{"id":19266,"date":"2019-02-04T13:33:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/?p=19266"},"modified":"2019-02-04T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:39:09","slug":"lets-talk-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/lets-talk-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Talk&#8230; Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am honored to share my humble voice, musings, and learnings as a certified counsellor and registered psychologist. I have been a counsellor for 25 years. I hope you identify with and find something in my words &#8211; a few takeaways to help you reflect on and use in your daily practice.<\/p>\n<p>There are many community initiatives bringing mental health into our collective consciousness. Amazing community partners are attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/letstalk.bell.ca\/en\/ways-to-help\">#endthestigma<\/a>, and are holding many essential conversations about the prevalence, needs and impact of mental health. Bell Canada\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Talk Day\u201d is one national push towards mental health awareness and a major source of fundraising to support these goals. In the spirit of such events and the aims of our CCPA Connect Blog, I decided to write on mental health and my general counselling perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Mental<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>health is all about people and life. Each individual&#8217;s personal life experience is different and each road to wellness and peace a very personal and unique journey.<\/p>\n<p>It all starts with a person\u2019s story like the following on kidshelpphone.ca. One person&#8217;s story &#8211; less than two minutes to read but enlightening how young children can start to experience mental health difficulties and the positive impact of support. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O6LvelRtNR?amp=1\">here<\/a> to read Emma O\u2019Hare\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>Every story is unique, requiring an individual exploration and journey to wellness.\u00a0The story emerges and well intentioned, we all too often jump to \u201cHow can we fix?\u201d With this mindset, how can anyone as family, friends even ourselves as counsellors and psychotherapists help Someone has felt safe enough to trust you to share their story and issues. The following <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rNYyGGGTfQ\">link<\/a> presents a few ways anyone can help if a person confides in you regarding their issues and mental health (via Kids Help Phone).<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, we should always encourage the person to connect, engage or re-engage a team of professionals or seek professional help.\u00a0 Sometimes that is difficult, and people can refuse or encounter difficulties in accessing help. In spite of this and perhaps because of this, we always need to work together to encourage the fight to access professional help and support \u2013 employee assistance programs, medical, psychiatry, individual counselling &#8211; any supports or services tailored to an individual\u2019s needs and issues.\u00a0The CCPA constantly advocates for access to counselling services. We all walk among very compassionate family, friends and staff in general who are there to help and listen but we must also be mindful of the need for expert supports. Many situations require the support and help of <strong>professionals<\/strong>\u00a0such as certified counsellors and psychotherapists.\u00a0The journey to mental health is very individual and takes more than one day and one campaign. We have to continue helping people talk and sharing stories, in protective safe spaces and always with an eye to our own life stories as counsellors.<\/p>\n<p>I always stress <strong>SAFETY<\/strong> with my fellow educators, students and caregivers,\u00a0as there are times people need immediate and direct intervention.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>At any point, if you feel an individual or others around them are not\u00a0<strong>SAFE<\/strong>, the best help you can offer sometimes is to honestly say, this is bigger than me and you right now, WE need immediate medical help or interventions. Engage police and or medical intervention ER, wellness checks as needed. The brutal reality is we can all lose people to suicide or homicide (myself included). Always then, look to your own self-care and mental health as a counsellor, partner, parent, and human being. Vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue are real things that we all must bear in mind to be well and at peace.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, the most important element toward all mental health is finding and giving <strong>VOICE<\/strong>.\u00a0 People have to think about and discover what they need and then give voice to their needs in whatever way they can. The counselling process and counsellor\u2019s work then continues to explore and walk alongside an individual\u2019s path leads toward wellness one step at a time. We can try to support, comfort\u00a0as friends, colleagues, family member, and people but truly each one of us (client and counsellor) has to agree to embark on that unique journey to find our own voice. We need to build inherent strengths to learn to write, whisper, speak and at times fight for what each person needs to be well in their world.\u00a0Our work as counsellors is to help each individual find these inner strengths, listen, guide, support and challenge thinking toward a more peaceful and well existence.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I believe different mediums in counselling (art, written, spoken word, song) \u201cspark joy\u201d (sorry Marie Kondo is everywhere) and resonate with each individual. Use each person\u2019s strengths, gifts and joys to help them journey toward wellness and peace.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a song about\u00a0<strong>VOICE <\/strong>I have listened to with many counselling clients in various parts of that journey&#8230;. I hope you enjoy! The choice to embark on the journey to wellness is always brave. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4\">\u201cBrave\u201d<\/a> by Sara Bareilles.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s help others and ourselves to be brave, start to find our way, and share our voices and stories a little more each day. Your path is your own but know, you are never alone.<\/p>\n<p>Think, talk and always take care,<br \/>\nGloria<\/p>\n<p>Brave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA783CA783&amp;q=Sara+Bareilles&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLUz9U3SCs0yTFaxMoXnFiUqOCUWJSamZOTWgwAes1TXB4AAAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwid7Lz0ppPgAhVuS98KHSTiDPQQMTAAegQIBhAF\">Sara Bareilles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can be amazing<br \/>\nYou can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug<br \/>\nYou can be the outcast<br \/>\nOr be the backlash of somebody\u2019s lack of love<br \/>\nOr you can start speaking up<br \/>\nNothing\u2019s gonna hurt you the way that words do<br \/>\nAnd they settle \u2018neath your skin<br \/>\nKept on the inside and no sunlight<br \/>\nSometimes a shadow wins<br \/>\nBut I wonder what would happen if you<\/p>\n<p>Say what you wanna say<br \/>\nAnd let the words fall out<br \/>\nHonestly, I wanna see you be brave<\/p>\n<p>With what you want to say<br \/>\nAnd let the words fall out<br \/>\nHonestly, I wanna see you be brave<\/p>\n<p>I just wanna see you<br \/>\nI just wanna see you<br \/>\nI just wanna see you<br \/>\nI wanna see you be brave<\/p>\n<p>I just wanna see you<br \/>\nI just wanna see you<br \/>\nI just wanna see you<br \/>\nI wanna see you be brave<\/p>\n<p>Everybody\u2019s been there, everybody\u2019s been stared down<br \/>\nBy the enemy<br \/>\nFallen for the fear and done some disappearing<br \/>\nBow down to the mighty<br \/>\nDon\u2019t run, stop holding your tongue<br \/>\nMaybe there\u2019s a way out of the cage where you live<br \/>\nMaybe one of these days you can let the light in<br \/>\nShow me how big your brave is<\/p>\n<p>Say what you wanna say<br \/>\nAnd let the words fall out<br \/>\nHonestly, I wanna see you be brave<\/p>\n<p>With what you want to say<br \/>\nAnd let the words fall out<br \/>\nHonestly, I wanna see you be brave<\/p>\n<p>Innocence, your history of silence<br \/>\nWon\u2019t do you any good<br \/>\nDid you think it would?<br \/>\nLet your words be anything but empty<br \/>\nWhy don\u2019t you tell them the truth?<\/p>\n<p>Say what you wanna say<br \/>\nAnd let the words fall out<br \/>\nHonestly, I wanna see you be brave<\/p>\n<p>With what you want to say<br \/>\nAnd let the words fall out<br \/>\nI just wanna see you<br \/>\nSee you be brave<\/p>\n<p>Songwriters: Jack Antonoff \/ Sara Bareilles<\/p>\n<p>Brave lyrics \u00a9 Sony\/ATV Music Publishing LLC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am honored to share my humble voice, musings, and learnings as a certified counsellor and registered psychologist. 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