Feeling confident in your role

3 Learning Workshops Available

In-person, at the GASO offices

Free services

Designed entirely by the GASO team, our learning workshops are unique. They’re specially created to address the needs and concerns of caregivers. With a small, ongoing group format, our team fosters a sense of trust, solidarity, and mutual support. These workshops blend psychoeducational content with shared experiences, so every participant leaves feeling more equipped and less alone.

Learning Workshop

Preventing burnout

Feeling overwhelmed by the stress of caregiving and worried about burnout? The workshop Burnout Prevention, led by our counsellor, offers you a safe space to better understand and prevent this reality. Over 8 weeks, this workshop supports you in acquiring concrete tools to preserve your energy and regain balance.

Burnout Prevention helps you:

Develop skills to better manage the stress related to caregiving;

Develop skills to better manage the stress related to caregiving;

Develop skills to better manage the stress related to caregiving;

Offers practical strategies to maintain your physical and mental well-being, while creating a trusted space where the same caregivers meet each week to build genuine connections;

Offers practical strategies to maintain your physical and mental well-being, while creating a trusted space where the same caregivers meet each week to build genuine connections;

Offers practical strategies to maintain your physical and mental well-being, while creating a trusted space where the same caregivers meet each week to build genuine connections;

Encourages reflection on the importance of self-care.

Encourages reflection on the importance of self-care.

Encourages reflection on the importance of self-care.


Join us to explore key concepts of caregiving, to better take care of yourself while continuing your role with your loved one.

Workshop facilitated by:

Mélanie Montpetit

Counsellor

Upcoming dates to come

In-person, at the GASO offices

Testimonial

Calmness

“Thanks to this group approach, I manage my guilt better, even though it is still present. I am now aware of my weaknesses and I forgive myself. I also become more aware of my limits.”

- Participant from the Burnout Prevention Workshop

Upcoming dates to come

In-person, at the GASO offices

Learning Workshop

Considering Residential Care: Making an Informed Choice

Are you questioning the long-term care or home care of a loved one and feeling the weight of this difficult decision? The workshop Considering Residential Care, led by our counsellor, provides a supportive space for you to explore all aspects of this choice. Over 9 weeks, this workshop provides guidance, insights, and resources to help you make a well-informed decision

« Considering Residential Care: Making an Informed Choice » offers you:

Help to make a free and informed choice between accommodating a loved one and keeping them at home;

Help to make a free and informed choice between accommodating a loved one and keeping them at home;

Help to make a free and informed choice between accommodating a loved one and keeping them at home;

A safe space to share your concerns and emotions regarding this important decision;

A safe space to share your concerns and emotions regarding this important decision;

A safe space to share your concerns and emotions regarding this important decision;

Practical tools and clear information on the public and private residential care process, as well as available home support resources;

Practical tools and clear information on the public and private residential care process, as well as available home support resources;

Practical tools and clear information on the public and private residential care process, as well as available home support resources;

Time with a professional who will guide the group in understanding the steps to access residential care resources.

Time with a professional who will guide the group in understanding the steps to access residential care resources.

Time with a professional who will guide the group in understanding the steps to access residential care resources.


Workshop facilitated by:

Valérie Hill

Counsellor

Upcoming dates to follow

In-person, at the GASO offices

Testimonial

Courage

“This learning workshop was very beneficial for me. It gives courage in the face of this difficult stage of my caregiving journey”

- Participant of the workshop Considering Residential Care

Upcoming dates to follow

In-person, at the GASO offices

Learning Workshop

« La traversée »: Better Coping with Grief

After losing the person you cared for, you may be grieving and in need of support. La Traversée: Better Coping with Grief is a workshop designed to help former caregivers navigate loss. It offers a supportive space to process emotions and find healing. Over 12 weeks, you'll be guided through this journey at your own pace.

La Traversée: Better Coping with Grief:

Provides a safe space to openly express and share your emotions with confidence;

Provides a safe space to openly express and share your emotions with confidence;

Provides a safe space to openly express and share your emotions with confidence;

Allows you to explore different themes related to grief through discussions guided by an experienced counsellor.

Allows you to explore different themes related to grief through discussions guided by an experienced counsellor.

Allows you to explore different themes related to grief through discussions guided by an experienced counsellor.

Emphasizes values of respect, recognition of each unique experience, and adaptability to the individuality of every grief journey.

Emphasizes values of respect, recognition of each unique experience, and adaptability to the individuality of every grief journey.

Emphasizes values of respect, recognition of each unique experience, and adaptability to the individuality of every grief journey.


Workshop facilitated by:

Stéphanie Ouellet

Counsellor

Upcoming dates to come

In-person, at the GASO offices

Testimonial

Connections

“Very deep friendships have developed among the group members; I feel that we are united until the end of our days... we communicate with each other regularly!”

- Participant of the workshop « La traversée »: Better Coping with Grief

"Very deep friendships have been formed among the group members; I feel that we are united until the end of our days... we communicate regularly with each other!"

- Participant from the workshop The Journey: better coping with grief

Upcoming dates to come

In-person, at the GASO offices