The MOMS group is a 10 week group program for mothers who are experiencing postpartum depression and/or anxiety.  This group is designed for women who are noting the signs and symptoms of distress that go beyond the short-term “baby blues” that many women experience after birth. Common Symptoms of this level of distress may include: […]

April 9, 2014 – April 30, 2014 312 Parkdale Avenue Map and Directions | Register Description: Empowering people to make everyday decisions they want to live by… This 4-part workshop series provides participants the opportunity to explore the relationship between our impulsive and self-control minds. Topics: Learn to understand the benefits of impulsivity and self-control. […]

How do you respond when someone asks, “how are you?” Do you answer honestly regardless of how you are feeling? If are you like most people, there are probably times when you don’t. All of us deal with stress, sadness, and loss in our lives, so why is it sometimes hard to talk about it? […]

Welcome to Ottawa’s new and unique counselling service!  Our trained counsellors are now available to you on a first come, first served basis.  No appointment or referral is required.  Our goal is to help you deal with life’s challenges in this single-session service. Life’s challenges don’t follow a schedule or wait for appointments.  Your shouldn’t […]

Parenting Program Co-ordinator Margo Sargent has provided us with some helpful advice around helping your kids, your family and yourself during the sometimes difficult winter season. Take care of you body, mind and spirit; nurture your relationships. Give yourself permission to be imperfect. Have well established routines that allow for getting out in the morning […]

April is National Stress Awareness Month.  We all have stress.  The amount and the type varies from person to person and from time to time.  Often stress sneaks up on us when we don’t expect it, and other times, even though we can see it coming, it is like our hands are tied and we […]

The MOMS group is a 10 week group program for mothers who are experiencing postpartum depression and/or anxiety. This group is designed for women who are noting the signs and symptoms of distress that go beyond the short-term “baby blues” that many women experience after birth. Common symptoms of this level of distress may include: […]

A Support Group for women experiencing postpartum depression/anxiety The MOMS group is a 10 week group program for mothers who are experiencing postpartum depression and/or anxiety. The next group will begin in the fall of 2012.  This group is designed for women who are noting the signs and symptoms of distress that go beyond the […]

May 10th, 2012 is going to be a day of action. Family Services Ottawa and its partners will be hosting a free one-day conference highlighting the impact of movement on mental health. Intuitively everyone probably knows that being active and flexible must have positive effects on every aspect of our lives. Here is an opportunity […]

Covering the following topics: • Making sense of emotions • Emotions and mental health • Changing how we relate to emotions   Tuesday 1:30 -3:30 pm April 10th, 2012 312 Parkdale Ave. Room 2