The Canadian Mental Health Association states that: “ trauma is the lasting emotional response that often results from living through a distressing event.  Experiencing a traumatic event can harm a person’s sense of safety, sense of self and ability to regulate emotions and navigate relationships.  Long after the traumatic event occurs, people with trauma can often feel shame, helplessness, powerlessness and intense fear.”

With this Trauma Survivor program we hope to empower women who have experienced trauma with knowledge and give them the tools to navigate their feelings and emotions as they journey to wellness.

Comments from the 100+ Women Committee:

The Foundation awarded $1650 to the Robbie Dean Family Counselling Centre to this program of 5 rotations of 8 weekly sessions of Skill Building for 5 Survivors in each rotation. The goal of this program is to 'equip these women with knowledge supported by resources and peers that can better understand and manage their emotions and behaviours.  This state of wellness allows individuals to build and maintain strong and healthy relationships, both personal and professional.  These relationships make people healthy parents, healthy friends, healthy employees, healthy neighbours and creates healthy communities.'