Mental Health Recovery Partners - South Island

Hope and support for all

How We Help

Mental Health Recovery Partners South Island provides programs and services for people with mental illness, with or without substance use, regardless of their diagnosis. We also offer a variety of services for family members and friends supporting their loved ones. We do this by offering a range of options including 1:1 peer support, group support, family counselling, education, advocacy and policy development. Sometimes people do not have a diagnosis but are behaving in a way that leads others to believe that they have a mental illness. We can assist in this situation with support, information, navigation and strategies to connect with resources. We believe in hope and support for all. We are centrally located in Quadra Village and are open Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm.

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Wellness Groups

Therapeutic Photography

Learn basic photography skills using smartphone to share your unique mental health journey.

Registration is required.

Hope and Recovery Support Group

Mondays (In-Person) and 1st Wednesday of the Month (Zoom) 2:00PM - 3:30PM

This group is for people with lived and living experience of mental illness. This is a safe space where people share their experiences, wisdom and hope to support each other with their mental health recovery. This drop-in group is peer facilitated and meets in-person every Monday from 2:00pm-3:30pm at MHRP, 941 Kings Rd.

The online Hope and Recovery has been discontinued.

Family and Friends Support Group

2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, 5:00PM-6:30PM

This in-person group is for the family members or friends of a loved one experiencing mental health concerns.

This is a friendly drop-in group facilitated by an experienced family member and registration is not required. We meet every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 5pm-6:30pm at MHRP, 941 Kings Rd.

Antidepressant Skills Workshop

This is a self-care program for people with depression, low mood and seasonal affective disorder and is facilitated by our counsellors. The program focuses on reactivating your life, changing negative thinking patterns, and solving problems as they arise.

Registration is required.

Featured Services

Women's Support Circle (NEW!)

Come join a safe and supportive space for self-identified women and non-binary people to connect and share lived experience relating to mental health with one another.

This group is peer facilitated and meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 4:30pm to 6:00pm (starting January 10th, 2024) at the MHRP SI offices at 941 Kings Rd. Registration is not required.

Family and Friends Group in the Saanich Peninsula

This new program is an extension of our services for family members and loved ones of people experiencing mental illness or mental health challenges, with or without substance use in the Saanich Peninsula. This expansion will offer a comfortable, quiet, and safe space to explore problem solving, receive emotional support and to learn about mental illness in a group setting. This will be facilitated by MHRP-SI Staff.

The group will meet at Fünketown, 101-7161 West Saanich Road in Brentwood Bay on May 18, June 22, and July 27, from 2pm to 4pm.

Men's Social Circle

This drop-in group is for male-identified individuals. This is social safe space to enjoy friendly conversation and discuss a wide variety of topics including men’s mental health and related interests. This group is peer-facilitated and meets the 1st and 3^rd Friday of each month from 4:30pm to 6pm at the MHRP SI offices at 941 Kings Rd. Registration is not required.

PRISM

PRISM (People Respecting Intersectionality and Sexuality in Mental Health) is an open and welcoming support and connection-based group addressing the stigma associated with mental health challenges in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. The group is facilitated and developed by individuals that identify as 2SLGBTQIA+. PRISM is a drop-in group (no registration necessary) and takes place every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 5:30pm-7:00pm in person at MHRP.