Liz Kay is a registered clinical counselor who specializes in providing therapy for self-harm and suicidal ideation. This episode is intended to assist parents whose children may be unsafe. Liz explains Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and its use as a tool for mental health support. She describes how parents can access public and private care, as well as home strategies for a child living with suicidal ideation.
Episode Notes:
Support teams in Vancouver area:
Child and Youth Mental Health: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/mental-health-substance-use/child-teen-mental-health
Vancouver: Foundry, Crisis and Adolescence Response Team (CART)
Surrey: Foundry, Short Term Assessment Response Team (START)
North Vancouver: Foundry, Youth Emergency Response Team (YERT)
A great DBT app to be used alongside a therapist is: https://www.diarycard.net/
Online Family Support
Parent Peer support and connection to local resources is FamilySmart: https://familysmart.ca/parent-peer-support/
DBTRU (YouTube channel): https://www.youtube.com/dbtru
Sashbear: https://sashbear.org/
Borderline Personality Disorder Society of BC: https://www.bpdbc.ca/resources
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