→ A coffee group for people living with mental health problems. This is an open group, which means you can join at any time and you are not required to attend ever meeting. Whispers of Wellness provides opportunities to learn more about coping with mental health problems while meeting people who have similar experiences.
→ Losing a loved one to suicide can often leave us feeling confused, angry, and alone. This 9-week support group will provide you an opportunity to explore and share your feelings with others who have also experienced a loss due to suicide. This group is offered two times a year: once in fall/winter and once in winter/spring
→ This drop-in, peer-to-peer family support group is for parents and caregivers of children or young adults experiencing a mental health concern or addiction. This program offers compassionate support from a peer, who has “been there” as well as a CMHA staff member. Specific information and resources will be shared, which will assist you in your caregiving while maintaining your own mental health.
→ This 4 week group is for youth and young adults aged 12-24 who are interested in understanding the thoughts and feelings that lead to thinking about suicide and how to make safe choices.
This group meets once a week for a 90-minute session for 4 weeks. In the sessions, youth learn to build skills and capacity to help keep themselves safe. Caregivers meet in a group that takes place at the same time and location. In addition to building capacity in youth, the program builds the same knowledge in families/caregivers. It intends to foster a feeling of support from and among caregivers in a situation that is scary, but not hopeless.
Our Approach
The program introduces basic language, skills, and concepts to better understand the thoughts and feelings associated with suicide and strategies to mitigate them and keep the participant as safe as possible. By the end of the program, each participant will have developed a safety plan and skills for keeping themselves safe.
While it’s preferred that youth and their caregiver participate in the program, it is possible for caregivers to attend without their youth and for youth to attend without their caregiver.