Programs of Interest
Mount Sinai Fellowship
The Kenneth Citron Family Medicine Psychotherapy Fellowship
One position will be created for graduating family medicine residents or graduated practitioners wishing to pursue a 1 year fellowship in psychotherapy at Mount Sinai Hospital. This is a competitive position; a demonstrated commitment to developing expertise in psychotherapy must be evident in the application. The yearly position (starting July 1 of each year) will be full-time. The Fellowship will allow the fellow to: enhance time-limited psychotherapy skills in modalities appropriate to the family medicine setting and philosophy of care; further develop rigorous skills in psychiatric assessment and care; develop a research question and project pertinent to the practise of family medicine psychotherapy; etc. For more information:
http://www.dfcm.utoronto.ca/prospectivelearners/prosres/compare.htm
Counselling and Psychotherapy in Family Medicine
A Five-Weekend Learning Program
An interactive program offered by the Department of Family and Community Medicine of the University of Toronto, which provides an intensive, year-long introductory course on current approaches and techniques, to help physicians increase their knowledge and clinical skills in office counselling and psychotherapy. Designed with busy family physicians in mind, it runs across 5 weekends - from September to June - to minimize practice disruptions. Small group-mentoring takes place twice between each weekend, at times determined by each group. A total of 70 credit hours. Dr. Mel Borins: 416-533-6488, melborins@hotmail.com
Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
This course is offered by the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society & Institute to mental health professionals interested in learning about the ideas and theories of psychoanalytic therapy. It combines teaching of basic concepts of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with presentation of clinical cases and explanations of therapy techniques. It starts in September and runs for 24 weeks. It is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for 24 MAINPRO-M1 credits. www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
Ontario Collaborative Mental Health Care Network
An ongoing mentorship program developed by the Ontario College of Family Physicians. It connects family doctor mentees to psychiatrist and GP psychotherapist mentors through telephone, email and faxes. Mentees may contact their mentors on an informal basis for advice in the areas of diagnosis, psychotherapy and pharmacology, as well as for guidance and support. Small group meetings and formal CME workshops take place regularly. An Annual Conference is held each February. www.ocfp.on.ca/English/OCFP/CME/CMHCN/
Primary Mental Health Care Certificate Program
This three-part program is offered by the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Toronto, to family physicians providing mental health care. Parts 1 and 2 are a blend of didactic and case-based presentations that run from October to May, each for 16 credit hours. Part 3 is a Summer Training Institute in CBT (June) or IPT (August) that runs over 3 days, for 18 credit hours. Lathifa Sykes: 416-603-5734, lathifa.sykes@uhn.on.ca
Advanced CBT Course: Supervised Applications
This intensive program offered by New Realities Eating Disorders Recovery Centre is for mental health professionals who wish to learn theory and skills for working with eating disordered clients. The program includes assessment skills, knowledge of the complexities of the underlying issues, co-morbidities, working with families, utilizing experiential techniques such as psychodrama, art therapy and guided imagery. The course runs 3 three-day weekends over 6 months for Basic Clinical Training and 6 three-day weekends over 12 months for Advanced Clinical Training. Course begins September 2007. For more information: www.newrealitiescan.com Contact: newrealities@rogers.ca or 905 763-0660 or 416 921-9670
Educational Events of Interest
As part of its online professional development information, the GPPA maintains a list of educational events which may be of interest to its members and to primary care physicians who provide psychotherapy. To list an educational event on this webpage, please forward the name of the event, date, location, accreditation, and website address of the organization hosting the event to info@gppaonline.ca.
Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute
For registration or more information, contact Connie Kim at ckim@mtsinai.on.ca or call 416-586-4800 X8419
BURLINGTON
Managing High Conflict Clients: Ethics & Risk Management, June 25th, 2012, Bill Eddy
This training will address common ethical challenges presented by high-conflict clients including standards of practice and tips for managing the counter-transference, which often occurs. Bill Eddy will discuss dealing confidently with the court system as a therapist, as an expert and as a defendant. Lastly, it will address risks of client violence toward others and toward professionals, with tips for managing and reducing these risks. This seminar will address the general principles and methods of working with high conflict clients while maintaining ethical professional behavior and managing risks.
E-Mail: Register@SOSWorkshops.ca, visit www.SOSWorkshops.ca or call Solutions On Site 226-268-2307
TORONTO
Toronto Psychoanalytic Society Seminars: 2011 – 2012 Programs
Toronto Psychoanalytic Society (TPS) is a not-for-profit association of professional psychoanalysts engaged in the development and advancement of clinical psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic thought in Toronto. It was founded in 1965 as a branch of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society (CPS), a component society of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) founded by Freud, with headquarters in London, England.
Extension Programs:
- PROGRAM THREE: Understanding Attachment Theory and Inner-World Development, Using Film
- PROGRAM FOUR: Studying Lacan
- PROGRAM FIVE: Psychoanalytic Understanding of Work Groups and Organizational Dynamics
- PROGRAM SIX: The Relevance of the Body, Sex, Money, and Intra-Psychic Conflict in Contemporary Clinical Practice
Extension Program Special Series - Clinical Understanding of Trauma using Bion’s Approach
Coordinator: Rafael Lopez-Corvo
Pre-conceptual traumas, genetically structured from absences, constitute highly toxic emotional parasites, or beta elements, that inhabit the mind, feed on time and space, inhibit processes of symbolization and reproduce incessantly, thereby determining not only all forms of psychopathology, but also the idiosyncrasy of each individual.
The Extension Programs are an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
For more information, contact info@torontopsychoanalysis.com, call 416-922-7770 or register online: www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
Saturday, March 10, 2012
SPECIAL TPS&I FILM PRESENTATION: Swathi Kiranam (Shooting Star) – Salman Akhtar and Madhusudana Rao Vallabhaneni
Accreditation: This event has been accredited as a group learning activity, as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and of the College of Family Physicians.
For more information about the SPECIAL TPS&I FILM PRESENTATION, contact info@torontopsychoanalysis.com, call 416-922-7770 or register online: www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
April 12, 21,26, may 3, 10 and 17, 2012
Extension Program Special Series READING LACAN II - Coordinator: Judith Hamilton - Instructors: Doran Almagor, Claire Lunney and Clive Thomson
Registration Fee : $ 150
For more information about the tps&i Extension Program, contact info@torontopsychoanalysis.com, call 416-922-7770 or register online: www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
Saturday, April 28, 2012
ANNUAL DAY IN PSYCHOANALYSIS: Envy: Normal and Pathological - Carolyn Ellman and Steven Ellman
Accreditation: The Annual Day in Psychoanalysis has been accredited as a group learning activity, as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and of the College of Family Physicians
For more information about the tps&i Annual Day in Psychoanalysis, contact info@torontopsychoanalysis.com, call 416-922-7770 or register online: www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
Saturday May 5 2012
Genders Now, Gender Then and a Thought on Sex with Dr. Ken Corbett, Ph.D., Dr. Muriel Dimen, Ph.D., Dr. Virginia Golder, Ph.D., Dr. Adrienne Harris, Ph.D.
Presented by The Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Drs. Corbett, Dimen, Goldner, and Harris will each give a talk on facets of modern psychoanalytic gender theory, with an eye toward clinical practice.
Matters such as gender regulation, gendered embodiment, gender variation, and perversion will be addressed.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
University of Toronto, Northrop Frye Hall
73 Queens Park Crescent East, Toronto, ON
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Register ONLINE now!
For more information about the TICP Training Programs and ongoing events, please contact
416.288.8060 visit www.ticp.on.ca or email suzanne_pearen@rogers.com
Saturday, May 12, 2012
ATPPP 36TH SCIENTIFIC SESSION: Under the Skin - Alessandra Lemma and Carol J. Moore
Accreditation: The ATPPP 36th Scientific Session has been accredited as a group learning activity, as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and of the College of Family Physicians.
For more information about the tps&i ATPPP Scientific Sessions, contact info@torontopsychoanalysis.com, call 416-922-7770 or register online: www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
May 26 2012
Scientific Workshop: UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS THROUGH THE LENS OF ATTACHMENT THEORY Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM with Elizabeth Tuters, Sally Doulis and Susan Yabsley (Hincks-Dellcrest Children’s Mental Health Centre &Toronto Psychoanalytic Society )
Registration Fee : $ 150
Clinical case studies will be presented starting with Infant – Parent relationships. Video clips will be shown focusing on the quality of the relationship as the primary factor of change in the treatment process.
For more information please contact info@torontopsychoanalysis.com, call 416-922-7770 or register online: www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
June 3 2012
Trauma Talks: Advancing the Dialogue on Trauma-Informed Care, June 3, 2012 - Christine Courtois, John Briere, Laura Brown, Sandra Bloom, Catherine Classen, Steve Gold, Candace Schachter and more - Presented by Women's College Hospital
Join us for a one-of-a-kind day of talks and discussion with experts in psychological traum and practitioners in the mental health field as we consider what it means to be trauma-informed, why it's important, and how to build trauma-informed care across specialities and professions.
Location: One King West Hotel, Toronto - includes lunch and coffee breaks
$189 for early bird professionals, $95 for early bird full-time students
$199 for professionals, $105 for students after May 1 2012
Fore more information, please visit our website http://www.traumatalks.ca or contact Debbie at 416-323-6400 X4313 or debbie@traumatalks.ca
Advanced Training Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ATPPP)
The ATPPP is a program of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society (TPS) that is designed to help front-line mental health professionals apply the knowledge and clinical techniques from psychoanalysis to their work with patients and clients. The ATPPP is a two-year program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, with a new class starting every two years. It was inaugurated in 1991 and has graduated over seventy candidates from a wide variety of disciplines, including social workers, psychologists, family doctors, psychiatrists, nurses, lawyers, and clergy. During the rigorous training, candidates develop a sophisticated understanding of the clinical techniques and theoretical complexities of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and its application to a wide range of patient/client populations.
This program is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. On graduation, a diploma is conferred by the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society, and a certificate of completion is issued by the Office of Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. The program meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for 280 MAINPRO-M1 credits. It is recognized under Section 1 of the Framework for Maintenance of Certification of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. www.torontopsychoanalysis.com
The Centre for Mindfulness Studies - Practicum for Clinicians
Monday evenings: Feb 6, 13, 27; Mar 5; April 2, 16, 30; May 14, 28; June 11 8:30 - 4:30 pm
This 10 session practicum will take participants through the 8 week MBCT program, orientation and day long silent retreat where they will function as participant-observers and facilitators. Those involved will take on a variety of roles in the practicum: teaching, providing and receiving feedback and developing skills of inquiry. Readings and home practice will be an essential part of the program. Relevant background will be provided in the areas of mindfulness, research and CBT.
Facilitators: Patricia Rockman MD, CCFP, FCFP, assisted by David Denis MD
For more information, visit www.mindfulnessstudies.com or call 647-524-6216
LONDON
Level 1 Training for the Treatment of Trauma Sensorimor Institute,
Six Weekend Modules Starting March 2012, London, Ontario
Anne Westcott and Linda J ooke
The Sensorimotor Psychotherapy™ Training for the Treatment of Trauma presents simple body-oriented interventions for tracking, naming and safely exploring trauma-related somatic activation, creating new competencies and restoring a somatic sense of self. Students will learn effective, accessible interventions for identifying and working with disruptive somatic patterns, disturbed cognitive and emotional processing, and the fragmented sense of self experienced by so many traumatized individuals. Techniques are taught within a phase-oriented treatment approach, focusing first on stabilization and symptom reduction. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy can be easily and effectively integrated into psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and EMDR-focused treatments.
For details visit www.sensorimotor.org , email trainings@sensorimotor.org, 1-800-860-9258
Attachment in Adolescents: A Treatment Model for Insecure Attachment, April 23rd, 2012, Anne Kussin, MSW, RSW
This workshop will explore Attachment in Adolescents and examine the categories of attachment as they develop in adolescents. Annette Kussin will present the latest information on brain development in adolescence and its implications for adolescent therapy. A model of treatment will be presented that focuses on helping adolescents have awareness of their early history and its influence on their present sense of self and patterns in relationships. The model will incorporate helping the adolescent make changes in their present relationships so that they can enter adulthood with the capacity for Secure Adult Attachments.
E-Mail: Register@SOSWorkshops.ca, visit www.SOSWorkshops.ca or call Solutions On Site 226-268-2307
Enabling Eleven Core Strategies For Self Help After Traumatic Bereavement, May 7th, 2012, Dr Therese Rando
The purpose of the workshop is to present an integrative model of self-help following traumatic bereavement. Eleven core areas of intervention created by sudden, traumatic death are identified and strategies are outlined for addressing them. Emphasis is placed on helping attendees enable mourners to work with these core issues independently of treatment.
The workshop is also suitable for those wanting essential intervention strategies that can be incorporated into ongoing treatment with traumatized mourners.
E-Mail: Register@SOSWorkshops.ca, visit www.SOSWorkshops.ca or call Solutions On Site 226-268-2307
Record Keeping & Note Taking For Professionals in Human Services, May 11th, 2012, Robert Solomon
This practical and informative one day workshop that addresses the importance of good record keeping policies and practices for those working in the Health Care System and for professionals working in the field of Human and Social Services. Learn how to anticipate and avoid legal problems and liability. Clarify your understanding of the expectations and obligations of record keeping and report writing.
E-Mail: Register@SOSWorkshops.ca, visit www.SOSWorkshops.ca or call Solutions On Site 226-268-2307
OTTAWA
Self Psychology and Contemporary Relational Theory - 12 week program
A 12 week (bi-weekly) Introductory Course in Self Psychology and Contemporary Relational Theory is being offered at a central location in Ottawa, by Wendy Paterson, a experienced psychotherapist and senior candidate at the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. This course will provide therapists with a broad overview of contemporary thinking in psychodynamic theory and research. Theoretical understanding informs our clinical responsiveness. Participants will learn a range of ways of understanding clinical interactions thereby increasing their capacity for empathy, optimal responsiveness and deepening the therapeutic process. Time will be structured to provide a balance between theoretical and clinical discussion. 24 CEU's (CCPA) credits are available for this program. Wendy Paterson, 613.220.1779, wepaterson@psychotherapyottawa.com ; www.psychotherapyottawa.com
OSHAWA
Oshawa Psychotherapy Training Institute - http://www.oshawapsychotherapytraining.com/
HALIFAX, NS
Logosynthesis Basic Level, April 21-22 2012 - Christina Toplack MD CFPC and Trish North Med CCC
Come and learn this innovative, elegant and effective therapeutic tool in beautiful Nova Scotia. Logosynthesis allows for the recognition and systematic resolution of self-limiting patterns and opens the door to health and fulfillment. This 2 day seminar introduces the model, the method, and the philosophy behind Logosynthesis. By the end of this experiential workshop, participants will nwo how to apply this method to patients and themselves.
Cost: $375 Early Bird Rate to March 23, 2012 is $345
Location: 2936 Somerset Avenue, Halifax, NS
For more information, visit www.logosynthesis.net and download the free Ebook entitled "Restoring the Flow"
Registration: Contact Trish North at tnorth@ns.sympatico.ca or call 902-454-6626
OTHER LOCATIONS
The following organizations provide Educational Events for your consideration:
Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education - http://www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/
Leading Edge Seminars - http://www.leadingedgeseminars.org/
New England Educational Institute - http://www.neei.org/aboutus/default.aspx