Mental Health Reources
Mental Health Supports
For emergencies, please call 9-1-1
For Suicide Crisis and Prevention, please call 9-8-8
Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line: 1-888-429-8167
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868; Text CONNECT to 686868
Nova Scotia Mental Health and Addictions
Professional Associations
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists
NSCCT Complaints Process
https://nscct.ca/filing-complaint/
CCPA Code of Ethics
https://www.ccpa-accp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CCPA-2020-Code-of-Ethics-E-Book-EN.pdf
CCPA Standards of Practice
Anxiety
Anxiety Canada
https://www.anxietycanada.com/
Mindshift App
https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt/
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhoodis Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
Parenting
Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High Schoolby Michelle Icard
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhoodis Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté
Written by Daniel Siegel:
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired
Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive
The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Mindfulness
A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield
No Time Like the Present by Jack Kornfield
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel Siegel
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Dan Siegel
Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence--The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice by Daniel Siegel
Mindful
How Mindfulness Empowers Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzKryaN44ss
Grief
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine
How to Carry What Can't Be Fixed by Megan Devine
Documentary: Griefwalker https://www.nfb.ca/film/griefwalker/
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martín Prechtel