Winnipeg
CMHA branches across Manitoba offer a variety of services. Our services are informed by CMHA’s Framework for Support and the recovery model as a basis for working with people with mental health illnesses and challenges.
Services
Education
CMHA Well-being Learning Centre
The Canadian Mental Health Association Manitoba and Winnipeg’s Well-Being Learning Centre is a mental health and well-being campus that promotes recovery, well-being, and knowledge.
OCD Centre Manitoba
The OCD Centre was founded in 1995 and began with volunteers who wanted to distribute OCD information and community resources so individuals, families, as well as health professionals, could easily share current OCD knowledge. Over the years we have grown to offer support and services for OCD and hoarding disorders. In 2020, The OCD Centre became partners with CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.
Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT)
CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg and the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre now offer the Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) program, designed to help people supporting a loved one with a mental illness or substance use challenge.
Learn Life Saving Skills with LivingWorks ‘Start’
LivingWorks Start and CMHA have partnered together to provide a simple, powerful online training program to help us recognize the signs of suicide and take meaningful action to protect others.Living Life to the Full
This enjoyable, interactive course introduces principles of the Five Areas Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model and will help you understand your feelings and what to do about them.
In eight, enjoyable 90-minute sessions – one per week – this course helps people to make a difference to their lives. Each session is expertly moderated and includes a booklet. Participants are taught how to deal with their feelings when fed up, worried, or hopeless, and learn skills that help them tackle life’s problems.
For more information on this course, visit the Living Life to the Full national website (https://livinglifetothefull.ca)
Living Life to the Full for Youth
Living Life to the Full for Youth is a fun and interactive course for youth dealing with mild to moderate low mood and/or anxiety. This course will leave youth with the tools to get the most out of life. This course has been shown to improve mood and well-being and reduce stress and anxiety. This group format also provides social support and reduces isolation.
CMHA has several workshops and presentations available for community groups and professionals. See course descriptions below. To find out more, please contact Sheryl Giesbrecht at sgiesbrecht@cmhawpg.mb.ca . Let us know if you have an idea for a different workshop or presentation topic.
Understanding Mental Health Experiences
During this workshop you will gain basic knowledge of common mental health problems. It can be helpful to be aware of the signs and symptoms that may indicate whether a person is struggling with a mental health problem. Topics covered include:
- A common understanding of mental health, well-being, and mental illness
- An overview of diagnosis’ including signs and symptoms
- Information on stigma and myths
- Tips on how to start conversations about mental health
- Strategies to maintain mental health and well-being
This is a two-hour workshop delivered in person or online to your group or team.
Older Adults and Mental Health Experiences
This workshop, for older adults, will look at mental health problems and growing older. Topics covered include:
- A look at common mental health problems in the older population
- Where to seek help
- Strategies for mental health and well-being
- Community resources available for older adults
This is a 90-minute workshop delivered in person or online to your group or team.
Working with Older Adults with Mental Health Experiences – For Service Providers
Are you a professional service provider that works with older adults? If you would like to learn more about the signs and symptoms and the various mental health issues that an older adult may experience, this workshop is a good choice. We will share strategies and resources that can be helpful in your role. Our intention is to increase confidence when working with older adults who may express mental health experiences. This is a 2 hour workshop delivered in person or online to your team.
Supporting Mental Health Recovery for Service Providers
Recovery is the process of re-defining and re-building your life with the experience of mental health issues. This workshop is an opportunity for health professionals and service providers to explore various approaches to recovery and well-being they can use in their workplace and role. We will define recovery as an individual journey and share communication strategies to convey hope and strength-based values. There will be opportunities for discussion in this course and some activities to build skills. This is a two-hour workshop delivered in person or online to your team.
Nurturing Empathy
Empathy is the gift of being able to put yourself in another person’s shoes and see the world from their perspective and life experience. This online course will describe the gift of empathy and indicate how it is different from sympathy. We will discuss how to have empathy for oneself and how empathy affects relationships. We look forward to connecting with you as you nurture your empathy to become a superpower! This is a 2-hour workshop delivered in person or online to your group or team.
Insights into OCD
OCD is a mental illness that is made up of two parts: obsessions and compulsions. It is a distressing experience that can cause anxiety. This course will provide information about signs and symptoms of OCD and explore the experience of obsessions and compulsions. Treatment options and strategies to manage OCD will be shared. (2-hour session)
Insights into Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding is defined as the acquisition of, and inability to discard items even when they appear to have no value. Hoarding behaviour and the experience of hoarding disorder is extremely complicated and personal. This course will provide information about signs and symptoms of hoarding disorder and provide ideas regarding treatment options and how to provide compassionate support to a person struggling with hoarding. (2 hours in length)
Mental Health First Aid – Standard
Mental Health First Aid – Standard (Face-to-Face) is a 9-hour course for adults to learn how to support a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or experiencing a mental health crisis.
The Canadian Mental Health Association Manitoba and Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority have collaborated to address a gap in mental health and addiction services in Winnipeg.
The Early Recovery Program aims to provide comprehensive support and treatment options for adults struggling with their substance use. The program offers a series of weekly group sessions, each one focused on a relevant topic and offered to men and women separately.
Check out our scheduled courses
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Recovery Colleges provide an innovative learning space where CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg participants can access free courses, webinars, workshops, and events to learn, gain new skills, and connect with others in their community.
The CMHA Well-Being Learning Centre is for everyone in the community; folks with lived experience, family members, friends, service providers, and individuals looking to strengthen their well-being.
We offer many free courses that are informative and interactive. We know that the best learning happens when personal stories and lived experience are shared.
Check out our list of scheduled courses here.
Visit our events page here!
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OCD Centre Manitoba focuses on the following three areas:
- Recovery and empowerment
- Providing opportunities for self-help
- Reducing stigma associated with OCD and Hoarding disorders
The OCD Centre Manitoba is for individuals who need help with OCD and/or Hoarding disorders and are looking to make a change.
OCD Centre Manitoba provides the following services:
- Support groups for people with OCD and/or hoarding disorder
- Information and educational courses and programs to promote recovery
- Service navigation of community resources
- Individual and family peer support
You can contact the OCD Centre by email at ocdcentre@cmhawpg.mb.ca or by phone through the Service Navigation Hub at 204-775-6442
Workshops and presentations regarding OCD and Hoarding Disorder are available for community groups and professionals. Please contact us by email at ocdcentre@cmhawpg.mb.ca to arrange delivery of any of the following:
Buried in Treasures
Hoarding is often associated with a significant reduction in quality of life, and in extreme cases, it can pose serious health risks. This course provides an evidence based, effective program to help those with hoarding disorders to gain control over clutter and chaos in their homes. It is a program that involves skill-building, learning to think about possessions in a different way, and gradual challenges to help people manage their clutter. A workbook accompanies the course and will be used each session with homework assignments between sessions (15 sessions, each session is 2 ¼ hours long, delivered in person)
Insights into Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding is defined as the acquisition of, and inability to discard items even when they appear to have no value. Hoarding behaviour and the experience of hoarding disorder is extremely complicated and personal. This course will provide information about signs and symptoms of hoarding disorder and provide ideas regarding treatment options and how to provide compassionate support to a person struggling with hoarding. (2-hour presentation delivered in person or online)
Insights into OCD
OCD is a mental illness that his made up of two parts: obsessions and compulsions. It is a distressing experience that can cause anxiety. This course will provide information about signs and symptoms of OCD and explore the experience of obsessions and compulsions. Treatment options and strategies to manage OCD will be shared. (2-hour presentation delivered in person or online)
Supporting OCD Recovery for Family Members and Caregivers
Recovery is the process of re-defining and re-building life with the experience of OCD and other mental health issues. This course is an opportunity for family members and caregivers with loved ones diagnosed with OCD to explore the principles of recovery and strategies to provide support and encouragement. There will be opportunities for discussion in this course and a focus on the well-being needs of families and caregivers. (2 online sessions, 2 ½ hours in length for each session, delivered online or in person)
Welcome to the OCD Centre
A presentation providing information about the services provided by the OCD Centre and some basic information about the signs, symptoms and treatment options for people who experience OCD and Hoarding Disorder. This course is typically offered upon request by organizations and programs and provided for CMHA staff. (one hour presentation delivered in person or online)
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Our ASIST courses are led by two registered facilitators and every person who completes the 2-day (15 hour) course receives a certificate. This course is typically offered over two consecutive days from 8:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. at our location, 930 Portage Avenue. We offer courses open to the public throughout the year but if you have a group of 10 people or more in need of ASIST training, we can offer a course for your group at the location of your choice. Contact us for more information about group courses.
- Understand the ways personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
- Provide guidance and suicide first-aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
- Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
- Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
- Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care
$275.00 per person.
Please contact us at 204-982-6100 or office@cmhawpg.mb.ca for more information.
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The aim of the program is to provide education, empowerment, and hope by developing positive ways of interacting with loved ones who are struggling with mental illness and/or substance use but are not ready to make changes or get help.
CRAFTS goals are:
- To improve the quality of life and functioning of the concerned significant other.
- To reduce their loved one’s maladaptive behaviours and/or substance use.
- To engage the loved one in treatment or support.
Program participants should be 18 years or older and looking to support someone struggling with a mental illness or substance use challenge (alcohol or drugs).
To register for the CRAFT program please visit our events page.
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LivingWorks ‘Start’ is a 90-minute, online training program that will teach you how to recognize when someone is having thoughts of suicide and to take meaningful action to keep them safe.
Accessible via any computer, smartphone, or tablet, LW Start includes customization, simulations, and interactive content. You’ll learn about suicide and its prevention, receive personalized information, and gain a series of skills to keep someone safe and alive.
Start is an ideal option for anyone who wants to help keep others safe, regardless of prior background or experience. Start can be taken by anyone 18 years and up. For those 15-17 years, collaboration with a parent or guardian is recommended.
To sign up for Start training, please click on the Link . It will take you to an online secure payment portal. Currently, Start training is discounted to $20 to support our communities during COVID-19.
Once purchased, Start training will be accessible within 1-2 business days. For more information about ‘Start’ please contact office@cmhawpg.mb.ca.
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Living Life to the Full for Youth is a community-based course that provides simple, practical skills for coping with stress, problem solving, boosting your mood, and busting bad thoughts. Adapted from the adult course, the course is designed for youth ages 14-18.
Young adult facilitators help deliver the course alongside experienced adult Living Life to the Full certified facilitators. Together they present a new topic at each weekly class, bringing the skills to life though booklets, worksheets, group activities and discussions.
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Anyone in the community over the age 18 who wants to learn how to respond appropriately to someone who may be having challenges related to their mental health.
This 9-hour course opens with a self-directed module (Module 1) that focuses on the information and strategies that participants will discuss and practise throughout the face-to-face classroom modules (Modules 2 and 3). Course participants are required to complete Module 1 before participating in Module 2 and 3.
The cost for the training is $275
Visit the website at https://openingminds.org/
For more information
To find out more about our Community Education workshops, please contact Stephen Sutherland at sutherland@cmhawpg.mb.ca or 204-982-6134
To request a workshop from the CMHA Manitoba and Winnipeg Community Education service, please complete the workshop form below
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