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.
Establishing 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 Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP) and the Canadian Association of Psychodynamic Therapists (CAPT) are hosting a joint workshop on online counselling. This workshop will help mental health…Location
Community Room, Goodwill Industries,
255 Horton Street, London, ON N6B 1L1
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 MoreWar Games: Winnicott at Abu-Ghraib
February 13, 2020 from 7:00 pm
A talk by CAPT member Fadi Abou-Rihan Urban Field Speaker Series More info: https://www.prefix.ca/public-programmes/ufss-15-2020/ Tickets (all proceeds go to Prefix):Location
Prefix Institute for Contemporary Art, Toronto
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
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
One-day seminar in Clowning for Personal Development
March 7, 2020 from 5 pm to 11 pm
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 MoreMental 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 MoreAdvanced 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
Therapists Connect peer discussion group: Working with families and children
May 3, 2020 from 2 pm to 4 pm
Considerations for working individual vs. family, therapist experiences, inviting/involving family in individual sessions, specific training, 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… Read MoreCalming the Inner Critic: Working with Punitive Introjects, Ego States and Dissociative Parts in Trauma
May 8, 2020 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Kathy Steele, MN, CS, APRN Kathy Steele, MN, CS has been in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia for over three decades, and is an Adjunct Faculty at Emory University. Kathy is a Fellow and a past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), and is the recipient of…Location
The Highland County Club, London, Ontario
1922 Highland Heights
The Brain That Changes Itself: Updates & Clinical Applications of Neuroplasticity
June 22-23, 2020 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Presented by: Dr. Norman Doidge, MD Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. He is on faculty at the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry, and Research Faculty at Columbia University’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York. He is the author of two New York Times Bestsellers.…Location
King’s University College, London, ON
266 Epworth Ave, London, Ontario
Therapists Connect peer discussion group: Self Care
September 20, 2020 from 2 pm to 4 pm
Self Care: How is it going? Let’s talk about how we’re feeling with our work, roadblocks we encounter, things we may want to work on, 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… Read MoreThe Missing Link in Complex Trauma: Recognizing and Treating Dissociation in Children and Adolescents
October 1-2, 2020 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Frances S. Waters, LMSW, DCSW, LMFT Frances S. Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT, is an internationally recognized trainer, consultant, and clinician in the area of childhood trauma, abuse, and dissociation, and has presented extensively, including training programs in America, Europe, Africa, & South American, and Australia. She has specialized in the field of child abuse…Location
The Highland Country Club (1922 Highland Heights)
London, Ontario
Therapists Connect peer discussion group: Working with the CRPO
October 24, 2020 from 2 pm to 4 pm
Working with the CRPO: What you may need to know about the complaints process, questions, concerns, 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… Read MoreAdvancing Motivational Interviewing Practice Skills
November 9, 2020 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Speaker Dr. Marilyn Herie PhD RSW is Vice President Academic and Chief Learning Officer at Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, with an academic cross-appointment as Assistant Professor (Status Only), University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. Her past roles include Dean of Learning, Teaching and Scholarship at Centennial College; Director of the of the…Location
The Highland Country Club (1922 Highland Heights)
London, Ontario