Creating Calm - For Children and Youth Anxiety

Family / Parenting, Mental Health - Child & Youth, Services for Children, and Services for Youth

Provided by Comox Valley Family Services Association

An educational therapeutic support group for children and youth experiencing anxiety.
Children and youth will be taught a variety of skills to cope with and manage their anxiety. Parents will be offered methods to identify anxiety symptoms, and intervene to support the development of more confident, self-reliant behaviour in their children. A pre-admittance interview is done with the parent. There is no cost to attend.

The goals of this program are to:
  • Provide children and their parents with a number of concrete coping techniques to manage anxiety and fears.
  • Provide parenting ideas to encourage more self-reliance in children.
  • Educate parents about the signs and symptoms of anxiety in children.
  • Help children learn about themselves and each other in a positive light. Creating Calm presents the information in child-friendly, fun, and positive ways.
Groups have 6-8 participants and run four (4) times a year for two separate age groups; 7-9 year old's and 10-12 year old's. Groups run for 10 weeks; 8 weeks the children attend with parents coming for the last 20 minutes of each session & additionally 2 weeks are for the parents only.

The group also provides information to parents about childhood anxiety, how to increase bravery and build confidence in children, implement new parenting strategies as needed, and support their children more effectively.

250-338-7575

Public email: info@cvfsa.org

Website: https://comoxvalleyfamilyservices.com...

1415 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, British Columbia, V9N 2K6

Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM or by appointment

Cost: No cost

Referral options:

  • Health professional referral
  • Health Authority personnel referral

Details: Parent and Professional required to fill our referral form for initial visit.

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Service area: Comox + show cities

Service area cities: Comox

Service Types Provided
Family / Parenting
Mental Health - Child & Youth
Services for Children
Services for Youth
Ways to Access
  • Provided at a single location
  • Provided in a group in-person

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