Strengthening families to create a healthier Bermuda for our children.
- Family Centre
- April 8, 2020
UPDATE: As of June 7, 2021, we have returned to in-person Counselling services at Sunshine League House, 27 King Street. Call us at 232-1116 to make an appointment with a screener or fill out our contact form. Click here to review our COVID-19 Safety Information for in-person services.
UPDATE: As of March 29, 2021, due to mandatory work from home Government guidance, all services are now delivered remotely. Call us at 232-1116 to make an appointment with a screener or fill out our contact form.
UPDATE: As of September 1, 2020 we have returned to in-person Counselling services at Sunshine League House, 27 King Street. Call us at 232-1116 to make an appointment with a screener. Click here to review our COVID-19 Safety Information for in-person services.
As of March 20, 2020 we now deliver remote Counselling Services using telephone and online video conferencing, allowing us to stay as connected as possible with our clientele and to remain confidential.
Our Counselling Team are accepting calls from families in need of support. Call us at 232-1116.
Family Centre can help families with:
- Aggressive and/or Acting Out Behaviors
- Impulse Control
- Adjustment Challenges
- Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression
- Symptoms of Trauma
- Grief and Loss
- School Issues
- Family Relationships and Communication
- Behavior Management
- Anger Management and Conflict Resolution
- Life Skills (communication, organizational skills, time management, social skills, co-parenting)
Online Resources
- Family Centre’s Healthy Family Tips:
FC staff compiled a list of tips to help families stay healthy while sheltering in place and maintaining social distancing.
Click here to download our Healthy Family Tips.
- Celebrating Mental Health with Family Centre:
Family Centre wants to share healthy tips for the whole family for taking care of your mental health.
Celebrate Mental Health with us. We invite you to use these tips all year round!
Click here to access our healthy tips in celebration of World Mental Health Day.
- Self-Care During a Global Pandemic – Workbook for Adults:
Family Centre Sr. Community Support Worker, LaToya Bridgewater created this workbook for adults, focusing on Self-Care During a Global Pandemic. FC Community Team members, Leila Wadson, Deneca Zuill and Elizabeth Francis also contributed to this resource.
Click here to download: Self-Care During a Global Pandemic – Workbook by LaToya Bridgewater
- Emerge: Self-Care During COVID-19 – Workbook for Teenagers:
Family Centre Sr. Community Support Worker, LaToya Bridgewater created this workbook for teenagers, including activities for staying optimistic and hopeful, such as journaling, mediation and practicing gratitude.
Click here to download: Emerge: Self-Care For Teens During COVID-19 – Workbook by LaToya Bridgewater
- Breathing Exercises to help Adolescents Manage COVID-19 Anxiety:
Family Centre Sr. Community Support Worker, LaToya Bridgewater and her three daughters Makeda, Nazarah and Moriah created this calming video featuring breathing exercises and pointers for teens & adolescents coping with COVID-19 anxiety and uncertainty. We hope this helps you and the young people in your family to manage some of those feelings right now.
- Celebrating Wellness: 3 Tips for Coping with COVID-19:
Family Centre Counselling Team Leader, Alisha Mecene, M.A., C.C.T.P, C.F.T.P., shares three tips on coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Mentally Healthy Bermuda:
Watch the replay of our live panel discussion and Q&A with mental health professionals from both the public and private sectors of Bermuda, including Family Centre’s own Senior Counsellor, Rishee Paschal, M.S. and Executive Director, Dr. Sandy De Silva, PsyD. Learn more at https://www.tfc.bm/mhpanel - Click here to download a printable PDF of Mental Health Resources in Bermuda.
Donate
Please consider making a donation to support Family Centre’s ongoing work to strengthen children and families to create a healthier Bermuda for our children. Every donation helps a child and a family in need of support receive it. Developing a healthier society requires funding, focus and persistence. Donations are critical for Family Centre to develop and sustain services and to offer our programmes free of charge. Email us at funddevelopment@tfc.bm or click on the button below to make a donation.
If you would like to make a donation to our COVID-19 Family Emergency Fund to help Bermuda’s families in need get support during the COVID-19 crisis, please click on the button below.
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