Group Sessions + Workshops
At Creative Horizons Counselling, our groups and workshops offer supportive spaces where people can learn, heal, and grow alongside others. These shared experiences provide opportunities for connection, reflection, and skill-building in a compassionate, non-judgmental environment.
Through thoughtfully designed programs that incorporate mindfulness, expressive arts, yoga, and experiential activities, participants can explore personal growth while benefiting from the strength and encouragement of community.
Group Sessions & Workshops formats can vary—depending on learning outcomes.
We provide evidence-based care to serve communities throughout Victoria, BC, Westshore, and surrounding regions, offering a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to each person’s goals and circumstances.
Parenting Groups
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Join us at Creative Horizons for an empowering parenting group event, where we delve into the art of co-regulation and communication for your pre-teen.
This series will explore:
Parent-child connection
Regulating big emotion
Supporting children’s emotional floodingThis is a 3-week course.
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JOIN US online, starting Thursday, April 9th, 7:15–8:45 pm!
Parenting an anxious child can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone.
The SPACE program is a compassionate, evidence-based approach that helps parents reduce their child’s anxiety by shifting patterns in a supportive, practical way.
Designed for caregivers of children experiencing anxiety, fears, or OCD, this program equips you with tools to respond calmly and effectively, without increasing stress for you or your child.
In this 6-week program, you will:
Better understand your child’s anxiety and your role in supporting them
Learn practical, proven strategies to respond with confidence
Connect with other parents on a similar journey
Create meaningful change without requiring your child to attend therapy
Special Introductory Rate:
As we expand our parenting programs, this workshop is currently offered at a reduced rate of $400 (6 weekly sessions), payable in full before the program begins. A credit card on file is required to hold your spot. Fees apply whether sessions are attended or missed — and due to privacy + confidentiality, sessions will not be recorded. Receipts are provided for potential extended health reimbursement.*If a payment plan is needed, please reach out to us directly, and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Facilitators: Kelli Gherasim, RCC & Lisa Mitchell, RCC
Spots are limited.
To register or learn more, contact us.
Art + Yoga Therapy
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This course combines art and yoga, experiential activities, and community support to help you transform your relationship with your body, your mind, and yourself.
Part 1: 6-week Self-Esteem Group
Part 2: 6-week Disorder Group
Date: To be announced
Note: Part 1 can be taken on its own, but is required for Part 2.
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Interested in booking a group or being put on a waitlist for the next group event? Reach out to us here for the next scheduled group dates.
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
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Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is the first yoga-based empirically validated, intervention for complex trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Unlike many public yoga classes, TCTSY does not use any physical hands-on adjustments, rather it presents opportunities for participants to be in charge of themselves based on a felt sense of their own body. TCTSY is based on the body’s choice and wisdom. It is held in person and in small groups. It can also be part of individual sessions with Michelle McElroy.
Groups will run for 8 weeks.
1.25 hours a week.
Group cost to be determined on class size.
Date: To be announced
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Interested in booking a group or to be put on a wait list for the next group? Reach out to us here for the next scheduled group dates.
Eat Breathe Thrive:
A 7-Week Series
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Discover how yoga can help you eat mindfully, build resilience, and start to feel better in your body. This course combines yoga, experiential activities, and community support to help you transform your relationship with food, your body, and yourself.
7-week group
2 hours per session
Dates: TBA
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Interested in booking a group or being put on a waitlist for the next group? Reach out to us here for the next scheduled group dates.
Eat Breathe Thrive:
Yoga for Eating Disorders
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Yoga for Eating Disorder Recovery is designed for anyone aged 16+ who is in active recovery from an eating disorder. During the course, you will meet with others on the recovery journey and explore principles and practices to support your personal recovery.
4-week group
2 hours per session
Location: Online/virtual
Dates: May 11th to June 1st, 2026
Time: 10 AM-12 PM PT
Cost: Free
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Interested in this event? Click here to find out if this course is right for you.
Art Therapy
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This course combines art with experiential activities and community support to help you transform your relationship with your mind and yourself.
Date: Coming Fall 2025
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Interested in booking a group or being put on a waitlist for the next group event? Reach out to us here for the next scheduled group dates.
Making art together develops a graphic language that enables people to speak to each other in ways simply unattainable by words alone.
- Shirley Riley, 2001
Learn more about these groups and workshops, and our philosophy around innovative therapy.