Self-Care for Mental Health
For youth in grades 6 and up, this engaging workshop discusses the importance of caring for our mental health.
- We book this workshop on a rolling basis throughout the school year
Self-Care for Mental Health is a single-session, in-person workshop that provides a common understanding of mental health and allow youth to identify what influences and supports their own wellbeing personally. Available at no cost to schools and youth organizations across Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore this workshop is geared for grades 6 to 12.
Format & Facilitators:
This 70 to 90-minute session is facilitated by trained Youth Educator Volunteers, who speak about mental health and self-care from their lived experience.
It includes interactive activities, videos, games and discussions, and aims to normalize mental health conversations, to inform teens of local youth resources and crisis lines, and to destigmatize help-seeking in times of struggle.
Topics Include*:
- We all have mental health,
- What self-care is and brainstorming of ideas,
- The importance of balance, boundaries and limits around unsupportive habits, social media and screen time,
- Brief stats on mental health and suicidal ideation,
- Get informed / Seek Help – Community Resources & Crisis Lines.
Participants are also invited to create their own personalized “self-care plan” and identify supports available in times of crisis or need.
* Note, this workshop briefly mentions suicide in the context of prevention and supports available.
Student Testimonials:
Over 80% of youth participants consistently indicate they learned something useful and find the presenters engaging.
“It normalized something that has a big stigma around it and offers good resources to get help if you are going through hard times.”
“I liked how they make it not awkward talking about a sensitive subject, and gave us some very important information that could 100 percent help in the long run.”
Teacher Testimonials:
“I love that this is practical and applicable to teenagers. They leave with ideas they can put into action, and also know they are not alone. I like identifying the unknown weight that sometimes students don’t know how to describe. The presenter’s personal connection to the topic — made it important and real.”
“Good pace, inclusive, a great range of ways to engage the students. Love the honesty of addressing what to do when self care isn’t enough. Facilitators were fantastic and the students really related to their down-to-earth, clear, relaxed approach. They were engaged and felt very listened to and welcome.”
This workshop relies on funding and is free to local schools.
Should your school or agency wish to help us continue to provide this programming for youth, please consider making a donation to youth programming, via the following link: www.crisiscentre.bc.ca/donate
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