Groups and Programs

Womens Groups

Understanding Abuse Group

(10 sessions)

Join us for the ONLINE Understanding Abuse group
Tuesdays from 12:00-2:00 pm

The Understanding Abuse group will provide participants with information about the different types of abuse and how they may manifest in relationships. We will discuss the impacts of abuse and the importance of self-compassion. 

Participants will also learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries with partners, family and friends. Assertiveness training is incorporated into this program in order to help participants achieve a healthy and balanced life.

Dates:
Jan 16, 23, 30
Feb 6, 13, 20, 27
Mar 5, 12, 19

Days: Tuesdays
Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Cost: $25

Registration Required

Contact Ann Davis front desk at 604-792-2760 or
email: info@anndavis.org

**If unable to join session one, participants are welcome to join in session two

Winter Connections

(9 sessions)

Connections is a group developed to address issues relating to shame and to develop shame resilience.

The program is ideal for those struggling with self-esteem, love and belonging, authenticity, the development of empathy,

connection, power, and the ability to cultivate a resilient spirit.

Dates:
Jan 17 – Mar 20

Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Cost: $25 – includes book

Registration Required

Contact Ann Davis front desk at 604-792-2760 or
email: info@anndavis.org

**If unable to join session one, participants are welcome to join in session two

Women’s Self-Management of Anger

(8 sessions)

This group is about learning how to manage anger through assertive communication, emotional regulation, and relaxation techniques.

Clients will learn how to notice and identify their emotional landscape to be better able to cope with overwhelming feelings.

Dates:
TBD

Days: Mondays
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Cost: $25

Self-Compassion and Mindfulness

(8 Sessions)

The Building Resilience Through Self-Compassion and Mindfulness group will provide participants with information about practicing mindfulness and developing a more compassionate relationship with themselves.

Often, we are kinder toward others in our life than we are toward ourselves. Why focus on being more compassionate with yourself and living more in the present?

Self-compassion and mindfulness have been shown to increase well-being, resilience, and the ability to cope with stressful life experiences.

This 8-week support and psycho-education group is intended to give you practical tools to be more compassionate to yourself, increase self-acceptance, and build inner strength.

The group is FREE and there will be a certificate for each participant who completes the group.

Dates:
TBD

Day: Fridays
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: Free

Connections

(10 sessions)

A psycho-educational shame resilience curriculum, designed by Brene Brown and facilitated by Ann Davis Transition Society.

Connection is a multifaceted approach, developed to address issues relating to shame and to facilitate the development of shame resilience.

The program is ideal for those struggling with self-esteem, love and belonging, authenticity, the development of empathy, connection, power, and the ability to cultivate a resilient spirit.

Dates:
TBD

Day: Tuesdays
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Cost: Free

Child, Youth, & Parenting Groups

CIB (Children In Between)

 

Children In Between is a program designed to teach parents and children the impact of children witnessing relationship conflicts between their parents.

The program will teach parents how to support and assist their children as they adapt to changing family relations, and help children learn how to articulate their needs and feelings to their parent(s).

The program also teaches the child ways to tell the parents that they are being put in-between, as well as to identify areas where this commonly occurs.

Research shows that over 60% of children who experience their parent’s separation or divorce have adjustment difficulties and may feel unhappy, angry, dissatisfied with life, depressed, and deeply lonely, but most of the damage is caused not by the divorce itself, but the on-going conflict between the parents.

The goal of this program is to empower parents and their children to adopt healthier communication and conflict resolution practices based on mutual respect and understanding. Please note there is a mandatory parent component preceding the children’s portion.

CHILD PORTION

Dates:
TBD

Days:  
Time: 

YOUTH PORTION 

Dates:
January 26 & 27

Days: Wednesday, Thursday
Time: (2:30) 3:00-5:00 (5:30)
Cost: FREE * one parent MUST attend the parent portion.

PARENT PORTION

Dates:
TBD

Days:  
Time: 

PEACE Group (Formerly CWWA)

 

P.E.A.C.E. stands for: Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling, and Empowerment

This group provides children and youth, who have experienced domestic violence, a safe place to process emotions, gain coping skills and information about the dynamics of domestic violence and what healthy relationships look like.

CHILD PORTION

Dates:
TBD

Days:  
Time: 

YOUTH PORTION

Dates:
March 2 & 3

Days:  Wednesday, Thursday
Time: (2:30) 3:00-5:00 (5:30)

STAR Summer Youth Program

 

The STAR (Summer Training and Recreation) Program is an opportunity for youth aged 13-17, that will introduce them to the work-skills and life-skills necessary to successfully obtain and keep employment.

The program offers the following: job skills, relationship skills, new friends, references, resume and cover letter from the socially-distanced comfort of your own home.

Please call our administration office for more information at 604-792-2760.

See below for the information flyer and application.

Dates (3 to choose from):
TBD

Time: 4 hours a day for 5 days

Connect Parent Group

(10 sessions)

Connect Parent Group is a 10-week program designed to support parents of pre-teens, aged 8-12. Each session provides parents with a new perspective on parent-child relationships and pre-adolescent development.

The program recognizes that each parent-child relationship is different, so rather than teach one specific way to parents we help parents see choices that support healthy relationships while setting limits and helping their child grow.

GROUP 1

Dates:
TBD

Days:  
Time: 

GROUP 2

Dates:
TBD

Days:  
Time: 

Mens Groups

Men’s Self-Management of Anger

(8 sessions)

The Self-Management of Anger class is all about learning how to take responsibility for managing your own self and your feelings, primarily the feeling of anger. You will learn where your anger comes from and how to identify it before it becomes a problem.

In fact, the goal is to be able to learn how to channel anger and use it effectively.

This course focuses mainly on anger in relationships and how to improve those relationships. Those relationships could be with a spouse, a child, a boss or co-worker, a friend or a neighbour.

Dates:
Apr 17, 24
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
June 5 
Oct 26
Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Dec 7

Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Cost: $50

 

Men’s Insight Group

 

The Men’s Insight Group is a group of 10 to 12 men who gather weekly in the evening at the Ann Davis Transition Society Administration office to share and discuss matters and issues that affect their daily lives in a confidential setting.

The goal is to promote and raise insight of men in their relationships in their families, at their workplaces, and in the community.

Topics include:

  • healthy relationships,
  • use of effective interpersonal communication skills,
  • taking ownership,
  • building self-esteem,
  • violence and abuse in any environment,
  • the building of solid and effective intrapersonal communication skills,
  • recognizing negativity and use of constructive and anger-free ways to resolve conflicts.

Men come and share their daily experiences in every aspect of their lives, the facilitator provides the psycho educational guidance for the meeting.

Dates:
TBD

Days: Monday Evenings
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Couples Groups

Building Healthy Relationships

 

Based on well researched principles, these workshops are designed to help couples to communicate and manage conflict more effectively.

With the assistance of trained professionals, couples will learn and practice listening, speaking, and conflict resolution skills in a safe and comfortable environment.

Note: couples choose the content of the issues discussed so they can control confidentiality.

Dates:
Mar 20 – June 5

October 6, every Friday for 10 Fridays

Time: 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

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