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RELATIONSHIP SERIES

Topic: Living with a Depressed Family Member

Monday, March 28th, 7-8 pm (Online)
Led by Kim Christink M.Div., D.Min.
Registered Psychotherapist
Executive Director of Bayridge Counselling Centres

  • 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?
Due to the popularity of this workshop, we will be running it again on March 28th. Reserve your spot by clicking on the button below!  Once we reach capacity, new enrolments will be closed.

Human Strong is a Bayridge Circle of Care Company

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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Meet the Workshop's Therapist:

Kim ChristinkM.Div., D.Min.
Registered Psychotherapist Executive Director of Bayridge Counselling Centres

Focus: Couple, Individual and Family Therapy, Corporate Coaching, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
"You ask me why I do what I do? It is simple. I love it!

Nothing brings me alive like helping someone see what they have never seen before. 
Nothing excites me more than witnessing the miracle of love restored.
Nothing empowers me more than finding a way when it seems there is no way.
Nothing causes me to dance inside like when I have helped someone overcome their fear of driving again after the trauma of a motor vehicle accident.
Nothing is more sacred to me than providing another person a listening and non-judgmental ear.
Nothing touches my soul as when I see in the eyes of a person, that they too now see the wonderful person I see.
Nothing brightens my day like seeing the dark clouds of depression fade away.
Nothing sends my emotions soaring as when I see someone emotionally grow in leaps and bounds.
Nothing allows me to sleep at night like knowing that I have fulfilled my calling again today.

That’s why I do what I do. I may just have the greatest job in the world! It certainly is the greatest job in my world!

My mission is to provide people just like you the safety and tools to overcome the challenges of life so that you may become more than you are and all that you can be."

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