Patricia A. MacAulay
REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Resources
I focus my efforts on three key aspects of children's emotional lives. Of course, there are multiple other elements to consider and many additional helpful perspectives. Here is an overview of resources that you may find helpful as you nurture and support children.
Child and Youth Mental Health Padlet
This is a collection of resources dedicated to understanding issues related to young people's mental health. I cannot vouch for the absolute truth of each item. The padlet is like a buffet. Browse through it and find what suits your needs. The password is: Mental Health.
Art and Play Based Therapy Padlet
Offered to my colleagues who provide arts and play-based therapy, this collection provides resources that you may find helpful in your work. Feel free to add items that you have found beneficial and to share with other colleagues. The password is: Creativity
Canadian Art Therapy Association
This directory can help you find an art therapist, someone who can offer therapeutic support for children, adults, and families. Art therapists can act as well-informed consultants to help you gain greater insight into a child's non-conscious processes and how you can best support the child.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Sensorimotor psychotherapy was developed by Dr. Pat Ogden. Therapists trained in this approach see the link between the body and psychological issues and do healing work based on physical cues. When we nurture children, we often become more aware of our own developmental history. You can search this directory to find a therapist who can support your efforts to address related needs and issues.
Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma - A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
Developed by Dr. Janina Fisher, this workbook walks adults through a learning and reflection process to understand how trauma lives on in our bodies and to take steps to find peace and resolution. You can use this workbook on your own or with the support of a therapist. Greater self-awareness for adults has obvious benefits for children in their care.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Background
This U.S. site provides comprehensive background on the research dedicated to understanding the sources of childhood adversity, its long-term effects, protective factors, and recommended policy and action.
It Didn't Start with You - How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Adults and children may have distressed feelings related to the traumas experienced by previous generations and even unconsciously relive key aspects of family tragedies. This can be baffling and disconcerting for all involved and points further to the potential futility of attempting to get to ''root causes'' of children's behaviour rather than simply offering care and support. Mark Wolynn offers approaches to understanding and transforming these longstanding family patterns.
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation was established to provide resources to promote reconciliation and encourage and support Aboriginal people and their communities in building and reinforcing sustainable healing processes. The document linked here describes the intergenerational transmission of historic trauma and examines the implications for healing in a contemporary Aboriginal context, beginning with contact in 1492 through to the 1950s, with a primary focus on the period immediately after contact.