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Dr. Elaine Waddington Lamont

Dr. Elaine Waddington Lamont
Dr. Elaine Waddington Lamont is the Founder and Mental Health Director of Women Warriors Healing Garden, a not-for-profit organization. Its mission is to provide research-informed peer support and mental health programming to Canadian Veterans who are also visible or invisible minorities; and who are living with anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, or other effects of trauma. Elaine is a registered psychotherapist and social worker with professional specialties in mental health and trauma counselling.

Videos

Many factors impact how a woman might respond to trauma
PTSD and post traumatic grief
When your view of the world as a safe place is forever changed
Working through symptoms of PTSD
Symptoms of PTSD
Do women recover from trauma differently than men?
Post-traumatic growth
Intersectional identities can impact how women experience mental health challenges or trauma
Understanding someone’s needs and experiences to be a better care provider
Making assumptions about women in the military
When you are hurt by your own community
The pressure on women in the military to be strong and self-reliant
The effects of isolation
Defining sexual assault
Self-doubt or minimizing our own experiences
Gender dimensions of mental health
Validating the experience of mental trauma
Military sexual trauma
The importance of peer support in a therapeutic setting
Beekeeping and peer support