Life Skills and Wellness: Designing Life with Intention

This 8 part series has been designed to guide, support and educate. Programs provide practical tools and a focus on function. Content draws from “real world” scenarios and introduces the skills needed to maximize personal and workplace potential. Although delivered in a small group format, the sessions focus on interactive learning and skills practice, rather than group dynamics.

Each 90-minute program provides the human relations resources, insights, and practice needed to generate positive change. Materials and self-assessment instruments are included and guide independent reflection and opportunities to try new skills. With no more than 8 participants in each group, the environment encourages open discussion of personal, family, and workplace challenges. The week between sessions allows opportunity to complete homework, gather data, and test results.

Program Topics

• The basics of wellness: mind body relationships.
• Setting realistic options: planning for positive change. Self-esteem; self-confidence. Defining “My Brand.”
• Self-management tools: active relaxation, distraction, self-hypnosis and visualization
• Improving sleep; active relaxation tools.
• Dealing with difficult people. Understanding myself and others.
• More than stress management: What’s under our control? Action plans and SMART goals.
• Automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, and changing our “screen saver.”
• Depression, anxiety, and “down” time: understanding the difference. Non-pharmacological approaches to a mood management.
• Where happiness lies: new thoughts on “happily even after.”
• Focus on feelings: assertiveness, setting boundaries, collaborative approaches to resolving differences.

Day and evening programs available. Contact us for dates and fees. Insurance coverage may apply.

 Also see: Psychotherapy Group Programs

Living and Working with Chronic Pain: Tools, Resources, and Realities

Living with chronic pain touches every aspect of life. Coping may be complicated by outdated information and loss of hope. This eight part series has been designed to guide, support and educate and provides group members with practical tools and a focus on function.

Each 90-minute program is delivered in a comfortable, small group environment that encourages open discussion of personal, family and workplace challenges. Workbooks, CDs and other resources are included.

Program Topics
 

• Understanding chronic pain: the mechanisms of acute and chronic pain. When will it go away?
• Setting realistic options: planning for positive change.
• Self-management tools: active relaxation, distraction, self-hypnosis and visualization. Improving sleep
• Pain and stress coping: understanding our personal stressors. Becoming a better worrier.
• More than stress management: What’s under our control? Action plans and SMART goals.
• Automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, and changing our "screen saver."
• Depression, anxiety, and "down" time: understanding the difference. Non-pharmacological approaches to a mood management. Where happiness lies: new thoughts on "happily even after."
• Speaking of pain: communications, pain messages, and pain behaviours.
• Focus on feelings: assertiveness, setting boundaries, collaborative approaches to resolving differences.
• Understanding ourselves and others: dealing with difficult people.
• Family matters: why we need problems. Workplace families and those folks at home.
• Motivating ourselves and others. Setting consequences. Overcoming imperfect perfection.
• Personal life/work life integration. The myth of "balance." Making it happen: creating and maintaining positive addictions.
• Return to work strategies. What will people say? Weighing our options: values-based decision making. Energy management and pacing.

Both day and evening sessions available. Please contact us for fees (insurance coverage may apply).

 Also see: Psychotherapy Group Programs