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Practical Integration of CBT and Attachment Theory in Psychotherapy Events

CBT emphasizes cognitive restructuring and present-focused skills training, while attachment-based interventions delve into relational history and emotional healing. Often CBT is the only modality new clinicians are equipped with when they begin their practice. As clinicians gain experience,…

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Ambiguous Loss: A Framework to Understand and Respond Events

This training draws on current research and lived experience to highlight the invisible nature of these losses and their impact on identity, family systems, and emotional well-being.

Key elements include:

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Advanced Skills for Brief Therapy Practitioners: Managing Complex and High-Risk Issues Events

People who are experiencing complex situations and/or intense problems are often the least likely to be able to commit to traditional forms of intervention due to the significant and competing needs that are often present in these circumstances. As a result, mental health practitioners working…

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Serving the Mental Health Needs of Persons with a Developmental Disability Events

Applying a Trauma-Informed and Bio-Psycho-Social approach to care, participants will be introduced to the topic of developmental disabilities and mental health with a focus on Prevention, Assessment and Support. Caregivers and supports will gain a deeper understanding of the effects of mental…

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In Between the Missing and Murdered: The Need for Indigenous Led Responses to Human Trafficking Events

As a result of their dehumanized status within Canadian society, Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, and trans women experience disproportionate rates of violence over the course of their lifetimes.  Though Indigenous Peoples only make up 4% of the Canadian population, Indigenous women and…

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Self Compassion in the Workplace: Caring for Ourselves while Caring for Others Events

Often, we have activities we rely on to care for ourselves, yet we get stuck in routines, patterns and expectations where we cannot regularly invest in our own health and wellness. Using mindfulness and self compassion strategies, we will examine self care and wellness and work together to…

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Centering Equity in Trauma Treatment: Culturally Responsive Assessment and Intervention Strategies Events

In today’s rapidly evolving care landscape, mental health professionals are increasingly being called upon to respond to the unique needs of racialized, newcomer, and equity-denied groups. Traditional trauma treatment models often overlook the lived realities of systemic oppression, racial…

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Advanced Interventions to Support Individuals with FASD Events

The unique complexities of FASD presents itself in everyone’s professional practice. This highly interactive training will address how FASD is not limited to any racial, ethnic, cultural, or geographic group. It is a complex and multifaceted disability and affects people differently. (RFCY, 2022…

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Sexualized Behaviour in Children: When Clinical Intervention is Necessary Events

Most often parents, teachers, childcare professionals, foster resource parents and healthcare professionals are the ones who identify sexualized behaviour in the pre-school and school aged child. They may struggle due to lack of understanding of normative sexual development and further…

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