Women On Wednesdays: Childhood Trauma | The Ismaili Canada
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Women On Wednesdays: Childhood Trauma

December
2
5pm PT | 8pm ET
Webinar
Open to Multi-faith
family members

Women On Wednesdays: Childhood Trauma

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Feeling stressed or overwhelmed during these difficult times? Clinical counsellor, Dr. Saira Sabzaali, is offering a series of interactive workshops to support women in our community. Sessions will continue to take place on a weekly basis until Wednesday, December 16, and will then take place on a monthly basis starting January 2021.

The schedule for the upcoming sessions is below:

  • Session 26 - December 2: Childhood Trauma
  • Session 27 - December 9: Effective Parenting
  • Session 28 - December 16: Spiritual Search
  • Session 29 - January 6: Self-Esteem
  • Session 30 - February 3: Power and Control
  • Session 31 - March 3: Understanding Intimacy
  • Session 32 - April 7: Reigniting the Spark
  • Session 33 - May 5: Fighting Fair
  • Session 34 - June 2: Giving Back
  • Session 35 - July 7: Being Inspired
  • Session 36 - August 4: Personal Growth
  • Session 37 - September 1: Values
  • Session 38 - October 6: Managing Transitions
  • Session 39 - November 3: Gratitude
  • Session 40 - December 1: Endings and Beginnings

Each workshop will be a live, interactive session offered via Zoom. They will be 1.5 hours in length, and will commence at 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 8pm ET. The maximum capacity is 300 participants.

Women of all ages, including multi-faith family members, are warmly invited to participate. In order to ensure confidentiality, sessions will not be recorded and will not be available for viewing afterwards. All participants will need to attend the live sessions with their cameras on.

Registration must be completed each week. Registration for “Childhood Trauma” will open on Thursday, November 26 at 8am PT | 9am MT | 11am ET and will close on Tuesday, December 1 at 8pm PT | 9pm MT | 11pm ET.

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Alwaeza Dr. Saira Sabzaali works with adults from diverse cultural backgrounds who are looking for a new approach to mental health and want to incorporate their cultural values and spiritual beliefs into therapy. She specializes in depression, anxiety, and family harmony. Dr. Saira has delivered two TEDx talks and teaches in the Counselling Therapist Program at Stenberg College. She has served in various institutional capacities over the past 20 years, including leadership roles on the Education Board, Social Welfare Board, ITREB, Youth and Sports Board, and the Women’s Portfolio. She has also served for two terms as the National Member for Mental Health on the Aga Khan Health Board. Dr. Saira lives in Vancouver with her husband and two kids.

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