SILA Skills helps people develop life-changing skills for creating a kinder, gentler world, one interaction at a time. You can learn more at www.SILAskills.org

SILA Skills delivers impactful skills workshops and seminars - based on the principles of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) - that build resilience, enhance well-being, and foster effective connections with others. 

SILA Skills training is designed to help organizations and individuals better manage emotions, build resilience, and strengthen connections—empowering them to cope more effectively with life challenges and improve their overall mental well-being. The foundation of all SILA Skills training is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). 

CMHA offers several suicide grief support services for those who struggle with mental health, one area that is especially helpful for those who have struggled with suicide loss. You can learn more here. 

The following resources are:

Critical Incident Group Debriefing Services

Life After Suicide Loss

Suicide Bereavement Support Services

Suicide Caregiver Support Service

Navigating Grief During the Holidays and Beyond

A serious gap exists between someone receiving medical treatment for mental illness and them learning how to live well in spite of it.  This gap is critical. So Fresh Hope for Mental Health has become the bridge, the guide from the point of diagnosis to living well.   Research shows that finding a way to live a hope-filled life can be best caught, not taught, by peers who have “been there” and are now living well.  Research also shows that the best antidote for hopelessness is a hope that is rooted in faith.

 We provide those who are hopeless a safe place to process their pain and experience faith-filled hope modeled, shared, and given in support groups, classes, coaching, and resources that are led and written by peers who are living well in spite of their mental health challenge. This serves as a bridge between someone’s diagnosis and living well in spite of their diagnosis.  Our approach is based on seven mental health recovery principles and 25 years of clinical research on hope. And it works.

 Because of Fresh Hope, thousands of people are living active, faith- and hope-filled lives.  They are enjoying their relationships, their families, their work, and are feeling more hopeful than ever before.  They are living well in spite of their mental health challenge. They are thriving.

Sashbear is empowering family members and communities with life-transforming skills and hope, through workshops and evidence-based programs at no charge. Sashbear works across Canada to educate families, communities, service providers and researchers of the important role and burden borne by families of those with emotion dysregulation. Together, they are making waves for mental health.

 Sashbear’s programs are provided free of charge to participants, thanks to generous donors and supporters. Learn more at Sashbear.org.