Hey my friend, here are the mental health resources we are confident with! Enjoy!  

        (Click on the orange titles to access the materials.)

Online Mental Health Screening Tools

Mental Health Screening Tools: Includes 8 quick mental health screenings for Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, PTSD, Alcohol and Substance Use, Youth, Parent, Psychosis and a Work Health Survey.

Online Screening for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Brief online screen for Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Adolescent Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Eating Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder and Substance Use Addiction.

The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: An assessment of the severity of OC symptoms. It also gives a brief definition of obsessions and compulsions, the core features of OCD.

OCD Screening: A brief screening measure to determine whether you might need to consult a mental health professional for diagnosis and treatment of OCD, includes symptom score.

OCD Self-Assessment Questionnaire: Helping you identify the types of OCD symptoms, checking 2 or more items from that category might mean that specific type of symptoms is bothering you.

Getting to know Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCD 101: A quick overview of what OCD is, how to treat it with FOUR STEPS for CONQUERING SYMPTOMS of OCD, and helpful tips (to-dos and not-to-dos with your loved ones having OCD) compiled by ©Vitae.

The Four Steps – Brain Lock: A more in-depth step-by-step guide to the Four-Step Cognitive Behavioral Therapy treating OCD devised by Dr Jeffrey Schwartz, with underlying concepts clearly explained and instructional steps of Relabel, Reattribute, Refocus & Revalue fully covered. If you like watching videos more than reading the material itself, click here for the Introductory Overview of the Four Steps Treatment Method for OCD.

BBC Documentary Extreme OCD Camp: A 2-hour inspirational video following six British teens and young adults with OCD as they embark on an incredible journey to the American wilderness for treatment, showing their fears and progress on their way to recovery and how exposure therapy works.  Episode 1 | Episode 2

Paul Salkovskis Interview: A 2-hour podcast interview of OCD Expert, exploring all OCD matters, from what OCD is to actionable steps you can take at home when you don’t want to be in a therapy yet. Informational and Interesting, a MUST-LISTEN episode from someone who really knows about OCD!

Just Right OCD: A fact sheet provided by ©International OCD Foundation, explaining the symptoms, triggers, impact and  treatment options for OCD and its relation to other disorders. 

Reframing your thoughts

Daily Mood Log: A powerful exercise and technique to reframe negative thoughts into positive ones created by psychologist © David D. Burns!

Developing a Mindful and Peaceful State

Mindful Breathing Exercise: This video incorporates a real-time mindfulness exercise into the 4-step method of changing our brain habits, designed by mindfulness expert Jeffrey Schwartz. [7 min.]

5-minute Mindfulness Exercise: A short and simple mindfulness practice to begin with. Take 5 minutes per day to start your mindful journey, immersing into a quiet moment that belongs only to You in the present moment! The guided voice and sound of ocean waves will take you into your inner psyche.

20-minute Guided Mindfulness Exercise:  A more advanced mindfulness exercise combining the practices of Observing the Breath and Passive, Progressive, Relaxation (PPR). If you want to take a glimpse of what regular mindfulness body scan is like, this video is the shorter version and the right place to go!