Psychology
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In the Shadow of Angels
Intimate Stories from a Hospice Counsellor by Susan Breiddal
“You people are angels.” For many, this statement is the only response to why anyone would want to work in palliative care, to be surrounded by sick, dying, and grief-stricken people. How hospice care professionals manage it is unfathomable for ...
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OCDad
Learning to Be a Parent With a Mental Health Disorder by Jason Adams
“In many ways, this book is the resource I wish I had had.” How do you make time for therapy while raising kids? How do you tell the difference between healthy parental instincts and OCD symptoms? How does OCD affect parenting, and what can be ...
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Immigrants' Journeys
Africans Making Canada Home by Chifuka M Chundu
Imagine walking one-thousand kilometres to cross the border from war-torn South Sudan into Ethiopia, eventually seeking asylum in Canada. Or moving from Ghana to Quebec as a child, not speaking English or French, and being one of the few Black ...
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Emerging from the Shadows
Racialized Students’ Mental Health by Rodrick J. Lal
Emerging from the Shadows aims to enlighten academics, researchers, university students, and the general public about the development of mental health services in a university environment—with a special focus on racialized students. Based on ...
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I'm OK Until I'm Not OK
Grief From A-Z by Margaret Fraser-Thibault
Your grief is unique and so is this book. You are not losing your mind, you are not alone, and there is hope. If you feel overwhelmed and lost while struggling through the painful aftermath of death, this easy-to-read and understand book was ...
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Life's Purpose
Scaling the Ravine: Overcoming Cancer Divorce and Adversity by Masood Osmani
Told first in illustration then in real-life pictures, Life’s Purpose shares author Masood Osmani’s experiences struggling with cancer, divorce, a failing business, and deep depression. Doctors, priests, and psychologists don’t offer him any ...
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Brain Mechanisms
Linking Cognitive Phenomena to Neuron Activity by L. Andrew Coward
Brain Mechanisms: Linking Cognitive Phenomena to Neuron Activity shows how to understand higher cognition in terms of brain anatomy, physiology and chemistry. Natural selection pressures have resulted in all information processes in the brain being ...
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Enough Pieces of Crazy to Go Around
by Melanie Mills
Enough Pieces of Crazy to Go Around takes the reader on a journey through the life experiences of Melanie Mills as she struggles to identify and heal her trauma by navigating a system that dehumanizes and dismisses her at every turn. Unwinding the ...
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What It Takes to Make It Through
Stories of Suicide Resilience and Loss by ASR Suicide Studies Collective
“When I am suicidal, all rational thinking dissolves and black and white thinking prevails. It’s all or nothing, everyone or no one, never or forever. There is no room for sometimes, maybe, or less than perfect.” Let’s have a real conversation ...
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The Unbroken
A Firefighter's Memoir by Steve Serbic
When a series of traumatic calls on the job as a firefighter leaves Steve shaken and unable to recover, he, reluctantly at first, seeks out clinical counselling. His one rule, “I won’t talk about my childhood,” closes the door on several therapists, ...
