
A 5-week mental health and wellness course for parents and babies designed to help you
Be The Parent You Want to Be

Being the parent of new baby can be amazing, challenging, stimulating, mind-numbing, joyful, frustrating - or simply put, many things all at once!
Enjoy Your Baby is a 5-session parent-baby course specifically designed for parents navigating the postpartum stage. Learn from a Certified Facilitator about skills, strategies, and resources to build a close connection with your baby, while caring for your mental well-being. Connect with a community of other parents on a similar journey!
For parents and babies 0-12 months old.
No referral necessary.
The Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division holds the exclusive Canadian license to Enjoy Your Baby, a Living Life to the Full course.
Enjoy Your Baby Program Details:
Find out more about this new course in Surrey!

TIME: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Have time to settle in, interact, learn and socialize with other parents with babies.
DATES: Fridays April 10, 17, 24, May 1, May 8 2026
Head into the weekend with a full cup!
LOCATION: Semiahmoo Library; 1815 152nd Street
Join us in the ever-popular baby story time Meeting Room at your local library.
COST: FREE
While we do ask for a $15 refundable deposit to secure your spot, this course is at no cost to you.
What Can I Expect?
Led by your certified EYB facilitator, the Enjoy Your Baby group is a fun, interactive, and non-judgmental space where you can bond with your baby and other parents who "get it." In addition, you can expect to:
Build Parental Confidence
Approach parental self-doubt head-on by building confidence in your capacity to deal with challenges.

Feel Closer to Baby
Learn ways to help both you and baby feel good, along with simple ways to strengthen your connection.

Manage Mood, Stress & Anxiety
Engage in practical strategies to impact your mood, ease internal and external stress, and promote positive change.
Try on New Mindsets
"Try on" new perspectives, ways of being, and ways of thinking that allow you to be kinder with yourself and put a stop to spiralling.

Connect
Take some time to re-connect with yourself and your needs, so that you can effectively communicate with others in your life and problem-solve.

Create Community
Get to know other parents with babies, within a safe and welcoming atmosphere, key for learning and sharing. Build your village today.
5-Sessions Based on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy to help you
Learn, Feel Supported, and Connect:
"The course was co-designed by CBT expert and Living Life to the Full course creator Dr. Chris Williams, and BC psychologist and CBT and reproductive mental health expert
Dr. Michelle Haring"
- Canadian Mental Health Association-
Please note: Enjoy Your Baby is a mental health promotion and skill-building educational course. As such this course is not suitable for those participants who are actively experiencing thoughts of suicide, have suicidal behaviours, are experiencing psychosis or who have mental health diagnosis requiring more substantive care.


The Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division holds the exclusive Canadian license to Enjoy Your Baby, a Living Life to the Full course.
Hi, I'm Leanne, pleasure to meet you!
Meet Your Certified EYB Facilitator
Leanne Fessler M.A., R.C.C
Registered Clinical Counsellor #3000
I'm an experienced therapist who has worked with a diverse client population in private practice, non-profit, university and community settings. My work has been expansive, including years as a child and family therapist, alongside providing therapy to adults and couples.
I have extensive specialized training and experience working with reproductive, perinatal mental health and parent concerns and have founded multiple community-based initiatives for prospective, expecting, and new or early years parents.
I take special interest in working with parents and parent-to-be, those impacted by anxiety, infertility challenges, women navigating life and health transitions, and healthcare/other helping professionals.
I have additional specialized training in treating anxiety and depression (multiple approaches including CBT), trauma (somatic and EMDR approaches), grief and loss, child/youth therapy, expressive arts approaches, parenting and couples (Relational Life Therapy and Gottman BBH).
Read more about my approach, experience and background:


Hi, I'm Kristen, pleasure to meet you!
Meet Your EYB Co-Facilitator
Kristen Klassen R.N.
Registered Nurse
I am a mother of two young adult children with a passion for supporting new parents.
As a registered nurse, I have over 20 years' experience providing care for those during pregnancy and postpartum.
I am also a current Master of Counselling student at City University, Vancouver. I look forward to being a co-facilitator for this group and learning alongside you.


"Communication is merely an exchange of information, but connection is an exchange of our humanity"
- Sean Stephenson -
Enjoy Your Baby 5-week parent-baby course in South Surrey, BC
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