Shared Links (weekly) Dec 22, 2024
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What if the operators on the line do get the necessary training and we make all the improvements we can make as we learn how to do this better, and there is just no system to hand the caller off to? Because I feel like that might be the case for some callers. The call is a door to care, but is the follow-up care available?
World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September 2023): Creating Hope Through Action
What to Talk About in Therapy: Ideas to Get You Started– If you’ve never been, where do you start? What is expected of you?
The Child Mind Institute has put together a list, along with descriptions, of 44 books they recommend for children. In their own words these are the “best books for helping kids understand emotional and learning challenges” The books are listed by topics ranging from ADHD to Trauma, with a little bit of everything in between,…
8 Reasons It’s So Hard to Overcome a Tough Childhood — Challenging, but not impossible at all! tags: CA ChildAbuse Boys and men are also survivors of sexual abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse Why doesn’t society care about male rape? tags: CA ChildAbuse Child abuse experts from the Medical University of South Carolina talk about cases…
In the interest of sharing reviews of books/movies/shows about mental health and child abuse, I wanted to link to a review of Healing from Incest: Intimate Conversations with My Therapist posted by Megan Riddle over on Psych Central. Megan even rates it “Worth your Time”. If you’ve read it, do you agree? As always, if…
The Influencer World Is Still Insisting Happiness Is A Choice
This oversimplification is dangerous for all our mental health.
To All the Abused Kids Who Are Dealing with the Consequences as Adults…
Ask a Black therapist: 4 ways to support Black people’s mental health
The Man Who Scares Me Most Is Me. Will I Become A Monster, Too?
4 Experts Share Ideas For Restoring Mental Health In The Black Community
‘Break the silence’: Two Columbus men share their stories of sexual assault