Connecting to the Moment – Distress Tolerance Skills

This program will introduce participants to skills which connect us to a life worth living. Participants will engage with other group members to learn and build skills of Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance.

These skills will be presented over the course of four 8-week sessions. Participants can register for each individual session as they are offered.

Most approached to mental health treatment focus on changing distressing events and circumstances. Distress Tolerance skills emphasizes the benefits of learning to bear pain skillfully. Distress Tolerance skills are concerned with tolerating and surviving crises and with accepting life as it is in the moment.

Location: Virtual

When: Tuesdays,  January 17 – March 7 , 11:30pm – 1:20pm

For information: carolyn.petley@cmhatv.ca or afsaneh.azari@cmhatv.ca