Lafayette college m4 mh. online - 11.11.20 - presentation w-responses

#Poetry4MentalHealth
#Movies4MentalHealth
@artwithimpact
HOSTED BY & FOR:

About Your Facilitator
Rebecca Blakey, she/her
Rebecca is a current
Master of Counselling
student and co-owner
of The QUILTBAG, an
LGBTQ+ retail shop in
what is currently
known as Edmonton.

POLL: Who’s here today?
A
Student at
Lafayette
College
C
B
Faculty/staff
at Lafayette
College
Somebody else
(share in chat!)

POLL: Where in the
world are you?
PennsylvaniaA
C
B
Another state
Another country

○ Campus workshops
○ Monthly short ﬁlm competition
○ Short ﬁlm production grants
○ Global community
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Individual Sponsors
○ Colleen Madden Pellegrino, LCSW
& Jessica Lievendag, LPC
○ Sophia Sealy, M.Ed., LPC
○ Jen Whitlock, LPC & Director of True
Colors Center for Creative Therapy, LLC
○ Felicia Moore, LPC

HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss ﬁlms, connect our
minds and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A (Optional)

Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
We are online - this is a public, shared space
We are recording this session for internal
training and evaluation purposes
Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
HEADS UP

NEED SUPPORT?
Access mental health support throughout this workshop.
Click Shared Notes
to link to online
resources
Private Chat mental health pros.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
#1 #2

3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group#1

POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2
Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
#3
3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!

If you need tech
support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.

IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
● Face masks!
● exercising
● eating chips, guac, and salsa
● i've seen that tiktok!!
● talking with friends
● making myself a nice breakfast
every morning
● baking
● i want that machine
● Ice cream
● Allowing myself to work less
● walking, sleeping in
● hiking and biking
● Time to myself...deﬁnitely away
from school! Sleeping and
eating just makes me feel
good :)
● skin care
● biking and being outside
● Dancing or practicing my own
ﬁlmmaking skills:)
● Listening to music!!
● reading
● im obsessed with this chat
right now

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

Some movies and TV shows
that show mental illness…
● shameless!
● insecure
● a beautiful mind
● criminal minds
● Bodyguard
● The Queen's Gambit
● This Is Us
● this is us
● grey's anatomy
● The Mechanism
● Parenthood
● Atypical

Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
● Violent
● unpredictable
● unstable
● negatively
● intense
● 13 Reasons Why is also a controversial one
● isolated
● Potentially dangerous
● portrayed differently than people suffering
from other non-mental illnesses
● suffering
● not diverse in terms who they cast with mental
illness

MH ACROSS CULTURES
Across different cultures and languages, people talk about and
explore mental health in multiple ways. In just a few words, please
share: How have you experienced the concept of "mental health" within
your own cultural communities?
● The stigma around it - "religion cures everything." Or it
simply does not exist.
● I feel like older generations sometimes say it is fake and
doesn't exist.
● no, it's not talked about. They are seen as being
possessed
● It is very hard to address it in the ﬁrst place if you don't
have the ﬁnancial means to afford therapy
● you are making yourself sick/sad/ suffer. it's a taboo
topic
● I agree!

WHAT IS STIGMA?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
○ Always negative
○ Always untrue
○ Can be internalized

Kelly Hrudey- Mental Health Advocate
by Paul Day
AWI Winner, June 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
anxiety, depression

HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
WATCHING THIS FILM?
A Hopeful
C
B
D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious

How does stigma feel?
● shameful
● consuming
● shame
● unfair characterization
● exclusionary
● isolating
● lonely
● overwhelming
● trapped
● shameful
● put in a box

What makes it difficult to
reach out for help?
● Not wanting to be vulnerable
● The idea that you will be judged instead of helped
● fear of shame
● fear of being misunderstood
● complexity of the situation
● not knowing where to start
● Toxic positivity - being told to look at the bright side
● feeling judged
● embarassment
● dont want to be a burden
● embarrassed and afraid of not being supported
● not being able to identify what you're feeling

BREATHING
EXERCISE

HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

Visualizing Lies
by Justin Jeffers and Devonnie Black
AWI Winner, April 2019
CONTENT HEADS UP
anxiety, depression

What did you think?
How did you feel?
● It really show hoe debilitating both side
can be
● somewhat hopeless, desperate
● Feeling thankful for your content
warning because all of her feelings in
the video have transferred onto me as
the viewer.

What are some practices that
help support your wellness?
● talking to my mom every day
● Talking to someone, writing things down in a journal, taking time to
breath
● Writing and building community
● share how I am feeling with friends I trust
● swimming
● writing in my diary
● getting outside
● listening to calming music
● unplugging from social media
● being with family
● Enjoying nature and being with my family
● having ﬁrm boundaries with schedule, prioritizing time off
● also alone time and reading, watching girlfriends
● ^^ watching girlfriends
● Turning off the laptop at the end of the day

BODY
SCAN

HOW WAS THE BODY
SCAN FOR YOU?
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

Sal Tran
by Kim Huynh
AWI Winner, March 2018
CONTENT HEADS UP
rape, depression, suicidal ideation, cultural oppression
Protagonist uses they/them pronouns

WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere
else
I didn’t feel it in
my body
Belly

What did you think?
How did you feel?
● having a supporting community is so important
● She showed courage in sharing her story.
● strength in ﬁnding outlets that worked as an individual,
expression through art in this situation was opening to
ﬁnding supports
● I agreed with the fact that depression is not linear. It
goes back to the stigma behind mental health and
people believe it is a one way road to "recovery"
● I resonate with the label of their mental health struggles
helping them through it
● I felt very empowered at the end...the idea of
empowering and creating a platform for voices that are
not always heard.
● I agree, they were very empowering

How can we support ourselves
and others?
● checking in on your friends
● support someone seeking professional help
● giving people grace
● Creating wellness/support groups
● ties into the importance of trust

PANEL
Digital round of applause
for our panel!

Movies for Mental Health
Online: Extension
Exclusive Facebook Group
Art and wellness prompts
Film-based discussion training
Click the link in the chat to learn more!

MEET THE PANEL
bit.ly/m4mho-lafayette
Lindie Gibbs, she/her
Student Government Representative, Lafayette College
Fatimata Cham, she/her
Student Government Representative, Lafayette College
Dr. Melissa Garrison, she/her
Director, Lafayette Counseling Center

Please ﬁll out
the evaluation!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org

Virtual Mingle / Panel Q&A
Ask a question or share a thought!
You can raise your hand (see image below) to be given
instructions to audio in, use the public chat box, or
send a private message to AWI Support / a panelist.

Stay in touch:
Sign up for Extension!
...and don’t forget to copy/paste the
resources in the Shared Notes!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org

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