Client Resources
Self Help Books
Depression
- Antidepressant Skills Workbook
- The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Depression by Drs. William, Teasdale, Segal, and Kabat-Zinn
- Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
- Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time: The New Behavioral Activation Approach to Getting Your Life Back by Drs. Addis and Martell
Imperfection
Anxiety Disorders and OCD
- Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook by Drs. Barlow and Craske
- The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook: 6th Edition by Dr. Bourne
- Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Dr. Schwartz
- Talking Back to OCD: The Program that Helps Kids and Teens Say “No Way” – and Parents Say “Way to Go” by Dr. March
Borderline Personality Disorder
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets by Dr. Marsha Linehan, Second Edition
- DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents by Drs. Rathus and Miller
- Loving Someone with Personality Disorder
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating and Bulimia by Drs. Safer, Telch, and Chen
- The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation by Drs. Fruzzetti and Linehan
Mindfulness
Mental Health and Wellness
COVID-19 Information and Coping Resources
Local Resources
- VGH Access and Assessment Centre
- Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia
- Anxiety Canada
- MindHealth BC
- Here to Help
- Battered Women’s Support Services
- Early Psychosis Intervention (epi)
- Aboriginal Patient Navigator Program
- Al-Anon and Narc-Anon meetings
- Transgender Health Information
Program - Prism Services (for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, Two Spirit and queer communities)
- VCH Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Deaf-Blind Well-Being Program
- National Eating Disorder Information Centre
- Kids Help Phone
- Richmond Mental Health and Substance Use
Autism
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Now Matters Now (Learn core DBT skills from Dr. Marsha Linehan and other expert clinicians)
- Behavioral Technology Transfer Group
- Evidence supporting the effectiveness of DBT
- For what conditions is DBT effective? For whom does DBT work?