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Mental Health Awareness and Communication Series

September 22^nd, 2021 – 1000 – 1100 ET

Featuring Julie Christiansen, MA

Register in advance for this webinar: 

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About the Speaker:

Julie Christiansen, MA, is an award-winning international public speaker, author, and psychotherapist. Julie developed the Anger Solutions method of anger resolution, and has authored several books about anger, stress, bullying and coping with crisis. Known as “The Anger Lady”, she has appeared as an expert for various print, radio, and television media outlets. Over the course of her career, Julie has worked with National Defense (Land Force Area HQ), the RCMP, municipal police, correctional officers, and military veterans.

About the Session:

Please join us on Wed September

Mental Health Awareness and Communication Series

July 28, 2021 – 1000 – 1100 ET

Featuring Carobeth Zorzos, M.A., C. Psych., BCBA

Register in advance for this webinar:

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About the Speaker:

Carobeth is a Clinical Psychologist and a Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst who has, since 2001, worked with children, youth, and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities, behaviour disorders, and learning disabilities. She has a Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Carobeth has worked in government and private practice settings, and her past consultation experience includes a wide variety of environments, including home and centre-based Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) programs, schools, group homes, residential treatment programs, long term care facilities,

The Stable Grounds is hosting 3-night and one week wellness retreats for first responders in July. The retreats aim to increase self-awareness and mental readiness for positive change. Each session is limited to ten residential participants. The retreat is located at 22678 Johnston Line, Rodney, ON N0L 2C0.

3 Night Sessions

An experiential taste of the treatment experience. This retreat allows individuals to ‘dip their toe’ into treatment and is less intense than the one-week sessions.

Females Only

July 3 (4pm Arrival) – July 6 (9am Departure)

July 25 (4pm Arrival) – July 28 (9am Departure)

Males Only

July 6 (4pm Arrival) – July 9 (9am Departure)

July 28 (4pm Arrival) – July 31 (9am Departure)

One Week Sessions

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Mental Health Awareness and Communication Series

Encompas Mental Health Wellness Program

June 23, 2021 – 1000 – 1100 ET

Featuring Brian Knowler

In 2004, with five years of service time, Brian went through one of the worst experiences an officer can undergo – being directly involved with the death of someone you know. Brian tells the story of the impact of that night – depression, thoughts of suicide, alcohol, and work all creating a gap between himself, his family, and his own spirit. After crashing hard at the bottom of a long downwards spiral, Brian admitted he needed help; more importantly, he let people in to help him after building walls around himself for

The Stable Grounds is hosting a 3-night wellness retreat for first responders in mid-June. The retreat aims to increase self-awareness and mental readiness for positive change. Each session is limited to ten residential participants.

Females Only

June 12 (4pm Arrival) – June 15 (9am Departure)

Males Only

June 15 (4pm Arrival) – June 18 (9am Departure)

Open to All

June 18 (4pm Arrival) – June 21 (9am Departure)

Retreat Content Includes:

• Equine Assisted Learning
• Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, EMDR
• Neurofeedback
• Occupational Stress Injury
• Addiction and Occupational Therapy Information Session
• Virtual Reality
• Sanctuary Trauma
• Individual and Group Sessions

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May 13, 2021

The priority of Dalton Associates and the Encompas Mental Health Wellness Program has been and continues to be the mental health and safety of those OPPA members who reach out for support.

In the late afternoon of Tuesday, May 11^th, 2021, we became aware of a serious situation involving Project Trauma Support that occurred in 2018. Project Trauma Support is a not-for-profit residential treatment program for First Responders experiencing occupational stress injuries and trauma. This program has been on Encompas’ roster of residential treatment programs since launching in March 2020.

We do not take these concerning allegations lightly. Encompas is committed to ensuring our members have access to

The Encompas Mental Health Wellness Program is proud to announce a new resource on our website for Encompas Members called Show Up for Our Heroes: A PTS Awareness Project. The project aims to amplify a message in support of First Responders and front-line mental wellness, and to support the recognition of the work of those on the front lines through acknowledgement of a National First Responder Day by the Federal Government.

About the Project

When doing your job means that you show up to assist during the worst times in people’s lives, no one is able to escape without some kind of mental or physical response. This project wants everyone to realize

April 28, 2021 Speaker Series – Featuring Françoise Mathieu, M.Ed., RP.

Françoise is a stress and trauma specialist and has worked with the LAPD Homicide and Peer Support Divisions, the Los Angeles County Probation Anti Human Trafficking Taskforce, Edmonton Police Major Crimes Unit, RCMP K Division, West Fargo PD, Cleveland PD, the Ontario Provincial Police, and with many other similar organizations.

Before becoming a specialist on stress and trauma, Françoise worked as a mental health provider doing both crisis management and employee support for military personnel returning from combat duties, Corrections Canada, law enforcement, 911 communicators and other community mental health professionals in need of psychological support.

Françoise is executive director of TEND,

April 6, 2021

About the New Member Client Portal

The Encompas Program was designed to minimize barriers and facilitate easy, streamlined access to quality mental health treatment by providing centralized, wrap-around care navigation and support. And, over the course of the Encompas Program’s first year, we are pleased to have helped several hundred OPPA Uniformed and Civilian Members and their families, connect with quality treatments for their mental health issues that we know has made a tremendous difference in the lives of many OPPA Members.

In keeping with our commitment to delivering ongoing quality program evolution, we are excited to launch a new and secure state-of-the-art Client Portal that has been

March 24, 2021 Speaker Series – Featuring Anthony Mann

Anthony began Policing in 1998.  For most of his career, he has been in uniform, general patrol along with working with Major Crime, Drug Enforcement, and Community Service.

Please join us March 24, 2021 from 1200 – 1300 ET for a conversation with Anthony as he shares his mental wellness journey and what he hopes will help current and future officers in theirs.

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About the Series:

The Series will alternate monthly between virtual Open Houses and a Speaker’s Series. Both the Open Houses and Speaker Series will include 30-45 minutes of presentation, followed by 15-30 minutes for questions and answers.

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