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Christina MacBean
Feb 26, 20248 min read
Trauma-Informed Response for Survivors: A Comprehensive Guide
I was recently introduced to an organization called SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. They published a...
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Christina MacBean
Jan 10, 20223 min read
Covid doesn't get the last word...
Today at lunch, my daughter came downstairs after finishing her morning of online school. She was nearly in tears, her mental capacity...
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Christina MacBean
Dec 14, 20214 min read
Collaborative Art
Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve been working with the kids at The Door Youth Center in Huntsville on a collaborative art project. In my last...
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Christina MacBean
Dec 1, 20213 min read
Beginnings of Art and Community
It’s December 1 and the snow has finally arrived in Muskoka. I’ve been looking forward to it but it’s actually been kinda nice that we...
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Christina MacBean
Nov 8, 20213 min read
A Culture of Goodness
For the past nine days I’ve been wanting to sit down and write but have been unable to! I have what they call a PMA or persistent...
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Christina MacBean
Aug 30, 20217 min read
Be an answer to prayer
As you know, The Butterfly Project has been in the process of forming an innovative response to families who have experienced a crisis or...
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Christina MacBean
Aug 12, 20216 min read
One family's story, a vision to help
You’re probably aware that I spent my final year at McMaster researching some of the ways we can respond to families who have experienced...
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Christina MacBean
May 14, 20212 min read
Companioning Philosophy
I started my final two courses toward my degree a couple of weeks ago. They are both proving to be more relevant to my journey than I...
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Christina MacBean
Jan 31, 20212 min read
Listening to others...
A year ago I was taking a course in Counselling Skills at McMaster. I think this is one of the most important courses I have taken in...
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Christina MacBean
Jan 22, 20212 min read
100 Teacups
In light of the approaching Bell Let’s Talk Day on January 28, I’d like to share with you a sermon I presented a couple of years ago that...
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Christina MacBean
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Integration of Theology and Psychology
Last week I finished my final paper for the semester... always a relief! The studying I've been doing this year has been almost entirely...
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Christina MacBean
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Current Research
Over the past 6 weeks, I have been researching the effects of trauma on the early development of children and how parental response...
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Christina MacBean
Aug 15, 20204 min read
Alternative Education - beyond concerns related to Covid-19
Many parents are wondering (and worrying) about what the start of the school year is going to look like in this new Covid-19 reality and...
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Christina MacBean
Aug 13, 20204 min read
Forming a Vision
10 years after my daughter was sexually abused by the babysitter, I wondered, if we were to go through the same thing today, would I have...
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