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Upcoming events in the field of counselling and psychotherapy.

An event listed on this page does not necessarily imply endorsement by CCPA. Event listings are for informational use only.

Events

Level 2 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST) – June 16, 17, 18 | September 8, 9, 10 | October 6, 7, 8, 2023

May 5, 6, 7, June 16, 17, 18, September 8, 9, 10,

October 6, 7, 8, 2023

2:00 pm to 7:30 pm Pacific Time online Via Zoom

81 Continuing Education hours of online training (18 days over 8 months )

Level 2 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)

The focus of Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Level 2 program is to improve participants’ competence, congruence, and confidence in doing transformational, experiential, systemic change therapy.  The course leader will utilize lecturettes, small group discussions, structured exercises, demonstrations, experiential learning, and skill practice sessions to assist participants to move their therapy into a positively directional, change focused, experiential process.

The emphasis will be on bringing about transformational change in individual therapy, couples’ therapy and family therapy.  As well, some attention will be given to working with specific symptoms in therapy.

Pre-requisite STST Level 1 or an equivalent program approved by the Director of training.

Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific

 

Honouring Cycles of Time: Art-Based Supervision Workshop Series May 6, 13, 20, 27

Honouring Cycles of Time: Art-Based Supervision Workshop Series

May 6, 13, 20, 27
2:00-4:00 EST online

With Carmen Oprea (MA, MFA, RCAT, ATR-BC) & Lindsay Clarke (MA, RCAT, ATR)

$200 CAD

Early bird registration rate of $180 CAD is available until April 22

Cycles of Time is a creative experiential workshop series exploring themes related to the experience of time in nature, culture, our life, and the therapeutic process.

This online workshop series provides a certificate with 8 group supervision hours for art therapists in the application process of registering with the Canadian Art Therapy Association (RCAT) and/or American Art Therapy Association (ATR).

Space is limited; register at https://www.artstherapies.org/…/cycles-of-time-supervison

For any inquiry, please reach out to [email protected]

Gender Diversity and LGBTQ Issues in Psychology and Psychotherapy – Friday, May 19, 2023

When and Where:

Date: Friday, May 19, 2023

    • If you cannot attend this workshop on 5/19, you can pre-register for the on-demand version here: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/gender-diversity-lgbtq-issues-online/

Time: 11:00am – 4:00pm Eastern Time

CE Hours Included: 4 Core

Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom

Investment: $109 before Friday, May 5th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $119 after

Presented by: Andrew Blalock, Ph.D.

Please visit https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/gender-diversity-lgbtq-issues for more information and to register.

Click here for full brochure.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (DBT-PTSD)– ONLINE April & May, 2023

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (DBT-PTSD) ONLINE April & May, 2023 (Including April 17+18, 24+25; May 1+2, 8+9) with Drs. Marin Bohus & Shelley McMain

Mondays and Tuesdays, April & May, 2023 (Including April 17+18, 24+25; May 1+2, 8+9) 9:00am – 1:00pm EDT

Online via Zoom

Join this dynamic and interactive online course offered through Centre for MindBody Health, featuring two internationally renowned DBT clinicians and researchers.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

About the Training
This 4-week (32 hours) course provides a comprehensive examination of DBT-PTSD based on a psycho-social model. Within this model, dysfunctional behaviours are understood as strategies to avoid or escape from trauma-associated primary emotions like powerlessness, threat, anxiety, disgust, humiliation or sexual arousal. The model posits that these emotions are corroborated by dysfunctional cognitive assumptions and dysfunctional behaviours such as self-injury, suicidal ideation, dissociation or intoxication and that problematic secondary emotions such as shame, guilt, self-hatred or chronic anger develop over time into problematic self-concepts which impair quality of life.

Target Audience
Multi-disciplinary mental health professionals interested in treating complex PTSD using evidence-based principles and procedures. Basic knowledge of DBT is recommended.

For more information and to register, visit our website HERE.
Click here to view the flyer (PDF). 

Please contact us with any inquires at [email protected].

EMDR Parent-Child Attachment Specialist Intensive Certificate Program – Alberta, Canada – May 15 – May 19

The Systemic, EMDR- Attachment Based Program to Heal Intergenerational Trauma & Repair the Parent-Child Attachment Bond”

Program includes:
9 hours of online training
36 hours of in person training

Cost: $1250 USD   A total of 45 EMDRIA CEUs

Click Here for More Information!

Introduction to Animal Assisted Interventions Workshop – Friday May 26th

Introduction to Animal Assisted Interventions Workshop

Friday May 26th, 2023 9am – 430/5pm MST – offered In Person or Online
Do you love animals? Have a passion for helping people? The field of Animal Assisted Interventions may be for you!

Our Full Day Workshop is your chance to immerse yourself into the world of animal-assisted therapy and education and learn what it is all about! Work up close and personal with a variety of animal species to understand how we partner with them to help people from all walks of life. Learn about animal behaviour and communication while interacting with our many species. Whether you’re interested in partnering with donkeys, canines, or any other species, this workshop has what you need to get your feet wet in the field of Animal Assisted Interventions. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills!

This workshop is discounted in celebration of our 20th anniversary!

Click here for more information

Click here to register

Register to The Restorative Wellness Retreat at Lake Louise That Takes Place On May 29th-June 2nd, 2023

There’s still time to register for our restorative wellness retreat at Lake Louise!

Lori Gill, International Trauma Specialist and Lisa Scandolari, Yoga and Mindfulness Specialist will guide participants through this immersive trauma, mindfulness and yoga wellness training and retreat. Take a deeper dive into the neurobiology of trauma and stress, the nervous system and applied and immersive techniques for promoting regulation. The body holds memory of trauma and as a result engaging the body is critical for healing trauma and stress and promoting well-being. Rebalancing is so very needed, now more than ever, for helpers but the retreat is open to anyone looking to focus on wellness and emotional regulation. We will explore leading edge approaches with hands on access to treatment resources such as neurofeedback, biofeedback, virtual reality, noninvasive brain stimulation etc. After the whirlwind and busyness of the pandemic we need time to rejuvenate, nourish and heal. I do hope you can join us. This will be a very small retreat to support the experiential nature of it.

As an added bonus participants will also have access to a wellness platform as a gift to participants which will include access to part 1 of ATTCH’s trauma and attachment core training (prerecorded) which is a $480+ value and they will also have access to several of Lisa’s videos with guided practices and several other guided practices for continued use as preferred. Our goal is to make sure participants leave with a variety of new skills and tools that you can use and a wellness plan you can carry forward into your life and practice.

This event is eligible for 25 CEC hour(s) with CCPA

Click HERE to learn more.
Click HERE to register.

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST) June 3, 4, 24, 25 / August 26, 27 / September 16, 17 / October 14, 15, 2023

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)

February 18, 19, March 18, 19, April 22, 23, May 13, 14, June 3, 4, June 24, 25, August 26, 27, September 16, 17, and October 14, 15, 2023
2:00 pm to 7:30 pm Pacific Time online Via Zoom

81 Continuing Education hours of online training (9 Saturday/Sunday over 9 months)

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)

STST is based on the work and Wisdom of world renown psychotherapist Virginia Satir, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Level 1 program offers:

  • Deepening the experience of “how to” facilitate change and transformational change with clients
  • Experience the profound process of growth as a professional and in your personal life
  • Opportunities to expand the internal resources of Self and congruently connecting with clients

In addition, STST offers evidence based experiential therapy, and a process that is experiential, systemic, positively directional and change focused; resulting in neurological changes in the individual.

Counsellors and therapist will learn how to use experiential process throughout their therapy sessions to access healing Life Energy; explore and facilitate change in clients’ intrapsychic and relational systems; make contact with clients’ internal experience and create safety quickly and deeply; surface clients’ survival communication and coping patterns and help clients experientially choose more positive possibilities; collaboratively with the client, begin to set positively directional, intrapsychic therapeutic goals for change; help clients access, accept and utilize their internal strengths and resources in the change process; map the internal processes of clients and help them access and change their behaviours, feelings, perceptions and expectations and help clients integrate and maintain their changes

Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific

Compassion-Based Approaches for Working with Shame – June 1st to 3rd 2023

Compassion-Based Approaches for Working with Shame

FREE!

June 1st to 3rd 2023

A growing body of research is illuminating what many of us already intuitively know: compassion and self-compassion are powerful antidotes to shame.

For mental health professionals, this insight can be transformative for their work of supporting so many who are struggling in our world today.

That’s why we’re happy to spread the word about a FREE new Compassion in Therapy training — and we hope you’ll help spread the word to mental health professionals you know too!

Compassion-Based Approaches for Working with Shame is a free online training for mental health professionals. Over three days, participants will learn from leading experts in the field, gaining science-based insights and practical skills through in-depth instruction, demonstrations with real clients, and guided practices.

Learn more and register for the free online training, airing June 1–3 >>

In this free online training produced by our friends at the Awake Network and the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, you’ll learn from some of the world’s leading experts on shame, mindfulness, compassion, and self-compassion in therapy including:

Gabor Mate, MD, Kristin Neff, PhD, Christopher Germer, PhD, Deran Young, LCSW, Paul Gilbert, PhD, Martha Sweezy, Phd, Deb Dana, LCSW,  Rick Hanson, PhD, Shelly Harrell, PhD, Kamilah Majied, PhD, Shari Geller, PhD, and many more…

With these teachers, you’ll explore the latest research on shame and compassion; understand the relationship between shame and trauma; gain core skills for supporting your clients in embracing more self-compassion; and learn how to navigate “backdraft” to compassion and other common obstacles.

You’ll learn specific interventions, practices, and insights for working with shame directly from the founders and leading teachers of Compassion-Focused Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, Compassionate Inquiry, Mindful Self-Compassion and more.

Click here to learn more, or to sign up for the free online training, airing June 1–3 >>

Moral Injury in PTSD – Webinar on Friday 2nd June 2023 or ‘on-demand’

Bespoke Mental Health Canada is delighted to announce that Dr Jennifer Wild will deliver a 90-minute webinar on how to treat moral injury within the context of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Moral injury describes the profound psychological distress that can arise after perpetrating events that transgress an individual’s moral or ethical code or failing to prevent people from carrying out such acts.  Moral injury can be part of what is traumatic about an event and can contribute to the development of PTSD as well as other mental health problems.

Dr Jennifer Wild is Professor of Military Mental Health at the University of Melbourne.  She holds affiliate status at the University of Oxford where she developed evidence-based interventions to prevent PTSD and depression in emergency workers.

The Webinar will take place on Friday June 2nd 2023, 12:00pm – 1:30pm (Pacific)/ 3:00pm – 4:30 p.m. (Eastern). The webinar will be available to watch live-streamed or can be booked to watch later ‘on-demand’.

Participants who complete the webinar are eligible to receive 1.5 CE credits. Professionals: $60 CAD

Students: $48 CAD.

READ MORE or BOOK NOW and use LAUNCH25 for 25% discount.

Email: [email protected].

Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Thrive – Friday, June 2, 2023

Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Thrive

When & Where:

  • Date: Friday, June 2, 2023
  • Time: 11:00am – 5:00pm Eastern Time
  • CE Hours Included: 5 Core
  • Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
  • Investment: $120 before Friday, May 19th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $135 after
  • Presented by: Christina Noble, Ph.D., LPC
  • Instruction Level: Intermediate
  • Please visit https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/adult-adhd for more information and to register

ADHD Brochure

Animal Assisted Interventions Internship – Friday June 9th – 11th, 2023

Animal Assisted Interventions Internship

Friday June 9th – 11th, 2023 9am – 430/5pm MST – offered In Person or Online

Get ready to discover the incredible benefits of animal-assisted therapy and education! Our training program is designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of how canines, equines, and farm animals can be integrated into therapeutic and educational settings. With a focus on your specific needs and interests, we’ll tailor the training to suit your preferences, whether you’re more interested in canines or equines. You’ll learn how to work with these amazing animals to promote healing, learning, and personal growth, while also gaining insight into their unique behaviors and communication styles. This is an opportunity you won’t want to miss – sign up now and discover the transformative power of animal-assisted therapy and education!

Click here for more information

Click here to register

Helping Clients Rewrite Their Stories from a Narrative Perspective – Friday, June 9, 2023

Helping Clients Rewrite Their Stories from a Narrative Perspective

When and Where:

Narrative Therapy Brochure 

Death Anxiety in Mental Health Conditions – Full-day Workshop over 2 days – Friday June 16th and 23rd 2023 or ‘on-demand’

Bespoke Mental Health Canada is delighted to announce that Dr Rachel Menzies and Dr Ross Menzies will deliver a full-day workshop across two half-days on the assessment and treatment of death anxiety using a range of evidence-based procedures and protocols. Research suggests that death anxiety may be a transdiagnostic causal factor in a variety of mental health disorders. Learning how to treat existential dread may be critical for achieving stable, long-term recovery in individuals with a broad range of anxiety and mood-related mental health problems. This workshop will present a variety of innovative procedures to manage death anxiety.

Dr Rachel Menzies is a NHMRC Fellow at the University of Sydney. Dr Ross Menzies is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the UTS, Sydney. They wrote the award-winning book ‘Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society’.

This workshop will be across 2 days on Friday June 16th and 23rd 2023, 1:00pm – 4:30pm (Pacific)/ 4:00pm – 7:30 p.m. (Eastern). It can be live-streamed or booked to watch later ‘on-demand’.

Participants who complete the webinar are eligible to receive 6 CE credits.

Professionals: $175.00 CAD
Students: $140.00 CAD

READ MORE or BOOK NOW and use LAUNCH25 for 25% discount.

Email: [email protected].

 

Affairs in Couples Therapy – Friday, June 16, 2023

Affairs in Couples Therapy

When & Where:

Affairs in Couples Brochure

ONLINE LGBTQ+ CENTERED EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY EXTERNSHIP – June 13/14 2023 & June 20/21, 2023

ONLINE LGBTQ+ CENTERED EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY EXTERNSHIP

We are excited to be offering this online Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship focused on LGBTQ+ relationships and endorsed by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).

The EFT Externship is an introductory 28-hour training in Emotionally Focused Therapy. The main focus is working with relationships, primarily in couples, whilst we also recognize that relationships come in many forms. Taking place over 4 days, this training includes the observation of live and video recorded couple and individual therapy sessions, presentations of theory and clinical techniques, skill training exercises, and discussions of cases, clinical material, and related issues.

In this training, we will be discussing, showing, demonstrating, and generally exploring EFT with a focus on LGBTQ+ relationships.

Dates: June 13/14 & June 20/21, 2023

Click here to learn more!

 

EMDR 5-Day Intensive Training in Toronto, ON | June 20-24, 2023
LeadingEdgeSeminars2022

Integrating EMDR Into Your Clinical Practice: 5-Day Intensive Training with Roy Kiessling
June 20-24, 2023
Toronto, ON

Are you ready to add EMDR Therapy to your practice? Or is it time to refresh the basic EMDR training you already have?

Then register now for this 5-day in-person EMDR training in Toronto led by EMDR master trainer Roy Kiessling. You will learn how to effectively integrate EMDR into your clinical practice and be able to start using it immediately.

This EMDRIA-approved ‘next generation EMDR’ training is renowned for its flexibility and for providing new clinical pearls of wisdom that are valuable even if you have taken basic EMDR training in the past.

Supplemented with over 43 videos, downloadable training materials, and free access to a community-wide listserv, Roy Kiessling’s EMDR training also provides support before, during, and after the course, so that you can be confident every step of the way.

Pay in 3 easy installments! Learn more and register at https://leadingedgeseminars.org/event/emdr-toronto/

What You Will Learn

  • The foundational EMDR concepts and procedures
  • 13 interventions to help prepare your clients for EMDR
  • Strategies to prepare your client for processing
  • 7 treatment planning approaches
  • How to customize the pace of treatment using the Processing Continuum
  • Interventions to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient processing
  • How to work with children
  • How to treat acute stress

What’s Included

  • 40 hours of in-person lecture/practicum training in Toronto
  • 10 hours of post-training consultation* with approved consultants via small group phone/online video conferencing
  • Advanced instructional materials

Early Bird registration closes May 20, 2023. Learn more and register at https://leadingedgeseminars.org/event/emdr-toronto/

*Automatically included with the Regular and Student rates. Available at extra charge with the Refresher rate.

Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) for Children & Adolescents – Friday, June 23, 2023

Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) for Children & Adolescents

When & Where:

  • Date: Friday, June 23, 2023
    • If you cannot attend this workshop on 6/23, you can register for the on-demand version here: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/erp-for-kids-online
  • Time: 10:00am – 5:15pm Eastern Time
  • CE Hours Included: 6 Core
  • Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
  • Investment: $140 before Friday, June 9th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
  • Presented by: Ashlenn Von Wiegand, Ph.D.
  • Instruction Level: Intermediate
  • Please visit https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/erp-for-kids for more information and to register
ADVANCED IFS and Polyvagal Theory: Healing Through Compassionate Connection™ – Friday, June 30, 2023

ADVANCED IFS and Polyvagal Theory: Healing Through Compassionate Connection™

When & Where:

How the heck do you direct? A Psychodrama Intensive – Jul 9th to 14th, 2023

How the heck do you direct? A Psychodrama Intensive

(In-Person 50 hours)
Dates & Times: Jul 9th (3pm) to 14th (12.30pm), 2023
Location: The Galilee Centre, 398 John St N, Arnprior, ON K7S 2P6

Before Jun 25th, Cost: $2000.00
After Jun 25th, Cost: $2200.00Students receive 10% discount

Facilitated by:
Ananta Chauhan, PhD, MA, MED, RP, TEP
Kim Irvine-Albano, MA, RP, TEP

Join us for a weeklong residential workshop in delightful tranquil treed setting on the Ottawa river. The workshop fee includes board and lodging based on double occupancy. Discover and hone your skills and roles as a psychodrama director. Presented under the aegis of The Centre for Psychodrama and Sociometry of Ontario, this residential workshop will provide multiple opportunities for participants at various levels of psychodrama experience to learn directing techniques, practice their skills and process their learning in a safe environment. All psychodrama levels are welcome.

Click to Register or See More Info

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): An Educational Overview of a Best Practice Treatment for PTSD – Friday, July 14, 2023

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): An Educational Overview of a Best Practice Treatment for PTSD

When & Where:

  • Date: Friday, July 14, 2023
    • If you cannot attend this workshop on 7/14, you can register for the on-demand version here: https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/cpt-best-practice-ptsd-online/
  • Time: 10:30am – 5:30pm Eastern Time
  • CE Hours Included: 6 Core
  • Location: Live Interactive Webinar (“Synchronous”) on Zoom
  • Investment: $140 before Friday, June 30th at 5:00pm Eastern Time, $160 after
  • Presented by: Telsie Davis, Ph.D.
  • Instruction Level: Intermediate
  • Please visit https://www.theknowledgetree.org/p/cpt-best-practice-ptsd for more information and to register
Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST) – July 17 – 27. 2023

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)

July 17 – 27. 2023

10 day Residential Experiential Training Program (Commuter Rates available)

Held at Bethlehem Retreat Center, Nanaimo, BC Canada

60 CEC/CEU

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)

Family Therapy Training

Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST) Level I training program is for practicing counsellors and therapists, and for other helping professionals who are presently working with clients. The focus of the program is on learning and practicing Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy to bring about deep and lasting change with individuals, couples and families.

This program is very experiential, with lecturettes, small group discussions, structured exercises, demonstrations, and skill practice sessions as part of the training. Participants will be required to work in triads between sessions to practice what they have been learning in the program.

Satir’s Transformational Systemic Therapy Model (STST) is unique in encompassing both the intrapsychic and interactive components of therapy. Much therapy of the past has been focused only on clients’ behaviour, cognition or affect. This model is focused on the whole human being, bringing about transformational change by tapping the internal resources and universal yearnings of individuals within their personal, family, and social systems. The process requires that the therapist has a high level of therapeutic competence and congruence.

STST processes are supported by recent therapeutic and neurobiological research. Evidence-based research supports therapeutic processes that are experiential, systemic, positively directional and change focused in providing neurological changes in clients. The model’s focus on the congruence of the therapist is supported in research supporting how important it is that therapists provide the conditions for attachment, hope, positive possibilities and safety in order for clients to achieve deep and lasting change.

The experiential processes provided by the training program give participants the opportunity to have both personal and professional growth. The program will provide several therapy demonstrations and skill development opportunities.

Counsellors and therapist will learn how to use experiential process throughout their therapy sessions to access healing Life Energy; explore and facilitate change in clients’ intrapsychic and relational systems; make contact with clients’ internal experience and create safety quickly and deeply; surface clients’ survival communication and coping patterns and help clients experientially choose more positive possibilities; collaboratively with the client, begin to set positively directional, intrapsychic therapeutic goals for change; help clients access, accept and utilize their internal strengths and resources in the change process; map the internal processes of clients and help them access and change their behaviours, feelings, perceptions and expectations and help clients integrate and maintain their changes

Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific

Advanced Applications of Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST) – August 1 – 9, 2023

Advanced Applications of Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST)

August 1 – 9, 2023

8 day Residential Experiential Training Program (Commuter Rates available)

Held at Bethlehem Retreat Center, Nanaimo, BC Canada

48 CEC/CEU

Advanced Applications of Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST)

SIP’s Advanced Applications of STST program is for advanced Satir Model practitioners.   While most Satir Model practice has been at the process level, advanced practitioners need to incorporate the deeper levels of meaning and energy in their work.  We will focus on how to bring about change at these levels with our therapeutic clients.

This program will look at aspects of therapy where clients are working with impacts of depression, anxiety, pain, attachment and Use of Self.  We can understand and work with individuals beyond the D.S.M. (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of APA), looking at working successfully with the root causes instead of symptoms.

Let’s go back to the roots of the Satir Model and explore what is now possible with all the increased understanding of the healing process.

This program will also look at how the Satir Model has changed, evolved, and developed over time, as well as looking at what has been added from other schools and authorities to mix with the Satir Model.

We will have eight days including evening trio work, “becoming more fully human” and deepening our therapeutic work with clients.

Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific

 

 

Clinical Internship in Bowen Family Systems Theory and Therapy Sept 2023-June 2024

Clinical Internship in Bowen Family Systems Theory and Therapy
Sept 2023-June 2024

  • This program is for counselling professionals, social workers, pastoral counsellors and Master’s students.
  • Learn how to effectively apply systems thinking to individual, couple and family therapy.
  • Learn from case presentations in our monthly clinical meetings
  • Benefit from individual and group supervision.
  • Prevent burnout with systems thinking
  • Visit livingsystems.cafor our information sessions or email [email protected].

Nature Guided Focusing Oriented Therapy – Certification Training – Starting September 2023

Hearth Place is offering an in-person two-year Nature Guided Focusing Oriented Therapy Training

Your pathway to Certification in Focusing Oriented Therapy

Starting September 2023

Experience how Nature and Play deepen Inner Wisdom

Focusing is an embodied approach that enables the deep and safe exploration of internal states, and aids in repairing harms in relationships with self and others. Each training session models and facilitates the (re)establishment of lasting, reciprocal, loving relationships with Self and Place in order to (re)claim kinship with our own Belonging.

Topics include:
Focusing and … Compassion / Dreams / Grief / Nature / Play / Resourcing / Social Justice / Finding your Focusing Niche

Read what Dr Leslie Ellis has to say about this training in her article Focusing and Nature: Restoring connection within and without

“Dean’s eloquence in explaining pith principles, his skill in space and silence, his playful, creative companioning, make him a superb teacher of Focusing.”

Learn More
Can you find 30 minutes to feel wonder and awe again? 
Hearth Place offers a free in person experiential consultation.

Register Now
Email [email protected] or Call 236-508-3200
hearthplace.ca [https://www.hearthplace.ca/services/trainings]

Emotion Focused Therapy for Busy Professionals – Sept 11 1 Dec 11 2023

EMDR 5-Day Intensive Training in Vancouver, BC | September 11-15, 2023
LeadingEdgeSeminars2022

Integrating EMDR Into Your Clinical Practice: 5-Day Intensive Training with Esta Porter
September 11-15, 2023
Vancouver, BC

Are you ready to add EMDR Therapy to your practice? Or is it time to refresh the basic EMDR training you already have?

Then register now for this 5-day in-person EMDR training in Vancouver led by EMDR trainer Esta Porter. You will learn how to effectively integrate EMDR into your clinical practice and be able to start using it immediately.

This EMDRIA-approved ‘next generation EMDR’ training is renowned for its flexibility and for providing new clinical pearls of wisdom that are valuable even if you have taken basic EMDR training in the past.

Supplemented with over 43 videos, downloadable training materials, and free access to a community-wide listserv, this EMDR training also provides support before, during, and after the course, so that you can be confident every step of the way.

Pay in 3 easy installments! Learn more and register at https://leadingedgeseminars.org/event/emdr-vancouver/

What You Will Learn

  • The foundational EMDR concepts and procedures
  • 13 interventions to help prepare your clients for EMDR
  • Strategies to prepare your client for processing
  • 7 treatment planning approaches
  • How to customize the pace of treatment using the Processing Continuum
  • Interventions to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient processing
  • How to work with children
  • How to treat acute stress

What’s Included

  • 40 hours of in-person lecture/practicum training in Vancouver
  • 10 hours of post-training consultation* with approved consultants via small group phone/online video conferencing
  • Advanced instructional materials

Early Bird registration closes August 11, 2023. Learn more and register at https://leadingedgeseminars.org/event/emdr-vancouver/

*Automatically included with the Regular and Student rates. Available at extra charge with the Refresher rate.

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST) – September 16, 17 | October 14, 15, 15 | November 4, 5, 6 | December 2, 3, 2023

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)

September 16, 17, October 14, 15, 15, November 4, 5, 6, and December 2, 3, 2023

10 day Experiential Training Program

Held at CoWorks by Elevate, Langley, BC

60 CEC/CEU

Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)

Family Therapy Training

STST is based on the work and Wisdom of world renown psychotherapist Virginia Satir, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Level 1 program offers:

  • Deepening the experience of “how to” facilitate change and transformational change with clients
  • Experience the profound process of growth as a professional and in your personal life
  • Opportunities to expand the internal resources of Self and congruently connecting with clients

In addition, STST offers evidence based experiential therapy, and a process that is experiential, systemic, positively directional and change focused, resulting in neurological changes in the individual.

Counsellors and therapist will learn how to use experiential process throughout their therapy sessions to access healing Life Energy; explore and facilitate change in clients’ intrapsychic and relational systems; make contact with clients’ internal experience and create safety quickly and deeply; surface clients’ survival communication and coping patterns and help clients experientially choose more positive possibilities; collaboratively with the client, begin to set positively directional, intrapsychic therapeutic goals for change; help clients access, accept and utilize their internal strengths and resources in the change process; map the internal processes of clients and help them access and change their behaviours, feelings, perceptions and expectations and help clients integrate and maintain their changes

Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific

UPCOMING GOTTMAN THERAPIST TRAINING – September 18-22, 2023

UPCOMING GOTTMAN THERAPIST TRAINING

September 18-22, 2023
L1 & L2  – Montreal, QC

Would you like to have a toolbox of interventions to give couples – that they love to use?  With these proven strategies, help couples in your practice manage conflict and deepen intimacy!

oin us for a dynamic experience of interactive live training with Lawrence Stoyanowski and Darren Wilk, Master Trainers of Level 1, 2 & 3 Gottman Clinical Trainings.  They are highly endorsed by the Gottman Institute and have trained thousands of clinicians in Canada and all over the world, in all levels of Gottman Certification since 2006.  They are among the top 5 Master Trainers in the world.

Head to our website to learn more about our upcoming workshops and training events, including dates and costs.  Gottman Training for Therapists and Gottman Workshops for Clients.

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EMDR 5-Day Intensive Training in Halifax, NS | September 18-22, 2023
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Integrating EMDR Into Your Clinical Practice: 5-Day Intensive Training with Roy Kiessling
September 18-22, 2023
Halifax, NS

Are e you ready to add EMDR Therapy to your practice? Or is it time to refresh the basic EMDR training you already have?

Then register now for this 5-day in-person EMDR training in Halifax led by EMDR master trainer Roy Kiessling. You will learn how to effectively integrate EMDR into your clinical practice and be able to start using it immediately.

This EMDRIA-approved ‘next generation EMDR’ training is renowned for its flexibility and for providing new clinical pearls of wisdom that are valuable even if you have taken basic EMDR training in the past.

Supplemented with over 43 videos, downloadable training materials, and free access to a community-wide listserv, Roy Kiessling’s EMDR training also provides support before, during, and after the course, so that you can be confident every step of the way.

Pay in 3 easy installments! Learn more and register at https://leadingedgeseminars.org/event/emdr-halifax/

What You Will Learn

  • The foundational EMDR concepts and procedures
  • 13 interventions to help prepare your clients for EMDR
  • Strategies to prepare your client for processing
  • 7 treatment planning approaches
  • How to customize the pace of treatment using the Processing Continuum
  • Interventions to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient processing
  • How to work with children
  • How to treat acute stress

What’s Included

  • 40 hours of in-person lecture/practicum training in Halifax
  • 10 hours of post-training consultation* with approved consultants via small group phone/online video conferencing
  • Advanced instructional materials

Early Bird registration closes August 18, 2023. Learn more and register at https://leadingedgeseminars.org/event/emdr-halifax/

*Automatically included with the Regular and Student rates. Available at extra charge with the Refresher rate.

Mindfulness Everyday: Free online space to come together to engage in self-care and practice mindfulness

Practice Mindfulness Everyday - Supporting Educators & Healthcare Professionals PosterTo register and for more information CLICK HERE

Embedding Sleep: A Targeted and Pragmatic Program for Hypnotherapists to help their Clients Sleep
Embedding Sleep

Hypnosis is often used to treat sleep problems, but most published scripts are targeted towards simple insomnia – difficulty falling asleep in the absence of significant sleep or co-morbid mental health challenges. Most of our clients are much more complex, but few doctors or therapists have more than superficial knowledge of sleep and little or no training in the treatment of sleep disorders.

Embedding Sleep is a 7 week, online course that offers an introduction to sleep disorders (both primary and secondary to other mental health challenges), research about the effectiveness of hypnotic strategies for treatment, tools for evaluating sleep, and scripts to address specific sleep problems. In addition, you will learn practical, psychoeducational, and hypnotic strategies to treat complex sleep problems.

Cost: $397 + applicable tax

For more information, please visit https://embeddingsleep.cambiumed.ca/

Contact: Linda Tilley at [email protected]

CTRI Online Training: Trauma, Addictions, Mental Health & More

ONLINE TRAINING – Access from Anywhere!

The Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute offers four differing online training options:

Live Stream Workshops
Actively engage with trainers and other participants in our full-day workshops.

Live Stream Webinars
Join our one-hour live webinars.

On-Demand Workshops
View previously recorded full-day workshops at your own pace.

On-Demand Webinars
Easily access one-hour webinars anytime and anywhere.

Do you have more time to read now?

Visit our website to learn more about our book, Counselling Insights – Practical Strategies for Helping Others with Anxiety, Trauma, Grief, and More

Free Resources
CTRI offers a multitude of free resources, including training.

www.ctrinstitute.com
Email:  [email protected]
Call:  204.452.9199

The Certified Executor Advisor Designation Program (CEA)

The Certified Executor Advisor designation program (CEA) is appropriate for counsellors working with Canadians to help them through the myriad of emotions and challenges that may present on the death of a loved one, the stress of being overwhelmed with work they’re not prepared for, simmering conflicts with spouses and siblings, financial problems arising from inheritances, risk of personal litigation and those working in mediation for any of the above.

CEA candidates come from the seventeen professions executors may turn to in the course of their duties. This means there are sixteen professions working with executors and their families across Canada looking for counselling services when problems arise. Naturally, they’re looking for counsellors who understand executor related issues.

Visit https://www.cicea.ca/en/CCPA to register and receive the CCPA member discount of $200 off the regular price of $1,495. Join us by becoming a CEA and join an amazing business network helping Canadians.

FEI International Crisis Responder Network Training and CEU’s
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As an international leader in crisis management services, we regularly recruit trauma specialists to join our crisis responder network. Crisis responders participate in short-term contract work in response to mass casualty events such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks and aviation accidents.

To become part of the network, individuals must be trained by FEI and will be required to attend the FEI Crisis Responder Training.  This training is facilitated via webinar and those who complete the training are eligible to earn up to 8 continuing education units (CEU’s).

When deployed to provide support during a crisis, the trauma specialists will be compensated at an hourly rate ranging from $75-$90 USD/hour (depending on the level of support required for those impacted and as requested by our customer).

If you are interested in learning more about the training and the opportunity to become a member of our International Crisis Responder Network, please contact us at:414-359-6571 or you may see details on the training and register at the link below:

https://alliance1.org/web/events/webinar/crisis-management-responders.aspx

FEI Behavioral Health has been a leader in providing humanitarian support for over 40 years to our customers, their family members and, their communities following a critical event. At times the crisis may require organizational support such as an on-site debriefing.  At other times, we may be asked to provide support on a larger scale due to a mass casualty event. In those situations, basic psychological first aid is provided.

FEI has experienced an increase in the requests for critical incident support from our customers.  Additionally, with the escalation and threat of terrorism and natural disasters, FEI would like to invite your agency, and your clinicians, to join our elite network focused on providing the necessary support at the most critical times.

First Responder Health – Online Training Now Available

Recent research indicates that over 40% of Canada’s first responders struggle with symptoms consistent with one or more psychological disorders. The gap between mental health clinicians and first responders leave many to struggle in silence and work wounded. Our unique training opportunity is designed to change this.

We are proud to announce that Level 1 and Level 2 of our Occupational Awareness Training Program is now available online! Our courses have been designed for any healthcare professional interested in expanding their skill set in working with public safety personnel. They include customized lectures by top subject matter experts in the field of public safety mental health.

Our courses are also recognized for Continuing Education Credits. Purchase each course separately or get a special bundle price for both.

It is a difficult time for both clinicians and first responders, thank you for what you do.

Email Contact: [email protected]

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August 19th – Breaking the ADHD Code: A Novel, Neurologically Based Treatment Program for ADHD

Apart from using medication, treatment for ADHD symptoms has largely focused on symptom management. But even with medication, many people with ADHD continue to struggle with anxiety, conflict, emotional regulation, behavioural addictions, and health management. Many people unconsciously use adrenaline-producing behaviours to increase dopamine functioning, a pattern that may be effective in the short term but is quite destructive in the long term. This pattern has been conceptualized into the Adrenaline Addiction in ADHD model. (https://aaa.cambiumed.ca)

“Breaking the ADHD Code” is a program for therapists to learn the Adrenaline Addiction in ADHD model, and how to implement it with clients. The program involves approximately 6 hours of videos, which are to be previewed before the webinar, and a full day live webinar. There is also a follow-up two hour webinar three weeks after the initial webinar to help implement the program. For more information, please visit https://cambiumed.ca  and click on the Breaking the ADHD Code logo.

Cost: $367 + applicable tax

Contact: Linda Tilley – [email protected]

The PEI Breast Cancer Support Group is a survivor driven group dedicated to providing support to those affected by breast cancer

The PEI Breast Cancer Support Group is a survivor driven group dedicated to providing support to those affected by breast cancer.

The PEI Breast Cancer Support Group provides:
• group support
• a voice of solidarity for Island breast cancer survivors
• education
• one on one support
• advocacy
Regular meetings are held on the first Monday of each month, unless a holiday and held the following Monday.

For more information, click HERE!

For details contact:
Judy 902-569-3496 | Teri 902-218-1621
[email protected]
1-800-685-8820