Mental Health Workshops & Training in Burlington, the GTA, and across Ontario
Practical, engaging mental health education for universities, workplaces, schools, and community organizations.
What We Offer
Ascend Anxiety Clinic offers interactive, evidence-informed workshops designed to make mental health concepts practical, approachable, and relevant to everyday life.
Led by Registered Psychotherapists, our workshops combine psychological education, real-world examples, discussion, and actionable strategies participants can take with them beyond the session.
Workshops that go beyond “just manage your stress”
Mental health education is most useful when people can actually see themselves in it.
Our workshops move beyond generic wellness advice to explore the patterns underneath anxiety, avoidance, burnout, perfectionism, neurodivergence, and other common challenges. Sessions are designed to be engaging and conversational, with opportunities for reflection, discussion, and practical application.
Workshops can be adapted for students, staff and faculty, workplace teams, helping professionals, educators, parents, and community groups.
Popular Workshop Topics
When Your Brain Won’t Turn Off: Anxiety and Overthinking
Understand why our minds get stuck in worry, rumination, and “what if?” thinking, with practical, evidence-informed strategies for responding differently.
Beyond the Behaviour: Understanding Neurodivergence & Accessibility
Explore what may be happening beneath procrastination, overwhelm, or other behaviours, and how an affirming, accessible approach can change the way we respond.
Burnout Before the Breaking Point
Participants explore how burnout develops, why high-performing people often miss the early signs, and practical strategies around boundaries, recovery, workload, and sustainable performance.
Supporting Someone Who’s Struggling
Build confidence recognizing distress, starting supportive conversations, maintaining boundaries, and connecting someone with appropriate help.
Designed For Your Audience
Universities & Colleges
Student workshops, residence programming, orientation and transition programming, accessibility training, staff development and campus wellness events.
Schools & Educators
Mental health education for educators, staff, parents and older students, with content adapted to the needs and developmental stage of the audience.
Workplaces & Organizations
Burnout prevention, anxiety at work, perfectionism, psychological wellbeing, boundaries and supporting employees experiencing mental health challenges.
Community Organizations
Accessible mental health education for nonprofits, community groups, healthcare organizations and other professional or public audiences.
Bring Ascend to your organization
Planning a professional development day, campus event, wellness initiative or team training?
We'd love to hear what you're looking for. Tell us a little about your organization, audience and goals, and we'll recommend an existing workshop or develop something tailored to your needs.