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Anxiety Canada

Website: https://www.anxietycanada.com/

  • Offers very comprehensive and extensive information on anxiety in children and youth.
  • Also offers many self-help worksheets on their resource page.

Kidthink - Mental Health Service for Kids

Tel: 431-388-5373

Website: www.kidthink.ca

  • Mental health treatment and outreach program that focuses on improving mental health and well-being for children aged 12 and under in Manitoba
  • provides child, parenting and family support and treatment

Reading Resources

  •   Helping Your Anxious Child by Ronald M. Rapee, Susan H. Spence, Vanessa Cobham, and Ann Wignall
  •   The Shyness & Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens by Jennifer Shannon
  •   Freeing Your Child From Anxiety by T. Chansky
  •   What to do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner
  •   When My Worries Get Too Big by Kari Dunn Buron
  •   Anxiety and the Gift of Imagination by Robin Alter
  •   Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents by Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons
  •   Playing with Anxiety: Casey's Guide For Teens and Kids by Reid Wilson and Lynn Lyons

From Australia - available at Prairie Sky Books, Winnipeg

  • The Secret Problem (OCD) by Weaver & Phillips
  • The Panic Book (Panic Disorder) by Weaver & Phillips
  • The School Wobblies (School Anxiety) by Weaver & Phillips
  • Full of Beans (ADD) by Weaver & Phillips
  • Too Blue (Depression) by Weaver & Phillips

Counselling Resources

  • Winnipeg Regional Health Authority - Central Intake for Children and Adolescents
    Tel: 204-958-9660
        •     Referrals for anxiety treatment at Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre or Health Sciences Centre.
        •    There is no fee for this service

Manitoba Psychological Society

Tel: 204-488-7398
Website: www.mps.ca
    •    Private Practice Psychologists - under Find a Psychologists - categories: Children + Anxiety Disorders.
    •    Fees will vary 

Macdonald Youth Services

Tel: 204-477-1722
Website: www.mys.ca
    •    Free Counselling for ages 13-29 (ages 13-15 must be accompanied by an adult)
    •    Wednesdays from 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm, first come, first served.

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