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Helpful Resources for Yourself and Your Friends
Helpful Resources for Yourself and Your Friends
Struggling with Self-Harm or Self-Injury
Struggling with Self-Harm or Self-Injury
Self-harm is often a way to cope with emotional distress, trauma, or mental health issues like depression and anxiety. While it may provide temporary relief, it can lead to more serious physical and emotional complications over time. Therefore, coping skills for self-harm offer temporary relief from self-harm urges but don’t address the root emotional causes, leading to recurring desires to self-harm.
Self-harm is often a way to cope with emotional distress, trauma, or mental health issues like depression and anxiety. While it may provide temporary relief, it can lead to more serious physical and emotional complications over time. Therefore, coping skills for self-harm offer temporary relief from self-harm urges but don’t address the root emotional causes, leading to recurring desires to self-harm.
For lasting change and recovery, seeking support from a trained therapist is crucial. Therapy provides a safe space to explore deep emotions, trauma, and mental health issues driving self-harm.
For lasting change and recovery, seeking support from a trained therapist is crucial. Therapy provides a safe space to explore deep emotions, trauma, and mental health issues driving self-harm.
CMHA Youth & Self-Injury.pdfCornell Research Program - Coping Strategies for Self Harm.pdf
Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence &
Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence &
Self-Advocacy
Self-Advocacy
Speaking up doesn’t come naturally to everyone, and that’s okay! The first step in developing self-advocacy is building confidence, and that begins with understanding who you are.
Start by identifying your strengths and values. Recognizing these qualities helps you understand what’s important to you and gives you something solid to stand on when you advocate for yourself.
Another key piece is communication. Knowing how to express yourself clearly and respectfully is essential to building strong relationships; it is the backbone of self-advocacy. When you can explain how you feel, what you need, and why it matters, people are more likely to listen.
Confidence doesn’t come from pretending to be perfect. it comes from practice The more you advocate for yourself, the stronger that voice becomes.
Stress & Anxiety
Stress & Anxiety
Stress
Stress
"Stress” is a term that is commonly used in everyday life. It is a normal physical, emotional, and mental response to any challenge. Good stress is a balance between arousal and relaxation that can help you concentrate and achieve what you want. Bad stress is too much stress, such as the constant worry over school and relationships.
Stress can come from events and situations that happen to you (e.g., family, relationships, exams and assignments, unexpected bills, an overwhelming workload, and noisy neighbours). Many of these things you cannot change and are beyond your control. Stress can also come from within you (e.g., fear, uncertainty about the future, unrealistic expectations, and negative thinking).
The Difference Between Stress and Anxiety
The Difference Between Stress and Anxiety
Stress and anxiety have similar symptoms. However, stress tends to be short term and in response to a recognizable threat. Anxiety may linger and not have an easily identifiable trigger. The Stress vs Anxiety button below explains the differences and similarities between stress and anxiety and looks at treatment and management strategies.
Emerging Adulthood Stress Management Workbook.pdfRelationships
Relationships
Looking for a Therapist?
Looking for a Therapist?
NEW TO ST. JOE'S!
NEW TO ST. JOE'S!
We are fortunate to have a Rapid Access Counsellor joining our team at St. Joe's.
NICOLE will be working in student services every Wednesday starting September 24.
Black Youth Helpline
Black Youth Helpline
National Helpline for Canadian Youth
National Helpline for Canadian Youth
52N Brochure 2025-26.pdf
SASKATCHEWAN HEALTH AUTHORITY
SASKATCHEWAN HEALTH AUTHORITY
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Virtual and Residential Programs
Virtual and Residential Programs
Whether you're just beginning your journey or reconnecting with recovery after a pause, our programs are designed to support you. We offer a flexible, non-linear pathway that includes both group and individual support, with step-up and step-down options based on your needs. In supportive group environments—both onsite and virtual—participants are invited to explore new ways of responding to life’s challenges at their own pace.
BridgePoint’s services do not replace inpatient or acute medical care.
People who are mentally healthy:
People who are mentally healthy:
- have a sense of contentment
- can deal with stress & bounce back from difficulty
- have a sense of purpose & meaning
- can build & maintain healthy relationships
- are flexible & can adapt to change
- balance work and play, rest and activity
- have self-confidence & self-esteem
Positive psychology is powerful because it can be applied to any aspect of our lives.
Happiness isn't determined by external factors—it's a product of our mindset. Improving our outlook manifests more positive results in reality, which reinforces our positive mindset and creates a feedback loop that leads to further positive outcomes and greater happiness.
Book Recommendation
The Happiness Advantage — Shawn Achor. Based on a decade of research, this book challenges the idea that if we work hard and become successful, we'll be happy. It shows instead that happiness is a precursor to success, not a result of it, and proposes a proven seven-step framework with simple everyday actions to cultivate a positive mindset and create positive, lasting change
30 Ways in 30 days to Find Joy Challenge!
30 Ways in 30 days to Find Joy Challenge!
This 30-day "Finding Joy" challenge aims to help you, & leave you feeling calmer and happier at the end of the month.
Even better, you don't need to spend a lot of money or have tons of free time to participate.
Inspiring Quote
“Waiting to be happy limits our brain’s potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives performance upward.”
— Shawn Achor
Mental Health Literacy aims to reduce barriers to learning by addressing the mental health needs of our students.
Mental Health Literacy is defined as:
Understanding how to foster & maintain good mental health
Understanding mental disorders & their treatments
Decreasing Stigma
Understanding how to seek help effectively
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