Hello everyone and Happy New Year! 

This month there are two psychoeducational sessions for family caregivers on the topics of caregiver mental health and worry. There are spaces available for all dates for both sessions. Email me your date(s) of choice to reserve your place and I will reply with a confirmation email and further details for joining online.

The posters for the sessions in February and March are included. You can reserve your place now as I send a reminder one week before the session and the link to join is sent two days before the session.

The 2022 meeting schedule for both of the family caregiver support groups are included. You can reserve your place either on a monthly basis or several months in advance. If you are needing additional support each month, you can attend both meeting dates. 

Do you identify as Francophone? Would you benefit from receiving navigation support through the mental health & addiction system? In this issue, you will find the contact information for this service.

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 In this Issue:

• Virtual Family Caregiver Psycho-Education

• Navigatrice Francophone Régionale

• Virtual Family Caregiver Support Groups: 2022 Schedule

• Family-Based Peer Support at CMHA Simcoe County

• Crisis Services

Take care, 

Tara Maxwell

Virtual Psycho-Educational Sessions

These sessions are offered via Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN).

Virtual Family Caregiver Support Groups

The 2nd Tuesday & 3rd Monday of every month via Zoom.

2022 Schedule

Second Tuesday of Every Month

2022 Schedule

Third Monday of Every Month

The support group meeting dates in the months of February and April have been moved to the following week due to a Statutory Holiday occurring on the third Monday of that month.

Family-Based Peer Support

This service is available for family members who have been directly impacted by a loved one’s mental health challenge, illness and/or substance use.

Peer support is created through a trusting, equal and empowering recovery-oriented relationship between two individuals who share a similar experience. You will be connected with a trained Peer Supporter who can relate from a human to human perspective as can be related from a place of lived experience.

Find out more about Peer Support Services

To seek support, please connect directly with peersupport@cmhastarttalking.ca

Crisis Service

Crisis Services offers 24hr telephone support to assist individuals, community agencies, emergency services and family or friends, to work through resolution of identified issues and challenges. The team is comprised of mental health and addiction professionals, who are trained in suicide intervention, and can help stabilize pre and post-crisis, developing coping strategies and plans for ongoing mental health and addiction support and follow up.

Family Mental Health Initiative of Simcoe County

90 Mulcaster St.

Barrie ON L4M 3M5

705-725-0363 / 1-800-324-3252

fmhi.ca