Mental Health Support
Mental and physical health are interconnected. Be sure to include Physical Health Support in your personal wellbeing plan.
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Human Resources
- Webinar series - topics include resilience, balancing work and life while working from home, cognitive reframing and more
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Managing the Impact - PDF from Homewood Health - A support for employees and family members as a result of questions and possible anxiety that has arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic
- The COVID-19 Pandemic: Facts & General Information - PDF from Homewood Health - This resource provides facts and general information about COVID-19 that will help clarify understanding and reduce anxiety in employees and those close to them.
Therapy Assistance Online (TAO) - for Staff
- Access free videos and meditations - The following meditations may be particularly helpful for you during the current COVID-19 situation:
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Taking a vacation in your mind
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Finding your happy place
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Loving kindness meditation
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Meditation for intrusive thoughts
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Positive in, Negative out
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Meditation for Restful sleep
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- NEW! Queen's Staff and Faculty Stress and Anxiety Buster Pack - Self-Directed Therapy Modules - now available to staff and faculty, as well as students.
- Create an account on TAO, or login
- Enter your Queen's email address and then click on "Sign Up in Self-Help with an Institution".
- Create your account
- Enter the following as an enrolment key / course code: Stressbuster-2020
Faith and Spiritual Life
- Faith and Spiritual Life can provide support, ceremonial services, interfaith community development and spiritual support to students, faculty and staff on campus - now offering online service via telephone and zoom. As part of the Division of Student Affairs, Faith and Spiritual Life strives to facilitate a welcoming, peaceful and safe space. Chaplains are available to discuss spiritual, religious, personal, and financial problems, concerns or crises.
Other Supports: Articles, Podcasts
- Supporting children’s mental health during a pandemic - Dr. Tess Clifford’s tips for helping kids cope with the anxieties of an outbreak and changes to routine. Gazette article
- CAMH: Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic - provides information and suggestions about how best to cope in this difficult time
- Coursera Course by the University of Toronto - Mind Control: Managing Mental Health During COVID-19 (free)
- Coursera Course - Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale - The Science of Well-being (free)
- The Psychology Clinic at Queen's - Facebook Page - is hosting Facebook Live Events. Join Dr. Tess Clifford on Thursday April 2nd 8 pm EST on parenting and supporting children’s mental health during a pandemic. What questions do you have for Dr.Tess Clifford? What topics do you want to hear about?
- The Happiness Lab - Coronavirus bonus podcasts from Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale
- Ten Percent Happier - Coronavirus Sanity Guide - practical, actionable ways of coping with stress, fear, and anxiety. The meditations, podcasts, blog posts, and talks on this page will help you build resilience and find some calm amidst the chaos.
- Article: 101 Strengths-Based Actions to Connect, from a Safe Distance - Dr. Tayyab Rashid