Eight Stages of Healing, a 10-week workshop, will begin shortly in Steinbach to help people dealing with the impact of having a family member or friend with a major mental illness.
This free workshop is offered for those who wish to improve their coping skills and their family’s system of care. Rather than becoming an illness focused family, the emphasis is not on the mental illness, but on successful ways of dealing and coping with the losses and burden associated with mental illness.
The workshop is based upon Julie Tallard Johnson’s book, Hidden Victims, Hidden Healers.
Examples of major mental illnesses include depression, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, anxiety disorders and phobias.
The workshop provides a safe place to share and learn about the struggles encountered by family members caring for a person affected by a mental illness.
For more information or to register contact Candice Cancade, Outreach Worker, Manitoba Schizophrenia Society Inc., at eastmanmss@mts.net or (204) 371-0824.
