Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute

While disordered anxiety is distressing and limiting, it also reveals important information about clients’ natural defences and abilities.

As mental health providers, our role in supporting youth struggling with depression and anxiety exacerbated by social media overconsumption is crucial.

Harm reduction is a practical, person-centred approach rooted in empathy, dignity, and respect, aimed at reducing the negative consequences of risky behaviours.

De-escalating someone in an impaired state is about understanding that they may not currently have full access to the thinking and reasoning skills we often rely on in everyday conversations.

On the day of writing this blog about vicarious trauma, in a sad twist of irony, I found out a dear friend passed away.

For many helpers – Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike – this work also involves unlearning.

As children become teenagers, they are more susceptible to becoming socially anxious because of the increased cognitive complexity and self-consciousness adolescence brings.

Understanding where CBT and DBT overlap and how they differ will help counsellors make more informed choices.

A previous blog on Developmental Trauma highlighted the ever more utilized term of trauma. As that post stated, trauma is...

One of my favorite sayings at CTRI is “Shift judgement to curiosity.” At the heart of this saying is a call to shift our internal questions and approach a person’s behaviour with openness and curiosity.

The focus of SFT is looking to what’s possible and learning how to immediately take action to make it happen.

One of the most challenging combinations is between complex trauma and BPD. For many clients, they are so intertwined that pulling them apart is no easy task.