Living through the pandemic drastically changed the ways we connect, with many people experiencing high levels of loneliness, isolation, and solitude. Despite these common experiences, many students still struggle with loneliness in silence, thinking that they are alone in their journey, or navigating feelings of shame.
This interactive workshop will support you in exploring the different expressions of being alone, developing strategies to cope with loneliness and embracing and practicing a more positive relationship with solitude.
This workshop is based on the workbook titled "The Expressions of Being Alone" by Dr. Jade-Isis Lefebvre and Debora Rabinovich.
You can download the workbook here
This workshop is led by Dr. Jade-Isis Lefebvre and Camila Velez.
Dr. Jade-Isis Lefebvre is a psychologist, yoga teacher, and meditation teacher. She is involved in many initiatives to support mental health such as working as a full-time employee Concordia University Counselling and Psychological Services as a Rossy Wellness Counsellor where she provides short-term therapy, online workshops, wellness events such as Running in Spirit, prevention/outreach initiatives, and builds social media content.
Camila is a registered psychotherapist at Concordia's Counselling and Psychological Services and Zen Dens. Her role involves providing individual short-term counselling, designing and facilitating psychoeducational workshops, training peer supporters and wellness outreach and promotion. In her individual and collective-based work, Camila primarily aims to empower students to cultivate a self-compassionate relationship with themselves, befriend their nervous systems, enhance resilience through a trauma-informed lens, co-construct healthier relationships, and advocate for socially just communities and systems.
