Tyndale Events for Alumni
Tyndale hosts a wide variety of events that you may be interested in as a Tyndale Alumni.
Events are added here on an ongoing basis, so check back often!
Mental Health Training for Pastors & Ministry Leaders
Online - Zoom
In strengthening our work with churches and other Christian ministries, Tyndale Wellness Centre is expanding its mental health reach by training pastors and other ministry leaders to better understand mental health and mental illness and more effectively support their members who need care in this important area of life.
Suicide Prevention Safety Plan
Online - Zoom
Safety planning is a crucial skill and intervention has the potential to save a life. Explore how to better understand what is behind suicidal thoughts and behaviours as well as how to plan for safety. Join presenter, Emily Harman, for this important topic.
Grief and Loss
Online - Zoom
A survey of the grieving brain and how practitioners can work with clients through a season of loss. Join presenter, Lyndsay Thompson, for this important topic.
Creating Safe Space - Cultural Sensitivity
Online - Zoom
This presentation will open a discussion around being culturally sensitive in working with clients. It includes going over terminology, understanding social location, and the therapists' role in dismantling systemic racism. Join presenter, Melissa Johari, for this important topic.
MVP (Missional / Visional / Passionate) Leadership For Children’s Ministry – Level 3
Online
We believe that God passionately loves children. He has given parents and church a mission to nurture the young ones well in the Kingdom of God. Children are not only our future spiritual warriors but also church of today. They deserve our best attention, resources and effort.
Medical Assistance in Dying - What is it? Exploring the History of MAID and its Reality Today
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Online - Zoom
This session offers an explanation of MAiD, enriched by an overview of its a) legal development (Criminal Code) and b) medical development (eligibility and safeguards and latest Health Canada report). It also introduces two tensions faced by clinicians and medical facilities: conscientious objection and the relationship between MAiD and other forms of end-of-life care, including palliative care.
Self-disclosure in Therapy
Online - Zoom
This webinar will explore the contemporary multi-dimensional scope and implications of self-disclosure in psychotherapy. Participants will gain insights into critical ways that self-disclosure can be safely and intentionally used. Join presenter, Kern Stanberry, for this important topic.
Dealing with Disenfranchised Grief (Module 3)
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Online - Zoom
This module will explore the nature of disenfranchised grief by understanding the language of grief and loss. Disenfranchised grief can include suicide, traumatic death, and other losses that are challenging to process because they are unacknowledged, avoided or not legitimized.
Ending Therapy
Online - Zoom
Ending therapy starts with the first session. Participants will learn when and how to initiate the conversation about ending therapy. The presentation will also include CRPO’s requirement on scope of practice/competency/referrals. Join presenter, Wilma Nevers, for this important topic.