Mental Wellness Workshops

Workshops are available on a variety of mental wellness & mental health topics including but not limited to:

- Mindfulness

- Mindful Self Compassion for Caregivers

- Anxiety

- Depression

- Mental health & your teens

- Supporting Childhood Mindfulness

Are you interested in bringing some mindfulness into your busy family life? Mindfulness can help to reduce stress, provide tools for responding to strong feelings such as worry, anger, fear & frustration as well as support connection in today’s often-hectic households. In these introductory workshop, our Mental Wellness team will teach child-friendly mindfulness practices to children and their families that they can then practice together at home. Activities include games, stories, art activities and everyday mindful awareness practices. Registration required.

Please call the Mental Wellness Program Coordinator at 250-376-4771 ext. 122 or email mentalwellness@bc.ymca.ca (please include contact info & birth date)

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA, www.mhfa.ca, is the help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Just as physical first aid is administered to an injured person before medical treatment can be obtained, MHFA is given until appropriate treatment is found or until the crisis is resolved. 

The MHFA Canada program aims to improve mental health literacy, and provide the skills and knowledge to help people better manage potential or developing mental health problems in themselves, a family member, a friend or a colleague.

Course Date: Next program dates will be Fall 2025.

This course is a Mental Health First Aid for Childcare Professionals.

Please contact our Child care Resource & Referral for more information and to register call at 250-376-4771