Equine Connections Day Camp for Tweens (Friday Morning Group)
Bright Stride Equine, Troy (Central to Brantford, Cambridge & Hamilton)
$400 (HST included)
July 6 - July 27, 9:00 - 11:00 am
Brady Hutchinson, MACP, RP & Cait Gossmann-Bond, Equine Professional
Facilitated by a Registered Psychotherapist and an Equine Professional, this four-week day camp helps youth aged 10 to 13 to develop their mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills through relationship building with horses. This psychotherapeutic group teaches Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills and utilizes principles of Natural Lifemanship Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. Receipts will be provided and your services may be eligible for reimbursement through private insurance; we suggest you verify coverage for the services of a Registered Psychotherapist. Maximum eight participants. Full payment ($400) required to hold your place.
Book Online
Equine Connections Day Camp for Tweens (Friday Afternoon Group)
Bright Stride Equine, Troy (Central to Brantford, Cambridge & Hamilton)
$400 (HST included)
July 20 - August 10, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Brady Hutchinson, MACP, RP & Cait Gossmann-Bond, Equine Professional
Facilitated by a Registered Psychotherapist and an Equine Professional, this four-week day camp helps youth aged 10 to 13 to develop their mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills through relationship building with horses. This psychotherapeutic group teaches Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills and utilizes principles of Natural Lifemanship Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. Receipts will be provided and your services may be eligible for reimbursement through private insurance; we suggest you verify coverage for the services of a Registered Psychotherapist. Maximum eight participants. Full payment ($400) required to hold your place.
Book Online
Serenity Now: 8- Week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Group
Cornerstone Counselling Services, Waterford
$400 (HST included)
April 25 - June 13, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Stephanie Drewery, MSW, RSW & Jodie Lockey Duesling, MACP, Clinical Counsellor
Introducing ‘Serenity Now’ — An 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) group led by experienced mental health professionals. Developed by the legendary Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR groups teach mindfulness meditation as a health intervention. Research shows group participants may experience improved physical, psychological, and behavioural outcomes! This group is intended for anyone wishing to incorporate mindfulness into their daily lives in order to cultivate greater peace and wellbeing.
Week 1: Introduction to mindfulness; Beyond autopilot
Week 2: Self-regulation and mindfulness
Week 3: Coming home to the present
Week 4: Recognizing aversion
Week 5: Allowing things to be as they already are
Week 6: Seeing thoughts as thoughts
Week 7: Kindness in action
Week 8: Resiliency skills & cultivating peace