Counselling groups

We communicate every day in different relationships. Strengthen your ability to communicate by building healthy communication skills and practices.  This group offers opportunities to understand and explore skills in listening, assertiveness and expressing oneself.

• Managing conflict
• Active listening skills
• Skills for healthy relationships
• Setting limits in communication
• Handling difficult conversation
• Assertiveness techniques

We all need some sense of trust in ourselves and in others. We can learn and develop strategies to rely on our own judgment, have confidence in our choices, and act in a trustworthy manner. 

Explore information and receive support about some of the following topics:

• Beliefs about trust and what trust means
• How to trust ourselves
• Coping with experiences involving trust
• Risk and benefits of trust 
• Maintaining a trusting relationship
• How trust and safety are related

For: Adults, 18 years and older

Cost: Free

When: Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Counselling Group Developing Trust Poster

This counselling group will provide connection, understanding and education for families and allies who want support as they journey with their LGBTQ2S+ loved ones.

• Healthy relationships
• Creating safety
• How to be a support
• Navigating change
• Resources for loved ones
• Affirming healthcare

A safe place for LGBTQ2S+ youth, young adults and allies to hang out and be themselves. Come and connect with others in your community.

• Healthy relationships
• Handling discrimination
• Identity issues
• Finding community
• Understanding emotions
• Resources and skills

For: Youth and young adults, ages 15 to 25 years

Cost: Free

When: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

In partnership with altView Foundation.

Counselling Group LQBTQ2S+ Youth and Allies Poster

​​​​​​A space for men to discuss and support each other through some of life's challenges.

• Healthy relationships and masculinity
• Compassion and self-control
• Identify issues
• Anger management 
• Understanding emotions
• Stress and anxiety

For: Men, 18 years and older

Cost: Free

When: Tuesdays 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

This group is designed to promote calmness, better concentration, gratefulness and hope. Practice basic skills to encourage a compassionate and mindful way of being.

• Mindfulness techniques
• Self-compassion exercises 
• Promote self-care practice
• Relaxation to promote a calm mind
• Learn how to deal with a preoccupied mind 
• Skill-building exercises to help you stay on task

For: All individuals, 15 years and older

Cost: Free

When: Wednesdays, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Poster (87.0 KB)

Topics offered encourage and support action planning and next steps towards a variety of goals.

• January 17, 2020 - Anger
• January 24, 2020 - Procrastination
• January 31, 2020 - Perfectionism
• February 7, 2020 - Problem-Solving
• February 14, 2020 - Feeling stuck and how to move forward
• February 21, 2020 - Stages of Change
• February 28, 2020 - Self-compassion
• March 6, 2020 - Boundaries
• March 13, 2020 - Self-care
• March 20, 2020 - Inner critic

For: Adults, 18 years or older

Cost: Free

When: Fridays, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

OMIT dates: Apr. 10

Counselling Group Next Steps for Support Poster (76.4 KB)

Explore the benefits of emotions and coping strategies.

• Identifying and expressing emotions
• Causes and consequences of emotional expression
• Managing different emotions and how they interact
• Emotions in others and strategies to cope

For: Adults, 18 years and older

Cost: Free

When: Mondays 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

OMIT dates: Feb. 17, Apr. 13

Counselling Group for Understanding Emotions Poster

A space for women to gather together and discuss, support and encourage each other through some of life’s challenges. We explore and develop skills to practice within relationships, family and the wider community.

• Stress management
• Boundary setting skills
• Coping with anxiety
• Managing emotions
• Self-confidence
• Family and other relationships dynamics

For: Women, 18 years and older

Cost: Free

When: Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.