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Link – FA abuse inquiry chief receives counselling after hearing victims’ stories
This should tell you a bit about how difficult this kind of work is. The man leading the independent investigation into historical child sex abuse in football has received counselling to deal with the traumatic evidence he has heard. First off, good for them for recognizing the need for counseling in the midst of this…
Sharing – Childhood suicide: thoughts, plans and behaviours
I think the intro paragraph Ellen wrote is reason enough to go read the whole thing. But, I also want you to pay attention to what this study has to say about the reported rates of suicidal thoughts reported by kids, versus their parents.(The statistics she quotes should clue you in on how often parents…
Sharing – 15 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
I, frankly, did not realize these statistics about therapists, but if I stop to think much about it, I’m not surprised. According to a 2015 study by the American Psychological Association, 83.6 percent of psychologists are White, while only 14.6 percent combined are Black, Latinx and Asian (and that doesn’t even account for Native Americans and other minority communities). While therapists specialize in a variety of…
