Offers a support group for women.
Service provides:
- a support group for women to debrief about their week, receive support with interpersonal issues, learn about healthy relationships, taking care of self, and recognizing boundaries
Includes:
- facilitation by a skilled professional such as a therapist, social worker, or crisis intervention worker
- flexibility to the participants’ needs in order to help them develop skills and resiliency in facing life’s challenges
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a psycho-educational component
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topics for group discussion chosen based on specific requests from members of the group or based on themes that emerge from on group participation
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information, education, and resources around each chosen topic
Common topics explored include:
- creating healthy boundaries with children, partner, and at work
- emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in relationships
- chemical and behavioural addictions
- barriers to effective communication
- depression
- grief and loss
- physical and emotional well-being
- workplace conflict
- recognizing lived patterns
- physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being (the Medicine Wheel)
- problem-solving skills