When Love Hurts offers women a unique opportunity to evaluate their relationship and experience with abuse. Participants will build connections with other women and learn more about relationship abuse and its impacts on their lives. Registration is required.

12 Week Group, running September 25th - December 11th, 2024, 4:30 - 6:30 pm

• No Cost

• Closed Group - Registration Required

Mindful practice is all about you – learning from your own experiences and observations about your own mind, your own body, and your own life. This fun and unique workshop offers mindfulness-based techniques that can help you find the strength you didn’t know you had to help keep stress from getting the best of you because what we do today matters most.

DETAILS:

• 10 week group, Tuesdays from October 15th - December 17th, 2024, 9:30 am - 11:30 am

• No Cost

• Closed group - Registration Required

Understanding Our Trauma is a 10 week group facilitating awareness and tools to understand and respond to healing from trauma. Some of the topics include trauma responses, managing triggers, emotional & body regulation, and methods of healing. The group features psycho-education, discussion and exercises. The practice activities provide tools for helping to regain a sense of empowerment over our own bodies and facilitate personal healing and growth.

DETAILS:

• 10 Week Group, running October 17 to December 19 2024, 9:30 - 12:00 pm

• No Cost

• Closed Group - Registration Required email: programs@cythera.ca for more information

We invite you to join our Thursday evening drop-in support group for women and self-identifying women ages 19 and up who have experienced abuse. This is a safe and welcoming space where you can find support and connect with others who understand your journey.

In our group, we will explore topics that matter to you and work together on building our identities beyond trauma. This group offers more than just support; it includes psycho-educational workshops and discussions that provide practical tools and insights to assist you throughout your healing process.

Our group is a partnership between Stopping the Violence (STV) and Sexual Assault Supportive Services (SAS) programming. Together, we aim to create a safe and supportive environment where participants can share their stories, learn coping strategies, and build confidence.

What can you expect when you attend?
Each session is intended to be met with compassion and flexibility. Our goal is to create a safe space where we can engage in discussions and activities that promote healing and connection. We want you to feel comfortable and empowered as you walk through the door.

Details: 

• Drop-in group, no registration required

• Coffee, tea and light snacks provided

• No cost to participate

This camp offers children & youth, impacted by domestic violence offers valuable psycho-education to children opportunities for:

• Understanding what abuse is, that they are not alone, and that the violence is not their fault

• Identifying support networks and develop a safety plan

• Identifying their feelings and express them in healthy ways

• Recognizing their strengths and increase their self-confidence

Details:

• Weekly group running Nov. 5th - Dec. 10th, 2024 2:00pm to 4:00pm

• No Cost

• Intake must be completed prior to start of group - Book Now

This 6 week group is intended to build and expand on the information provided in the PEACE Parent Orientation and to facilitate connections with other parents/caregivers. Each Session will be divided into two parts: 1) Understanding Impacts: provides a deeper look at how domestic violence can impact the development of children/youth and the roles of parents/caregivers. 2) Helping Children Heal: will provide parents/caregivers with strategies that can support their children in their healing journey.

Details: 

• This is a weekly group from Nov.6th to Dec. 11th, 2024 from 9:30 - 11:30 am

• Closed group - Registration Required

• Coffee, tea and light snacks provided

• No cost to participate

Our Women’s drop-in support group is a safe place to share experiences, make connections, find understanding and empower each other. STV Facilitators provide support, psycho-education and advocacy.

Details: 

• Drop-in group, no registration required

• 9:30 am to 11:30 am every Tuesday unless otherwise noted

• Coffee, tea and light snacks provided

• No cost to participate

• Open to all women in the community

Our Parents & Caregivers drop-in support group is a safe place to share experiences, make connections, find understanding and empower each other. Facilitated by PEACE Counsellors, this group provides support, psycho-education and advocacy.

Details: 

• Drop-in group, no registration required

• Coffee, tea and light snacks provided

• No cost to participate

Understanding Our Trauma is a 10 week group facilitating awareness and tools to understand and respond to healing from trauma. Some of the topics include trauma responses, managing triggers, emotional & body regulation, and methods of healing. The group features psycho-education, discussion and exercises. The practice activities provide tools for helping to regain a sense of empowerment over our own bodies and facilitate personal healing and growth.

DETAILS:

• 10 Week Group, running January 8 to March 12, 2025 - 400 to 6:30

• No Cost

• Closed Group - Registration Required email: programs@cythera.ca for more information

When Love Hurts offers women a unique opportunity to evaluate their relationship and experience with abuse. Participants will build connections with other women and learn more about relationship abuse and its impacts on their lives. Registration is required.

12 Week Group, running January 9 to March 27, 2025, 9:30 to 11:30 pm

• No Cost

• Closed Group - Registration Required

Mindful practice is all about you – learning from your own experiences and observations about your own mind, your own body, and your own life. This fun and unique workshop offers mindfulness-based techniques that can help you find the strength you didn’t know you had to help keep stress from getting the best of you because what we do today matters most.

DETAILS:

• 10 week group, Fridays January 10 to March 14, 2025 from 9:30 am - 11:30 am

• No Cost

• Closed group - Registration Required

The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program® is a group experience for parents and their babies and young children. The program introduces adults and children to the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs, and stories together.

Parents gain skills and confidence which can enable them to create positive family patterns during their children’s crucial early years. Children benefit from enjoyable, healthy early experiences with language and communication.

Details:

• No cost to participate

• For parents & Caregivers with infant children

• Registration Required

This group offers children & youth, impacted by domestic violence offers valuable psycho-education to children opportunities for:

• Understanding what abuse is, that they are not alone, and that the violence is not their fault

• Identifying support networks and develop a safety plan

• Identifying their feelings and express them in healthy ways

• Recognizing their strengths and increase their self-confidence

Details:

• Weekly group, from February 4 to March 11, 2025

• No Cost

• Intake must be completed prior to start of group - Book Now

This camp offers children & youth, impacted by domestic violence offers valuable psycho-education to children opportunities for:

• Understanding what abuse is, that they are not alone, and that the violence is not their fault

• Identifying support networks and develop a safety plan

• Identifying their feelings and express them in healthy ways

• Recognizing their strengths and increase their self-confidence

Details:

• Week long camp from March 17 to 21, 2025 from 10am to 12pm.

• No Cost

• Intake must be completed prior to start of group - Book Now

This camp offers children & youth, impacted by domestic violence offers valuable psycho-education to children opportunities for:

• Understanding what abuse is, that they are not alone, and that the violence is not their fault

• Identifying support networks and develop a safety plan

• Identifying their feelings and express them in healthy ways

• Recognizing their strengths and increase their self-confidence

Details:

• Running March 17-21, 2025, 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

• No Cost

• Intake must be completed prior to start of group - Book Now