CMHA HKPR Celebrates Mental Health Week With Virtual Events

The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) is celebrating Mental Health Week from Monday - Friday, with various virtual events.

Photo by Luke Best.

The theme of this year’s Mental Health Week is ‘Exploring Empathy,’ and CMHA HKPR is encouraging everyone to ‘#GetReal’ about how to help each other.

“One thing we all have in common is the desire to achieve mental health for all in our community,” said Jack Veitch, Manager of Community Engagement and Education with CMHA HKPR. “This Mental Health Week, we’re reminding everyone that you can make a difference in the life of someone around you that may be struggling. It might be as easy as having a conversation or helping to guide them towards care.”

As part of Mental Health Week, CMHA HKPR will be sharing various resources online as well as hosting virtual events.

On Monday, the latest data on the pandemic’s affects on Canadian’s mental health from a survey conducted by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and UBC researchers, Assessing the Impacts of COVID19 on Mental Health, was released.

On Wednesday, a blog post on how you can make a difference in someone’s mental health, including upcoming trainings in our community, will be shared on CMHA’s website.

On Friday at 11 a.m. a virtual guided meditation will air on Instagram Live with Tanya Kowalenko Psychotherapy on the CHAHKPR Instagram page @cmhahkpr.

Visit www.mentalhealthweek.ca for info and tools about Mental Health Week.

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