Mental Health Resources

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During #MentalHealthWeek, it’s important to connect especially during these challenging times.


  • Resources available to you

Our #COVIDー19  resource hub provides information on Blue Cross supports available to you such as Connect Now to stay safe and well during the pandemic.


Free online CPD programming on the topics of anxiety and mental health on CPDonline.


Mental Health and Lawyers: An Unspoken Struggle
1 CPD hour, 1 EPPM hour

You are Not Alone: The Lawyer’s Guide to Dealing with Anxiety
1 CPD hour, 1 EPPM hour

Lawyers Health & Wellness Program – a free and confidential service to practising lawyers, articling students and their families through Manitoba Blue Cross.  It offers help with stress, relationships, psychological disorders, financial crisis, family and parenting, emotional and behavioural concerns as well as addictions.


Services are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, by calling the Manitoba Blue Cross Employee Assistance Centre at:

  • Winnipeg: 204-786-8880
  • Toll-Free: 1-800-590-5553
  • Hearing Impaired Line: 204-775-0586

For more information regarding the services provided, please see the Manitoba Blue Cross be resilient Employee Assistance Program brochure.

Peer Support – Looking to talk to someone who’s been there?
Lawyers Helping Lawyers, is a group of lawyers committed to helping other lawyers enjoy their life and law practice to the fullest. Members of the Manitoba Bar Association, are available to help on a confidential basis. For more information or assistance, please contact Colleen McDuff at 204-955-1315 or Maria Mitousis at 204-992-9900.