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Virtual Groups
Please log on 10-15 minutes before group start time,
they will be locked at the start time posted.
Exceptions: DBT, Family Night, Recreational Groups
(5 minute grace period)
ATTENTION!
Please note there will be
no groups running on
Monday October 12th.
Due to the Thanksgiving Long Weekend!
Have a safe long weekend 🦃
Keep scrolling to check out our monthly virtual drop-in building resiliency groups!

Concurrent Disorder Groups
Moving Forward Skillfully
Mondays
1:30pm - 2:30pm
No Group on
Monday, October 12.
Due to the Thanksgiving long weekend
*No Referral Required
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A weekly drop-in class with 6 different skills-based modules.
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Learn skills that combine DBT concepts aimed at addiction recovery, and made from a concurrent lens.
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Start any week.
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Log in several minutes before start time.
https://stjoes.zoom.us/j/68902926592?pwd=VC9vNGc0enJ1NHRXaWV0UGxTZzBHUT09
Meeting ID: 689 0292 6592, Password: CDGROUPS
SMART Recovery
Currently
on hold until
further notice.
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A drop-in self-help group for recovery from any types of addictive behaviour.
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Groups are held by a clinician with lived experience.
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Limit of 15 participants per group.
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Log in several minutes before start time.
https://stjoes.zoom.us/j/68016265475?pwd=RmtPUDFrQ3JXNEk0bU1ZLzExMmEyQT09
Meeting ID: 680 1626 5475, Password: CDGROUPS
Steps to Recovery
Wednesdays
1:30pm - 2:30pm
*No Referral Required
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A drop-in self-help group with 6 modules to increase motivation to reduce substance use.
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Log in several minutes before start time.
https://stjoes.zoom.us/j/61651488194?pwd=RWtQeDl2QVlBQ2d4UmJkVW9kV3ZxUT09
Meeting ID: 616 5148 8194, Password: CDGROUPS
Drop-In Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
Wednesdays
11am - 12pm
or
Thursdays
11am - 12pm
*No Referral Required
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A weekly drop-in group with 8 different modules - start any week
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This group is designed to provide a brief sampling of DBT skills - not a formal DBT group
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Focuses on the skills of: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness
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Log in several minutes before start time.
Contact dropindbt@stjosham.on.ca to refer and for information. Meeting URLs are sent via email upon referral and selection of date/time.
Drop-In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Thursdays
1:30pm - 2:30pm
*No Referral Required
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A weekly drop-in group with 6 different modules - start any week
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Available to all clients in the Community Psychiatry Clinic with any mental health diagnoses.
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Topics from ACT therapy include: mindfulness, clarifying values, committed action, fusion vs. defusion, control vs. willingness, acceptance as an alternative, and action planning.
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Log in several minutes before start time.
https://stjoes.zoom.us/j/66105446486?pwd=SnJYTlRPZTBVU2Yzc3F6UG9pM1U4UT09
Meeting ID: 661 0544 6486, Password: CDGROUPS
Building Resiliency Groups
NEW GROUP - IN-PERSON PEER SUPPORT
*In-Person Group*
Wednesdays
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
*No Referral Required.
For more information, contact Karin at ext. 32081
- A weekly drop-in group for mutual support
- Open to all active clients of the Community Psychiatry Clinic
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Supportive conversations about recovery: goals, relationships, challenges, and making positive changes in our lives
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Join us in the community psychiatry clinic, Group Room 1
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Arrive by 12:55 pm for registration
Virtual PEER SUPPORT
Fridays
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
*You must be a client of the Community Psychiatry Clinic at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
- A weekly drop-in group for mutual support
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Discuss recovery goals, challenges, and healthy coping strategies
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Facilitated by a peer support worker with lived experience of mental health issues
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Limit of 10 participants per group
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Login at 11:55 am
https://stjoes.zoom.us/j/61815727532?
pwd=wrWsy7FpSgE1XDeRgb1outZWVTcN6j.1
Meeting ID: 618 1572 7532, Password: 019102
Virtual Writing Group
Friday October 16th
&
Friday October 30th
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
*You must be a client of the Community Psychiatry Clinic at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
- Join us in learning about writing as a tool for recovery
- Practice journaling techniques & writing prompts, or write whatever you want
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Login at 2:25 pm
https://stjoes.zoom.us/j/68265563267?pwd=c2tlNmpGRkllcHRzRjBXVitNUXpLUT09
Meeting ID: 682 6556 3267, Password: 986992
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