Webinars and Courses
Events listed below are not all CACFT/ACTCF events
but we believe they are of interest to MFTs.
CACFT/ACTCF has not reviewed the content of the events offered below, except for those that have been given pre-approved CEUs from CACFT. The events are not listed in any particular order. Not all courses will be approved for CEUs. Although we do our best to have all details below correct, CACFT is not responsible for any errors.
A Systemic Clinical Supervision Fundamentals Course
Presenters
Vange Willms Thiessen, BSCN, MAMFT, DMin, RMFT-SM and Estera Boldut, BSW, BSW, MAMFT, PSYD
Starts October 18, 2024 - Virtual
This is a 36 hour course. It will enhance the skills for Masters/Doctoral level counsellors,/therapists who provide clinical supervision. This course is approved by CACFT. Early Bird ends October 1, 2024. Please click here to learn more about this course.
Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision Course
Instructors:
Jennifer Myrie: DMin, RP, RMFT-S and Susan Winter Fledderus, RP, RMFT-SM, RSW
Starts January 20, 2024 - Virtual
This course is designed for professionals wishing to pursue their CACFT Supervisory Designation or to further develop their supervision skills. The course emphasizes the integration of supervision theory with selected supervision practice issues. It features a critical review of several major models of clinical supervision and a focus on facilitating the co-evolving supervision-therapy systems. This course is approved by CACFT. Please click here to learn more about this course. Or click here to register for the course. Early Bird ends December 1, 2024.
Case-Based Approach To Learning And Practising:
Congruence Couple Therapy Online Training & Supervision September to December 2024
Six Sessions Series
Bonnie Lee, RMFT-Supervisor
This training-supervision series uses a case-based approach to train therapists in the structure, concepts and interventions of Congruence Couple Therapy, an evidence-based model that is recognized as a Distinguished initiative by the Health Quality Council of Alberta.
Each session is 75 minutes. I will provide a format for your case presentation and a sign-up schedule for each participant to share their case. Please click here to learn more about the sessions and registering.
M. Sc. (A) Couple and Family Therapy
Information Session - Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 4:30 - 5:30pm ET
Virtual
Fall 2025 Application Deadline: December 15, 2024
Family Therapy Training Program
Virtual via Zoom
October 16, 2024 – April 2025
Faculty: Reem Abdul Qadir, MSW, RSW, Aimee Kenney, MSW, RSW, Amanda Chan MSW, RSW
The Family Therapy Seminar is a 12-session program that provides in-depth knowledge of theory and practice in family therapy. The program will focus on developing core competencies in assessment, formulation and treatment of families. Aspects of the theory of families and the craft of practice will be taught with the goal of developing an integrative framework.
Emphasis will be given to the development of concrete, applicable skills which participants will have an opportunity to observe with live family work. Observations of live sessions will occur for the duration of the seminar. The seminar will also include required readings, group discussions and experiential exercises. To learn more about this training please click here. To register or for more information, Contact Reem Abdul Qadir at 416-622-8833 x 245 or [email protected]. This training is approved by CACFT/ACTCF.
Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Level 1 and 2 Training
Saturday, October 19, and Sunday October 20, 2024
Location Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre
Vancouver, BC
Dive into the transformative world of clinical hypnosis with our comprehensive two-day in-person workshop at SFU Downtown. Whether you’re new to clinical hypnosis or looking to enhance your skills, this workshop offers a thorough exploration of hypnosis techniques and applications led by experienced professionals. Please click here for more information about this workshop. CACFT will not accept this for CEUs.
Vision Quest into Symbolic Reality
introduction to Sandtray-Worldplay Therapy
With Lalita Salins, MA, RMFT-S - In person in Ottawa, ON
October 5 & 6, 2024 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm ET.
This workshop will offer two days of experiential, interactive, didactic and cooperative learning to introduce participants to the use of miniature images, sand and water in the process of Sandtray-Worldplay therapy (STWP - a.k.a. Vision Quest Into Symbolic Reality). In this work, the elements of earth and water, and miniatures become the field of conscious expression for the psyche as we create patterns, worlds and/or dramatic play processes in a large tray of sand. Please click here to read more about this event. RSVP: by September 15, 2024.
Research Conference
November 1 & 2, 2024
In-Person Vancouver BC
Presented and Hosted by,
BCACC, CACFT/ACTCF, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, Simon Fraser University
Embark on a journey of knowledge and discovery at this event which is tailored to counselling and psychotherapy students and counsellor educators as well as anyone interested in research related to this profession in Canada. Discover cutting-edge insights, innovative research, and transformative studies shaping the future of mental health care. Please click here to learn more.
Calgary Narrative Collective
Narrative Responses to Trauma
November 29 & 30, 2024
In-person - Seating is limited.
223 12th Ave SW Calgary AB T2R 0G9
In the historic Community Wise Building
Narrative therapy practices are uniquely suited to reauthor the gripping effects of trauma and difficult life experiences. A narrative approach to working with trauma provides a thoughtful and personalized counter to conservative and manualized heavy-handed traditions of trauma theory that often place people in a position of a victim or passive recipient of the difficult events of their lives. An important part of the narrative therapy’s counter to traditional approaches to trauma, is the repositioning of the person as an active agent who is always and already responding to difficult life events. For more information and to register please click here.
Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health
TWO-PART WORKSHOP SERIES: WORKING WITH EMOTIONS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Dr. Serine Warwar
Live via Zoom
Due to overwhelming interest and positive reviews from past attendees, we are thrilled to announce the return of our popular workshop series Working with Emotions in Psychotherapy. This series is designed for mental health professionals from various training backgrounds who wish to acquire specialized skills in working with emotions in psychotherapy.
Through these workshops, you will learn evidence-based skills to work with emotional processes in clients struggling with various mental health issues. These skills can be integrated into any psychotherapeutic approach. Each workshop stands alone and registration in both workshops is not required. CACFT/ACTCF members will receive a 10% discount. Please check your weekly updates for the discount code.
WORKSHOP 1: WORKING WITH EMOTIONS IN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
with Dr. Leslie Greenberg
October 31 – November 1, 2024
Time: 11:00AM - 2:15PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Depression and anxiety are two of the most common mental health conditions affecting individuals worldwide. Participants will learn how to conceptualize and work with the emotional processes involved in the development and maintenance of: self-critical/shame-based depression; loneliness/abandonment-based depression; social anxiety; generalized anxiety disorder; and secondary symptomatic anxiety.
WORKSHOP 2: ASSESS, REGULATE, ACTIVATE, AND TRANSFORM EMOTIONS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
with Dr. Leslie Greenberg & Dr. Serine Warwar
December 6-7, 2024
11:00AM - 2:15PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Emotions play a fundamental role in the development and maintenance of mental health issues. This workshop will help participants increase their skills in assessing emotions (primary/secondary, adaptive/maladaptive, productive/unproductive) and learn interventions to regulate, activate, and transform unproductive emotional states. REGISTER NOW
Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health
Integrative Approach to Working with Grief and Loss
with Dr. Virginia Boquiren, P.D.
November 15, 2024
Working with grief is an integral part of psychotherapeutic work. Grief is typically associated with the death of a loved one. However, it is also experienced in many different life situations and is frequently encountered in psychotherapy. For example, grief is present in major life transitions, aging, medical diagnoses and illness, broken relationships, or the loss of a goal or dream (example - not achieving a long-held career aspiration, being unable to start a family, losing a business, not having children). In this workshop, Dr. Virginia Boquiren will present a flexible, integrative approach to working with grief.. Early Bird Deadline October 18, 2024. Please click here for more information. CACFT members will receive a 10% discount. The code for that discount is in the Monday Updates.
Applied Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practice Certificate
Presented by Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Social Work Professional Development
in Partnership with Red Maple Coaching and Consulting
The Applied Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practice certificate will help you understand each client as a unique and complex system who has an innate capacity for self-leadership and healing. The program is comprised of two parts:
Part 1: Foundations of IFS Practice.
Part 2: Deeper Applications of the IFS Model
This two-part program will require 80 hours of learning through: ...... Please click here to learn more about the program. Or click here. This has not been reviewed by CACFT/ACTCF.
Chronic Shame in Clinical Practice: An Embodied Relational Perspective
with Stacy Adam Jensen, MEd
ONLINE 5 Tuesday Evenings: Tuesday evenings, February 4 – March 4, 2025 6 - 9 pm PST
Chronic shame is woven into the lives, histories, and presentations of many of the people we sit with in our clinical practices. At the heart of insecure attachment, chronic shame disrupts healthy relational development, and has far-reaching implications for one’s capacity to regulate affect, engage in healthy relationships, and on one’s internal working model- how one sees themselves, others and the world. This early template of self becomes intertwined with shaming experiences across the lifespan, creating cycles of multi-layered suffering. Please click here to learn more about this.
Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy Online 2 year Training
With Lisa Mortimore, PhD and Stacy Adam Jensen, MEd
Starts March 2025
Early relational experiences forge a neurophysiological and psychological template of self, often creating insecure attachment which distorts the development of self, and impacts relational functioning throughout the lifespan. Corresponding affect management strategies and attachment patterns, accompanied by dysregulation of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), impact one’s self perceptions, world, and identity. Please click here to learn more.
Brain Story Certification Course
Presented by the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
Complete at your own pace on our virtual learning platform
The Brain Story Certification Course is a free, online, 20-hour, self-paced, in-depth course featuring leading neurobiology and mental health experts about the science of brain development and its impact on health outcomes. Developed with the intention of being accessible to individuals of all backgrounds, this course covers topics ranging from healthy relationship building to attachment styles to stress. At the end of the course, learners not only take away a thorough understanding of brain development but also ways in which that understanding can be applied to build resilience in children, adults, and families.
The Brain Story Certification Course has been approved for CEUs by The Canadian Association for Couple and Family Therapy. For more information and to enroll in the course, please click here.
ONLINE EFT Workshop: Anger Management
November 23, 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm EST.
Dr. Herman Chow, RP, RMFT, CCFT
Certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor (EFIT, EFCT, EFFT)
CACFT Supervisor Mentor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor
“EFIT & Anger Management” is the Sixteenth instalment of the Online EFT workshop series that will hone your EFT skills. The focus of this workshop is to help you use Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) to manage your clients’ anger. This training will help you deepen your understanding of anger in relation to attachment. You will learn various EFT macro-interventions and micro-interventions to access the pain behind anger. This will help your clients manage more than just anger and also the pain underneath the anger. This workshop is for participants who have some working knowledge of EFT and want to expand their EFT skills. Early Bird Ends September 23, 2024. CACFT members can count this for 3 CEUs. Please click here to learn more about this event.
Wilfrid Laurier University
Certificates
We offer 15 non-credit professional development certificates. Our courses provide experiential, interactive learning opportunities through online and remote training options. All of our courses are facilitated by highly qualified, knowledgeable instructors with considerable experience in their area of expertise. You can take any of the courses associated with our certificates without working towards earning the certificate. These courses have not been reviewed by CACFT/ACTCF. Please click here for more information.
Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute
CTRI’s mission is to inspire learning and improve lives. They provide training (in-person and online), consulting and free resources in the areas of trauma, mental health and counselling skills.
Upcoming Workshops
Motivational Interviewing - Strategies for Supporting Change
Live Virtual Workshop: October 22, 9am-4pm CT
This workshop will provide new ways for helpers to facilitate the change process in the people they work with.
Navigating Difficult Client Relationships
Live Virtual Workshop: November 12, 9am-4pm CT
This workshop explores how to alter interactions with clients in order to transform unhealthy relational patterns into more positive interactions and outcomes.
Vicarious Trauma - Strategies for Resilience
Live Virtual Workshop: November 18, 9am-4pm CT
This workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to examine their own experiences and become aware of the signs of both vicarious trauma and vicarious growth.
View the full live virtual workshop schedule here.
Becoming Differentiated Through Anger and Shame
Approaching Anger and Shame through a Systems Perspective.
Presented by Michael Towers, MA
This course invites you to take a completely different approach to handling anger and shame in your life. I am suggesting that anger and shame are instrumental in helping you become differentiated.
The training will consist of 90 minutes of presentation time with several downloadable handouts over the course of 5 different video segments. It is self-directed.
The course has been approved for 1.5 hours of CEUs for CACFT members. To register please click here.
Leading Edge Seminars
Since 1993, Leading Edge Seminars has been serving mental health and human services professionals with ground-breaking continuing education seminars on a wide range of topics facilitated by today’s leading clinicians. Delivered online and in-person, at Leading Edge Seminars, you’ll get the speakers you love, the content you want, and the skills you need.
Why not try the University of Guelph's OpenEd's Couple and Family Therapy Studies continuing education courses and program? Expand your knowledge and develop practical skills. Please click here for more information about the courses in the Advanced Couple and Family Therapy Studies Program.
University of Lethbridge in Canada
New!!! Graduate Certificate in Couple and Family Counselling Studies now offered by the University of Lethbridge in Canada (One year, Online).
In this Graduate-level Program in Couple and Family Counselling, you will explore the dynamics of family communication, structures and systems to enhance your mental health-care skills without committing to a master's program.- Develop systemic relational knowledge and skills for improving mental well-being
- Enhance your practice or pursue further education
- Build a foundation in the growing family and couple counselling profession
- Suitable for a range of social- and health-services fields
- Online, part-time study
Apply by June 30, 2024 to start your graduate certificate this fall!
Please click here for more information.
Please share with other professionals to grow couple and family therapy as a profession!
ANIMAL-ASSISTED INTERVENTIONS
A self paced, online course all about AAI. This comprehensive course is a must for any health professional.
Please click here for more information.
ABOUT THE ATLAS INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS AND FAMILIES (THE ATLAS INSTITUTE)
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The Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families works with Veterans, Families, service providers and researchers to bridge the divide between research and practice so Veterans and their Families can get the best possible mental health care and supports. The Atlas Institute was originally established as the Centre of Excellence on PTSD and Related Mental Health Conditions.
Projects and resources from the Atlas Institute include
Envision is a Canada-based provider of online workshops for mental health professionals. We seek to make learning accessible and attainable no matter the stage of a professional's career. With our online format, we are able to bring international leading presenters to your screen, wherever you are, in an interactive way, that outshines any conference room.
Click here to explore our upcoming live events & be sure to explore our catalogue of home study courses where you can learn at your own pace. CAMFT members are eligible for a 15% discount for any general online workshop or home study course up to 8 hours long. To see the discount code please login to www.camft.ca and click on Envision under the "membership' menu tab.
Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute
CTRI’s mission is to inspire learning and improve lives. They provide training (in-person and online), consulting and free resources in the areas of trauma, mental health and counselling skills
- Resources offered:
- Virtual and in-person workshops across Canada
- Private/On-location group training
- On-demand training videos
- Free mental health resources