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Category Archives: Mental Health
Hot Walk & Talk
Understanding the Role of the Listener
Diana Tikasz explores the steps of the Hot Walk & Talk with an emphasis on the role of the listener.
February 2021
It’s Not Taboo to Care
A Conversation About Peer Support and Mental Health
LCol (retired) Stéphane Grenier is a former Canadian military officer, and founder and lead innovator at Mental Health Innovations (MHI). In this conversation, he shares his lessons learned about supporting mental health in the workplace and strategies for creating peer support programs.
February 2021
Mental Health & “Scary Issues”
A Conversation About Stigma with Dr. Mike Condra
Dr. Mike Condra is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON. In this conversation, he shares his lessons learned about reducing stigma in the helping professions and offers strategies for verbal de-escalation.
December 2020
Stigma & The Stiff Upper Lip
Self-Compassion and the "Carry On" Culture
Many of us work in a culture that maintains that we must stoically “carry on” or be perpetual heroes. In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz. and Dr. Jennifer Russel consider the resentment and isolation that can arise from stigma in the helping professions.
December 2020
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