Interested in expanding your network, or learning about a therapy approach that’s new to you? Our event listing includes seminars, workshops and events. Some events are suited for therapists, while others may be of interest to members of the public as well.
Cybercounselling Online Level 1
January 10 – April 16, 2020
For experienced clinicians who want to offer professional, ethical counselling to their clients. Therapy Online is the world’s leader in online counsellor training. Certificates issued upon completion of the full course Personal clinical feedback provided after each Module Ongoing forum for practicing online skills Fits into your schedule: Three 4-week modules with 2 weeks off… Read MoreClinical Supervision Training Program
Starts January 25, 2020 and 4 other dates (Deadline to register: January 22, 2020)
Program Details Dates: 5 weeks, Saturdays in Winter 2020 (January 25, February 8, February 22, March 7, March 28) Time: 9:00 a.m. ~ 4:00 p.m. Fee: $980 About the Program CICAPP and CAPCT are offering supervision training in Winter 2020. This program is for mental health professionals interested in expanding their skill set to become…Location
CICAPP Office, 427 Vaughan Road, Toronto, ON
Read MoreTWO one-day seminars in Clowning for Personal Development
February 1 and March 7, 2020; different times for both dates
Play, Explore and Grow! Clown makes deep personal work playful and fun! TWO one-day seminars. In each one-day workshop expect to: Learn to suspend judgment and critical thinking through the ‘clown game’ Explore your relationship with your inner child Reconnect with the pleasure that leads to new emotional awareness Experience, in play, how clowning can…Location
Trinity St. Paul’s Center (Bloor & Spadina)
Read MoreTherapists Connect peer discussion group: Managing Boundaries
February 9, 2020, from 2 pm - 4 pm
Boundary examples include: physical/emotional/psychological, contracts, scheduling, communication channels, therapist-client and within therapist, etc. Therapists Connect is a place for the diverse community of professionals practicing psychotherapy in the Toronto area to meet and connect with other therapists; a place to discuss and creatively explore issues of concern and interest specific to conducting psychotherapy in private… Read MoreBrief Narrative Practices
February 27th & 28th, 2020 from 9 am to 4 pm
OAMHP is offering a specialty training in contemporary ‘brief therapy’ that emphasizes an exploration and development of therapeutic practice in time constrained and community contexts. A brief narrative practice is not a hurried therapy, but rather complete and in harmony with the practices and ethics of longer-term narrative therapy. Practice involves a collaboration that seeks…Location
Location: Conference Room A/B, McMaster Innovation Park,
175 Longwood Road South, Hamilton, ON, L8P 0A1
Advanced Clinical Skills Development and Practices for Working with Trauma: Level 2 trauma certificate
February 25 to March 4, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
5-Day Training starting February 25, 2020 Facilitator: Ian Robertson, MSW., RSW. This training is suitable for: Mental health professionals, psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, clergy and residential workers who provide services to vulnerable populations. This Level 2 Trauma Certificate will present a theoretical framework of evidence-based and best practice approaches for working individuals who…Location
SickKids CCMH Learning Institute
114 Maitland Street
2nd Floor Seminar Rooms ABC
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1E1
Romantic/Erotic Love in the Age of #MeToo: Vulnerability and Cynicism
March 7, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Presenter: Virginia Goldner, Ph.D. Virginia Goldner, Ph.D. is the Founding Editor of the journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality, and a founding Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues. She is on the faculties of the NYU Post-doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, the Stephen A. Mitchell Center for Relational Studies, and the doctoral program in clinical…Location
Innis Town Hall Theatre,
University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave., Toronto, ON, M5S 1J5
Mental Health First Aid – Adults Who Interact With Youth
March 19-20, 2020 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
MHFA Adults who Interact with Youth is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25). In addition to the four most common disorders discussed in MHFA BASIC, this course includes instruction about eating disorders and deliberate self-injury. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health…Location
Community Door Board Room,
50 Burnhamthrope Rd. W. #300,
Mississauga ON L5B 3C2
Patients & Caregivers Take on Technology
March 24, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Rapid advances in technology will change healthcare over the next decade. How and where patients are cared for will be transformed, and the expectation patients have of the healthcare system and their physicians will continue to change. Healthcare jurisdictions across the country will be challenged to deliver digitally integrated healthcare and fully accessible as well… Read MoreTherapists Connect peer discussion group: Suicidality in clients
March 28, 2020 from 2 pm to 4 pm
For example: CRPO expectations, safety plans, therapist experiences, etc. Therapists Connect is a place for the diverse community of professionals practicing psychotherapy in the Toronto area to meet and connect with other therapists; a place to discuss and creatively explore issues of concern and interest specific to conducting psychotherapy in private practice. Read MoreEstablishing Online Clinical Practice Workshop
April 23, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Program Overview As people turn to the online world for their physical needs, increasingly, clients expect to be able to connect with their helping professional online. The only question is whether the mental health professional is ready. This full day workshop will provide participants with a solid grounding in the ethics, theory, research and practice…Location
Community Room, Goodwill Industries,
255 Horton Street, London, ON N6B 1L1