Counsellor Café

This is an area where Ontario College Counsellors can share their tips, strategies, best practices and resource.

If you have something to share, pass it along!

Mental Health & Wellness Apps

• Mental Health and Wellness Apps – Ontario College Counsellors

Cool Web Resources

• Action for Happiness

Counselling Handouts

• Psychology Tools
• Therapist Aid
• Positive Psychology (Dr. Seligman – Penn State) “Authentic Happiness”

Recommended APPs for Counselling

• OCC-CCCO Compilation: Mental Health and Wellness APPS

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 Books Recommended by Counsellors

Depression & Anxiety

• Mind Over Mood

Psychology

• Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Wellbeing
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Mindfulness

• The Mindful Path to Self Compassion
• Full Catastrophe Living
• Buddha’s Brain

Trauma

• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence
• Coping with Trauma Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists
• Surviving the Valley by Shirley Porter, M.Ed., RP, RSW, CCC (Fanshawe College)

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In the News: Post-Secondary Mental Health

• January 16, 2016: Campuses Get Creative in Battling Soaring Student Stress
• January 15, 2016: Stressed Out Students Turn to Mindful Meditation

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 Counselling Referral Contacts

• Distress and Crisis Centres in Ontario
• Good2Talk: 1-866-925-5454Free, completely confidential and anonymous service that offers you professional counselling, mental health information and connections to local resources. Available 24/7/365 in both English and French