05/29/2026
For Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re highlighting the work of Chris Hessian and Hannah Cavicchi with Repressed Emotions Co. and their partnership with The Hub.
Chris and Hannah have been offering one-on-one therapy sessions to clients at The Hub since June 2025. The Hub is our walk-in service where people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity can access showers, laundry, supplies, housing supports, and referrals.
Chris and Hannah’s work focus on supporting people through trauma, grief, burnout, chronic stress, relationships, and the impacts systems and social context can have on mental health.
Reflecting on her work at The Hub, Chris shared that the experience has been “one of the most meaningful parts” of her work and has reinforced how important accessible, low-barrier mental health support is for people navigating housing insecurity, poverty, trauma, and systemic barriers.
Chris and Hannah also spoke about the strength they see in the community every day, sharing that they have witnessed “incredible vulnerability, resilience, humour, honesty, and care” among clients at The Hub.
They emphasized that homelessness and housing insecurity are not personal failures, but are deeply connected to trauma, affordability, disability, violence, gaps in healthcare, colonialism, substance use, and systems that often fail people long before they become unhoused.
“What people need most is not judgment - it is safety, dignity, community, and access to support without shame.”
Accessible, judgment-free mental health support can be life-changing, and we’re grateful to Chris, Hannah and Repressed Emotion Co. for helping make that support available at The Hub.
