The Laurel Centre’s CAPC
project began in 1994 as the Parenting Program. The Parenting Program
provides solution-focused group sessions for clients parenting children age
0-6 that address parenting while dealing with the dual issues of sexual
abuse and addiction. A youth component was added to provide young women (age
16-24) with the information and resources to deal with past victimization,
assistance in developing more adequate coping skills and increased
self-esteem, and parenting education (for those who are pregnant or already
parenting). The Laurel Centre has also partnered with Andrews Street Family
Centre (ASFC) to create a girls program that addresses issues of physical
and sexual abuse. This program operates at ASFC and fills a gap in service
for programming for girls age 6-15 in the William Whyte
neighbourhood in Winnipeg’s North End.
The Laurel
Centre provides counselling which allows women to
understand the context of their lives and to make the link between
compulsive coping behaviours and trauma
experienced in childhood. Making this link can empower them to make
life-affirming choices and to resolve the impact of trauma by integrating
physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual aspects of self in
context.
"My mom says I listen better and make safer choices."
"My mom says I have become more calm and empowered."
"My family, friends they noticed that I don't hang out with
bad people."
Contact:
Suhad Bisharat
: Executive Director
104 Roslyn Road
Winnipeg, MB
R3L 0G6
Ph: 783-5460
Fax: 774-2912
info@thelaurelcentre.com
