Mental Health & Well-Being Overview

The H&R MFRC offers a range of services and programs to support families, including counselling services. Our Family Well-Being Counsellors are comprised of professionals with experience in counselling, family and peer support, and crisis intervention.

Support can be accessed for a variety of reasons; including: stress, work-related separations, parenting challenges, relationship issues, separation and divorce, grief and loss, and family violence. Counselling sessions are short term and requests for support are typically addressed within 1 business day; evening appointments outside of regular business hours can be accommodated upon request. Counsellors are able to provide referrals to other community agencies and supports, as well as education and prevention programming offered by the H&R MFRC.

There are a range of short-term support resources available to military families during exceptional circumstances. These support services are managed by the Mental Health & Well-Being Team and include, but are not limited to, the following:

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MFRC Short-Term Accommodations

We manage six apartments in Halifax for families of CAF members to use when a crisis, compassionate or exceptional circumstance affects the family’s ability to remain in their home. The stay is subsidized by the H&R MFRC and an established criteria is used to determine priority stays and length of stay.

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Financial Resources

There may be times when families are faced with personal financial challenges. There is an established criteria to determine eligibility for financial support (i.e. Financial Assistance Fund, funds, grocery cards) and we work with families on a case by case basis.

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Emergency Family Care Assistance

Through the Military Family Services Program (MFSP), Emergency Family Care Assistance (formerly called Emergency Childcare) provides military families support with emergency care for a dependent family member. There is an established criteria for eligibility. If you require support, please contact us: 902-427-7788.

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Mental Health Continuum

Mental health exists on a continuum, from healthy, adaptive coping (green), through mild and reversible distress (yellow), to more persistent functional impairment (orange), and finally, to severe functional impairment (red).

The mental health continuum model identifies indicators along these different phases to assist you in monitoring your own performance and well-being.

Review the indicators in each phase regularly. Regular monitoring helps to increase your self-awareness which promotes early identification of problems and solutions.

Green categories suggest normal functioning and positive coping strategies are encouraged. Yellow categories suggest mild distress and employing healthy coping strategies with rest and adequate recovery time are encouraged, Orange and red categories suggest more persistent functioning impairment that may be impacting your life and seeking further resources is encouraged.