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Many people experience lower moods, and less energy at this time of year with darker days, minimal sunlight and stressors of day to day life. Tafet & Nemeroff (2015), discuss the correlations between elevated stress and development of depression. Many people’s mental health can be impacted on a small or larger scale at this time of year and during the winter months which is why it is important to find ways to help. In this article I share three ways art therapy can help with depression. 
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According to the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario 5% of Canadians struggle with Seasonal Affective Disorder and 15% with Winter Blues. Symptoms can include low energy, low motivation, increased drowsiness, and feelings of hopelessness. Melrose (2015), explains Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) as a recurrent depression with a seasonal pattern, and winter blues as having symptoms of SAD but does not meet the criteria for diagnosis. Research has shown some of the most effective forms of treatment are medication, light therapy, vitamin D and counselling/therapy. Here I share three ways of coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder:  With it being anger awareness week, I thought it meaningful to share a post of book resources about helping kids understand and manager their anger. This post is the sixth in a series of monthly posts about some of my favourite children’s books (here are the links to the first post, second post, third post, fourth post, and fifth post). This post is relevant for supporting anger including understanding how anger shows up in the body, not being alone with strong emotions, and coping tools that can help. Please find below four of my favourites:  |
AuthorI am a Registered Psychotherapist and Art Therapist. And I have been writing this blog since May 2021 about various topics including parenting, supporting adult and child mental health, and holistic approaches. The intention of this blog is to provide resources and information to others, however it is not intended to take the place of therapy. If you have any questions about anything written please reach out to me. Archives
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