Hello everyone!

Beginning in January 2022, a new psychoeducational topic will be offered: Worry: Understanding Your Thoughts. The poster with dates is in this issue, as well as the poster for the session on family caregivers mental health. There are spaces available for all dates for the December sessions on Stress and Self-Care. To reserve yourself a place, email me your date of choice. Tara Maxwell tmaxwell@cmhastarttalking.ca

January 20, 2022 is CMHA Simcoe County's annual Start Talking Cup, poster and link to get your tickets is provided.

This issue provides the dates that I will be out of the office and offline during the holiday season.

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.

FMHI's Facebook page helps keep us connected.

You can also find FMHI on Twitter and Instagram

 In this Issue:

• Holiday Season Vacation Schedule

• Start Talking Cup

• Virtual Family Caregiver Psycho-Education - December 2021 & January 2022

• Navigatrice Francophone Régionale

• Virtual Family Caregiver Support Groups: 2021 & 2022 Schedule

• Supporting Your Loved One Through Addictions Support Group

• Family-Based Peer Support at CMHA Simcoe County

• Crisis Services

Take care, 

Tara Maxwell

CMHA Simcoe County's Start Talking Cup

January 20, 2022

For more information and to get your tickets, visit here

Virtual Psycho-Educational Sessions

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

December 2021

January 2022

Virtual Family Caregiver Support Groups

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

2021 Schedule

Second Tuesday of the Month

2021 Schedule

Third Monday of the Month

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.

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