CBT for Psychosis (CBT-p) Informed Workshop for Family Caregivers
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Date: August 18, 20 & 25, 2020
Time: 6 - 8 pm
Note: This is a virtual workshop consisting of three sessions; access will be provided to registrants.
Join us for a newly adapted virtual workshop supporting those who care for a family member/friend living with psychosis, offering proven strategies informed by a unique CBT-p model.
What is the workshop like?
This workshop helps those living with or caring for someone with serious mental illness such as psychosis or schizophrenia become a partner in recovery and healing.
The workshop consists of three virtual sessions:
Time: 6 - 8 pm
Note: This is a virtual workshop consisting of three sessions; access will be provided to registrants.
Join us for a newly adapted virtual workshop supporting those who care for a family member/friend living with psychosis, offering proven strategies informed by a unique CBT-p model.
What is the workshop like?
This workshop helps those living with or caring for someone with serious mental illness such as psychosis or schizophrenia become a partner in recovery and healing.
The workshop consists of three virtual sessions:
• Tuesday August 18 (6pm-8pm): Healthier Thinking (3Cs – catch it, check it, change it)
• Thursday August 20 (6pm-8pm): Healthier Communication (Navigates through stress, anxiety, distress and other psychological symptoms that make it difficult to communicate, including delusions, voices – i.e. psychosis)
• Tuesday August 25 (6pm-8pm): Healthier Home Life
(Helps participants learn how to co-create a supportive, accepting environment, encourages participation in activities, promotes/supports recovery)
The workshop also addresses topics such as self-care, resources and coping strategies to be a partner in their loved one’s recovery journey and improve their quality of life.
Click here to download the full agenda for the CBT-p Informed Family Caregiver Training.
Overview of the Coaching Sessions of CBT-p Family Caregivers Training
In the six workshops, you will be coached in smaller groups to further learn how to cope with common issues in supporting your family member with schizophrenia and other forms of psychosis. You will have the opportunity to bring forth your own concerns, learn new coping skills and develop solutions to meet your needs.
You will:
• Feel empowered and confident when you handle difficult situations at home
• Enhanced understanding of your caregiving experience
• Have the opportunity to learn, develop solutions and practice skills in a safe supportive environment
• Have the opportunity to share and with other family caregivers and be supported in the group.
Coaching sessions consists of 6 virtual group sessions:
• Tuesday September 1 (6pm-7:30pm): Break-Out Follow-up from Training
• Thursday September 3 (6pm-7:30pm): Hearing Voices and Unhelpful Thinking: How to Cope
• Tuesday September 8 (6pm-7:30pm): Depression and Anxiety in Psychosis: How to Cope
• Thursday September 10 (6pm-7:30pm): Medication
• Tuesday September 15 (6pm-7:30pm): Learning through Crisis: One Step at a Time
• Tuesday September 22 (6pm-7:30pm): Hope and Recovery: How Do We Move Forward
Click here to download the agenda for the CBT-p Informed Family Caregiver Coaching.
The workshop also addresses topics such as self-care, resources and coping strategies to be a partner in their loved one’s recovery journey and improve their quality of life.
Click here to download the full agenda for the CBT-p Informed Family Caregiver Training.
Overview of the Coaching Sessions of CBT-p Family Caregivers Training
In the six workshops, you will be coached in smaller groups to further learn how to cope with common issues in supporting your family member with schizophrenia and other forms of psychosis. You will have the opportunity to bring forth your own concerns, learn new coping skills and develop solutions to meet your needs.
You will:
• Feel empowered and confident when you handle difficult situations at home
• Enhanced understanding of your caregiving experience
• Have the opportunity to learn, develop solutions and practice skills in a safe supportive environment
• Have the opportunity to share and with other family caregivers and be supported in the group.
Coaching sessions consists of 6 virtual group sessions:
• Tuesday September 1 (6pm-7:30pm): Break-Out Follow-up from Training
• Thursday September 3 (6pm-7:30pm): Hearing Voices and Unhelpful Thinking: How to Cope
• Tuesday September 8 (6pm-7:30pm): Depression and Anxiety in Psychosis: How to Cope
• Thursday September 10 (6pm-7:30pm): Medication
• Tuesday September 15 (6pm-7:30pm): Learning through Crisis: One Step at a Time
• Tuesday September 22 (6pm-7:30pm): Hope and Recovery: How Do We Move Forward
Click here to download the agenda for the CBT-p Informed Family Caregiver Coaching.
Please register for this program via our website: https://www.iamentalhealth.ca/...2020/CBTp-August2020