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Breakfast Television recently featured Everyday Heroes Kids founder Tammany Petrie to talk about her amazing organization and the important work they are doing for children and their families. OAMHP is proud to call Everyday Heroes Kids a community partner. If you’re a member of OAMHP or a healthcare professional who works with children and youth,…

As many are already aware, the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nations recently confirmed the bodies of 215 Indigenous children were uncovered at the past site of the Kamloops, B.C. Indian Residential School. Although it is critical for all Canadians to know these truths, it comes at the re-traumatization of many Indigenous Peoples. We realize that…

Do you have a deep-rooted fear of your inbox? It’s 3.15am Monday morning. While the rest of the world sleeps soundly, you’re twitching to turn on the bedside lamp. You’re edging towards your phone. It’s been buzzing on and off, sounding in the dark, which can mean only one thing. Emails are waiting. You think,…

The field is an increasingly popular second career option thanks to its diversity and anti-oppressive focus. Psychotherapy as a profession has been around for years along with other types of therapy and counselling. But in Ontario, it has taken much longer for the field to become regulated. Since the establishment of the College of Registered…

New Brunswick’s college of psychologists is speaking out against portions of Bill 35, An Act Respecting Empowering the School System, that they say would allow some teachers to administer and score psychoeducational assessments.  Psychoeducational assessments refer to testing performed by psychologists to identify learning disabilities and other neurodevelopmental disorders in children. The legislation, introduced on March 17, would allow teachers with a…

You’re taught math and grammar in high school, and you toss a ball around in PE, but you aren’t taught how to cope with mental illness, a Grade 10 student in Richmond says. D.J. Gill is lobbying the province to include mandatory mental-illness education in the curriculum because she says expecting students to seek the…

A New Brunswick man is hoping to shake the stigma around men’s mental health with a podcast that he started to cope with his own anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder.  Kyle Moore, 22, was studying sports media at Ryerson University when everything came to head in July 2019, following his third year at the school.…

Local therapist and clinician, Stephanie Maza, notes increased levels of anxiety among patients as many continue to struggle with the ongoing pandemic but have a lack of resources and coping methods due to closures. Maza is the owner and lead therapist of ‘Choose Happy Therapy’ with two psychotherapy private practices located in Milton and Bradford.…

Ryan Freeman Burchfield, LPC, is among the first clinicians to get certified in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) with Beck Institute. BI’s Certification program includes coursework (currently hosted online in both on demand and live, interactive formats), one term of supervision with our expert faculty, case write-ups, and a work sample. Ryan shared insight about her experience in the…

Humans need to constantly adapt to survive. That might mean learning how to hone new skills, develop new tools, make our weapons sharper. We learned a lot from natural disasters — how to prepare for floods and fight fires.  The same can be said about how we adapt psychologically and mentally in times of crisis. …