Services that support emotional and mental well‑being.
Reading Materials
These are resources that can assist people with disabilities and their families in various ways related to mental health.
- Canadian Disability Journal
The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies publishes peer-reviewed original articles that advance research in the multidisciplinary, international field of disability studies.
- Psychology Today
This is a comprehensive database for finding counsellors by location, approach, or area of specialty.
- Sins Invalid
Sins Invalid is a disability justice based performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of colour and LGBTQ / gender-variant artists as communities who have been historically marginalized.
- WRAP
WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) is a peer-based model
Mental Health Organizations
These are resources provided and put together by Canadian organizations that can provide information for people with disabilities seeking mental health resources.
- BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions
British Columbia
Mental Health supports in BC: Wellbeing
- Bounce Back
British Columbia
BounceBack is a free skill-building program designed to help adults and youth 13+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or worry. Delivered online or over the phone with a coach, you will get access to tools that will support you on your path to mental wellness. Free for BC residents.
- British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors
Has a database for looking up counsellors in your area of BC. The BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) is the largest professional association for clinical counsellors and psychotherapists in BC. Their members carry the designation Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC). This designation demonstrates that their members have met specific educational and training criteria required by the BCACC.
- Canadian Mental Health Association
Canada
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a federated charity, which means they are a collective of organizations bound together by a brand and mission. Together, they identify and respond to Canada’s most pressing mental health priorities. At the national and provincial level, they push for system and policy change. At the community level, millions of people in Canada rely on CMHA’s extensive grassroots presence.
- Here to Help
British Columbia
Mental health support resources for BC
- Pathways BC
A service directory
- Vancouver Coastal Health: Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Services
Metro Vancouver
Developmental disabilities mental health services provide individualized assessment, treatment and education for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities and complex mental health needs.
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