This is a closed group - which means an intake is required for people who are interested in this group. If this is something that would be helpful - contact for more information. Cost of the group is $120 per month (including therapy groups twice weekly and therapeutic movement groups twice weekly).
This is a 3 phased group for survivors of complex trauma.
Phase 1 - group A: Tuesday and Thursday 11 am - noon
- group B Tuesday and Thursday 5-6 pm
Phase 2 - Fridays 9 - 1030 am
Phase 3 - monthly (date posted in events)
Mens' Phase 1 - Monday and Wednesday 12-1 pm
Dr Kennedy, psychiatrist
Tracy Harvey, (group facilitator) trauma specialist
Veronica Isla, therapeutic movement and yoga instructor (and coordinator extraordinaire!)
Laura Hahn (group facilitator)
Bobbi Bradley (group facilitator)
Scott Wensmenn (men's group facilitator)
AHS Addiction and Mental Health Access: 1-888-594-0211
Distress line of SW Alberta: 403-327-7905
Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-387-5437
Chinook Sexual Assault Centre: 403-694-1094
Kids Helpline: 1-800-668-6868
Mental Health Help Line: 1-877-303-2642
Non-Emergency police line: 403-328-4444
Harbour House Women's Shelter: 403-320-1881
This information is to help you navigate through your healing journey. Each person's journey will look different, and each person will have different needs along their journey. In recognition of this, you are encouraged to consider your path in group as a part of your healing journey - but know that your needs are individual and may look a bit different than others. However, in the time that you are with your group, there is a shared understanding of the complexity around trauma recovery.
pot-luck social gathering: Wednesday July 3 (information will be provided in group)
Holidays/ no group:
Phase 1 :
Phase 2:
Group 2B
Group 2A
Men's group:
Emails will be sent with zoom link for meeting. Starting in August, the meeting will be in-person with zoom option, located at #23, 495 WT Hill Blvd (Loft at Refresh Centre for Health & Wellness)
January 17
February 28
March 20
April 17
May 22
June 19
cost - $30/ month (reduced cost as it is once per month)
For more information contact Scott Wensmann:
noon - 1 pm
Mondays and Wednesdays
No group Monday April 1 (Easter Monday)
Here are some video links that you may have seen in group and want to review:
Polyvegal theory - impact of trauma on brian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdIQRxwT1I0
The Guesthouse poem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13_xnLcT4ZA&t=24s
Empathy vs Sympathy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBTYViDPlQ&t=43s
Perfectionsim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPL2FE7ZPTg
The Drama Triangle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_XSeUYa0-8
Mel Robins - 5 Second Rule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n41e9su3fM
The Breath Project
(note video on mindfullness)
Bessell van der Kolk - discussion of trauma in the body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmKfzbHzm_s
Movement practice for dissociation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcGo4G1agWQ
Accepting emotions. -DBT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ObNMMT0woo
Guided Journaling: Flip the Script book:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BN2GLK9N?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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Tracy and Dr.Kennedy, Veronica, Kamal and Gabriella are the family and support you never knew you needed. (Phase 2 member)
I started the program at the darkest point in my life. I felt like I would be stuck in that misery forever, and there was nothing better out there for me. But Tracy, Dr. Kennedy, Kamal, and Veronica have dragged me kicking and screaming through each phase, and without even realizing it, I started learning skills to manage the symptoms of my CPTSD. I'm not quite where I want to be, but I see light now, instead of just darkness. I feel part of a community of people who understand me. I know I'm not alone. I can now actively work to gain new skills and through EMDR am desensitizing myself to the memories that used to haunt me day and night. Now, I see all sorts of possibilities for my future, and all of it is thanks to the skills I learned in the program and the facilitators' refusal to let me give up. I'm not the person I expected to be as I worked through group; I'm someone totally different, someone I couldn't have imagined, and I actually like myself now. There truly is life beyond trauma. Your childhood doesn't have to poison your whole adulthood. It's a metric crap-tonne of work, and not all of it's fun, but change truly is possible. I'm so grateful. (Phase 3 member)
April 11: Do not do if you have spinal issues
April 20: Material: 2 blocks, 1 chair and 1 firm body towel. This class is dedicated to uplifting your energy. It's great for those who feel tired, gloomy and with a foggy mind.
This is a quick explanation of the brain / lid flip that we will often refer to in group.
Group info sheet (1) (docx)
DownloadSUDS worksheet (pdf)
DownloadSUDS reflection scale (pdf)
DownloadSafety Plan (docx)
DownloadDifficult situation Coping Plan (docx)
DownloadEmotion-Feelings (pdf)
DownloadWindow of Tolerance (jpeg)
DownloadGoal worksheet (pdf)
DownloadSleep+Diary (jpg)
Downloadsleep-hygiene-handout (pdf)
Downloadwellness worksheet (pdf)
DownloadDefense mechanism handout (docx)
DownloadChallenging Automatic Thoughts (docx)
Downloadsafe coping list (docx)
DownloadCoping with Anniversary dates (docx)
DownloadDaily Mood Chart (docx)
DownloadSafety Plan (docx)
DownloadWeekly Mood Chart (docx)
Downloadsymptoms associated with complex trauma (docx)
DownloadAssertive Communication (pdf)
Downloadwheel-of-emotions (pdf)
DownloadThe Feeling Wheel (pdf)
Downloadcoping strategies for holidays (docx)
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