Trying to find a therapist is a lot like dating but let me introduce a new variable – trying to find a therapist – or mental health services at all – as a 2SLGBTQIA+ person. It thins out the dating pool a little bit. But unlike online dating, where there are specialty apps for that, it is a bit more of an odyssey finding mental health services specifically catering to the 2SLGBTQIA+ population.
Top reads worth revisiting from the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s magazine.
When we speak openly about challenges, illnesses, problems, and wellness, we recognize that mental health is part of our overall health. Such conversations can be a gateway to meaningful change, and the holiday season feels like an especially good time to tackle the complexities and multitudes of our mental health.
In a crunch economy, even butter—and therapy—feel unaffordable. You’re not alone; control starts with small steps.
The lack of housing options brings its own kind of homesick feeling. We look at the link between housing and health in the second of the series for Financial Literacy Month.
While integrated services for mental health and substance use health have been studied for more than two decades no recent or comprehensive reviews exist —
Work is central, but unmanaged stress can tip into burnout.
Navigating stigma, grief, and loss and finding healing, hope, and community support after a death by suicide. A personal story
Leaving my job wasn’t a triumph or a quiet quit—it was conceding that a role I loved had swallowed my identity.
