Insights is where the team at Silm Centre for Mental Health shares what we know — articles, webinars, and guided practices on self-care, burnout, grief, relationships, ADHD, and the everyday work of mental health. Everything here is written or presented by our clinicians, and everything is free.
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Managing RSD in ADHD
In a previous post, we outlined how RSD in ADHD is often related to an underlying sense of shame, which is exacerbated when one is met with judgement or criticism. The resulting emotional response is intense, emotionally dysregulating, and can impact one’s self-worth and self-perception. However, it is important to keep in mind that this…
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Deep Breathing: Why Does It Work for Anxiety?
If you have ever been to therapy, you might have noticed that your therapist teaches you different breathing techniques to help manage challenges with stress and anxiety. But why do we do this? How are these breathing exercises different from normal breathing? And why does it work? First, we need to understand that one way…
Self-Care & Burnout
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Managing RSD in ADHD
In a previous post, we outlined how RSD in ADHD is often related to an underlying sense of shame, which is exacerbated when one is met with judgement or criticism. The resulting emotional response is intense, emotionally dysregulating, and can impact one’s self-worth and self-perception. However, it is important to keep in mind that this…
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Deep Breathing: Why Does It Work for Anxiety?
If you have ever been to therapy, you might have noticed that your therapist teaches you different breathing techniques to help manage challenges with stress and anxiety. But why do we do this? How are these breathing exercises different from normal breathing? And why does it work? First, we need to understand that one way…
Grief & Loss
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Living with Grief
Most of us, when we think of grief, think of bereavement following the loss of a loved one. However, there are many types of loss that can precipitate grief: the end of a relationship or friendship, changes in the family home like separations, divorce, or children leaving the home, declines in health, retirement or job…
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Working (as a therapist) Through Grief – by Andrea Hall
Working (as a therapist) Through Grief – by Andrea Hall As the anniversary of a devastating loss in my life approaches once again, I reflect on the experience of working through grief as a therapist: working through my own grief, and working as a therapist while grieving. I’m no stranger to this process (on either…
Watch & Listen
Webinars and guided sessions from the Silm team, on video and audio.
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Self compassion
In this video, the team at Silm Centre for Mental Health discusses self-compassion.
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Therapist Spotlight – Meet Yasene
In this video, the team at Silm Centre for Mental Health introduces Yasene in this therapist spotlight.
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Back to School webinar
In this webinar, the team at Silm Centre for Mental Health discusses going back to school.
Clinic News
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New Beginnings with Silm Centre for Mental Health
This month, we are celebrating Silm Centre for Mental Health’s two year anniversary. This is not at all how we thought things would go since our opening in September 2019. We are grateful to have been here to support our community’s mental health. The pandemic has taken a toll on so many of us. We…