A 5-Minute Intro to Therapy!
Each year, the first week of October in the US/CAN is National Mental Illness Awareness Week. During this week, organizations like the National Alliance on…
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Help Children and Adolescents Heal with These Resources from Dawn D’Amico
In this blog, Dawn D’Amico speaks about her inspiration for writing Conversation-Starters for Working with Children and Adolescents After Trauma and about her work helping…
Conquer Back-to-School with these 10 JKP Mental Health and Wellness Resources
Conquer Back-to-School with these 10 JKP Mental Health and Wellness Resources Back-to-school season is in full swing, which means that many kids may be facing…
Creating hope through action: a suicide researcher’s perspective
Creating hope through action: a suicide researcher’s perspective CONTENT WARNING – suicide is a main focus of this blogpost. In honour of World Suicide Prevention…
Anxiety and Autism
Drawing on the author’s extensive clinical and research experience in the fields of anxiety and autism new book Helping Autistic Teens to Manage their Anxiety…
Learning How to Be Angry
How to Be Angry publishes on March 21, 2022. Can you briefly outline your history? How has this background influenced what you write about? For…
How to Support Trans People of Colour – with Sabah Choudrey
How to Support Trans People of Colour – with Sabah Choudrey Trans people of colour are often excluded from movements and services in trans and…
Why do we need to look beyond ‘mental disorders’ when handling intense emotions?
Here Bridie Gallagher writes about why we need to explore beyond the ‘illness narrative’ to understand why people might feel the way they do.
Adapting child-friendly activities for online therapy
Dr Fiona Zandt, Clinical Psychologist and co-author of Creative Ways to Help Children Manage Anxiety discusses the move to online therapy, and how activities can be adapted for virtual sessions.
FREE RESOURCE: Creative Activities to Cope with Depression!
Jennifer Guest’s new activity book uses the principles of CBT as well as illustrated worksheets to help people understand and manage their symptoms of depression.…