So you only have eight sessions: What do you do? Integrating evidence-informed practices into time-limited psychotherapy

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Date: November 18 and 20, 2025
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Cleo Haber, BSW, RSW, MSW.

Description: This two-day webinar is designed for front-line workers and mental health clinicians working in community agencies, family health teams or community health centres where there are a limited number of sessions to see clients. Participants will learn how to structure time-limited psychotherapy and counselling sessions with evidence-informed interventions to make the most of client sessions.

The programming will cover the beginning, middle and end-phase tasks of psychotherapy/counselling and discuss common factors of psychotherapy effectiveness.  A model for short-term trauma-informed treatment will be reviewed as well as key interventions from both cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and interpersonal therapy (IPT) to address common mental illness. This training will use video, small group discussion, role-play, experiential learning and didactic teaching methods.

Learning objectives:

• Describe the beginning, middle and end-phase tasks in time-limited psychotherapy/counselling.
• Learn the common principles of psychotherapy/counselling effectiveness.
• Learn a model for short-term trauma-informed treatment approaches.
• Acquire evidence-informed strategies/interventions from CBT and IPT to address common mental illness.
• Integrate CBT and IPT interventions into the phase tasks of time-limited psychotherapy/counselling.

Registration fee: General - $600 |  Student - $540 - SAVE 20% with code FEATURE20

For full program overview and registration details please visit: https://cvent.me/eybkLG

Facilitator Bio:
Cleo Haber, BSW, RSW, MSW, obtained her Masters of Social Work at Hunter College School of Social Work in New York City. For over 20 years, she has been a social worker specializing in mental health, working with individuals, couples, and groups. In her current practice, she provides individual and couple psychotherapy and facilitates emotion-focused mindfulness therapy (EFMT) groups.

For the past 10 years she has taught family medicine residents psychotherapy skills. She was part of the faculty in the Interviewing and Communication Skills curriculum and Wellness curriculum for family medicine residents and has conducted clinical research at the Mount Sinai Academic Family Health Team.

She has certifications and training in emotion-focused mindfulness therapy (EFMT), emotion-focused therapy (EFT), emotionally-focused couples therapy, interpersonal therapy, internal family systems therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Cleo is the retreat manager at the annual EFMT meditation retreat and is also a Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor! 

Continuing Education (CE) information: 12 CE hours