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Surviving Family Program
SFP is part of Wounded Warriors Canada Clinical Services. The Surviving Family Program (SFP) is a five-day, clinically facilitated group program that assists Trauma Exposed Family Members (TExF) who have lost their TExP loved one in the line of duty or to suicide.
Provided by Wounded Warriors Canada
Wounded Warriors Canada (WWC) is a national mental health service provider dedicated to serving: Trauma Exposed Professionals Trauma Exposed Families and Trauma Exposed Organizations WWC specializes in providing culturally informed services that utilize a combination of education, counselling, and training approaches to support resiliency and recovery from post-trauma injuries.
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The Surviving Family Program (SFP) is a five-day, clinically facilitated group program that assists Trauma Exposed Family Members (TExF) who have lost their TExP loved one in the line of duty or to suicide.
SFP draws on leading traumatic grief research and provides an opportunity for survivors to explore the wounds resulting from traumatic loss. It guides them to recognize the function of emotions so they can understand and process the traumatic grief, which allows them to integrate and make meaning of the relationship they had with their family member and their life now without their family member.
The group approach enhances participants’ ability to exchange support with others who have experienced similar traumatic losses, under therapeutic guidance, thereby reducing isolation. The SFP culminates with participants identifying and claiming future-focused needs and goals which promote renewal and hope. All participants receive a 2-week post-program clinician follow-up.
FORMAT
The SFP Program takes place residentially, over a period of 5-days, with 6 participants, at least two clinical leads and a Lived-Experience Peer (LEP), who has previously completed the SFP.
All participants attend all group sessions and meals are generally eaten together as a group. Evenings are left for downtime for all participants to rest for the following day, socialize with other participants in common areas, or simply return to their own rooms.
