Hello everyone!

I have added two more psycho-educational sessions to the Fall/Winter 2021 schedule. In November Let's Talk About Effective Communication and December Living Well with Stress. As we approach the busiest months of the year, I thought these sessions would be beneficial to family caregivers. All posters for the sessions are listed below, you can reserve your place by emailing me your topic(s) and date(s) of choice to tmaxwell@cmhastarttalking.ca. There are spaces available for all topics. It is free to attend. 

I have also added the full dates for 2022 meeting schedule for the Virtual Family Caregiver Support Groups. Posters are below.

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 In this Issue:

• Virtual Family Caregiver Psycho-Education

• Virtual Family Caregiver Support Groups: 2021 & 2022 Schedules

• Supporting Your Loved One Through Addictions Group

• 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).

October

November

December

Virtual Family Caregiver Support Groups

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

2021 Schedule

2022 Schedule

Some dates in 2022 for the 3rd Monday of the month group meetings have been moved to the following week due to statutory holiday's.

Supporting a Loved One Through Addiction 

Supporting a loved one through addiction can be a long, difficult and often lonely journey. This group offers a safe and non-judgmental space for open conversation to discuss, learn and cope with the struggles one might face when supporting their loved ones through addiction.

Topics include but are not limited to: supporting vs enabling, setting boundaries and goals, recognizing codependency, managing expectations, how being focused on “fixing” our loved one can result in years of self-neglect and the importance of self-care, emotions and frustration when relapse occurs and recognizing how relapse is often a part of the overall recovery process.

Email peersupport@cmhastarttalking.ca to sign up.

Facilitated by Peer Supporters Jadine & Suzanne

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