1. Panelists
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Welcome, everyone!
If you are just joining us...
Mental Health Support
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asterisk in front of your name: *Alex
Reynolds (they/them)
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2. Welcome, everyone!
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Share with us in the chat…
We’ve all got one million things going on all the time!
So…What’s something you’re choosing to put
to the side or pause to be present here today?
4. Cary McQueen, (she/her)
● Founder and Executive
Director of Art With Impact
● Arts & Artists fangirl
● Believer in humankind
● Mama, Partner, Friend,
Daughter, Sister
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5. POLL: Who’s here today?
A
Student at
Coastline College
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
Faculty/staff at
Coastline College
Somebody else
6. POLL: Where in the world are you?
California
A
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
Another State
Another country
7. ● Campus workshops
● Short film production grants
● Film Festival
○ (June 26-30… please join us!)
8. #Movies4MentalHealth
● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss films, connect our minds and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win $25!)
● Mingle / Q&A
9. ● 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 and others
however you need, including asking for help
#Movies4MentalHealth
10. 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
#Movies4MentalHealth
11. 3 Ways to Engage
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the Public Chat
to connect with the whole group
#1
#Movies4MentalHealth
12. POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2
Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
#3
#Movies4MentalHealth
3 Ways to Engage
We welcome your participation!
13. If you need tech support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.
#Movies4MentalHealth
14. #Movies4MentalHealth
In Just a Few Words...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
-read for 10 minutes in the car before work
-Going to the gym on a consistent
schedule.
-Sit at the park
-being mindful of my time for myself.
-Going outside for a walk with my dog and
reading
-Self care would be me walking my dogs
everyday and try to walk at least a mile
with them makes me feel good
17. Some movies and
TV shows that show mental
illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
-Staten Island, it's kind of a funny story, black
swan
- well I recently watched split
-Ginny and Georgia
- oh its King of Staten island oops
-Good Doctor
-Inside out
-You
- Up
- BLACK SWAN oh my goodness yes
18. Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
#Movies4MentalHealth
- Silver Linings Playbook
-Not so competent
-not able to function. To be pitied
- ^^
- They are either someone to pity/they don't
have their life together
-Or they are the villain
19. 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?
- in ethnic community it was to be hidden or kept
secret
- It's not something anyone wants to talk about
- Even though they are getting help with
it....normalized as being weak
-Not really discussed or taken seriously
20. What is Stigma?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
● Always negative
● Always untrue
● Can be internalized
21. Gladys
By Jessica Jones and Diana DiBattista
AWI Winner, November 2013
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression
23. How does stigma feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
- constricted
-bound
-limited
- sad
-shameful
24. What makes it difficult to
reach out for help?
#Movies4MentalHealth
Have to admit we can't do it on our own
- shame
-Embarassed
-That someone may not understand or
down play what you are feeling
27. I Do Not Blame Myself
By Ben Duffy
AWI Winner, June 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
alcohol use; bipolar disorder; stigma; discussion of schizophrenia, suicidal
ideation with pills and suicide attempt by jumping
28. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
-I thought about how you could really see his...hard
work I want to say
- inspired by their motivation to fight for their mental
health
- It made me think that I wanted to encourage him
- Sergio now I want to read what you were going to
type :)
- in all honesty it made me think about my father
30. What are some practices that
help support
your wellness?
#Movies4MentalHealth
-Hanging out with dear friends that know me well and don't have to
entertain me or be entertained
-She/her: getting hugs from my family
-^^
-Going on walks
-Exercising, for the endorphins. I don't want to do it but it works
- taking me time and not feeling guilty about it
- having deep conversations with my Significant other just in a way
takes a weight off both our shoulders knowing we aren't alone
-Love that, me too
33. Blue
By Samuel León
AWI Winner, September 2018
CONTENT HEADS UP
substance use disorder, imagery of pills and alcohol
34. Where did you experience
this in your body?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere else
I didn’t feel it in my body
Belly
35. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
-I like how she integrated her past with her
recovery
- I was so nervous for her and then I was so
surprised, what she did was so smart and
creative
-In the beginning i felt her panic
- It made me tense in my chest as well
-made me feel optimistic at the end
36. #Movies4MentalHealth
How can we support ourselves
and others?
- listen to them
- I give all my friends and family a ear to listen and a mind
to connect with whenever they need no matter the time of
day
- Remind them we love them no matter what
- know my limits so I don't overcommit and drop myself or
others
- Digital applause for our panel!
-sometimes when I know someone is feeling down but
doesn't want to share I take them out and just give them
the best day ever to make them feel love and seen
38. Evaluation Reminder
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
Please fill out our evaluation form.
https://bit.ly/coastline-evals
39. Anjanette Woods (she/her)
Coastline Alumna
Samantha Dalby (she/her)
Coastline Student
Claudia Vernon (she/her)
Mental Health Therapist, Coastline Community College
Amanda Wilson (she/her)
Teens & Young Adults Program Supervisor - National
Alliance on Mental Illness
40. #Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop,
at the end of the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add
your information to a sign-in sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.
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41. 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.
#Movies4MentalHealth
Ask a question or share a thought!
42. #Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop,
at the end of the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add
your information to a sign-in sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.
@artwithimpact | info@artwithimpact.org
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