Facing Your Feelings is a psycho-educational group therapy program based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training. The group is designed for individuals who want to learn to identify and cope better with difficult emotions, reduce unwanted emotions, manage stressful situations, and improve relationships. This group runs continuously and is divided into three, four-week modules. Patients can join a group at the start of each new module. Mindfulness is a core skill that is taught through-out. An intake with a social worker is required before joining.  

Groups run virtually through ZOOM, Tuesdays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Schedule:

Distress Tolerance  

Emotion Regulation 

Interpersonal Effectiveness 

*Please note this group is not a comprehensive DBT-program. Participants will not have the opportunity to meet with the VFHT Social Worker while concurrently attending the group.  Therefore, this group would not be suitable for patients in active, life-threatening crisis. 

Cognitive Processing Therapy is for individuals who are struggling with intrusive and distressing memories or flashbacks of a specific traumatic event, emotional arousal such as overwhelming panic, anger, sadness, guilt, and shame and who meet criteria for PTSD. CPT consists of 12 therapy sessions that will focus on thoughts and feelings to relieve symptoms. Patients are required to complete practice exercises between sessions. 

You can visit the following website to learn more about CPT and talk to your care provider if you would like a referral. 

https://cptforptsd.com/about-cpt/

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for chronic Insomnia is a short-term treatment consisting of 4-5 one-hour sessions with a social worker over two months. Patients will learn about the causes of chronic insomnia and will engage in behavioral changes during treatment to allow the body’s sleep regulatory system to reset. The role of medication(s) and insomnia-reinforcing beliefs on your sleep may also be addressed.  

Patients may be eligible to receive up to 10-sessions of individual therapy with the social worker. Sessions are goal-oriented. Some reasons for referrals to individual support include: depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, grief and loss, harsh inner critics, excessive guilt and shame, overwhelming emotions, interpersonal stressors and life transitions that are causing significant distress. 

A social worker can help you with navigating government assistance programs (EI, ODSP), and with advocacy and referrals related to medical care and assistance, housing, financial security, and employment.