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Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Mental Health
The following poster on Indigenous Women\'s Reproductive Mental Health was prese...
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Indigenous Colouring Pages
This set of Indigenous Colouring Pages includes an Aki (Earth) and Nibi (Water) ...
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You Can Help Indigenous Peoples Get Mental Health Services!
There is an urgent need to reinstate Canadian Certified Counselors (CCCs) as eli...
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How to Sleep with PTSD – 8 Tips
Here are 8 tips for how to sleep better with PTSD, in honour of PTSD Awareness D...
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Mind Body Soul Reflecting Tool
In honour of National Indigenous History Month, today we\'d like to share with y...
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New Indigenous Adapted CBT Model: Mikwendaagwad Sacred Circle CBT
On June 30th 2022 Qualia co-owner and Wilfrid Laurier faculty Anangkwe (Star Wom...
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Guided Meditation (Mikwendaagwad Indigenous CBT Curriculum)
We are delighted to share an incredible resource from the Mikwendaagwad It Is Re...
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Clinical Child and Youth Mental Health Group Facilitator
Are you passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of children and y...
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Our Story – CMHA Mental Health Week 2023 #MyStory
May 1st - 7th marks the Canadian Mental Health Association\'s Mental Health Week...
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Mental Health Discussion Topics Activity
Bell Let\'s Talk Day is this month (on the 25th) so we\'re gearing up for more c...
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Make a Personal Pledge Towards Reconcili-Action
This Orange Shirt Day (or National Day for Truth and Reconciliation), make a per...
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LGBTIQA+ Mental Health
In honour of Pride month, we want to take a moment to talk about LGBTIQA+ mental...
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3 Empathetic Listening Exercises
In this post, we\'ll share 3 empathetic learning exercises that will help you pr...
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Monster Feelings Activity
At our recent March Break Kids\' Camp, we did a Monster Feelings Activity! We...
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Weather Feelings Activity – Child & Youth Mental Health Services
You can do this weather feelings activity with your child to help open up discus...
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Circle of Support – Friends Family Tree
This Friends Family Tree activity can open up discussion with your kids about th...
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4 Mental Health Activities for Adults
Here are 4 Mental Health Activities for Adults that were provided by Bell for th...
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DBT Skills Group
Join us for one of our DBT Skills Groups to learn skills for emotional regulatio...
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Dealing with Family Conflict
Are you feeling family heart ache this Thanksgiving? Are you dealing with famil...
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
This year will be the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. And like ...
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Gathering & Vigil – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Brantford
Qualia Counselling Services will be hosting a Vigil and Gathering to preemptivel...
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Suicide Awareness Month – Prevention Strategies
In honour of World Suicide Prevention Day & Suicide Awareness Month, we want...
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Boy Power Therapeutic Camp in Oshweken
Our Boy Power Therapeutic Camp is held in Oshweken every summer and is designed ...
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Saugeen First Nation Donations
We were so pleased with the response to the call to the community for donations ...
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Girl Power Therapeutic Camp
The Girl Power Therapeutic Camp focuses on developing self esteem and resilience...
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Saugeen First Nation Donations Needed
Qualia is working in partnership with the Dufferin County Cultural Response Reso...
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How to Make Your Partner Feel Loved
Have you ever wondered how to make your partner feel loved? Sometimes it can b...
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Labeling Emotions
Labeling emotions as good or bad could be doing ourselves a disservice... Feel ...
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Children’s Mental Health Kitchener Waterloo
At Qualia we\'re passionate about improving children\'s mental health in Kitchen...
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Practice Makes Progress
We\'ve come to the end of our FREE CBT series and we\'re going to finish it out ...
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Cognitive Behaviour Modification
Let\'s talk about cognitive behaviour modification- or how to change your behavi...
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Stress Relief for Kids
This week we\'re sharing a series of videos about recognizing different signs of...
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2021 Summer Camp Details
Here are details about our 2021 summer camps for different ages: This poster ...
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Change Your Thoughts – Worksheet
We recently discussed the importance of changing your thoughts in a video & ...
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Making Life Meaningful – Stay C.L.E.A.R.
Here are 5 simple practices for making life meaningful. You can use the C.L.E....
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Mindfulness Colouring PDF
Here\'s a free downloadable mindfulness colouring PDF file for you! If you\'r...
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Creating a Calm Down Corner At Home
We want to share some tips with you for creating a calm down corner at home. W...
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How to Change Your Thoughts – FREE CBT
Let\'s talk about how to change your thoughts with a free CBT video to guide you...
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3 Steps for Managing Holiday Stress in 2020
Have you ever heard the phrase, \"Just because you have a cactus doesn\'t mean y...
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3 Powerful Winter Wellness Tips for Your Mental Health
Shorter days, colder weather, holiday stress — this time of year is among the ...
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Challenge Your Thoughts (Free CBT Worksheet)
We created this \"Challenge Your Thoughts\" free CBT worksheet to help you pract...
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Challenge Your Thoughts – Free CBT Vlog
Let\'s talk about how to challenge your thoughts with a free CBT video to guide ...
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The Nature of Thoughts (Free CBT Handout)
We created this \"The Nature of Thoughts & Cognitive Distortions\" free CBT ...
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First Element of CBT: Notice!
The 3 basic elements of cognitive behavioral therapy are notice, challenge, and ...
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Combating Trauma During COVID-19
2020 has been an interesting, challenging and even a traumatic year. Charity Fle...
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Notice, Challenge, Change (Free CBT Handout)
We created this \"Notice-Challenge-Change\" free CBT handout to help you to obse...
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Name It to Tame It! (Free CBT Handout)
We\'ve created this \"Name It to Tame It!\" free CBT handout to help you to clar...
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Define the Problem & Set Goals – FREE CBT
Following along with our series of FREE CBT posts, today we\'ll talk about how t...
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Cognitive Model for Stress FREE CBT
In today\'s post we\'ll discuss the Cognitive Model for Stress. When you want to...
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Cognitive Model for Stress (Free Handout)
We\'ve created a free Cognitive Model for Stress PDF handout for you! We\'ll s...
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Cognitive Model for Depression – FREE CBT
In today\'s post we\'ll discuss the Cognitive Model for Depression. In order to ...
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Cognitive Model for Depression (Free Handout)
We\'ve created a free Cognitive Model for Depression PDF handout for you! We\'...
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Cognitive Model for Anxiety – FREE CBT
When you want to make changes to your mental health or mental health challenges,...
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Cognitive Model for Anxiety (Free Handout)
We\'ve created a free Cognitive Model for Anxiety PDF handout for you! We\'ll ...
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FREE Cognitive Model PDF Handout
To go along with our vlog about the Cognitive Model, we\'ve created a free Cogni...
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5 Factor Model (Cognitive Model) – FREE CBT
When it comes to understanding and using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the plac...
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Find Your Triggers for Anxiety
If you can find your triggers for anxiety, you can find ways to manage it! Let...
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Stop Focusing on the Outcome
Have you ever had a goal where you work hard and diligently to meet the goal - t...
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Living in the Present
Are you living in the present? Mindfulness is about being present. Sometimes we ...
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Reward Yourself for Accomplishments!
How often do you bother to take the time to reward yourself for your accomplishm...
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How NOT to Misinterpret Texts
You\'re constantly taking in information but your mind doesn\'t always interpret...
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An Easy Way to Stop Procrastinating
Have you ever wished for an easy way to stop procrastinating? Most of us enco...
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Optimize Your Screen Time!
Have you ever thought about how to optimize your screen time throughout a day? ...
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Would You Say That to Your Friend?
The things we say to ourselves in our minds can be pretty harsh, but would you s...
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Anxiety about Emerging from Isolation
It\'s pretty typical to feel some anxiety about emerging from isolation into a n...
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Emotion Overwhelm
Emotions are vital to us as humans yet they can become so extreme that they can ...
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Recognizing Productivity & Finding Motivation
I don’t know about you, but this social distancing has begun to wear on me. It...
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Collective Trauma of COVID-19
Let\'s talk about the collective trauma of COVID-19. What we are currently exper...
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Give the Day a Chance!
It can be difficult to give the day a chance before we judge it as a bad day! Ma...
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Managing OCD during COVID-19 Pandemic
Whether you have a relapse of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder symptoms, or think y...
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What Do you Miss the Most during Covid?
What do you miss the most during Covid? We all have our lists of things we mi...
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Fighting Despair with Rehearsed Imagery
Going into months now since states of emergency were declared, we can all use ti...
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Social Anxiety in a Video Conferencing World
How can you manage social anxiety when video conferencing is the new normal way ...
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Fighting Despair
Have the changes that came suddenly with the pandemic left you fighting feelings...
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#GetReal – The Laundry Game for Kids
I\'ve decided to #GetReal with myself about my expectations for myself and for m...
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#GetReal – Snacking & Coping
Let\'s #GetReal... we\'re at home and the snacks are all around us, tempting us!...
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#GetReal – Homeschooling During a Pandemic
In this vlog, Charity will #GetReal about the challenges she and other parents a...
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#GetReal – Stop Saying “I’m Fine”
We all know the familiar exchange: \"How are you?\" \"I\'m fine.\" For Cana...
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#GetReal about your Pandemic Problems & Perks for Mental Health Week
This week is Canadian Mental Health Week and we want to invite you to join with ...
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What Does #GetReal Mean?
This week is Canadian Mental Health Week and this year, you\'ll see the hashtag ...
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Doctor’s Day is May 1st
May 1st is Doctor\'s Day. Join us today at 9pm to show support for Ontario’s...
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Nervous About Virtual Counseling?
Are you nervous about virtual counseling? Many services that used to happen in p...
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Middle of the Marathon- Now’s the Time!
We\'ve been dealing with quarantine and social distancing long enough to start t...
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Ground Zero Moments
We are in a very unprecedented time! These are times I like to call ground zero ...
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Free CBT Resources
As a premium provider of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in Ontario, we are n...
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6 Questions to Ask Yourself in Quarantine
A recent article by Brooke Anderson outlined 6 Daily Questions to Ask Yourself i...
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Creativity & Awareness of Beauty in Quarantine
Let\'s talk about how to improve your mental health during quarantine with creat...
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Finding Joy Through Movement in Isolation
In a new vlog series, Thomas will address 6 helpful questions to ask yourself da...
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Tips for Getting Outside During Self Isolation
How can getting outside during self isolation help your mental health? Let\'s ta...
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Handout: Health Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic
Managing Health Anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic can be especially difficult...
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Letting Go of Normal
In a new vlog series, Thomas will address 6 helpful questions to ask yourself da...
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How to Stay Connected During Quarantine
Let\'s talk about how to stay connected during quarantine and self isolation. ...
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The Power of Gratitude in Social Isolation
In a new blog series, today we discuss the power of gratitude in social isolatio...
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How to Manage Your Pandemic Perspective
In this video, Thom explains cognitive behavioral therapy and gives an...