As a counselor, social worker, or therapist, how do you begin conversations with your clients? What are the best ways to break the ice and…
Dima Dupéré, a cartoonist and an Associate Candidate with the Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma, uses cartoons to give insight into…
Anna R. was having an ultrasound, prepared to see her baby for the first time. When she asked the technician what the sex of the…
Student Laura Bain lives with bipolar disorder and describes her condition in this thought-provoking TEDx Talk. She illustrates the turmoil of what life is like…
In this cartoon, Dima Dupéré humorously depicts an amateurish moment between a therapist and client. Dupéré, an Associate Candidate with the Centre for Treatment of…
Andrea Gibson is a spoken word artist and activist who writes with intense passion about mental illness, bullying, and social tragedy. In her award-winning poem,…
Individuals open up in a short film about their early experiences with therapy: first feeling trepidation or reluctance, and then feeling relief or catharsis. In…
Cartoonist Dima Dupéré draws this cartoon to depict a challenging scenario that some may face in therapy – the unmotivated client. Dupéré told the Trauma…
‘Explaining My Depression to My Mom’ is a poem by Sabrina Benaim presented at Button Poetry, an organization dedicated to the production and distribution of…
Sure, writers dismiss it. But the semicolon –the otherwise underwhelming punctuation mark– has had its share of fans. Like American physician and poet Lewis Thomas,…
