Press Pause offers a variety of services including: customizing evidence based mental wellness tools for your organization, visual design work and user experience consulting specifically tailored towards mental health and wellness organizations.
Designing for mental health + wellness.
Mental Wellness Products
Original Mental Wellness Kit
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The mental wellness kit includes a 100-page journal that explores different cognitive behavioural therapy tools to improve feelings of stress and anxiety. It also includes a set of 10 coping cards to help with crisis management planning and monthly mood, medication, and sleep tracking.
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The Original Mental Wellness Kits can be ordered in bulk amounts and include 4 Coping Cards customized and designed for your organization. For an additional cost, further customization is available to completely redesign the kit with your organizations branding.
The MindSet Journal
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The MindSet Journal is a 150-page guided journaling experience designed for ease of use. It includes crisis management planning, cognitive behavioural therapy tools, positive thinking tools, and peer-to-peer techniques to help individuals combat feelings of stress, sadness and loneliness.
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The MindSet Journals can be ordered in bulk amounts and include the option to customize and design the first four pages of the journal for your organization. For an additional cost, further customization is available to completely redesign the journal with your organizations branding.
Our Services
Visual Design Services
Anything your organization might need, from visual identities to printed products to social media templates and more, we can create the right fit for you. Pricing varies based on the complexity of the project, contact us to find out more.
User Experience Consulting
We can help your organization better communicate with your customers and clients. We’ll review your website, online course, or other application type to help identify pain points and provide potential solutions. Contact us to find out more.
“I became more capable of coping with my stress once I started to learn the source of it.”
- Liam, uses The Original Mental Wellness Kit
Why Press Pause
Tactile, accessible, and supported by research.
All of our products and services are evidence based. For our journalling experiences, we’ve worked with experts in the field of psychology to design tools that actually work - and we’ve combined this with user experience principles that put humans first. Our designers use human-centred design, which is a problem-solving technique that puts real people at the centre of the development process, allowing us to create products and services that resonate and are tailored to your audience's needs.
Our Partners
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Canadian Mental Health Association | National
Customized Journals / Visual Design / UX Consulting
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Intact Public Entities | Ontario
Customized Mental Wellness Kits
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Sun Life Financial | National
Mental Wellness Kits & MindSet Journals / Promotional Materials
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Conestoga College | Ontario
Customized Mental Wellness Kits / Promotional Materials
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Durham College | Ontario
Customized Mental Wellness Kits
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Algonquin College | Ontario
Customized Mental Wellness Kits
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Northern College | Ontario
Customized Mental Wellness Kits & MindSet Journals / Promotional Materials
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Algoma University | Ontario
Customized MindSet Journals
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Georgian College | Ontario
Customized Mental Wellness Kits & MindSet Journals
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Lumino Health | National
Promotional Materials
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Axonify | Ontario
Mental Wellness Kits / Promotional Materials
“People are constantly pitching me app ideas and when Taylor came to us with Press Pause, a tool kit that takes students off their phones and laptops, I thought: this is exactly what’s needed right now. ”
Bonnie Lipton-Bos, MSW | CMHA National
“Press Pause is a fresh example of how thoughtful low-tech solutions can innovatively solve real-world problems.”
Rose Mastnak | Director, Conestoga Entrepreneurship Collective
“When we were looking for a tangible piece to draw students into our virtual WellChat initiatives, Press Pause seemed like it was the perfect fit.”
Kimberley Kvasnak, BHSc, MHSc | Durham College
