Krasman Centre

Exploring Emotions & Behaviours
2023-04-11 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-04-04 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-03-28 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-03-21 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto)
Negative Self-Talk:

Do you find that your inner critic is controlling your life?
Do you have ruminating thoughts you can’t control?
Are you experiencing feelings you can’t identify?

Guess what, you are not alone.

This virtual group will challenge negative emotions and share coping strategies to promote our own personal wellness. Peers will be asked to share a troubling experience (personal or not) and the group will work together to come up with solutions that enable you to feel in control of the situation.
Join us every Tuesday from 1:00 pm-2:30 pm.
Click here to register online or send an email to a.gooding@krasmancentre.com

The Meeting Spot Support Group
2023-04-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-04-03 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-03-27 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-03-20 11:00 - 13:00
The Meeting Spot is a virtual peer support group that fosters connectivity, social interactions, and community engagement among people experiencing mental health and/or addiction challenges.
Here, we strive to maintain a welcoming environment where you will find support and understanding from others who share similar experiences. Join a community that inspires courage, hope, and self-determination.
The Meeting Spot runs every Monday and Thursday virtually via Zoom. You can also dial in by phone. Sign up to receive the Zoom login information. You can Register Online or call (416) 303-2629. For more information, please email groups@krasmancentre.com.

The Meeting Spot Support Group
2023-04-06 17:00 - 18:30, 2023-03-30 17:00 - 18:30, 2023-03-23 17:00 - 18:30, 2023-03-16 17:00 - 18:30
The Meeting Spot is a virtual peer support group drop-in that fosters connectivity, social interactions, and community engagement among people experiencing mental health and/or addiction challenges.
Here, we strive to maintain a welcoming environment where you will find support and understanding from others who share similar experiences. Join a community that inspires courage, hope, and self-determination.
The Meeting Spot runs every Monday and Thursday virtually via Zoom. You can also dial in by phone. Sign up to receive the Zoom login information. You can Register Online or call (416) 303-2629. For more information, please email groups@krasmancentre.com.

Family Support Group
2023-04-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-21 17:00 - 18:30
The Family Support Group is a safe and non-judgmental space for family members, caregivers, and friends supporting loved ones with mental health and/or addiction challenges.
We believe people can and do recover and that families play a major supportive role in the process.
As part of our support group, you can:

Find information and referrals
Share your struggles
Connect with other peers with similar experiences
Learn from other’s experiences and successes

We meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 7 pm-9 pm via Zoom or you can connect one-on-one with a Family Peer Supporter.
Want to attend a group? You can sign up online or send an email to familysupport@krasmancentre.com.

Games Day
2023-03-31 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-03-24 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-03-17 13:00 - 14:30
Join us for Games Day! We have games and more games!
Set aside some time to have FUN and LAUGH! Join like-minded people in an exploration of entertaining games. We play word games, scavenger hunts, online games, charades, and board games, sing, dance, and make up funny verses. Trust yourself to let go and be FREE. Start every weekend off with a blast.
Every Friday | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Online via Zoom
Register online for Games Day or register by phone at 416-303-2629.

Family Support: When Things Don't Seem Right
2023-03-30 19:00 - 21:00
When Things Don’t Seem Right
Raising a child today with good mental health can be incredibly challenging. Now raising a child that you suspect has a mental health concern can be all-consuming. It can be a cruel test of patients and fortitude, it can bend and break your heart in ways you never imagined, it will have you questioning your parenting abilities and can leave you feeling
very alone and at times feeling hopeless. This workshop delves into what to do when you start to question that you have more questions than answers. And what to do next
*This workshop is part of a six-week workshop series based on the work of Robyn Priest Live Your Truth’s ALL IN Peer Support for Families, led by Krasman Centre’s Family Peer Supporters.
Dates: March 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Online via Zoom or phone
Register Online using the online registration form.
Contact Info: Connie Reck, Family Peer Supporter
Phone: (416) 230-3639 Email: familysupport@krasmancentre.com

NEW: Recovery: A Journey of the Heart
2023-03-30 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-23 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Online Via Zoom
Recovery: A Journey of the Heart will explore the role our heart plays in our mental health. This weekly, workshop-style, interactive group allows peers the opportunity to discover new and exciting ways of looking at recovery. This workshop will be full of enticing questions and will explore lesser-known concepts about the role our heart may play in our continuing recovery journey.
Register for this workshop if you want to learn how Recovery and Wellness concepts can benefit us in our day-to-day lives. This is an excellent workshop if you are thinking about applying to the Krasman Centre’s PREP Program (Peer Recovery Education Program). PREP is designed to support an individual’s personal recovery and support peers to enter or progress in the peer support, recovery, mental health, or social services workforce. Learn more about Peer Recovery Education Program (PREP).
Please note that this is a closed group which runs each Thursday afternoon in March 2023. Pre-registration is required. To get to most out of this group, participants should be prepared to attend all 5 sessions.
Dates: Thursday, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Online via Zoom or phone
Register Online using the Online Registration Form
Contact Info: Monica Weber
Phone: (416) 272-7105 Email: m.weber@krasmancentre.com

The Meeting Spot Support Group
2023-03-29 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-03-22 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-03-21 14:30 - 16:00
The Meeting Spot is a virtual peer support group drop-in that fosters connectivity, social interactions, and community engagement among people experiencing mental health and/or addiction challenges.
Here, we strive to maintain a welcoming environment where you will find support and understanding from others who share similar experiences. Join a community that inspires courage, hope, and self-determination.
We meet daily (Monday to Friday) virtually via Zoom. You can also dial in by phone. Sign up to receive the Zoom login information. You can Register Online or call (416) 303-2629. For more information, please email groups@krasmancentre.com.

Tough Stuff - An All Inclusive Addictions Support Group
2023-03-28 17:00 - 18:30
Tough Stuff – An All Inclusive Addictions Support Group supporting peers with the challenges of substance use, food, and behaviours. If you would like to attend a Tough Stuff virtual group, please join by 5:15 p.m. that day. The first 15 people to attend each session will be admitted to the group. This is to keep each session more intimate for sharing. This will be managed by admitting on a first-come, first-serve basis. You will be notified in the waiting room if the group for that session is full.
We meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from 5 PM to 6:30 PM virtually via Zoom.
This is a group for open and honest discussions about what drives us to do what we do! This is a safe space to meet with others with lived experience, who know how you feel!
The Krasman Centre operates from a harm reduction perspective, we are here to support you with any goals you may have.
Register online: https://forms.office.com/r/QYh0yKvF6w
For more information or to register via email, please get in touch with Sara Nicklin at s.nicklin@krasmancentre.com

Family Support: Moving on from Shame
2023-03-26 19:00 - 21:00
Moving on from the Shame
In order for us to let go of shame, we must first truly understand what this means for each of us. Raising a child or having a family member struggle with a mental health challenge or addiction is incredibly concerning and often all-consuming. Although Shame should never follow a mental health challenge/addiction it typically does. Through this workshop, we will support you to look at how that word shows up in your world and how working to remove that narrative, can be a game changer in your own mental health story.
*This workshop is part of a six-week workshop series based on the work of Robyn Priest Live Your Truth’s ALL IN Peer Support for Families, led by Krasman Centre’s Family Peer Supporters.
Dates: March 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Online via Zoom or phone
Register Online using the online registration form.
Contact Info: Connie Reck, Family Peer Supporter
Phone: (416) 230-3639 Email: familysupport@krasmancentre.com

Family Support: Survival Tips for Parents
2023-03-23 19:00 - 21:00
Survival Tips for Parents
Individuals experiencing a mental health challenge do not just get there overnight. And it will not go away overnight as well. How can you as a parent survive this? Some things to consider that we wished we had known when our own family was struggling.
*This workshop is part of a six-week workshop series based on the work of Robyn Priest Live Your Truth’s ALL IN Peer Support for Families, led by Krasman Centre’s Family Peer Supporters.
Dates: March 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Online via Zoom or phone
Register Online using the online registration form.
Contact Info: Connie Reck, Family Peer Supporter
Phone: (416) 230-3639 Email: familysupport@krasmancentre.com

Mindfulness
2023-03-20 13:00 - 14:30
Join our Mindfulness group to learn how to find calm, inner peace, and healing in your daily life.
Practicing mindfulness means being aware of what is happening in the present moment without judgment or filters. It is about observing and being aware of how busy the mind can get and why it may prevent a person from being present.
Together, we will explore and understand our emotions, develop compassion for ourselves and learn how to breathe during stressful moments.
Our mindfulness group meets every 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1:00 pm-2:30 pm virtually via Zoom. You can register online or call 416-303-2629 to receive the Zoom login information.

Family Support: Advocate vs Enabler
2023-03-19 19:00 - 21:00
Advocate vs. Enabler
Let’s take a deep dive into what the definition of Advocate and Enabler means and how that relates to you and the family member that you support. This workshop has been a game changer for how families use language in supporting their family member who is struggling with mental health challenges.
*This workshop is part of a six-week workshop series based on the work of Robyn Priest Live Your Truth’s ALL IN Peer Support for Families, led by Krasman Centre’s Family Peer Supporters.
Dates: March 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Online via Zoom or phone
Register Online using the online registration form.
Contact Info: Connie Reck, Family Peer Supporter
Phone: (416) 230-3639 Email: familysupport@krasmancentre.com

Family Support: Accepting your new Normal
2023-03-16 19:00 - 21:00
Accepting your new Normal
As your mental health journey and your family’s mental health journey continues, are you ready to look at your new normal through a different lens? This workshop may be the support you are looking for.
*This workshop is part of a six-week workshop series based on the work of Robyn Priest Live Your Truth’s ALL IN Peer Support for Families, led by Krasman Centre’s Family Peer Supporters.
Dates: March 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Online via Zoom or phone
Register Online using the online registration form.
Contact Info: Connie Reck, Family Peer Supporter
Phone: (416) 230-3639 Email: familysupport@krasmancentre.com
