Specific Anxiety-Related Resources

Addiction and Substance Abuse

Addiction Group
International

  • For anyone who has struggled with addiction or substance abuse

  • Offers information and resources to help people who experience addictions

Alcohol Rehab Help
Online

Guide to the Connection Between Anxiety and Addiction
Online

  • Helpful information about how and why anxiety and addiction often co-occur

Eating Disorders

Hopewell Eating Disorder Support Centre
Ottawa

  • Offers support groups and mentoring for people who struggle with eating disorders and their families and friends

  • Also do community outreach to educate the community about eating disorders

Ontario Shores Eating Disorders Unit
Durham

  • 12-bed unit for children and adolescents who struggle with eating disorders

  • Includes a pre-admission process, post-discharge support, and planning for transition home

  • Offers intensive individual therapy, group and family therapy, psychoeducation, meal support, nutrition and eating rehabilitation, psychopharmacologic treatment, schooling, treatment for co-morbid disorders, secondary School Education Program

Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association
Windsor

  • Free

  • For all Ontario residents

  • Provides centralized intake and referrals to streamline access to treatment and provide a continuum of care

  • Only provides clinical treatment to adults, but will refer youth and adolescents to community partners

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

OCD Canada’s Youth Support Group
Downtown Toronto

  • For children and youth aged 6 to 16

OCD Ottawa Support Group
Ottawa

  • For people aged 16+

  • Support group to discuss symptoms, treatment, and coping strategies for OCD

  • Focus on cognitive behaviour therapy and exposure and response prevention

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre – Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre
Toronto

  • For anyone aged 18+

  • Residential program open to people from across Canada and the United States

  • Treats OCD and related disorders including hoarding, hair pulling, skin picking, and body dysmorphic disorders

Social Anxiety

Toronto Shyness and Social Anxiety Support Group
Toronto

  • Support group for people who experience shyness and social anxiety