**Please note this is a 2-day training that will take place on March 22 & 29, 2025, when you register for this training you will be registering for both days**

Changing Minds is an interactive two-day workshop that blends personal experiences of living with mental illness with clinical research to help you improve your understanding of mental health and mental illness.

Delivered to hundreds of Canadians each year, this powerful and engaging workshop empowers you to better support those with mental illness and break down stigma.

What you will learn:

The concept of mental health and the mental health continuum
The difference between mental health and mental illness
Connection skills
Overview of specific illnesses, including depression, anxiety and psychosis
The impact of stigma

Who should take this workshop?

Changing Minds is for anyone and is open to all Nova Scotians. This workshop is a helpful tool for those who are supporting someone who lives with a mental illness, have someone in their life who lives with a mental illness or anyone who wants to increase their understanding of mental health and mental illness.

Details:

Date: Saturday March 22, 2025 & Saturday March 29, 2025 **Please note when you register it will be for both days**

Time: 8:30am-4:30pm both days

Duration: 2 full days - you must attend the 2 full days to gain certification

Location: Digby Station, 7 Birch Street, Digby

Cost: Free

We are able to offer this training for free thanks to the Digby Community Health Board and our funder, the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia.

As a non-profit, non-government organization CMHA NS relies on grant funding and donations to deliver community-based mental health programs, free of cost to anyone who needs them. Those who choose to support CMHA NS understand that ensuring individuals experience good mental health is good for entire communities. If you would like to help us keep these programs barrier free, there are many ways for you to donate.

Donate online HERE

Our Charity Number: 133465609RR0001