How To Use This Site
The mindyourmindpro.ca community enjoys:
- free access to creative, interactive tools to use during and in-between sessions, appointments, groups and in classroom settings.
- new engagement strategies andpromising evidence and practicevia tools, videos, interviews, news, and articles.
- Pro Blog , a place to reflect and share clinical experience. Submit here.
Before a Session
Email link to Getting Started in Counselling to client. Great preparation for the first session.
Send a friendly or fun e-card with appointment date and time.
Set up mindyourmind.ca on a computer in your waiting area. Restrict internet access to mindyourmind.ca where people can play games and explore while they wait. The Squish'Em game will reduce anxiety and help focus.
Share the link to Personal Stories. The struggles and experiences of peers and celebrities on mindyourmind.ca normalizes issues and decreases isolation.
Email clients with a pre-session activity. Go to Tree of Lights on mindyourmind.ca Pick a favourite quote. Ease into a session.
During a Session
Monitor and manage moods with the Mood Tracker. Clients can review mood patterns and use personalized coping tips after the session. Assign daily use over a fixed time period.
Use a creative approach to assess daily functioning and future orientation with the Tree of Life.
Play games for change: Reach Out, Streetlife, Sex for Stuff, Problem Gambling or Keeping it Real. Games are an effective, fun way to generate discussion, encourage, provide information and encourage critical thought.
Empower clients with the Personal Decision Guide. Based on principles of shared decision-making, this thorough guide slows down the decision making process into four detailed steps.
Self Management. Many different options for approaching this vital topic:
- The Coping Kit explores reasons why to plan ahead.
- At Club Asylum, a host leads you through the process of describing crisis precipitants, supports and safety resources. Audio and graphics add to this tool. Print option.
- Alice All Jacked Up, tells the story of Alice's crisis, encouraging people to look at how they might fall down a hole, and how they can get out. Printable format.
Complete the S- List with clients, to review and list support people. Print-out.
After the session email an e-card for inspiration, a reminder or to reinforce discoveries.