SHALEM MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
is a faith-based, Ontario-wide network that provides responsive and preventive mental health support to individuals, families and communities. Our support services seek to restore hope.
Our DNA
We develop new, innovative partnerships between communities and professional mental health services—using the strengths of each to effectively meet real mental health needs.
Counselling
Providing individual, couple & family counselling.
Including specialized therapies, such as for children and youth who struggle with attachment disorders and their caregivers.
Learn MoreServices In Communities
Meeting mental health needs where they happen.
Getting your mental health needs met in your neighbourhood, workplace, faith community or school—when & where they emerge.
Learn MoreCommunity Partnerships
We are about partnership and support.
Supporting workplaces, faith communities, schools, and neighbourhoods in building healthy relationships.
Learn MoreThankful for our past, embracing our present
and working towards the future
Our History
In the late 1950s, a number of visionary people began to dream of providing a service in Christ’s name for people who struggle with mental illness and psychiatric issues.
Our Present
Today we are now a network of more than 150 practitioners and offer new, community-based ways of reaching out to the very group of people envisioned by the organization's founders.
Our Future
Our dream is for every person to thrive in healthy relationships in strong communities, regardless of circumstances. We are constantly working towards this vision. Donations bring us that much closer.
Give today. Change tomorrow.
THE SHALEM FOUNDATION
Our purpose is to strengthen support and create growth in the Shalem Mental Health Network through donations. These donations enable the Network to continue providing quality counselling and community support programs. We invite you to learn about the ways you can give today!
Learn MoreWhat’s Happening at Shalem
CURRENT NEWSLETTERS
SHALEM NETWORKER
Spring 2019
SHALEM DIGEST
Fall 2017
FAITHCARE LINKS
May 2019
RE-CREATE
November 2018
EVENTS + WORKSHOPS
We invite you to join us for one of our workshops or events!
Hold Me Tight® – Couples Weekend Workshop
Shalem facilitates Hold Me Tight® weekend workshops. We have two weekends to choose from in each year. The Hold Me Tight® Workshop, developed by Dr. Sue Johnson is a weekend workshop designed for couples around seven conversations based on the new science of love and the
Receiving the Gift
Executive Director, Mark Vander Vennen, will be preaching at Talbot Street Church in London, ON on Sunday, September 29th, 2019. You are warmly invite to attend. Mark will be preaching on “Receiving the Gift”. For more information and service times,
Battle of the Brushes
CATEGORY:
DATE:
September 26, 2019
TIME:
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
LOCATION:
Cotton Factory | Get Directions
Join us for our fifth annual Battle of the Brushes event! This is a live painting competition in support of RE-create Outreach Art Studio. It is a lively and fun event, where 15+ local artists battle one another for the top prize,
WrapAround Facilitator Training – Green Wood Coalition
Green Wood Coalition, with the support from Northumberland United Way, is pleased to host a 4-day WrapAround Facilitator Training. Mark Vander Vennen and Jane Ashmore will be leading this training on May 30, 31 and June 3 and 4, 2019.
Evaluating Impact. Finding New Directions.
THE SHALEM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE & LEARNING IN COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH
The Centre is Shalem’s public platform for Learning, Dialogue, Communication and discovering New Directions in supporting all communities—neighbourhoods, workplaces, faith communities, schools—to effectively care for all of their members, especially their most vulnerable.
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