Depression: Help Can Make a Difference is a six-week education program designed to help people who have been diagnosed with depression. A trained facilitator and health care professionals discuss issues that relate to depression. These include information on symptoms, treatment options, coping strategies and community resources. The aim of Depression: Help Can Make a Difference is to offer assistance as […]Continue readingDepression: Help Can Make a Difference
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Understanding Anxiety & Panic Disorder
Understanding Anxiety & Panic Disorder is an eight-week education program designed to help people who have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety and / or panic disorder. A trained facilitator and a number of health professionals discuss issues that relate to anxiety and / or panic disorder. This includes information on symptoms, treatment options, coping strategies, and community resources. The aim […]Continue readingUnderstanding Anxiety & Panic Disorder
Mindfulness
This six-week skill-based program is designed to teach individuals the benefits and practices of mindfulness and how to focus on the art of living deeply in the present moment. Participants will learn how to practice mindfulness to calm the mind and to improve both mental and physical health. Mindfulness is an approach to self-care that […]Continue readingMindfulness
Hope & Healing: Coping with the Suicide of a Loved One
Hope & Healing: Coping with the Suicide of a Loved One is a ten-week education program for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Our hope is to provide a supportive environment that encourages listening and sharing stories with others who have experienced a loss through suicide, while enhancing your understanding about suicide and […]Continue readingHope & Healing: Coping with the Suicide of a Loved One
Making Wellness a Priority
Making Wellness a Priority 1 in 5 will experience a mental illness, but 5 in 5 have mental health. The Making Wellness a Priority program is a monthly education session for the 5 in 5 who want to maintain or improve their overall state of wellness. Each month a health professional will provide information on a variety […]Continue readingMaking Wellness a Priority
Living Life to the Full
“THIS COURSE HAS GIVEN ME TOOLS I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR, FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS SUPPORTS FOR MY DEPRESSION OVER THE YEARS BUT HAVE NOT COME ACROSS A MORE HELPFUL, MANAGEABLE, DOABLE PROGRAM THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY.” Want to know how to feel happier, more confident and worry less right […]Continue readingLiving Life to the Full
Kids Have Stress Too!
PROGRAM INFORMATION: Developed by The Psychology Foundation of Canada, the KHST!®(Kids Have Stress, Too!), program is designed to influence young children’s social and emotional development. This program teaches parents, educators, and other caregivers to help children enhance their physical, mental, emotional and behavioral coping skills, thinking styles and key abilities during the important window of […]Continue readingKids Have Stress Too!
Engaging Families in Recovery
Engaging Families in Recovery program is a nine-week education program for family members, caregivers and friends of someone living with mental illness. The goal of the program is for caregivers / loved ones to feel better equipped with various coping skills and knowledge of how best be a supporter and caregiver in ways which are healthy […]Continue readingEngaging Families in Recovery