Counseling & Psychological Services

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Helpful Videos

Distress  Tolerance Videos

Managing Emotions Videos

Mindfullness Videos

Grief & Loss Videos

Relationships with Others

 

Election Resources

Post Election Mindfullness-Based Self Care

Resources for Black Individuals and Communities

• BIPOC Mental Health Resource Guide
• Therapy for Racial Justice Activists
• Family ­Care, Community­ Care and Self­ Care Tool Kit: Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma
• Liberate Meditation App (by and for people of color)
• Black Lives Matter: Toolkit
• Common Coping Strategies
• Emotionally Restorative Self Care: People of Color
• Filling Our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color Can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
• Grief is a Direct Impact of Racism: Eight Ways to Support Yourself
• Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress
• Racial Trauma is Real
  

 

Anti-Racism Resources

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-racism resources for white people
• Harvard Implicit Bias Test
• Talking About Race: Being Antiracist
• Detour-Spotting for White Antiracists
• Integrating Anti-Racism with Addiction Treatment

 

Grief & Loss Handouts

• Grief & Loss: Self-Care Handouts
• Building Your Social Network: My Support Network
• Building Your Social Network: Support System

 

**Resources for coping with COVID-19**

Handouts:

• Racial Discrimination & COVID-19
• Tips for Consuming News During COVID-19
• Stress Buster Tips
• Self-Compassion During COVID-19

Podcasts:

• Coronavirus social distancing makes grieving even harder
• Unpacking the mental health crisis in the coronavirus pandemic’s wake
• WCU RAM Fam Podcast - Attending to Mental Health during a Pandemic
• WCU RAM Fam Podcast - Attending to Mental Health during Pandemic (part 2)
• WCU RAM Fam Podcast - Attending to Mental Health during a Pandemic (part 3)
• Unlocking Us: Brene Brown

Helpful Workbooks & Self-Help Tools:

• FACE COVID
  • This is a set of practical steps for responding effectively to the Corona crisis, using the principles of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
• Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook
  • Download this free workbook to guide you through step by step exercises to help you cope.
• Pandemic Project
  •  Provides you with an expressive writing tool that may have terrific preventative and healing potential for each of us concerned about this unparalleled event that threatens our physical and emotional health.
• Managing Coronavirus Anxiety: 10 Practical Suggestions
  • Clinical psychologist Nick Wigwall suggests tips for managing anxiety about the coronavirus
• Mind Matters
  • Written by students for students - Navigating mental health concerns during COVID-19

Webpages with Resources Related to COVID-19:

• Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence COVID-19 Resources
• Move to End Violence: Building Movement for Social Change
  •  Resources, Tools, and Articles in response to COVID-19 such as self-care workbook, self-care challenge and more!
• Active Minds - Mental Health Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • Offer live webinars; blogs (on topics such as the stress of living at home & staying emotionally well during COVID-19)
• COVID-19 and Addiction

General Mental Health Webpages:

• The Mighty Blogs
  • A safe, supportive community for people facing health challenges and the people who care for them
• TWLOHA Blog
  • Read inspiring posts like "Fear Won't Win" and "Hope Will Not be Cancelled"
• Actively Moving Forward (AMF)
  • National network created in response to the needs of grieving young adults, ages 18-25.