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The Canadian Mental Health Association provides recovery-focused programs and services for people of all ages and their families. Follow the links below for details.

Advanced Motivational Interviewing

  About the Course This 4-day course is an advanced interactive workshop building on the principles, skills and methods of Motivational Interviewing (MI) to help individuals move towards positive changes….

ASIST TuneUp

Description The ASIST 11 TuneUp is a half-day seminar for improving participant comfort, confidence, and competence in using the Pathway for Assisting Life or PAL. The purpose of the TuneUp…

Capacity Building & Public Education

Capacity Building CMHA Ottawa works to influence change that will improve the social determinants of health, including income, employment, housing, social inclusion, and culture and language for persons with serious…

Community Support Services

Case Management Case management services provide intensive long-term support for individuals living with severe and persistent mental illness who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. They may have a…

Concurrent Disorder Treatment Program

CMHA Ottawa operates a concurrent disorder treatment program for persons with both a mental health disorder and problematic substance use. Weekly groups are co-facilitated in collaboration with community addiction treatment…

Dual Diagnosis Services

Updated June 29, 2023 CMHA Ottawa’s Dual Diagnosis Service provides short-term client-directed case management support to adults who have a mental illness and an intellectual and/or developmental disability. Clients also…

Integrated Treatment for Concurrent Disorders

About the Course This three-day integrated training program is designed for professionals who work with people who have co-occurring mental illness and substance use. It is estimated that 40% to…

Intensive Case Management Training

COVID-19 UPDATE We have released the 2022-23 schedule for all our programs and registration is NOW OPEN.  Please note that some training events will be held in person at CMHA Ottawa and at this time we…

Learning Centre

COVID-19 UPDATE At this time all training events have been CANCELLED until further notice.  We will be monitoring the situation over the coming weeks and will be releasing the new…

Living Life to the Full (LLTTF)

Living Life to the Full (LLTTF) is an interactive 8-session course designed to help individuals deal more effectively with everyday life challenges. LLTTF provides practical strategies to help people to…

Mental Health Works

About the Course Mental Health Works is a nationally available program of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, that builds capacity within organizations to effectively address the many issues…

Motivational Interviewing

About the Course Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change.  Develop the spirit and practice of MI designed to…

On Demand Training Requests

At CMHA Ottawa we are always happy to discuss your specific training needs and adapt our training programs, scheduling and fees on an individual basis as needed. If you are…

On Demand Training Sessions & Workshops

At CMHA Ottawa we are always happy to discuss your specific training needs and adapt our training programs, scheduling and fees on an individual basis as needed. If you are…

Services de soutien communautaire en santé mentale

 L’ACSM Ottawa collabore avec plusieurs organismes d’Ottawa pour fournir des services de santé mentale et assurer la coordination des services offerts aux personnes sans-abri ou à risque d’itinérance qui vivent…

Training Request Form

At CMHA Ottawa we are always happy to discuss your specific training needs and provide our training programs to your organization on an individual basis as needed. If you are…

Understanding the Unspoken Pain

An awareness workshop on providing initial assistance to survivors of war trauma and torture. CMHA Ottawa developed this training for people who come into regular contact with refugees. This one-day workshop…

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