Resources provide self-guided tools for further understanding.

Resources and Courses for coping with anxiety.

Resources & Courses Offered

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Resources for Anxiety & Stress

Book Recommendations for Mood, Burnout, and Stress

Burnout: Understanding the causes, with descriptive ideas about ways to heal, and prevent burnout again.

Book cover titled 'Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle' by Emily Nagoski, PhD, with pink and white text on a black background.
Book cover titled "It's Not Always Depression" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW, with subtitle "Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self"

Understand emotions and what is contributing to what you label as depression or anxiety.

Book cover titled ' daring Greatly' by Brené Brown, Ph.D., MSW, with text indicating it is a bestseller with over 2 million copies sold, and mentions its focus on courage, vulnerability, and transformation.

Books by Brene Brown include topics of shame, healing from perfectionism, and building authentic understanding of yourself.

Cover of book titled 'The Gifts of Imperfection' by Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., with a heart-shaped badge and promotional stickers on a blurred background.
Cover of a book titled 'I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't)' by Brené Brown, with subtitle 'Making the Journey from 'What Will People Think?' to 'I Am Enough'.
Cover of a book titled "The Worry Trick" by David A. Carbonell, PhD, with a foreword by Sally M. Winston, PsyD. The cover features a scribbled pink brain with a hand holding a pink pen.
Book cover titled 'Proven techniques to STOP ANXIETY NOW' with the subtitle 'include companion PDF'. The author is Jill P. Weber, PhD, titled 'be calm.'
Book cover titled "Mind Over Mood" Second Edition, with a yellow smiley face and a white box with a face, indicating it discusses changing feelings through changing thoughts, authored by Dennis Greenberger, PhD, and Christine A. Padesky, PhD.

Caregiver & Parent Resources with MORE EFFT Information

https://www.mentalhealthfoundations.ca/resources

An external website developed by clinicians, focused on resources for mental health support for families, caregivers, parents, individuals, and couples. It provides videos to watch, as well as handouts that can be helpful.

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Community Resources for Eating Disorder Help

Eating Disorder & Non-Dieting Dietitians

Dietitians provide a vital role of supporting folks of all ages to improve their relationship with food, as well as assess nutritional needs as part of the recovery from chronic dieting, binge eating, and other eating disorders. I’ve created this list of dietitians in the community whom I commonly collaborate and share care with.

Adolescents & Pediatric Dietitian Supports:

​Atheana @ https://peacefullynourished.ca/about-me

Cara & Team @ https://www.blueprintnutrition.ca/about/

Heidi @ https://www.heidismithnutrition.com/

** BluePrint Nutrition Also Works with Kids with ARFID **

Adult Specific Dietitian Supports:

Sarah @ https://sarahkendellrd.com/

Atheana @  https://peacefullynourished.ca/about-me

Suzanne @ https://www.gutinstincts.ca/

Heidi @ https://www.heidismithnutrition.com/

https://www.unapologeticallymerd.com/

Michelle @ http://deardietitian.ca/

Binge Eating Disorder Counselling & Treatment
Help for Bulimia, Bulimia Counselling

A reminder to ditch the food rules, the dieting, and focus on eating all foods intuitively.

Food Addiction Counselling ON & NB

Group based support can be accessed in addition to individual therapy support for an eating disorder. Here are 2 community resources.

https://sheenasplace.org/
https://www.bodybrave.ca

NEDIC is a national eating disorder resource centre which is free to access.

https://nedic.ca

Recommended Eating Disorder Self-Help Books

Book cover titled 'Beauty Sick' by Renee Engeln, PhD. The cover has a blue background with the title in large purple and yellow text, and features an image of a broken compact mirror.
Cover of a book titled 'The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating: A Proven Program to Break the Cycle of Bingeing and Out-of-Control Eating' by Debra L. Safer, MD, Sarah Adler, PsyD, and Philip C. Masson, PhD.
Book cover titled "Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia" by Stephanie Covington Armstrong, with a yellow background, a photograph of a woman's face above the title, and a large finger pointing upward.

Books by Jenni Schaefer who has personal experience with recovering from an eating disorder.

Book cover titled 'Life Without Ed' by Jenni Schaefer, celebrating its tenth anniversary edition, about overcoming eating disorders and achieving independence.
Book cover titled "Goodbye Ed, Hello Me" by Jenni Schaefer. The subtitle reads "Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life." The cover features a pink illustration of a girl with closed eyes, sitting with arms raised, surrounded by stars and a crescent moon. The background is white with light green and pink accents.

Understanding and recognizing the medical complications of eating disorders specifically.

Book cover titled 'Sick Enough! A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders' by Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS, FAED, with the word 'SICK' filled with small photos of people's faces.
Access Here: Parent Resources for Helping your Child Recover from Eating Disorders

Parents are providing the healing relationship for eating disorder recovery. It’s exhausting, scary, and overwhelming. Here is a list I’ve created of available books, videos, and websites that provide support whenever you need to access it.

A person holding a book titled 'Parenting' in their lap, wearing dark nail polish and jeans, with a blurred background.

Have a listen! Podcast episode about weight bias in pediatric eating disorders.

Listen Here

Book Recommendations for Families & Couples

Access a List of Recommended Books for Couples Relationship Improvement
Access a List of Recommended Books for Common Parenting Concerns
A set of books stacked vertically against a pink background, with a book titled 'But Before You Leave' by Kirsten Corley featuring a pink flower illustration on the cover.

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