Psychosocial Intervention
A team of mental health professionals familiar with the particularities of military life offers free and confidential psychosocial services to support you and accompany you during difficult times. Our team is there to support you in your various life challenges. We offer: information, occasional support, follow-up counselling services, support groups and preventive activities.
Counselling services
Psychosocial intake and needs assessment
Our intake worker will welcome you in a confidential setting in order to fully understand your needs. She will support you, guide, and assist you through the various steps involved. She can also refer you to the appropriate civilian or military resources if need be.
Psychosocial follow-ups
Counselling services with a Social Worker will provide you with a confidential space to discuss individual, couple or family issues. After a thorough assessment of your situation, you will take the time to identify your needs and collaboratively define the objectives you wish to prioritize in order to improve your well-being. The social worker will offer a non-judgmental space for discussion, suggest tools or exercises for reflection, and may also refer you to external resources or other MFRC services, based on your needs.
Special needs follow-ups
Counselling services with a Special Care Counselor will provide you with a confidential space to address your needs related to you child through individual, parental, or family meetings. The Special Care Counselor will assess your family’s situation and set attainable goals with regards to your role as a parent. They will offer a non-judgmental space for discussion, suggest tools or exercises for reflection, introduce measures tailored to your situation/needs for you and your child , and may also refer you to external resources or other MFRC services, based on your needs.
Special needs
Children with special needs face a variety of challenges that require adaptive measures to enable them to carry out their daily activities. The specialized educators of the Valcartier MRFC can meet with you to determine the needs in your family situation, to offer you tools, to initiate adaptive measures related to your reality and to accompany you in your steps.
The services:
- Home, listening and information
- Parental support
- Suggestion of adaptive measures
- Link to resources
- Helping to develop the child care plan
- Tool bank
Responsible for the special education follow-up service within their team, they are there for you to determine the needs in your family situation, to initiate adaptive measures (both for you and for your child) in line with your reality, to support you in the various necessary steps such as with public, private, school, tax resources, etc.
Like one in 4 Quebecers, Sylvie is a caregiver. She cares for her 29-year-old daughter Geneviève. Sylvie is a devoted woman with a huge heart.
Ressources
Children with special needs have a variety of conditions with different challenges and need to put in place adaptive measures to enable them to carry out their daily activities.
Special needs encompass a wide range of conditions that present various challenges and require the implementation of measures to enable the child to carry out daily activities.
MindBecon is a digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, designed to effectively help people struggling with symptoms of depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and sleep problems. This clinically-proven approach, guided by a therapist, helps people become more resilient to life’s many challenges.
Available thanks to the True Patriot Love Foundation’s 2020 Bell TPL Fund.
Workshops and groups
Effective communication is the foundation of interpersonal satisfaction.
This two-part workshop series helps participants understand the causes of interpersonal conflicts, explore healthy conflict resolution, and apply practical tools that are useful in both professional and personal relationships. Offered in collaboration with Health Promotion.
Support group for adults who grew up with a parent who is a service member or veteran with an operational stress injury (OSI). This group allows participants to discuss the challenges and impacts of OSI and to better understand their needs as adults.
A support group for spouses of military personnel or veterans with an operational stress injury (OSI), designed to facilitate sharing and mutual support in order to better understand personal, marital, and family experiences, as well as to better cope with challenges related to OSI, including the role of a caregiver.
A workshop designed to help spouses of military personnel and veterans with operational stress injury (OSI) learn more about OSI and its effects.
Workshops designed for couples in which one partner is living with an operational stress injury (OSI). The workshops explore various theoretical aspects of OSI and couple dynamics, offering participants the opportunity to apply these concepts to their relationship.
Support group for military fathers and veterans with operational stress injury (OSI). This group helps participants develop parenting skills and better understand and cope with the effects of OSI on their children.
Ages 8–12
A series of workshops designed to equip young people with stress management skills. The sessions focus primarily on topics such as the physical mechanisms of stress, coping strategies, social pressure, and performance anxiety, all explored through interactive activities.
Families with children aged 7–11
A group for families in which one parent is living with an operational stress injury (OSI). Sessions are held for children, parents, and the whole family. This group aims to build the strengths of each family member in order to improve individual and family well-being.