Self-Help Resources
Explore our curated resources designed to support your journey!
Want to better understand your emotional well-being on your own time?
We know that therapy is expensive and time-consuming. If you want to learn more outside of your therapy sessions (or simply on your own) to help you in your journey, we think these resources may help.
Dr. Thompson’s Blog
Dr. Thompson’s blog is meant to help clients and beginning therapists better understand the world of emotions. Her most popular blogs help readers understand:
Videos
- Alfred and Shadow – A Short Story about Emotions
- Alfred & Shadow – A Short Story about Self-Criticism
- Brené Brown on vulnerability.
- Neuroplasticity: How our minds change with new learning
- https://www.emotionawarenessday.com/ – Emotion Awareness Day Videos
- Dr. Narayan Singh – EFT Psychologist
- Dr. Ghazaleh Bailey www.youtube.com/@dr.gbailey.
Websites
A big shout-out to student Mila, and Ms. Fischer, for their lovely feedback and their contribution of a glossary of mental health and wellness terms to our self-help resources:
https://www.magnusmed.com/blog/glossary-of-mental-health-and-wellness-terms/
Self-help resources for a variety of symptoms and challenges:
Self-directed CBT, with or without clinician assistance:
https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/
Workshops for parents and caregivers of individuals struggling with mental health issues:
http://www.anchorpsychology.ca/events
https://www.mentalhealthfoundations.ca
https://familypsychology.org/workshop
Real stories to help you deal with your pain.
This computer-assisted therapy program is available to all Ontario residents via either a service hub or independently by using a postal code & email to sign up (free). It is an evidence-based cognitive behavioural program with built-in assessment & progress monitoring.
https://www.breakingfreeonline.ca/
Books For Your Emotions
Living Like You Mean It, by Ronald J. Frederick, Ph.D
It’s Not Always Depression, by Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW
Emotional Fitness, by Janice Berger (and revised audiobook, published in 2019)
The Highly Sensitive Person, by Dr. Elaine Aron
Any of the books by social worker, researcher, storyteller, and faculty member, Brené Brown, MSW.
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind, Survive Everyday Parenting Struggles, and Help Your Family Thrive
Books For Couples
An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples: The Two of Us, by Veronica Kallos-Lilly and Jennifer Fitzgerald
Hold me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, by Sue Johnson
Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships, by Sue Johnson
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, by Esther Perel
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity, by Esther Perel
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