Are you interested in learning about community and how to connect with others? Are you looking to learn what it’s like to offer support, and what it’s like to ask for it? 

Join Vent Over Tea as we explore community, connection, and support through a participatory workshop with facilitators Meaghen Buckley and David Robinson 🔗

✨What should you expect?✨

This workshop will start off by offering information on the impacts of relationships on mental health and wellness, exploring some of the potential difficulties in connecting with others as well as strategies for seeking and finding support.

The workshop will then continue to give you a strategy for seeking and finding support through mutual support groups. This portion of the workshop will teach the basic principles and structure of a mutual support group, and give you the tools you need to start your own.

This event is open to all, and we encourage anyone curious about this subject matter to join us and bring any questions you may have with you.

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📍 Leaves House (Mcgill)

1800 Avenue McGill College RDC-A

Montreal, Quebec

H3A 3J6

🗓️ Tuesday February 28, 2023

🕒 6:00 – 8:00 pm

✅ Items to consider bringing: yourself, and a friend 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 (optional)

☕ A beverage of your choice (made by Leaves House Mcgill) will be on us in the last half an hour, after the workshop 😉

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🎟️ This event is free with a suggested donation of $5. You must reserve your spot on the following Eventbrite link where you can also give a donation https://www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-webs-of-connection-a-workshop-on-community-support-tickets-546426415117

Donations go towards supporting Vent Over Tea initiatives like this one.

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About your facilitators:

Meaghen Buckley (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, teacher, and drama therapist. Play and curiosity are the fundaments of her creative, research, teaching, and therapeutic practices. She holds an MA in Creative Arts Therapy from Concordia University, with additional training in multiple creative and body-based therapy approaches including the trauma resolution therapy Somatic Experiencing. She is the current Canadian Representative to the board of the North American Drama Therapy Association, maintains a private practice and offers groups and workshops in Montreal. To know more, visit: https://meaghenbuckley.wordpress.com/

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David Robinson (he/him) is a crisis intervention worker, workshop facilitator, and member of a mutual support group. He has facilitated workshops on loneliness and togetherness, active listening, and creating + maintaining mutual support groups. He has also hosted numerous conversations on death and dying using the Death Cafe model.

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About our Partner, Ami Quebec:AMI-Quebec Action on Mental Illness is a nonprofit organization that helps families manage the effects of mental illness through support, education, guidance, and advocacy.
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About Vent Over Tea:

Vent Over Tea is a free active listening service in FR/EN based in Montréal that connects those who need to vent with an empathetic listener in a local café or virtually. To book a vent session or for more information, visit https://ventoverteastg.wpenginepowered.com/en/

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À propos de Vent Over Tea :

Vent Over Tea offre un service d’écoute active gratuit, en personne et confidentiel à tous les membres de la communauté locale dans le but de promouvoir le bien-être mental. Pour réserver une séance d’écoute active ou pour plus d’informations sur nos services, visitez le https://ventoverteastg.wpenginepowered.com/fr/

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This event is made possible by the support of CHSSN

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Photo credits: Marc Bourcier/Concordia University