Information About Our Adult Educational Workshops
Designed to promote personal well-being in a safe environment. There is no requirement to see a counsellor before taking a workshop. However, a counsellor may recommend a series of workshops based on an assessment of your individual personal situation.
If you are interested in any of our virtual workshops, please call the office at 613-523-5143 (Office hours are from Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 2:00pm) or email, workshops@serenityrenewal.ca.
Fee for Workshops
Serenity Renewal for Families’ fee for a workshop is $140. Receipts will be issued for extended health care or private insurance.
** No one is excluded from services for financial reasons. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Serenity Renewal for Families offers a sliding fee scale from $140 to a minimum payment of $10.
100% subsidies are available.
Summer Workshop Schedule 2025
Register for a Workshop
If you would like to register for any upcoming workshop,
please email
workshops@serenityrenewal.ca
or call 613-523-5143.
Introduction to Healing and Recovery
In PersonFacilitator: Liz VandenBygaart
Date & Time: Saturday, July 12 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
This is Serenity Renewal for Families’ Anchor Workshop: all family members are encouraged to attend this workshop, either together or on your own! At Serenity Renewal for Families, we believe that addictions and recovery are a family affair. Whether you are personally struggling with addiction, are in the early stages of recovery, have been in recovery for a while or if you are a family member affected by a family member’s addiction, our one-day workshop is designed for you. During the workshop, all participants will explore various recovery pathways and receive valuable information to help guide their next steps on the journey toward healing and recovery.
Emotional Regulation and Others
VirtualFacilitator: Maimoona Batool
Date & Time: Four Wednesdays in a row (May 21, 28 and June 4 and 11) from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Has mistrust held you back in relationships? Sometimes our emotions can prevent us from fully connecting with others. Learn how to transform emotional reactions into intuitive responding, better navigate conflict and restore bonds. Explore how to communicate your feelings, set boundaries and create connections that go beyond words. Together, let’s see how embracing our emotions can guide us to a greater sense of belonging.
Couples Communication
In PersonFacilitators: Liz VandenBygaart
Date & Time: Saturday, June 7 from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Listening and communicating clearly are required for healthy relationships. Communication skills can be learned, practiced and improved. This one-day workshop will provide couples with tools that they can apply to change patterns of communication that are not beneficial to their relationship.
Healthy Boundaries
In PersonFacilitator: Catherine Pepper
Date & Time: Saturday, June 14 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
What is a boundary? How are they formed, shaped, damaged, or broken? How can we recognize healthy and unhealthy boundaries in ourselves and others? What do our relationship patterns and choices tell us about the health of our own boundaries? How does the setting of new boundaries help in the healing of our broken or empty relationship patterns?
Codependency
In PersonFacilitator: Catherine Pepper
Date & Time: Saturday, July 19 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Codependent behaviour is a learned coping style that includes hyper focusing on others while being unable to express one’s own needs. Learn to reclaim your identity and create authentic relationships.
Anger and Resentment
In PersonFacilitator: Sofie Charron
Date & Time: Saturday, July 26 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
In active addictions, in recovery, or as a family member, resentment is known as the number one offender because we find that we are unable to cope with the painful feelings and turn to escapism and numbing behaviours which fuel the cycle of anger, resentment, relapse and addictions. In our journey of healing and recovery, we must find a way to deal with this cycle in a different way. This workshop brings awareness to the cycle of anger and provides helpful coping strategies. This workshop provides the opportunity to explore the roots of our resentments so we can open ourselves up to a path of healing and letting go.
Coming in August!
Emotional Regulation and Self: In Person!
Shame and Guilt
And one more NEW workshop…
if you want to hear about future workshops, please let us know by emailing workshops@serenityrenewal.ca!
