Mental Wellness / Chronic Disease Program

Master Your Health Chronic Pain and Chronic Disease

FREE workshop to increase self-confidence & ability to manage everyday challenges with Chronic Pain and Chronic Disease. Learn positive thinking, guided imagery, relaxation techniques and fatigue management. Building better communication skills with healthcare team to continue moving forward.

Forest: (519)786-4545 ext. 235
Sarnia: (519)344-3017 ext.237

Mental Wellness Sessions

Getting things done: Learn time management strategies that will assist you to focus, prioritize and schedule tasks to meet your goals more effectively.

Rise & Shine: We cannot control the difficulties we face, but by strengthening our resilience we can bounce back faster.

Roadmap: Guidance on the process of Advance Care Planning in Ontario.

Emotional Intelligence: Learn why we feel what we feel, and what to do with those feelings. Strategies to manage difficult emotions will be discussed.

Caregiver Support: To be a great caregiver, you need care too! Join to learn tips to ease your stressors and care for yourself.

S.O.S: Various strategies to help you to Start Overcoming Stress.

Night Light – Living with Depression and Anxiety: Offered as an 8 week group and single workshop format. Increase your awareness of how anxiety and depression present in your life, and learn action based strategies to improve your thoughts and feelings.

Anger Management: Offered as both an 8 week long group and single workshop format. Increase your awareness and understanding of your own anger habits, and learn strategies to manage unhelpful behavior’s.

Glass Half Full: Join us for tips and strategies to have a more optimistic outlook and improve your wellbeing.

Sleep Happy: Sleep is integral to our health and wellbeing, join us to learn the basic ‘recipe’ for a restful night’s sleep.

Managing Clutter: Feeling overwhelmed by the clutter in your space? Improve your mental wellbeing by tidying up your physical space.

Effective Communication: Learn how to strengthen your communication skills to tackle difficult conversations.

Loneliness and Social Isolation: Feeling lonely? Join us to explore the contributing factors and learn practical ways to manage loneliness.

Anxiety 101: Practical strategies to manage your anxiety.

Mindful Eating : Learn how to practice mindful eating and become more in tune with your body’s natural hunger response. Attend our 4 week Mindful Eating session to learn the tools to manage emotional eating! We all struggle with eating when we aren’t physically hungry. This course will teach the reasons why we emotionally eat and what the next steps can be in breaking this cycle. This course applies the Mindfulness lens to eating, to help re-connect with food in a positive way. To register for the upcoming class, call 519-786-4545 ext. 307 or click here for online registration to register. The program is currently being offered as a hybrid – in person or virtual.

Opening Doors

Opening Doors is a FREE healthy lifestyle program for individuals seeking mental and physical health supports.

This program is for anyone 16+

• Cooking Classes
• Physical Activity
• Art & Conversation
• Wellness Workshop
• Music Therapy
• Volunteerism
• Garden Maintenance and Harvest (Seasonal)

Program delivery will be composed of both in-person and virtual options.  Assistance with transportation is available.

Marianne Hyatt-Mental Health Coach

429 Exmouth St. Sarnia, ON
(519)344-3017 Ext. 277

3-59 King St. West Forest, ON
(519)786-4545 Ext. 279

Funded by United Way

Anger Management for Adults

An eight-week series for adults wanting to understand their anger and learn new skills to express their anger appropriately.

Call (519) 344-3017 ext. 237 for details.

Meditation

“Reduces stress and anxiety, Emotional balance,  Increases self-esteem, Improves concentration and Lowers Blood Pressure”

CONTACT: 519-344-3017 ext.237

Offered at the Sarnia location only.

Social Work Services

Our Social Worker is available to see primary care clients by appointment.  Our social workers also deliver mental wellness sessions including:

• S.O.S: Start Overcoming Stress
• Living with Depression and Anxiety
• Anger Management
• Glass Half Full: Optimism
• Sleep Happy
• Elephant in the Room: Communication and Conflict

For More Information

North Lambton: 519-786-4545
West Lambton: 519-344-3017

To register for group programs click here .