Register for June 2022 AFFIRM facilitator training today!

AFFIRM Caregiver offers caregivers a compassionate approach to parenting LGBTQ+ youth. We're offering an interactive workshop, providing participants with the theoretical concepts underlying the AFFIRM Caregiver program, as well as skills for effective facilitation.

After five successful years, the Project AFFIRM implementation research program in Ontario is coming to a close. Although the research initiative will no longer be running, the AFFIRM intervention will continue to be offered by trained facilitators working out of Ontario agencies.

AFFIRM Caregiver offers caregivers a compassionate approach to parenting LGBTQ+ youth. We're offering an interactive workshop, providing participants with the theoretical concepts underlying the AFFIRM Caregiver program, as well as skills for effective facilitation.

When Oregon-based mental health nonprofit Options Counseling and Family Services received a grant to provide training for a few of its counselors, Jack Harden, a Salem-based marriage and family therapist registered associate for Options, jumped at the opportunity to learn more about therapy for queer and trans youth.

We’re currently registering for winter 2022 online groups. Check this post to learn more about group offerings.

Register for February 2022 AFFIRM facilitator training today!

We’re currently registering for fall 2021 groups. Check this post to learn more about group offerings.

We’re currently registering for summer 2021 groups. Check this post to learn more about group offerings.

Efficacy of affirmative cognitive behavioural group therapy for sexual and gender minority adolescents and young adults in community settings in Ontario, Canada is published and available for viewing.

A local group serving the LGBTQ community is launching a project to help younger members of the community thrive.

A listing of community events, including information sessions, knowledge sharing workshops, and discussions in which AFFIRM (Canada) has participated in.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve adapted our practice for our virtual groups.

A listing of community events, including information sessions, knowledge sharing workshops, and discussions in which AFFIRM (Canada) has participated in during 2020.