Join CHS in celebrating World Mental Health Day on  Thursday 10th of October.  This year, the World Foundation for Mental Health has dedicated World Mental Health Day to raise awareness of 'suicide prevention'. 

CHS is a vital resource for the international community of Belgium when they are confronted with suicide and in their efforts to prevent it. This year, we will be promoting World Mental Health Day to the international community of Belgium. We invite you to join the campaign and get involved by visiting: https://wfmh.global/world-mental-health-day-2019/

You can follow us on Facebook or Twitter to spread the word. #WorldMentalHealthDay

If you or anyone you know is in need of support please contact the Community Help Service by calling our 24/7 Helpline on 02 648 40 14.

The annual British Chamber Expat Financial Affairs conference offers essential advice in English on managing your finances as an expat in Belgium. Get direct access and learn from our informative presentations on investments, pensions, estate planning, financing your Belgian residence and becoming a successful entrepreneur, and mingle with fellow expats over food and drinks. The event is set in the heart of Brussels at BNP Paribas Fortis' beautiful La Chancellerie venue.

CHS will be at the conference to answer any questions you may have about Mental Healthcare in Belgium and the services we provide to the international community.

Read more and register here.

The Situated Behavioural Interventions Method (SBI-Method) aims at providing practical and individualized guidelines to parents of children and teenagers diagnosed with Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety and other executive functions difficulties, to help them succeed in specific daily life situations.

​Dear Parent(s),

My name is Dr Bruhl and I am a clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology. I am specialised in Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disorders, Anxiety-Based Behaviour and general executive function difficulties in children and adolescents. I am a trained practitioner in CBT, ABA and in most structured behaviour interventions based on cognitive behaviour therapy.

Based on almost 10 years of clinical experience, I have recently developed the "Situated Behaviour Intervention Method" (SBI-Method). This is aimed at training parents who wish to establish an environment where each situational expectation is made clear, understanding, structured and predictable for the child.

The first goal is to enhance good communication and provide children with the best chance to emit expected/adapted behaviours and minimise tantrums, aggression, emotional meltdowns, anxiety and avoidance behaviours.

The second goal of the method is to help children achieve their full potential in all areas of their daily lives (social, emotional, learning, family, etc.).

Dr. Bruhl

The Workshop

SBI-Method Workshop 

The training is organised in the form of a workshop. You will obtain the full one-day training. By the end of this workshop you will have the strategies to provide individualized solutions to each difficult situation your child or student faces.

Purpose 

To create a tailor-made method that corresponds uniquely to your personal daily living and/or learning environments, with the aim of empowering you with concrete tools for enabling your child to:

- Succeed in everyday life tasks,

- Manifest adapted behaviour in most situations in which the child finds him/herself.

- Develop autonomous coping skills at home

- Acquire independent learning strategies for school.

We work in small groups to ensure you receive the attention you deserve.

Target audience 

Parents with children/adolescents diagnosed with ASD, ADHD and/or executive functions difficulties and Anxiety related disorders.​

​The team from CHS wishes you a happy summer holidays in 2019. During the summer months, CHS will continue to provide mental health services to the Belgian community through our Helpline and Mental Health Services Centre in Brussels. Please be aware that we will operate during these reduced hours:

Our Office will be open Monday - Friday from 10:00-13:00. You can call during these hours on 02 647 67 80 to request an appointment. It will be exceptionally closed on August 15th & 16th. 

Our Helpline will be open everyday from 07:00-midnight to offer crisis-support and information in English. Please call 02 648 40 14 if you need someone to talk to. 

In case of an emergency, contact a hospital that offers Emergency Psychiatric Care.