Resilience is a counter balance to stress and trauma. As caregivers, frontline staff, and senior leaders, it is especially important to foster your own resiliency levels, since so much time of your time is spent confronting the trauma of others. Vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue can offset this delicate balance if equal attention is not paid to fostering resilience through self-care. With this in mind, we'll approach self-care as a trauma-informed practice.
Key Considerations for Community Health Center Professionals in Response to the Most Recent Violence against Black Americans and the Ongoing Public Health Crisis of Racism in the United States
Resources related to Racial Violence/Trauma
- Asian American Racism & Mental Health Resources
- Dealing with Racist Patients
- Black mental health matters: How to cope during a time of social injustice, according to experts
- Supporting Kids Of Color in The Wake of Racialized Violence: Part One
- Supporting Kids Of Color Amid Racialized Violence: Part Two
- Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Community Racial Trauma: Tips for Parents
- How do I talk to young children about the racial injustices happening right now?
- Racial Justice and Equity Resources for Young Children
- Resources for Parents: Uplifting Youth Through Healthy Communication About Race
- Black Life Matters: Anti-Racism Resources for Social Workers and Therapists
- Blog Series on Talking to Kids about Race and Ethnicity
- Anti-Racism Resources
- CNN and 'Sesame Street' host a town hall addressing racism
Websites
- Handhold (resource for parents to support child's mental health)
- Mental Health Resources for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Icarus Project (social justice support network and education project)
- Rest for Resistance (mental health healing space for people of color)
- The Body is Not an Apology (radical self love for everybody)
- Dior Vargas (people of color & mental illness photo project)
- InnoPsych (mental health resources for people of color)
- NAMI: African-American Mental Health
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- Black Girls Smile
- Ourselves Black (Mental illness library)
- Filling our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
- MIT Community Resources for Sleep
- Managing Stress
- Stress: Coping With Everyday Problems
- Meditation
- Mindfulness Resources in English and Spanish
- Mindfulness Poetry
Apps
- Stop, Breathe, & Think
- Sandbox Pixel Coloring
- The Safe Place (Black Mental Health app)
- Liberate (Meditation app by and for BIPOC)
- AADA Reviewed Mental Health Apps
- The Best Meditation Apps of 2019
Scripts/Do-Right-Now Exercises
- A Breathing Relaxation Exercise - I am Relaxed
- Relaxation Techniques for Stress Relief
- Stress Management Relaxation Techniques
- Guided Audio & Video Mindfulness Exercises
- 50 Calm-Down Ideas to Try with Kids of All Ages
Podcasts
- ManUp Podcast (Masculinity, Race, and Relationships in the Modern World)
- Therapy for Black Girls (Podcast focused on the mental health of Black women)
- The Healing Justice Podcast (Podcast about social justice and collective healing)
- Coffee with Karim Podcast (Muslim mental health, psychology and spirituality podcast)
- Mindful Muslim Podcast (Podcast about mental health, psychology, Islam & spirituality)
- Ourselves Black (Blog, Resources, & Podcast about Black Mental Health)
- Erasing Shame (Podcast about shame and mental health in the Asian American community)
- Stories of Stigma: South Asian Mental Health (Mental health podcast)
- Nopal Kweenz (3 Latinx Therapists discuss Mental health)
- Emotions In Harmony (Mental Health podcast by a Latinx psychologist in English/Spanish)
- Latinx Therapy (Mental health podcast focused on the Latinx community)
- Between Sessions (Podcast by therapists of Color for people of Color)
- Celeste the Therapist (Podcast by a therapist of Color focused on shifting negative thinking and empowerment)
Local Organizations
Bibliotherapy
