Catholic Family Services - Peel Dufferin // Workshops & Groups

Catholic Family Services is pleased to offer a variety of groups and workshops that reflects our mandate to help families and to help stop family violence.

Our group programs support:

Women who are survivors of trauma and abuse (past and present)
Men who have assaulted their intimate partners
Mothers and their children surviving abuse together
Adolescents who have been exposed to woman abuse in their families

Groups are designed to provide:

Mutually supportive group setting
Information and education
Strategies for survivors to help reduce trauma-related symptoms
Assistance for men to help them develop non-abusive behaviours
Parenting strategies when children have been exposed to abuse

Language specific women's support groups are offered in Spanish, Polish, Punjabi and Portuguese.

Cultural Interpreters are available for groups offered by the PAR program.

Workshops & Groups Available

Group Schedule for 2010

Please click here to view our 2010 Group Schedule

Family Life Education
We offer training and workshops in life skills, bereavement care, self-esteem, parenting, creating healthy families, spirituality and many other topics which support families in building loving relationships.

Please click here for the 2010 Family Life Education Calendar

WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY

DivorceCare helps you recover from the pain of separation and divorce. It is a weekly seminar and support group.

Seminar covers 13 topics including: Facing anger, Facing depression, Financial survival, KidCare, New relationships.

DivorceCare for Kids (DC4K) (5 – 12 year old) runs at the same time as the adult group. Sessions cover topics including: Facing anger, I am not alone, Telling my parents how I feel, Developing new relationships.

Child care is available for children under 5 years old.

Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:30pm

Cost: FREE

Location:    New Life Community Church
                            9281 Goreway Drive
                            BramptonContact: 905-790-1084

wjohnson@cfspd.com

jamieproberts@hotmail.com

link: www.visitnlcc.ca

PRISM
Community Support Service for men who have been abused in childhood.
Who: Family Services of Peel and Catholic Family Services Peel-Dufferin and host of community partners.
Fee: Free
To register: 905-450-1608 ext. 112

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To register or to get all scheduling information about our group programs and
workshops, please call and speak to one of our caseworkers at: 905.450.1608 X 112