Family Peer Support Services
All our individual and family peer support workers go through extensive training in establishing personal connection through shared life experiences. Contact us today to get connected to a dedicated member of our team.
The following family peer support services are available in community. Regardless of where you live in Manitoba we can connect with you through phone or videocall.
Seeking individual support?
Family Peer Support
Support for families and those who support individuals with lived experience of mental health and wellness challenges. Talk with a trained Peer Support Worker who will connect with you over shared experiences of supporting a family member or friend with a mental health/substance use challenge.
To access peer support call 204-786-1616 and choose ext. 229, Kitana Degen, Community Coordinator.
Eight Stages of Healing
A 10-week peer led support group facilitated by a trained Peer Support Worker, for family members, friends and caregivers’ who support individuals living with mental health and wellness challenges. This support group focuses on the unique journey families, friends and caregivers walk, based on Julie Tallard Johnson’s book, “Hidden Victim, Hidden Healers”.
Groups are run when filled.
Contact Kitana at 204-786-1616 ext. 229 for more information or to register or click here.
Family Support in Partnership with Robyn Priest Live Your Truth
We are grateful to connect with Robyn Priest Live Your Truth (RPLYT) to deliver quality family peer support services through the All In Peer Support division of their company. The following support groups are available at no cost through RPLYT.
Book your space directly through the RPLYT website by clicking the available links.
For further information on specific support groups, please contact RPLYT at https://www.robynpriest.com/contact or connect with Community Coordinator, Kitana, at 204-786-1616 or k.degen@peerconnectionsmb.ca to discuss what type of support you are looking for.
Online All IN Family Peer Support Group
- Delivered by Robyn Priest Live Your Truth
- Every Wednesday of the Month
- 7:00pm-9:00pm (CDT)
- Online via Zoom
Coming from the perspective of lived experience, our team assists families in finding solutions and walking beside you on your family’s journey to wellness.
This Peer Support Group is open to anyone who is supporting someone with their mental health and addiction struggles. To us, family means what it is to you.
Facilitated by Kirsten Drybrough and Charlotte Sytnyk trained Family Peer Supporters & Mental Health Advocates.
Getting Rid of the "Shoulds"
- Delivered by Robyn Priest Live Your Truth
Do you “SHOULD” on yourself? Do you find others “SHOULD” on you? Do you “SHOULD” on other people? Let’s get rid of the “SHOULDS” and learn to take better care of ourselves. This 2 hour workshop is changing lives. It delves deep into how we view what is expected of ourselves and others. Learn how to reframe this mindset and shove the shoulds out of your vocabulary.
Facilitated by Robyn Priest.
For a list of upcoming dates or to register, click HERE.
Letting Go of the Shame and Embracing the Future/gifts
- Delivered by Robyn Priest Live Your Truth
In this 2 hour workshop you will learn to let go of the guilt and shame associated with mental health issues, readjust the dreams you have for your family and start to recognize the gifts that come out of your journey.
Facilitated by Kirsten Drybrough.
For a list of upcoming dates or to register, click HERE.
The Advocacy Role of a Family Member
- Delivered by Robyn Priest Live Your Truth
Taking a Deep Dive into what your role is. This 2 hour workshop offers you tools to advocate with in the health care systems, and with friends and family.
Facilitated by Kirsten Drybrough.
For a list of upcoming dates or to register, click HERE.