Join This Workshop and Learn How to Help You and Your Kids Deal with Anxiety While Supporting Restaurants and Families in Need
Join Natalie Haynes and Liz Khalighi on Sunday May 24th, 2020 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm for an educational and experiential workshop via Zoom (the workshop session will be password protected). We will be teaching tools and methods that you can use to support yourself and your children with anxiety as we transition to a new way of living due the impacts of a COVID-19.
In addition, we will have a guest speaker, Catherine Hart, a Certified Paediatric Sleep Consultant who will provide strategies to help families with getting adequate sleep, which can support your child’s anxiety and emotional health during this time.
Learn How to Help Your Child Manage Uncertainty Related to COVID-19
Children and teens have a lot of questions about what is happening in the world around them and how this will affect them overall. We will discuss how your child can benefit from an age-appropriate understanding of the health and safety of their community
Tips and Tricks to Manage Boredom and Anxiety
Boredom and anxiety have been significant triggers for many children and teens as a result of the mandatory closure of all schools, sports and activities. Learn how to help your child to manage their emotions and navigate how to deal with this sudden increase in idle time.
Preparing For the Transition to a “New Normal” For Your Child and Your Family
As communities begin to transition away from mandatory closures and home-based isolation, children and teens will need to learn to adapt to new rules, a new way of interacting with others and an adjustment to school and extracurriculars. We will explore effective ways to predict and prepare for this transition to a "new normal".
I’m Natalie Haynes and I’m a Registered Psychotherapist and I have been in private practice in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. I became a therapist because I was a client. Anxiety was my thing and I figured out how to be with it. For over 14 years I have been working with individuals, couples and families. I want to teach others about how we can be with anxiety in a new way. I am pretty passionate about helping people to become aware of who they already are so they can be more present for the important relationships in their lives.
Liz is a Psychotherapist registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers with over 16 years of experience delivering mental health and behavioural services to Children and Families. Her Private Practice is located in Milton. Liz's personalized approach to treatment aims to bring clarity into complex life circumstances. Her clients have noted that she is welcoming, non-judgemental and effective in her approach to helping them to achieve their goals.
Research now shows that sleep is an integral part to supporting our emotional health. We will have a guest speaker, Catherine Hart, a Certified Paediatric Sleep Consultant, of Baby Sleep Team based out of Mount Manuganui, New Zealand. Catherine is passionate about helping families to get more sleep. She ensures that parents are equipped to adapt to their own unique situation that will benefit the whole family. She will provide some tips to help families get adequate sleep during this time.
Getting Comfortable With What’s Uncomfortable with Your Kids
The anxiety you may be feeling within or what you seeing in your kids can feel uncomfortable, overwhelming and scary. You may worry about all the “what ifs” about the unknown of your life and how your children will come out of this and how you all may be impacted mentally and emotionally.
In this educational and interactive workshop you will learn how to you can use the tools provided to support your children and yourself as we navigate the next transition of COVID-19. We can get through anything with support and we will explore what support can look like and how it may be different during this time when all we know has changed.
Support Yourself While Supporting Others in Need
100% of the proceeds of this workshop will go to Halton Women’s Place for their Local Meal Program, which provides meals from local restaurants for the women and children in their shelter. Halton Women’s Place is an organization providing shelter and crisis services for physically, emotionally, financially and sexually abused women and their dependent children.