education and training.

Advanced ADHD Certification Course: Strategies to Customize Treatment for Every Client 

Faculty: Ari Tuckman, Psy.D. MBA

Length: 33.5 hours

Certification: ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP)

• ADHD at Work

• Home & in the Classroom

• Time Management and Executive Functioning

• Couples & Relationship Strategies

• Medication & Non-Medication Interventions

• Neurology Drives Psychology

• Emotional Regulation Skills

• Advanced Assessment

• Essential Tools for Women

• Mindfulness Strategies

• Diversity Considerations

Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada - Ontario

Faculty:

Length: Eight (8) hours

Training: Practical Ethics for Working Mediators

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

• John Moran: Overcoming the Alienation Crisis: A Team Model

• Betting on the Voice of Children in Parenting Disputes

• Encapsulated Delusion

• Resisting Simplicity to Understand Child Resistance: Alienation Meaning in the Field of Family Law

• Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums of Parent-Child Contact Problems

• Acting Before it’s Too Late: Prudent Early Intervention in Resist-Refuse Dynamics

• Allegations of Child Abuse During Child Custody Disputes

• Interviewing Children: How to Talk and How to Listen

• Neurodiverse Children and Parents in Family Court: Psychological and Judical Perspectives of Avoiding Bias and Negative Presumptions

• The Family Court System and Intimate Partner Violence: The Effects on Young Children

• Popular Post-Separation Parenting Apps: A Systemic Evaluation

• The Shortened MASIC-Online Intimate Partner Violence Screening Tool

• Advanced Intimate Partner Violence Screening for Mediators, Arbitrators, and Parenting Coordinators

• Harm Reduction: Avoiding Anchoring Bias and Binary Approaches to Parent-Child Contact

• Child-Inclusive Family Mediation Step-by-Step

• Creating Parenting Plans for the Major World Religions

• Parent Child Contact Problems: Family Violence and Parental Alienation - Either/or, Neither/nor, Both/and One in the Same

• Coercive Control: Understanding the Impact on Survivors as Parents and Their Children

• Confirmation Bias: Getting it Backwards in High Conflict Cases (and How to Correct It)

• Parent-Child Contact Disruption in Multi-Problem Families: What Do We Know? What Can We Do?

• Children’s Experience in Patterns of Coercive Control

• Developing a Parenting Education Course for Indigenous Families: Now What? 

• Expectations, Roles, and Outcomes in Supervised Parenting Time

• Interview the Traumatized Child in Family Law Cases

• The Paradox of Power: A Coach Approach Amid Intimate Partner Violence Allegations

• Enhancing Children’s Participation in Child Protection and Parenting Mediations

• Family Violence: Voices of Racialized Immigrant Youth and Their Best Interests

• Understanding and Managing High-Conflict Situations

• Understanding Autistic Brain Differences: Implications for Supporting Autistic Children and their Families through Divorce/Separation

AFCC - Parenting Coordination Training

Faculty: Chioma Ajoku, JD, PhD, ABPP, Robin M. Deutsch, PhD, ABPP, April Harris-Britt, PhD, Kathleen McNamara, PhD, Terry Singh, PhD, ABPP

Length: 16 hours

• Parenting Coordinator Process I

• Parenting Coordinator Process II

• Family Dynamics

• Techniques & Interventions I

• Techniques & Interventions II

• Techniques & Interventions III

• Intimate Partner Violence and Safety

• Ethics, Diversity, Technology, 

• Engaging Cultural Differences and Communication in Intimate Partner Violence Cases

AFCC - Parenting Plan Evaluation Training 

Faculty: Chioma Ajoku, JD, PhD, ABPP, Robin M. Deutsch, PhD, ABPP, April Harris-Britt, PhD, Kathleen McNamara, PhD, Terry Singh, PhD, ABPP

Length - 28 hours

• Purpose and Roles

• Parenting Plan Evaluation Process I

• Parenting Plan Evaluation Process II

• Parenting Plan Evaluation Process III

• Parenting Plan Evaluation Process IV

• Research I, Research II

• Hypothesis Testing and Cognitive Biases

• Culture and Diversity Considerations

• Parenting Plans; Psychological Testing

• Child Maltreatment

• Relocations and Special Needs Children

• Report Writing and Testifying 

• Advanced Training in Parenting Plan Evaluations

AFCC - Advanced Issues in Family Law: Parent-Child Contact Problems 

Faculty: Robin M. Deutsch, PhD, ABPP, Leslie Drozd, PhD, John A. “Jack” Moran, PhD, Marsha Kline Pruett, PhD, ABPP, Matthew Sullivan, PhD, Peggie Ward, PhD

Length - 16 hours

• Modules 1 through 8

Ausome Training

• Autism and Meltdowns

• Autistic Joy and Passionate Interests

• Alternatives to ABA

• Autism and Emotions

• Autism and Communication

• Autism and Play

• Supporting Autistic Children

• Developing Self-Compassion as a Late-Discovered Neurodivergent Adult

• Autism and PDA

• An Introduction to Gestalt Language

• Boundaries and Beliefs

• Autistic and ADHD

• Nurturing Autistic Identity

• Trauma and Behaviour

• Exploring Stimming

• Autism and Social Skills

• Autism and Masking

• Autism and Food

AutPlay Therapy

Faculty: Dr. Robert Grant EdD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S

• Creating a Sensory Affirming Office and Playroom - 1 hour

• Understanding Ableism and Neurodiversity in Play Therapy - 1 hour

• Training: Introduction to AutPlay Therapy - 4 hours

Canadian Police Knowledge Network

Faculty:  Pro Training Mental Health Awareness in collaboration with an International Advisory Board of police officers, police educators, mental health professionals, academic researchers, adult educators, eLearning experts and individuals with lived experiences of mental illness from the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Canada

Length: 1.5 hours

Training: Scenario-Based Mental Health and De-escalation Training

Faculty: Hamilton Police; Edmonton Police; Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime; Victims and Vulnerable Persons Division, Attorney General's Office, Government of Ontario; ENPQ; York Regional Police; RCMP

Length: One (1) hour

Training: Victim Rights in Canada

Faculty: Edmonton Police Service's Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights Branch and adapted for use by CPKN

Length: One (1) hour

Training: Managing Unconscious Bias

Faculty: Canadian Observatory on the Justice System’s Response to Intimate Partner Violence, the CACP Crime Prevention and Community Safety and Well-Being Committee, and participants in the Think Tank Community Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence: Sharing Best Practices

Length: Three (3) hours

Training: Collaborative Police Action on Intimate Partner Violence

Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist Intensive Training (ASDCS) - 2nd Edition: Affirming Neurodiversity with Strengths- and Abilities-Based Interventions 

Faculty: Temple Grandin, PhD, Stephen Shore, EdD, Jeffrey Guenzel, EdD, LPC, Emile Gouws, PhD student, Kimberly Clairy, OTR/L, Varleisha Lyons, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, ASDCS, Barry Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, Robert Naseef, PhD, Michael Hannon, PhD, LAC, NCC, Gil Tippy, PsyD, Kathy Morris, MEd, BS, Sean Inderbitzen, DSW, LCSW, MINT, Robert Bernstein, MA

Length: 33.5 hours

• Navigating Autism with a Strengths-Based Mindset: Empowering Clients to Find and Develop their Strengths and Thrive!

• Abilities & Strengths-Based Autism Interventions: Help Clients Find Success in Education, Employment, Community, and More!

• Developing Core Competencies as an Autism Specialist through a Neurodiversity Lens

• Developing Core Competencies as an Autism Specialist through a Neurodiversity Lens

• Dissecting the Brain-Gut Connection to Address Sensorimotor Concerns for Autistic Children

• Enhancing Social Communication for Autistic Clients: Neurodiversity Principles in Action

• Racial Disparities and Neurodivergence in Autism: Strategies for Systemic Change and Equitable Care

• Helping Autistic Clients Relate and Communicate through DIR/Floortime®

• Techniques for After an Autism Meltdown: Supporting Prevention of Future Eruptions

• Treating Autism and PTSD Comorbid Through a Polyvagal-Informed Lens: A Framework to Inform EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Interventions in Therapy

• Help Autistic Clients Build Strengths, Ease Frustration, & Engage with the World: Techniques to Improve Cognitive Development, Early Language Development, Anxiety, & Behavior

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training: Trauma Treatment Certification Training: Safe and Stable Trauma Processing and Resolution with CPT, PE, EMDR and IFS 

Certification: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional II (CCTP-II)

Faculty:
Daphne Fatter, PhD
Arielle Schwartz, PhD

How the Neuroscience of Traumatic Stress Informs Your Treatment Plan

• Impact on Brain Stem, Limbic System, & Pre-Frontal Cortex

• How Trauma Impacts Information Processing

• Indicators that a Client has Unprocessed Trauma

• How Understanding the Neurobiology Informs Treatment Plans

Trauma Assessment Tools

• Trauma Symptomology

• Simple vs. Complex Trauma

• Intergenerational Trauma

• CAPS-5 and PCL-5

• Screening for Racial Trauma and Stress Due to Discrimination

• Dual Diagnosis & Differential Diagnosis

Creating Treatment Plans Focused on Arousal Regulation

• PTSD & the Nervous System

• Reading Your Client’s Signals

• Signs Your Client is in Hyperarousal

• Signs Your Client is in Hypoarousal

• Polyvagal Theory

• Emotional Attunement in Therapeutic Relationship

Employing the Phase-Oriented Treatment Model: A Roadmap to Safe and Effective Trauma Processing and Resolution

• Benefits, Risks, Limitations

• Phase One: Stabilization

• Phase Two: Trauma Processing & Grieving

• Phase Three: Present Day Life

• What to Include in your Clinical Documentation

Adjunctive Interventions: 4 Proven Tools to Reduce Symptomology, Enhance Calm, and Improve Functioning

• Arousal Regulation & Coping Skills

• Yoga

• Safe & Sound Protocol

• Heart Rate Variability

• Neurofeedback

• How to Integrate These into Your Practice

• Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Navigating Acute Distress for State Change In and Out of Session

• Bi-lateral Stimulation & Resource Tapping

• Relational Resources & Integrating Culturally-Based Strengths

• Breathing & Somatic Interventions

• Emotion-Freedom Technique

• Sensory Resources

• Self-Compassion and Mindfulness

• Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Trauma Processing: Accessing Trauma Memory Networks, Managing Triggers, and More

• What It Is and What It Isn’t

• Accessing Traumatic Memory Networks

• What Happens When a Client is Triggered

• Engaging the Right & Left-Brain Hemisphere

Is Your Client Ready? Contraindications for Trauma Processing

• Common Contraindications for Trauma Processing

• Understanding Factors that Contribute to Early Termination

• Informed Consent

• How to Communicate Realistic Expectations

• Things to Ask out Before Beginning

• Including Partners & Family in Trauma Treatment

Cultural & Relational Factors in Trauma Treatment

• Cultural Humility & Cultural Attunement

• Systemic & Oppression-based Traumas

• Social Location & Creating Working Alliance

• Language Code Switching

• Treatment Plan Considerations

Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy: 2 of the Best-Validated Top-Down Models for Trauma Resolution

• Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)

• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

• Case Conceptualization & Case Examples

• Treatment Goals & Roadmaps

• Therapist’s Role

• Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

EMDR and IFS: Evidenced-Based Bottom-Up Models to Heal Trauma

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Memory Reconsolidation

• Case Conceptualization & Case Examples

• Treatment Goals & Roadmaps

• Therapist’s Role

• Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

Choosing the Right Trauma Processing Model for Your Client

• Treatment Considerations

• Shared Decision Making

• Indicators of Effectiveness & Progress

• When Is Trauma Processing is Complete

Specific Considerations & Future Directions in Trauma Treatment

• Nuances with Neurodiverse Populations

• Considerations with Traumatic Loss

• When is Group Therapy Appropriate

• Future Directions & Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

• Free Phone Apps and Resources for Clients

Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician Training

• Module 1: Narcissistic Abuse In-Depth Workshop with Ramani Durvasula

• Module 2: Dynamics of Narcissistic and Antagonistic Relationships

• Module 3: Trauma and Narcissism: Personality Disorders as Trauma-Related Disorders

• Module 4: Working with the Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse

• Module 5: Being Culturally and Intersectionally Informed When Working with Clients Experiencing NA/ARS

• Module 6: Working with Clients Experiencing NA/ARS: An antagonism-informed treatment approach (Part 1)

• Module 7: Working with Clients Experiencing NA/ARS: An antagonism-informed treatment approach (Part 2)

• Module 8: Legal and Ethical Considerations for Working with Narcissism and NA/ARS

Faculty: Dr. Ramani Durvasula

Length: 4 months (44 hours)

Complex Trauma Certification Training: A Strength-Based Approach for Treating Complex PTSD

Faculty: Arielle Schwartz, PhD

Length: 24 hours

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder vs. Complex PTSD: Understand the Difference

• Acute traumatic stress, PTSD, Complex PTSD

• Diagnostic clarification, differential diagnosis and co-morbidities

• Key contributing factors of Complex PTSD

• The common symptoms of Complex PTSD

The Neurobiology of PTSD: Beyond Fight and Flight

• Polyvagal Theory

• Stages of trauma response

• Trauma specific psychopharmacology

• Heart Rate Variability and the Social Nervous System

• Interpersonal Neurobiology

• Psychobiological regulation

• Rupture and repair

• Implications of childhood neglect or abuse

• Neuroplasticity and Complex PTSD

Psychological and Physiological Repercussions of Complex PTSD: A Deeper Understanding for Accurate Assessment

• Intrusive symptoms and anxiety

• Emotional dysregulation: Outbursts of anger and debilitating shame

• Avoidance symptoms and phobic reactions to traumatic material

• Interpersonal problems and difficulty being close to others

• Dissociation and dysregulation

• Cognitive distortions and compromised meaning making

• Physical health problems, ACE factors and painful somatization

• Preverbal and nonverbal memories

• Disturbing somatic sensations

• Depressive symptoms

• Learned helplessness and shame

Therapeutic Interventions for Complex PTSD: Summary of Effective Therapies

• Psychodynamic and Relational Therapy

• Psychobiological perspectives: Polyvagal Theory

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

• EMDR Therapy

• Somatic Psychology

• Parts Work Therapy: Work with Ego States

• Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM):
  mindfulness, yoga, and integrative healthcare

Integrative Treatment for Complex PTSD: Putting it All Together for an Effective Treatment Plan

• A Biopsychosocial Approach: Partner with clients to build a health care team

• Goal of treatment: Memory retrieval vs. trauma recovery

• History taking: Identify chronic, repeated, and/or developmental trauma events

• Cultural factors and Complex PTSD

• Recognize attachment injuries

• Identify parts, ego states and defenses

• Assess for dissociation (“fragmentation”)

• Clinical Vignette #1

• Mutual regulation and relational repair in therapy

• Prepare for trauma processing: Develop resources and stability

• Working with parts of self

• Work through traumatic memories: EMDR and Somatic Psychology

• Clinical Vignette #2

• Grief work in Complex PTSD

Integrate and Instill positive change 

• Experiential Interventions: Mind-Body Practices for Clients with Complex PTSD

• Conscious breathing for self-regulation

• Grounding and sensory awareness

• Containment: Reclaim choice and control

• Build imaginal allies

• Cultivate mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion

• Somatic interventions: Titration, sequencing, and somatic re-patterning

• Bilateral stimulation and dual attention in EMDR Therapy

• Potential risks and limitations of mind-body therapies

Special Considerations in Complex Trauma Treatment

• Working with Preverbal and Nonverbal Memories

• Working with transgenerational trauma

• Somatization, Chronic Pain and illness

• Gate Control Theory

• Mindfulness, Yoga, and Compassion Based Interventions

• Clinical Vignette #3

Fostering Resilience: For Post-Traumatic Growth and Healing

• Learn the 6 Pillars of Resilience

• Trauma recovery and the bell curve

• Resilience as a process and an outcome

• Help clients move from learned helplessness to learned optimism

• Post-Traumatic Growth: Help clients reach their potential

Vicarious Trauma: Improve Client Outcomes Through Effective Self-Care

• Identify resources that improve your clinical skills

• In-session self-care to improve focus on the client and therapeutic process

• Burnout prevention techniques

Trauma history of neglect, grandmother suicide, father inappropriate sexually

• Addressing internalized negative aspects of parents

• Goals of therapy

Integrative Approach to Trauma Reprocessing

• Focusing and resourcing

• Touchstone target

• Negative and positive cognitions

• Emotions and body sensations

Deepening the work

• Parts work, pendulating between distress and resource, and somatic interventions

Top Down and Bottom Up

• Cognitive reappraisal, somatic interventions, and parts work

Somatic repatterning and reprocessing

• Parts work, cognitive reappraisal

Integration:  A path to self-regulation

• Parts work, somatic integration, and cognitive reappraisal

The Institute of Child Psychology

• The Making of the Resilient Child: Tools and Strategies

• Childhood Brain Development

• Integrating Sand Tray Work into Your Play Therapy Practice

• Working with Children Impacted by Divorce & Separation in the Play Therapy Room

• Greatest Mistakes: Play Therapists Make Mistakes Too

• Feelings Activities: Emotional Identification & Regulation in Play Therapy

• Family Assessment in Play Therapy

• Becoming an External Regulator for Trauma Integration in Play Therapy

• Pre-teens and Teens in Play Therapy

Crisis and Trauma Institute

• Addictions and Mental Health: Strategies for Complex Issues

• Additions and Youth

• Adolescent Brain Development

• Anxiety in Children & Youth, Addictions and Youth

• Adverse Childhood Experiences

• Anti-Bias and Inclusion

• Attachement

• Borderline Personality Disorder

• Body-Oriented Trauma Counselling Strategies

• Counselling in Relationships: Helping Families Develop Healthy Connections

• De-escalating Children and Youth in Crisis

• De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations

• Ethics of Helping

• Family Violence

• Harm Reduction: A Framework for Change, Choice and Control

• Language Matters: Rethinking How We Talk About People and Problems

• Mental Health Concerns in Children and Youth

• Motivational Interviewing

• Navigating Difficulty Client Relationships

• Providing Support Remotely

• Regulation Strategies for Children and Youth

• Refugees and Trauma

• Restorative Justice

• Resilience in Children - Understanding

• Trauma-Informed Care

• Trauma-Informed Leadership

• Trauma - Strategies

• Vicarious Trauma, Attachment and Families

• Violence Threat Assessment

Gender-Based Violence Practice Skills Certificate
(in conjunction with the  University of Western Ontario)

Faculty: Dr. Katreena Scott, PhD, C.Psych, Sarah Webb, MSW/RSW, Dr. Angelique Jenney, MSW, RSW, PhD, Charmaine Lane, PhD, MSc, RP, BA, Margaret MacPherson, Tim Kelly, BA, MSW/RSW, Vivien Green

• Intimate Partner Violence Foundations

• Understanding and Responding to Young People with Childhood Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence

• Engaging Men in Conversations about Family Violence to Manage Risk and Promote Safety

• Supporting and Advocating for Survivors Who Are Navigating the Criminal Justice System

The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children

• Responding to Disclosure of Sexual Violence

• Gender-based violence in the Lives of Muslim Women in Canada

• Realities, Challenges, and Resistance

• Traumatic Brain Injury and Intimate Partner Violence

• Challenges for Survivors in Family Court

• Looking Back the Programs that Kept Me Alive: Women’s Impressions of Counselling for IPV

• Supporting and Advocating for Survivors Who Are Navigating the Criminal Justice System

• Engaging Men in Conversation about Family Violence

• Responding to Disclosure of Sexual Violence on Campus 

• Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Management

• Responding to Intimate Partner Violence

• Refugee Assistance Program Workers

• Family Violence Family Law Project

Coercive Control Consulting
Coercive Control Trauma-Informed  Clinician Certification Training

​​Faculty: Dr. Cocchiola DSW, LCSW

Length: 14 hours

Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia

• Ethics & Standards of Dispute Resolution Professionals - Reflecting on the Standards of Conduct

• Managing High-Conflict Parents in and out of Court

• The Child’s Participation Rights and Access Points in Justice Processes

• Attachment, Parenting Plans and Child Contact Problems

• Assessments in Family Law Disputes 

• Parenting Time/Repairing the Disrupted Parent-Child Relationship

Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner Certification

Length: 1st year of 3 (in progress)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification (C-DBT): Practical Clinical Applications for Trauma, Comorbidities, Addiction

Faculty: Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT
Length: 20 hours

• Modules 1 through 3

Family Mediation Canada - Child Protection Mediation Certificate 

Faculty: Dr. Michael Saini

Length: 40 hours

• Child Protection Mediation

• Children’s Needs in the Context of Child Protection Proceedings

• Family Centered Proactive in Child Welfare

• Diversity Issues in Child Protection Mediation: State of Evidence of Child Protection Mediation

• Child Protection Mediation and the Essential Laws: Guiding Principles of Child Protection Mediation

• Mediation Process and Techniques in Child Protection Mediation

• Conflict Resolution Skills in Child Protection Mediation

• Working with Power Imbalances in Child Protection Mediation

• Trauma-Informed Child Protection Mediation; Spirituality in Child Protection Mediation

• Involving Children in Child Protection Mediation

Government of British Columbia

• Parenting After Separation

• Parenting After Separation for Indigenous Families

The Gottman Institute

• Clinical Training - Level One

• Clinical Training - Level Two

Harvard Law School

• Contract Law 

• Child Protection: Children’s Rights in Theory and Practice

• Mediation and Conflict Management 

Herzing College

• Screening for Family Violence

• Abuse, Power Balances

• Family Relations

• Family Mediation

• Family Law

• Advanced Family Mediation

Certification: Family Mediation Certificate

The High Conflict Institute 

Faculty: Bill Eddy LCSW, Esq.

Training: New Ways for Families Coach Training

Certification: New Ways for Families Coach

• Pre-mediation Coaching

• Decision Making

• Co-parenting

• Coaching Training

IFS in Action: Leading Clients to Self-Leadership

Faculty:
Richard C. Schwartz, PhD

IFS Therapy Immersion Training

Faculty:
Frank Anderson, MD
Deran Young, LCSW
Richard Schwartz, PhD
James Andralis, LCAT
Pamela Krause, LCSW
Toni Herbine-Blank, MSN, RN
Michael Elkin, MA, LMFT, NBCCH
Jeanne Catanzaro, Ph.D.
Cece Sykes, LCSW, ACSW
Chris Burris, LPC, LMFT
Paul Ginter, Ed.D.

Modules:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS): Development, Application and Transformational Model to Effectively Help Clients Improve Well-Being

• Attachment & IFS: Healing Trauma and Attachment Wounds that Befriend the Body

• Treating Complex PTSD with IFS

• IFS & Addictive Processes: Healing Wounds and Restoring Balance to the System of Parts

• IFS & Disordered Eating: Heal the Relationship Between Food and Body

• IFS Approaches to Shame, Anxiety, and Depression

• IFS & Couples Therapy: Using Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFCO) to Heal, Improve, and Provide Relationship Help

• IFS with Children & Adolescents: Using Parts Work to Help Young People Heal

• IFS Approaches with LGBTQ2IA+ Clients

• Healing Racial Trauma with IFS

• The Future of IFS

Intensive Anger Management Certification Training: Mindfulness-Based Tools for Impulse Control, Reduced Emotional Reactivity and Long-Lasting Change

Faculty:
Dr. Pavel Somov

Justice Institute of British Columbia

• Introduction to Critical Incident Stress Management

• Diversity & Trauma

• Vicarious Traumatization

• Navigating Intense Emotions in Conflict

• Applied Psychological First Aid

• Foundations of Conflict Resolution

Justice Institute of British Columbia
Family Justice Professional Training

Coursework:

• Substance Use in Family Justice

• Child Support Guidelines

• Family Violence: Impact on Separation & Divorce

• Effects of Separation & Divorce on Adults

• Effects of Separation & Divorce on Children

• Mediated Agreements and Related Court Orders

• Multicultural Family Justice

• Writing Children’s Needs Assessments

• Family Justice Services in BC

• Shuttle Mediation

Length:
Approx. 250 hours (in-class and otherwise)

Play Therapy Training: Innovative Interventions to Meet the Needs of Young Clients

Faculty:
Ana Gomez MC, LPC
Jackie Flynn, EdS, LMHC-S, RPT
David Crenshaw, Ph.D., ABPP, RPT-S
Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S
Marshall Lyles, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S
Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW, LISW-CP, ERYT, RCYT, RPT-S
Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S
Dan Siegel, MD
Robert Jason Grant, EdD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S
Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S
Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S
Amy Nelson, LCSW, LSCSW, RPT-S
Sophia Ansari, LPCC, RPT, & Josué Cardona, MS
Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S

Training:
Popular Play Therapy Approaches:

• EMDR & Play Therapy: A Multimodal Approach for Children

• Applying Polyvagal Theory to Your Play Therapy Practice for Safety, Connection & Healing

• Pathways to Attachment Security in Play Therapy

• Sand Therapy: A Powerful Tool to Create Safety and Healing for Trauma, Anxiety & More

Play therapy for Diverse Populations

• Creating Diversity in the Practice of Play Therapy: More Than Color, More Than Gender

• Creating a Safe Haven for Families in the Playroom to Rest, Refuel and Replenish

• The Power of Play: Promoting an IntraConnected Relational Experience of Self

Play Therapy for Opposition and Resistance

• Affirming Play Therapy Approaches - The Agent of Change for Neurodivergent Kids

• Creative Interventions for Engaging Resistant Children in Play Therapy: "I Don't Want to Talk About it"

• Big Behaviors in Small Containers: Trauma Informed Play Therapy Interventions for Dysregulation

Digital Play Therapy

• Tele-Play the Preschool Way! Interactive Play Therapy Interventions for Engaging Young Children

• Superheroes and Video Games: Creating Epic Adventures in Child & Adolescent Therapy

• Virtual Sandtray: Remaining Connected Through a Powerful Projective Intervention

Length: 30 hours

Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services (PATHS)
Screening for Family Violence, Abuse & Power Balances Understanding the Dynamics of Domestic Violence for Family Law Practitioners

Faculty:
Jo-Anne Dusel
Crystal Giesbrecht

Modules:

•  Types and Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence

•  Recognizing Risk Factors

•  Intersectionality and Impacts of Intimate Partner Violence  on Victims/ Survivors

•  Typology of Perpetrators

•  Coercive Control

•  Domestic Homicide Risk Factors

•  Children Exposed to and Experiencing Domestic/ Family Violence

•  Family Violence in The Divorce Act and The Children’s Law Act

•  The Impact of Trauma and Trauma Informed Practice

•  High Conflict Relationship vs. Abuse

•  Post-separation Abuse

•  Parental Alienation Allegations

•  Screening for Intimate Partner Violence 

•  Risk Assessment and Safety Planning

Length:
15 hours

Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse

• Traumatic Brain Injury and Intimate Partner Violence: Challenges for Survivors in Family Court

• Enhancing Responses to Survivors & Perpetrators of Strangulation in IPV

Dr. Robert Grant EdD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S

Training: Using Play Therapy Constructs with Adult Clients
Length: 6 hours

University of Salford
Master of Science, Psychology with a specialization in Coercive Control*

Somatic Experiencing™ International
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Training

• Somatic Experiencing® Beginning I (24 hours live training with Dea Parsanishi MED, CCC, SEP)

Stanford University

• Diversity Equity and Inclusion: Disparities in Healthcare

• Unconscious Bias in Medicine

• Identifying Early Signs of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults

• Communicating with Presence

Trauma Research Foundation
Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies*

Modules/Faculty:

• Understanding Trauma: Foundations
  Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• The Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma
  Jana Pressley Psy.D.

• The Nature of Trauma: Developmental Neurobiology, Neuroimaging Research and Effective Intervention
  Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• Neurobiology of Trauma Treatment: EMDR and New Research Directions
  Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• Adult Attachment Relationships
  Jana Pressley Psy.D.

• The Roles Intersectionality & Cultural Humility Play When Working with Diverse Client Populations
  Gary Bailey, MSW, ACSW

• The Field Guide for Barefoot Psychology: Making Psychoeducation Relevant and Scalable across Cultures
  Vivian Khedari-DePierro, PhD
  Michael Niconchuk, MSc

• Trauma Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory
  Stephen Porges, PhD
  Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• Trauma Assessment of Children and Adults
  Alexandra Cook, PhD

• Childhood Trauma: Impact and Long-Term Consequences
  Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• The Scope of Trauma Treatment: From Acute Interventions to Restoration of Self-Experience
  Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• Introduction to ARC: The Attachment, Regulation, and Competency Model
  Margaret Blaustein, PhD

• ARC & Supporting Regulation in Childhood
  Margaret Blaustein, PhD

• We Do Not Work Alone: Implementing and Sustaining Trauma-informed Systems
  Patricia Wilcox, LCSW

• SMART: Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment
  Elizabeth Warner, EdM, PsyD
  Alexandra Cook, PhD

• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice
  Pat Ogden, PhD

• Trauma, PTSD, and the Mind-Body Relationship
  Matthew Sanford

• Embodied Awareness
  Licia Sky, BFA

• Use of Play and Activity to Support Trauma-informed Treatment
  Steve Gross, MSW

• Trauma Processing with Children
  Michele Henderson, LICSW

• Making Connections: The Neuropsychology of Sandplay Therapy in the Treatment of Trauma
  Lorraine Freedle, LCSW, PhD, ABPdN, ABSNP, CST-T

• The Importance of Play in the Treatment of Trauma
  Dafna Lender, LCSW

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: A Model for Accelerated Change
  Deborah Korn, PsyD

• The DE-CRUIT Monologue Method: Treating Trauma Through Narrative Embodiment
  Stephan Wolfert, MFA
  Dawn Stern

• Working with Problematic Sexual Behavior in Children & Youth
  Tarah Kuhn, PhD
  Jon Ebert, PsyD

• Trauma & Altered States of Consciousness
  Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, FRCPC

• Internal Family Systems
  Richard Schwartz, PhD

• The Use of Internal Family Systems Model in Trauma Treatment
  Frank Anderson, MD

• Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach in Community, Hospital and Low-Income Settings
  Janina Fisher, PhD

• Trauma-informed, Spiritually aware: Considering spirituality in holistic self and client care
  Jana Pressley, Psy.D.

• Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma
  Jana Pressley, Psy.D.

• Neurofeedback Training as an Alternative Non-pharmaceutical Treatment Modality for Development Trauma
  Ainat Rogel, PhD, MSW, LCSW
  Diana Martinez, MD, MSc, PhD, BNC

• The Future of Trauma Interventions
  Bessel van der Kolk, MD

Length:
7 months

The Treehouse

Faculty: Kelsie Bacon, LCSW-S, RPT
Training: Pathological Demand Avoidance and Play Therapy
Length: 4 hours

Faculty: Kelsie Bacon, LCSW-S, RPT
Training: ADHD and Play Therapy: A Strengths-Based Perspective - Module 1 to 13
Length: 6 hours