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BounceBack Launches NEW Language Diversity Campaign!

 

BounceBack, reclaim your health

BounceBack is pleased to launch a new language diversity campaign!

We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for many Ontarians. In fact, a recent CMHA Ontario poll demonstrates the strain the pandemic has had on the mental health of Ontarians. It shows that only a third of Ontarians (35 per cent) consider their current state of mental health as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent,’ a significant decrease from 52 per cent as recorded in its first poll last May. Perhaps not surprisingly, rates of stress, anxiety, and depression during the pandemic are also worse than ever.

 

This makes it increasingly important that individuals are aware of and can quickly access proven mental health supports, from the comfort of their home and in their own language. As you know, we must provide culturally responsive, safe, and accessible services to meet the needs of our diverse communities. This also means removing the language barrier, which often prevents many individuals from seeking the mental health supports they need.

 

That’s where the BounceBack program can help. It’s a free, evidence-based, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) skill-building program that can help adults and youth 15+ better manage their symptoms of low mood, stress, worry and mild-to-moderate depression and anxiety.

 

With the guidance of a trained coach and skill-building workbooks, participants will learn coping strategies to manage their symptoms. These symptoms may have been brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic or other significant life events, such as a new baby, divorce, job loss, chronic illness, chronic pain, loss of a loved one, school. The program takes about 3-6 months to complete, and during this time, participants will have access to up to 6 telephone coaching sessions. Telephone coaching and workbooks are available in many languages, including English, French, Cantonese (with workbooks in Traditional Chinese), Mandarin (with workbooks in Simplified Chinese), Spanish, and Tamil. For more information on BounceBack, please visit bouncebackontario.ca.

 

Together, we can help make important mental health supports like BounceBack available to clients and members in your community:

January 27th at 2pm Register here

January 28th at 11am Register here

February 1st at 12pm Register here

 

Cantonese – January 31st at 11am Register here

Tamil – February 1st at 2pm Register here

Mandarin – February 2nd at 11am Register here

Spanish – February 3rd at 2pm Register here

 

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