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Mental Health Workshops Kelowna & Vernon

Our mental health is deeply connected to how we relate, work, connect, and move through life with others.

At Relate & Restore, we offer a variety of mental health workshops designed to provide practical education, meaningful conversation, and skills that support emotional wellbeing, resilience, and connection.

Our workshops can be tailored for youth, parents and caregivers, community organizations, professionals, teams, and other groups who support others. Whether you are looking to help young people navigate big emotions, equip caregivers with practical tools, or support professionals working in high-stress environments, we can create programming that fits your needs.

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Direct Billing

ICBC · CVAP · Autism Funding

Accredited Clinical Counsellors

RCC, CCC, RSW

EMDR Certified

Trauma-Informed Therapists

Accepting New Clients

No Referral Required

In-Person and Online

Kelowna · Vernon · Anywhere in BC

Who We Offer Workshops For

Mental health education can be valuable in many different settings and for people at many different stages of life.

Our workshops can be tailored for:

  • Youth and young adults
  • Parents, guardians, and caregivers
  • Schools and educational communities
  • Sport and dance organizations
  • Coaches, educators, and mentors
  • Business’ and supporting workplace communication
  • Community and non-profit organizations
  • Helping professionals
  • First responders and other high-stress professions
  • Workplace and professional teams
  • Families and community groups

 

We can also provide complementary programming for different members of a community, for example, supporting youth alongside the parents, coaches, educators, or caregivers who support them.

Our Approach to Mental Health Workshops

At Relate & Restore, we believe mental health education should be grounded in compassion, curiosity, and clinical knowledge.

Our workshops draw from attachment science, trauma-informed care, emotional regulation, and other evidence-based therapeutic approaches.

Rather than simply providing information, we aim to help participants understand themselves and others while developing practical skills they can use.

Trauma-Informed Care

A trauma-informed approach recognizes that people bring different experiences, histories, strengths, and vulnerabilities into every environment.

Our workshops prioritize emotional safety, choice, respect, collaboration, connection, and reducing shame and judgment.

Building Emotional Regulation

Understanding our emotions can help us respond to them with greater awareness and intention.
Workshops may explore emotional triggers, stress responses, grounding, nervous system regulation, and practical strategies for managing difficult emotions such as anxiety, anger, frustration, and overwhelm.

Supporting Connection & Relationships

Our relationships have a significant impact on our emotional wellbeing.

Depending on the workshop, we may explore communication, boundaries, attachment, conflict, belonging, co-regulation, and ways to build healthier relationships.

What We May Explore in Workshops

Every workshop is shaped around the needs and goals of the group.

Topics may include:

  • Mental health and emotional wellbeing
  • Anxiety and stress
  • Emotional regulation
  • Anger and frustration
  • Resilience and coping
  • Relationships and communication
  • Boundaries
  • Shame and self-criticism
  • Perfectionism and performance pressure
  • Parenting and co-regulation
  • Supporting youth through difficult emotions
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Burnout and professional wellbeing
  • Mental health in high-stress professions
  • Supporting someone who may be struggling
  • Building connection and belonging


We can also develop workshops around a specific concern, population, profession, or community need.

What Participants Can Take Away

Our goal is for participants to leave with more than information.

  • Greater understanding of mental health and emotional wellbeing
  • Increased awareness of their own emotional responses
  • Practical strategies for managing stress and overwhelm
  • Tools for emotional regulation
  • Greater confidence navigating difficult emotions
  • A better understanding of relational patterns
  • Strategies for communicating more effectively
  • Practical ways to support someone who is struggling
  • A shared language for talking about mental health
  • Greater awareness of when additional support may be helpful

Find the Right Workshop for Your Group

You may already have a specific topic in mind, or you may simply know that your organization or community would benefit from more mental health education.

Our workshops can be adapted to the age, needs, environment, and goals of your group and offered as a single session, a series of workshops, professional development, or customized community programming.

If you are not sure where to start, tell us a little about your group and what you are hoping to support. We can explore what might be the right fit.

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Who Facilitates Our Workshops?

Our workshops are developed and facilitated by qualified mental health professionals.

Our team includes Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC), Canadian Certified Counsellors (CCC), and Registered Social Workers (RSW), each bringing their own training, experience, and areas of specialization.

We bring our clinical knowledge into the workshop environment while adapting the material to be engaging, accessible, and relevant to the people we are supporting.

Common Questions

Yes. We can adapt an existing workshop or develop programming around a specific population, challenge, profession, or organizational goal.

Yes. Our workshops can be designed for youth, adults, parents and caregivers, professionals, teams, and community organizations.

Yes. We can develop programming that recognizes the unique demands of high-stress and community-serving professions. Topics may include stress, emotional regulation, burnout, resilience, trauma exposure, stigma, and connection.

Yes. Parent and caregiver workshops may focus on understanding behaviour, co-regulation, communication, emotional regulation, boundaries, anxiety, resilience, and supporting the mental health of the people in their care.

No. Workshops provide mental health education and skills-building. They are not a substitute for individual counselling, psychological assessment, or crisis intervention.

Workshops can be designed as shorter educational sessions, longer interactive workshops, or a series of sessions depending on the topic, audience, and goals.

That’s okay. You don’t need to have the perfect topic or format figured out before reaching out. Tell us about your group and what you’re hoping to support, and we can explore what might be most helpful.

Have more questions about fees, cancellations, confidentiality, and what to expect in your first session? Visit our What to Expect page →

Ready to Bring Mental Health Education to Your Community?

Whether you’re looking to support young people, equip parents and caregivers, provide education for professionals, or strengthen mental health and wellbeing within your organization, we’re here to help.
We offer an opportunity to connect, learn about your group, and explore what kind of workshop or programming may be the right fit.
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