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.

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. The second part of this module will provide training in setting up a support recovery group. This will include guidelines for groups, intake forms, the content of a good group, and learning to be a facilitator.

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.

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 module will explore what it means to grieve and lament, we will learn how to help others in their time of sorrow and loss. Special attention will be paid to the Psalms as a resource for encouragement for those dealing with death.

The objectives of this webinar are to provide an overview of the theoretical foundations of schema therapy, highlight key research findings on its effectiveness, and demonstrate how core techniques and skills can be applied in clinical practice. Join presenter, Dr. Patrick Lo, for this important topic.

This session describes a number of ethical concerns that relate to individual people, systems, and values. It reviews the dominance of individual autonomy over concern for persons made vulnerable by disability, poverty, and mental illness. It points out problems in the governance of MAiD, including low accountability in reporting and monitoring. Finally, it reveals how values in the public medicine have changed to accommodate MAiD.

Spiritual Formation Certificate

We are all creative as we have a creative God who instilled beauty into our souls. Our inner artist yearns to be participants in the healing of the world by bringing images, words and actions that inspires others and attract people to God’s amazing love.

In this brief seminar on addictions, participants will: review the criteria of what constitutes an addiction, with a brief survey of the variations one might encounter within the field; identify common challenges in working with individuals who meet the criteria for an addiction; and learn practical interventions useful for sustained change. Join presenter, Dr. Adrianne Sequeira, for this important topic.

The first five sessions set the emotional tone, therapeutic alliance, and strategic direction for the work to come. Through focused teaching, practical handouts, and video demonstrations, participants will learn how to build safety, attune to attachment dynamics, and begin the process of cycle de-escalation. Join presenter, Dr. Herman Chow, for this important topic.