Psychology, Mental Health
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The Addiction Recovery Handbook
Understanding Addiction and Culture and Creating a Prosperous Human Spirit by Richard W. Clark
What Richard Clark presents in The Addiction Recovery Handbook: Understanding Addiction and Culture is long overdue. Since 1939, Bill Wilson’s important and influential books, Alcoholics Anonymous and AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, have ...
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The Compassionate Supervisor
by Tracy Miles
Right now more than ever before, in the aftermath of COVID health care workers need support. The Compassionate Supervisor advocates for a different type of leadership for front line workers, particularly those working in mental health. The book ...
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Kicking ASSpergers
One Meltdown at a Time by Jeremy Tolmie, Dave Ray and Joel Mark Harris
“I was tired of feeling this way. I was tired of everything, and I just wanted it to end . . . What would happen if I lit the entire place on fire? What if I just stayed perfectly still and did nothing?” Kicking ASSpergers is the triumphant memoir ...
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The Power of Connection
How to process emotion in turbulent times. by Bea Mackay
In life, there are many things we cannot control, leaving us feeling powerless and defeated. However, what you can control is how you deal with your emotions. In The Power of Connection, psychologist Dr. Bea Mackay explores mental health by teaching ...
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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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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, ...
