It’s the nature of human existence that some issues, such as violence and grief, will always be a part of the human experience in some form. What changes over time is our understanding and awareness of these age-old issues, and how we choose to address them as we learn more about them. Beyond that, there are crucial aspects of these issues that are unique to modern times, especially as technology continues to grow by leaps and bounds. We have created the following guides because we understand these topics are of vital importance to mental health professionals as they continually strive to discover new ways to deal with them.
Andrew Faas is a management advisor and senior executive with Canada’s two largest retail organizations and now heads the Faas Foundation which focuses on health care, education and medical research. He has made bullying in the workplace a passion and helping prevent it a reason for being. Faas is a philanthropist and author of “The Bully’s Trap – the definitive guide to creating psychologically safe workplaces.”
Heather Bass, LCPC has been a licensed psychotherapist for 15 years and has worked specifically with grief for the past 10 years.
Jonathan Fast is an Associate Professor at Wurzweiler School of Social Work of Yeshiva University in New York and an internationally-prominent authority on mass shootings and school violence. His research focuses on the developmental process by which people come to be violent. He is the author of eight novels and two books of non-fiction: the highly-acclaimed “Ceremonial Violence,” which presents a new way of understanding school rampage shootings; and “Beyond Bullying: Ending the Cycle of Bullying, Shame and Violence,”which will be published this month by Oxford University Press.
Marlene Seltzer, M.D., is an obstetrician-gynecologist and the director No Bullying Live Empowered (NoBLE) Center, at Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak.
Psychology and Mental Health Trends Guidebooks
Bullying is an age old problem that probably isn’t going away anytime soon. Until we eliminate it entirely, how can we make others aware of the problem and come up with new and inventive ways to prevent it? How are today’s mental health professionals addressing bullying at school, in the workplace and online? In this guide, we illustrate the bullying dynamic, discuss ways to help the bullied, describe the role of the bystander in the bullying cycle, and explore the issues that cause someone to become a bully.
College students are at a time in their lives when they are experiencing great transition and may be making more decisions for themselves than they ever have before. Sexually active college students may feel prepared to deal with intimate relationships, but chances are many aren’t. This guide helps college students take care of their sexual health by providing resources and information on sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancies, and taking control of reproductive health.
Grief is a complicated emotion, and everyone experiences it a bit differently. While Elizabeth Kübler Ross’ groundbreaking work on death, dying and grief is still greatly influential, we’ve come to know much more about it since the release of her seminal book “On Death and Dying” in 1969. What have we learned since then about grief and bereavement, and how are we continuing to add to our understanding of grief today? This guide explores several grief situations, discusses how to support the grieving, and offers several vitally important grief and bereavement resources.
Violence comes in many different forms. While violence is as old as humankind, in modern times we have seen a rise in some specific kinds of violence. What are we doing to combat violence in today’s society, and how can mental health professionals continue to advocate for violence awareness and prevention? In this guidebook, we delve into domestic violence, school violence, teen dating violence and violence directed at and within the LGBTQ community. We look at causes and solutions and offer valuable resources.