Canadian Mental Health Association - BC Division

Provides resources to support BC communities with the stress and mental health concerns resulting from wildfires, floods and other natural disasters.

Resources include community talk events, telephone support, web links, mental health information, and tools to help manage stress, overcome challenges and feel better.

Teaches effective skills to help youth and adults overcome symptoms of mild to moderate depression or anxiety, and improve their mental health. Participants can learn skills to help with unhelpful thinking, manage worry and anxiety, and become more active and assertive.

A self-guided online program with access to video modules and worksheets is available. The program also offers coaching sessions delivered by phone or video.

Provides online information and resources for men, encouraging them to have real conversations with their buddies and to support them if they're struggling with thoughts of suicide. Topic areas include warning signs, masculinity and suicide, statistics, programs available, recommending reading, and suicide prevention.

Provides online information and resources to support good mental health for healthcare providers in BC. Resources include mental health information, webinars, blogs, videos, important phone numbers, and web links.

Topic areas include anxiety, coping tips, supporting staff, depression, social connection, financial concerns, and taking care of me.

Provides free, confidential peer mental health support to anyone working in the healthcare or social services sector. One-on-one support is available by phone, text and online chat.

Online information and resources are also available.

Provides funding and training opportunities for community-based organizations across British Columbia to develop and implement innovative service projects that respond to the needs of individuals and families experiencing mental health and or substance use challenges in their communities.

Provides a family-focused coaching service for parents of children with mild to moderate anxiety. The program helps parents build skills and strategies that strengthen their role as a parent and help with managing their child's anxiety symptoms.

The program includes short educational online videos supported by weekly telephone coaching sessions delivered at flexible times over 8 - 10 weeks to parents and caregivers across BC.

Provides a family-focused coaching service for parents of children with mild to moderate behavioural problems. Program sessions are held via telephone and parents are also provided with an accompanying manual which they work through with their coach.

Program focus includes: encouragement of positive behaviour; consequences for negative behaviour; monitoring of children's activities; problem solving; and positive involvement in children's interests, activities, and social development.

Provides a mental health check-in tool, information and online listing of supports, to help youth, adults, caregivers, and healthcare workers manage their mental health and wellness during COVID-19.

Provides online information, video resources, colouring book, and resources to help travelers reduce the anxiety, stress, and uncertainty when flying. Provided in partnership with the Vancouver International Airport.