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Topic: Living with a Depressed Family Member

Monday, December 12th, 7-8 pm (Online)
Led by Therapist: Barb Kirkham, Reg'd Psychotherapist 

  • Learn how to be happy while living with someone who is depressed.
  • How to maintain your own mental health when someone you love is struggling.
  • Why does my family member not seem to want to get better?

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RELATIONSHIP series: LIVING WITH A DEPRESSED PERSON

How this Workshop Can Help

This workshop will speak to the challenges of living with and loving someone that is clinically depressed. Let’s chat about what you can do and what your loved one needs to do to get better. We will talk about challenges. We will also talk about how to enjoy your life without guilt when a family member is having difficulty enjoying their life. Family members can often get stuck in their thinking. We will learn how to love and empathize without enabling behaviour that may be keeping your family member stuck.

Trying to support our family members through depression can often leave us feeling discouraged and burnt out. We will help to identify the signs of burnout and recover without guilt.  
"As a relationship therapist I have seen firsthand how depression affects most aspects of both partners lives and families.
I am excited to welcome you to this important workshop and to outline strategies to support your wellness."

What You'll Learn:
  • How to be happy while living with someone who is depressed.
  • How to maintain your own mental health when someone you love is struggling.
  • How to deal with your feelings that you are working harder on recovery than your loved one.
  • Why does my family member not seem to want to get better?
  • Gain a better understanding of depression. 
  • How to support your family member without enabling them. 
  • How to be happy without feeling guilty.
  • Live, interactive, therapist-led Q & A at end of workshop.

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Online workshops are open to all Human Strong users.  Although the workshops can have limited seating, you're welcome to join as many workshops as you like.  We value the community and encourage you to share this workshop with friend & family.

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Meet the Workshop's Therapist:

Barb Kirkham, Registered Psychotherapist

Focus: Individual, Couple Counselling, Anxiety and Depression, Anger Management, Pre-marital, Communication, Sexual Issues, Trauma
"I am a person that brings to the counselling process years of life experience as well as academic understanding. I am a wife, mother, sister, friend, and professional. It is the interconnection of these many roles that provides the life experience that I feel is necessary to come alongside clients as they navigate the often bumpy road that we call life.

My goal as a counselor is to provide a safe, non-judgmental place for clients to be heard and understood. My practice focuses on providing clients with the tools and knowledge to overcome relationship issues in marriage and within families, reclaim their life from anxiety and depression, find their way back from grief, and discover the strength within to overcome life’s challenges."

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