Mental Health Resources
Ellie (Uxbridge)
OPACC YouTube videos:
Post Traumatic Stress in Parents of Children with Cancer presentation (2015) - Recorded during live meeting, audio not the best quality. Click here to view accompanying slides (opens PDF)
Managing Your Anxiety After Your Child's Cancer Diagnosis (2021)
Parenting Through Crisis: Helping Kids in Times of Loss, Grief and Change (2021)
The Bully, The Bullied, and the Not-So-Innocent Bystander (2021)
Accompanying resources (opens PDF):
7 Pillars to Living with Grace and Ease: How to Cope as a Caregiver During a Pandemic (2021)
Staying Connected (2021)
How Music & Music Therapy Can Help You During Tough Times (2021)
Upopolis: Connecting Youth with Peer Support (2021)
Fostering Emotional Resiliency in Children (2022)
Accompanying resource (opens PDF): Fostering Emotional Resiliency in Children
Staying Connected (2023)
A New "Normal": Supporting Teens with Cancer (2024)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults, Children, and Teens (2024)
Additional Presentations & Handouts (opens PDFs):
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Post Traumatic Stress in Survivors of Paediatric Cancer and their Siblings (2018) - presentation not recorded but these are the slides from it
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PTSD: A Childhood Cancer Journey (2021) - presentation not recorded but these are the slides from it
PTSD Resources:
Professional Counselling Resources
Counsellors:
Tina J. Smith & Associates Counselling & Psychotherapy
Based in Woodstock, Ontario, Tina is a Registered Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, and mother of a childhood cancer survivor who has presented to OPACC families several times. Virtual counselling also available.
Everwell Integrated Health Professionals
Based in Hamilton, Ontario, Everwell offers online-only counselling and therapy. They were recommended to us by a former OPACC Board Chair.
Search Tools:
Free Counselling:
Free Counselling:
Children's Mental Health Ontario
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