Workshops

Pathstone’s workshops are facilitated by well trained professional staff with many years of experience working with children/adolescents and families who suffer from mental health problems.

Payments by cash or cheque ONLY.

Divorce and separation – New beginnings: Let’s do it right!

This Workshop will cover:

  • how to talk to your children about your divorce and/or separation
  • meeting the developmental needs of your children from two homes
  • how you are coping with your separation or divorce and how this impacts your children
  • cooperative parenting and strategies on how to make your new parenting relationship work
  • strategies on how to deal with visitation refusal and make transitions between two homes easier for your children

All workshops run from 6:00 – 8:00 pm and will be offered virtually.
A “Certificate of Completion” will be provided.

This informative workshop will be offered on the following dates:

2023- October 17, November 21, December 19

2024 Winter/Spring Dates– January 16, February 20, March 19, April 16, May 21, and June 18

Please note that there are only 10 spots available for each date.
*participants need only attend ONE session

All workshops run virtually from 6:00 – 8:00 pm and cost $30.
To register please call 905-688-6850 ext. 258.


Divorce and Separation Workshop – Workshop for Children: Ages 8-11 & 12-16

This workshop will cover:

  • changes within the family and how they affect me
  • going between two homes – how to prepare and manage the transitions
  • how to recognize and communicate my feelings
  • strategies and helpful hints on how to keep out of the adult issues
  • what to do when everyone is fighting
  • supervised Parenting Time – what I can expect
  • children’s rights

This informative workshop will be offered on the following dates:

Ages 8-11: 2023 – September 14, October 12, November 9, December 7

Ages 12-16: 2023 – September 28, October 26, November 23, December 14

Please note that there are only 8 spots available for each date.

All workshops will run from 5:00 – 6:30 pm and will cost $30 per child.
To register please call 905-688-6850 ext. 258.

A Certificate of Completion will be provided.


Surviving the teenage years

A one-session workshop for parents, teachers, and social workers, designed to help determine when to take charge and when to let go by improving relationships and understanding which problems may require professional help.

Enhance your understanding of normal adolescent behaviour and the incredible impact of peer pressure.

With a presenter from Pathstone Mental Health, you will learn:

  • four ”cardinal sins“ of parenting a teen
  • five ways to improve your relationship
  • which problems require professional help
  • when to take charge, and when to bite your tongue
  • which problems to take on, and which ones to let go
  • techniques to improve parent/teen communication
  • that your teenager is not an alien from another planet!

This workshop will be offered in 2023 on the following dates. All workshops run from  6:30pm-9:30pm.

Thursday, March 9
Wednesday, June 14
Thursday, September 21
Thursday, December 14

*participants need only attend ONE session.
Location: 1338 Fourth Ave. St. Catharines, ON

To register please call 905-688-6850, ext. 163.
Fee: $20 per person. Payable by cash or cheque.


1–2–3 MAGIC
Effective discipline for ages 2 to 12

This is a one session workshop for parents and teachers.

Who’s in charge in your home or class?

Parents and teachers often become frustrated by their children’s repeated behaviours such as whining, arguing and screaming, and end up in the ”Talk-Persuade-Argue-Yell-Hit“ syndrome.

This dynamic workshop will give practical parenting skills to:

  • stop the obnoxious behaviour;
  • get your children to do homework, get up in the morning, do chores, and much more

Parents will gain concrete parenting strategies to:

  • encourage communication with your child
  • develop better school / parent relations
  • avoid the parent ”guilt trap“

This informative workshop will be offered on the following dates. All workshops run from 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Location: 1338 Fourth Ave. St. Catharines, ON
*participants need only attend ONE session

To Register or for more information on the next workshop, call 905-688-6850 ext. 163
Fee: $20 per person. Payable by cash or cheque.

Payments by cash or cheque ONLY.

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