the website.
Offered in English/Français/Cree/Ojibway/Inuktitut
Referral required: NO
Chez Interligne, tout le monde est uni autour de valeurs communes. Services d’écoute, d’intervention et de sensibilisation pour la communauté LGBTQ+.
Montréal : (514) 866-0103
Sans frais : 1 888 505-1010
Le site offre aussi la possibilité de communiquer par chat en ligne.
Disponible en français
Référence nécessaire : NON
Our texting service is free and available across Canada 24/7 when you don’t want to talk but need to let your feelings out without judgement. You don’t need a data plan, internet connection or an app to use it.
To start using the text service, text CONNECT to 686868
Offered in English
Referral required: NO
Educational Materials
In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life.
Yale’s record breaking happiness course. Completely free and re-designed specifically for teenagers.
Self-Help Tools & Apps
MindShift® CBT uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety. A new feature, the Community forum, now enables you to find and offer peer-to-peer support.
Free
Aloe Bud is your future self, reminding you to put your present self first. Aloe Bud brings awareness to the major activities of daily life, using encouraging push notifications, rather than guilt or shame. Helpful reminders from yourself to yourself; kept within Aloe Bud so you can do you.
Free
This app guides users through meditation and mindfulness practices, and includes an “SOS” function for panicky moments. With the paid version, you gain access to hundreds of guided meditations.
Price: $89.99/year
Whether you’re feeling sad, anxious, or stressed, Happify brings you effective tools and programs to help you take control of your feelings and thoughts.
Our proven techniques are developed by leading scientists and experts who’ve been studying evidence-based interventions in the fields of positive psychology, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral therapy for decades.
Price: 14.99/month
Books & Reading Lists
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
Who It’s Best For: Those who want to work through and understand traumatic experiences.
Key Message: For many people, trauma is part of life, and understanding the science behind how it impacts the body can be a great tool in recovery.
Hope and Help for your Nerves
by Claire Weeks
Who It’s Best For: Those who deal with a lot of intrusive, repetitive thoughts that can trigger anxiety and panic.
Key Message: Anxiety comes with many physical symptoms brought on by an overactive nervous system, but there are behavioural techniques you can use to calm yourself down.
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
by Catherine Gray
Who It’s Best For: Anyone who is going through recovery or is ready to learn about the benefits of being sober.
Key Message: When you’re in recovery, you may often feel like you’re “missing out,” but there are many joys to discover in sobriety.
Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women’s Workbook
by Mary Ellen Copeland, Maxine Harris
Who It’s Best For: Women who have experienced any type of partner abuse.
Key Message: Sometimes the road to recovery after trauma feels long, but there is a way to rebuild your self-esteem and heal.
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
by Amelia Nagoski
Who It’s Best For: People who often have issues with creating boundaries.
Key Message: Prolonged stress can lead to burnout, but there are ways to close the stress cycle loop and prioritize your mental health.
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
by Mark Wolynn
Who It’s Best For: Anyone looking to dig into generational trauma and how to break the cycle.
Key Message: Your family has an enormous impact on why you are the way you are, but with some practice, you can become anyone you want to be.
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
by Elaine N. Aron
Who It’s Best For: Anyone that feels deeply affected by the world around them.
Key Message: The modern world can overstimulate highly sensitive people and empaths, but this isn’t a character flaw. Learning to cope can help you harness the power of being sensitive to the world around you.
Loving Bravely
by Alexandra H. Solomon
Who It’s Best For: Anyone trying to improve their self-esteem and deepen the connection they have with themselves.
Key Message: Loving others starts with loving yourself. By learning your strengths and weaknesses, you can accept them and give yourself a better foundation for a fulfilling relationship with yourself and those close to you.
Emotional First Aid
by Guy Winch
Who It’s Best For: Anyone dealing with feelings of loss, trauma, guilt, low self-esteem, or other types of emotional pain.
Key Message: Emotional pain may not be outwardly visible, but that doesn’t make it any less real. Catering to your emotions as much as your physical body can help.
Podcasts
Want to learn more about anxiety and hear people from all walks of life share their experiences with anxiety?
Welcome to #OurAnxietyStories – The Anxiety Canada Podcast, hosted by John Bateman.
Anxiety Canada is proud to be affiliated with HeretoHelp, a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information. The BC Partners are funded by the Provincial Health Services Authority.
You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong.
Laurie has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale — the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history — The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness.
Depression is one of the most common and yet most stigmatized mental health conditions. And not all forms of depression are created equal. Depression can take as many forms as there are people who have it.
This show is good if you’re managing your own symptoms or know someone with depression.
The enormous variety of real stories about the ups and downs of depression shows how the condition can look different for everyone and gives you some tips and tools to cope with all forms of depression.
The Nod tells the stories of Black life that don’t get told anywhere else. Our show ranges from an explanation of purple drink’s association with Black culture to the story of an interracial drag troupe that traveled the nation in the 1940s. We celebrate the genius, the innovation, and the resilience that is so particular to being Black — in America, and around the world.
Inside Mental Health is an award-winning weekly podcast that approaches psychology and mental health in an accessible way.
The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly chat about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
Included in Concordia’s Health Plan
Empower Me provides mental health and wellness resources which are available to students enrolled in the Studentcare Health and Dental Plan. It builds upon existing mental health resources available on campus and within the Studentcare community to address a variety of needs.
The service works with professionals from diverse areas of expertise, including psychology, psychotherapy, social work, nutrition, etc., and is accessible through telephone, videoconference (following assessment), or in-person, when permitted under public health guidelines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dialogue is a leading virtual care provider that extends personalized high-touch care to each individual at scale. Our insights give HR leaders control over how benefits programs work together so they can have a positive impact on their members and businesses.