Mateus Ashton

An Introduction to Expressive Arts: Exploring Storytelling Alone and Together A creative workshop that invites you to discover and share stories through: Creative Writing Mixed-Media Art Making Individual Reflection and Exploration Collaborative Group Activities No experience needed—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to create! Once a month!

Colleen is currently an expressive art therapy practicum student and a registered clinical counsellor. She will be offering this one-on-one session using an expressive art approach - combining theories of development, personality, and art creation where client-members are invited to address personal issues and self-reflect, make choices, navigate limitations and frustrations, and explore solutions.

Counselling is a way of helping people cope with their current emotional, personal or interpersonal problems. This is done through the purposeful use of relationship to facilitate improved self- awareness, coping strategies, mood, personal relationships, emotional regulation, and the optimal development of personal resources. Counselling provides an opportunity to be listened to without being judged in a supportive, trusting, and accepting environment.

Counselling is a way of helping people cope with their current emotional, personal or interpersonal problems. This is done through the purposeful use of relationship to facilitate improved self- awareness, coping strategies, mood, personal relationships, emotional regulation, and the optimal development of personal resources. Counselling provides an opportunity to be listened to without being judged in a supportive, trusting, and accepting environment.

Colleen is currently an expressive art therapy practicum student and a registered clinical counsellor. She will be offering this one-on-one session using an expressive art approach - combining theories of development, personality, and art creation where client-members are invited to address personal issues and self-reflect, make choices, navigate limitations and frustrations, and explore solutions.

Counselling is a way of helping people cope with their current emotional, personal or interpersonal problems. This is done through the purposeful use of relationship to facilitate improved self- awareness, coping strategies, mood, personal relationships, emotional regulation, and the optimal development of personal resources. Counselling provides an opportunity to be listened to without being judged in a supportive, trusting, and accepting environment.

Counselling is a way of helping people cope with their current emotional, personal or interpersonal problems. This is done through the purposeful use of relationship to facilitate improved self- awareness, coping strategies, mood, personal relationships, emotional regulation, and the optimal development of personal resources. Counselling provides an opportunity to be listened to without being judged in a supportive, trusting, and accepting environment.

Katherine Craig is a certified therapist who volunteers at Friends for Life and works one-to-one with members to address issues including grief and loss, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), relationships and stress management.

Non critical short term solution focused Social Work assistance with information and referrals.

This interactive workshop is centered around learning ways we can center and rebalance ourselves in a busy, sometimes chaotic world. We talk a bit about the nervous system and learn about and practice techniques that help us work with our systems to find calm and clarity. Come prepared to learn, share and relax!

The UBC Humanities Community Program is offering free, non-credit university courses to Vancouver Friends For Life clients. This year, UBC is offering two courses: Hum 101 and Hum 201 (the latter is only for those who complete Hum 101). Both are eight-month courses focused on the Arts and Social Sciences. The theme this year is “Mutual Flourishing,” with a different professor teaching a new topic each week. Topics include First Nations Studies, history, politics, anthropology, art, philosophy, literature, sociology, gender studies, economics, digital culture, popular culture, and more. Participants receive school supplies, UBC student cards, bus tickets to get to and from class, meals, and funding for childcare if needed. To apply, you’ll need to attend an information/application session to learn more about what to expect as a participant. The session runs for approximately 90 minutes and includes an introduction to the program, time for questions, and distribution of application forms for anyone interested.

Counselling is a way of helping people cope with their current emotional, personal or interpersonal problems. This is done through the purposeful use of relationship to facilitate improved self- awareness, coping strategies, mood, personal relationships, emotional regulation, and the optimal development of personal resources. Counselling provides an opportunity to be listened to without being judged in a supportive, trusting, and accepting environment.