The Tyndale Centre for Pastoral Imagination (TCPI) is excited to welcome local pastors and ministry leaders for a morning of connection and re-imagination!

This webinar presents an overview of the central role the person of the therapist plays in the therapeutic relationship and endeavours. Join presenter, Kern Stanberry, for this important topic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Disability, Theology and Spiritual Formation Certificate

This is an introductory program in Disability Theology. Students will examine the realities of living with a disability in contemporary society and their theological and spiritual implications. These modules will also delve into a practical theology regarding living and working with individuals with disabilities and their incorporation into our spiritual communities.

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.

Spiritual Formation Certificate

N.T. Wright has said, “Christian imagination rekindled by Scripture is vital to refresh our engagement with our contemporary culture.” The imagination is an important avenue for spiritual formation, but more than just a personal and private devotional practice, the imagination is the embodiment of hope. The imagination becomes a catalyst for living out the reality of the kingdom of God as an alternative to and a protest against adopting the culture that surrounds us.

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.