Programs of Interest
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.
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.caor call 416-586-4800 X8419
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
Oshawa Psychotherapy Training Institute - http://www.oshawapsychotherapytraining.com/
Essentials of Family Therapy: Part 1 (September 17 & 18, 2010)
Presented by Kenneth Kwan, Ph.D., RMFT, C.Psych.
This 2-day workshop will provide an overview of the current theories and research, core therapeutic strategies, and the clinical applications of family therapy. Participants will learn current theoretical and empirical understanding of families from a systemic perspective, clinical considerations in the applications of family therapy, family life cycle and developmental challenges, core ingredients in family therapy across therapeutic models, basics of family assessment, and core therapeutic skills in family therapy and how to structure family therapy sessions - from intake to termination. Other areas to be covered include communication, parenting, family life distress, addiction, domestic violence, and mental health issues in respect to the family development stages, intensity of conflict, and nature of disorders.
The Many Faces of Addiction 2010
September 23rd and 24th, 2010
This addiction symposium will provide an interactive experience of learning and discussion and will include topics ranging from the neurobiology of addiction and recovery, to clinical practice techniques in treating addiction and other mental health disorders, to the practical issues of managing addiction in the workplace.
http://www.bellwood.ca/education-events-details.php?id=9 For more info please contact Jennifer Lezcano @ 416-847-0752 or jlezcano@bellwood.ca
Social Stories Immersion Workshop: New Advances for ASD and other Social-Communication Challenges with Carol Gray (9am-4.30pm, Sept. 30, Toronto)
This innovative approach is an evidence-based practice and has been shown to improve behaviour in social situations. Social Stories is a trademarked process and can only be taught by people authorized by The Gray Center. This is a rare chance for intensive training with the creator of Social Stories herself and Carol will be giving you the latest revisions on how to best develop this tool.
Helping Kids with ASD Adjust to Daily Life Changes with Carol Gray (9am-4.30pm, Oct. 1, Toronto)
This workshop explores strategies to provide systematic and comprehensive support in teaching children with ASD how to handle the unanticipated twists and turns that are a part of each day (loss of a favourite item, a change in routine, etc.) as well as greater setbacks (illness or death of a friend or special person, loss of a friendship, losses suffered due to being bullied).
Self or No Self: Buddhist Psychology in Clinical Practice with Michael Stone (9am-4.30pm, Oct. 14-15, Toronto)
One of the primary differences between a Buddhist approach to healing and Western models, is the emphasis on seeing how feelings, thoughts, and other holding patterns, can be experienced with significantly less reactivity and storytelling. In this workshop, we will look at Buddhist theory and practice and integrate it with specific techniques that can be applied in clinical practice.
Essentials of Couple Therapy: Part 1 (October 15 & 16, 2010)
Presented by Kenneth Kwan, Ph.D., RMFT, C.Psych.
This 2-day course will provide an overview of couple therapy and its clinical applications using an integrative approach. The goal of couple therapy is to address conflicts and distress that arise in this context of an intimate relationship. Participants will learn current theories and research in couple therapy, clinical applications of couple therapy, adult attachment and relationship development processes in couple relationships, communication process and the interaction cycle, common issues of distress in couple relationships, assessment strategies and tools in couple therapy , and core therapeutic strategies in couple therapy.
Kids in Chaos: Restoring Balance in Relationships with Kids and Teens with Gabor Maté, MD (9am-4.30pm, Oct. 22, Toronto)
Back by popular demand, Dr. Maté will present a psycho-social perspective to understand and address behavioural difficulties and loss of resilience in children and teens.
Training in Compassionate End of Life Care with Frank Ostaseski (9.am-4.30pm, Oct. 25-26, Toronto)
This program is designed to support healthcare providers and caregivers to develop pragmatic skills and essential competencies in the psycho-social aspects of dying, strengthen individual capacity for compassionate service, and enhance spiritual development.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Panic Disorders with Dr. Michael Ottawa (9 am - 5pm, Oct 28, Toronto)
Mental Health Services at Toronto East General Hospital will host a workshop on Thursday October 28th 2010 9am to 5pm conducted by Dr Michael Otto. The topic is Cognitive behaviour Therapy for Panic Disorders. Dr Otto is Professor and Director of the Translational Research Program at the Centre for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Attendees will learn: A cognitive behavioural model of Panic Disorder; the delivery of exposure and cognitive interventions for the disorder; signposts of successful clinical change; treatment outcome and innovative findings for cognitive behaviour therapy. Registration fee: $80 prior to Sept 28th 2010, $95 after Sept 28th 2010. For further information, contact Alison Licht M.A. C.Psych Assoc at alich@tegh.on.ca or 416 4696580 X65
Experiencing Joy and Healing Through the Body with Daniel Leven (9am-4.30pm, Oct. 30-31, Toronto)
In this workshop, we will learn to unpack the body’s inherent capacity for joy and awaken joy through movement and dance. You will be guided in a safe and freeing process that allows your inner dancer to emerge and you will discover moments of moving with joy.
The New Science of Love and Bonding—Creating Connection through EFT in Couples Therapy with Sue Johnson, EdD (9am-4.30pm, Nov. 4, Toronto)
Emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT) offers a unique perspective on how to use the power of emotion and the new science of adult attachment to create significant, lasting change in couple relationships. This workshop will cover the key elements of EFT practice. You will learn how to work with key change events and specific interventions designed to undo the vicious cycle of toxic couple dynamics.
Beyond the Basics in EFT—Dealing with Challenges in Couples Therapy presented with Sue Johnson, EdD (9am-4.30pm, Nov. 5, Toronto)
If you are already familiar with EFT, this workshop will take you to the next level. It will offer specific interventions on overcoming the pitfalls encountered by all therapists who are working with distressed couples and find themselves repeatedly caught up in the surface-level bickering and hostilities. You will receive practical feedback on how to use EFT, how to skillfully introduce and implement enactments, and how to troubleshoot when an enactment threatens to melt down and feed into existing demon dialogues.
Therapeutic Interventions with Children and Families in High Conflict Separation/Divorce Situations: Part 1 (November 5 & 6, 2010)
Presented by Helen Radovanovic, Ph.D., C.Psych.
This 2-day course will provide an overview of various models and interventions used with high-conflict families. Participants will learn to utilize their psychotherapy training and experience to effectively work with these children and their families. The following topics will be covered: Characteristics of high conflict families, understanding the effects on children, the “Divorce Impasse” Model, current legal and clinical approaches in managing and treating high conflict cases, differentiating high conflict from abuse and alienating behaviour, individual counselling with children, decreasing parental conflict and systemic approaches to working with estranged, and alienated children and their parents.
Deconstructing Trauma—Memory exposure, mindfulness and existential awareness with John Brière, PhD (9am-4.30pm, Nov. 11-12, Toronto)
Medical model approaches to trauma tend to focus on the psychopathology of adverse experience. This new workshop, by leading scientist and clinician, John Briere, breaks new ground by demonstrating that it is not trauma exposure, per se, that is the ultimate problem, nor is the solution necessarily a quasi-medical procedure.
The Brain That Changes Itself: The Neuralplasticity Revolution for Helping Professionals with Norman Doidge, MD (9am-4.30pm, Nov. 19, Toronto)
Neuroplasticity is the property of the brain that allows it to change its structure and function through mental experience. Neuroplasticity can help refine existing practices and approaches in a wide range of settings that include psychotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, social work, and education. Dr. Norman Doidge is the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of “The Brain That Changes Itself.” This is his first Toronto workshop for a professional audience on using the mind to change the brain for helping professionals.
OCD and Perfectionism with Martin Antony, PhD, ABPP (9am-4.30pm, Nov. 26, Toronto)
This seminar provides training in evidence-based strategies for assessing and treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), perfectionism, and related problems, with an emphasis on how to manage challenging cases.
Creative Family Therapy Techniques presented by Liana Lowenstein, MSW (9am-4.30pm, Dec. 3, Toronto)
Children are often excluded from family therapy because many practitioners don’t know how to effectively engage them. Creative activities in family therapy such as games, art, puppets, and storytelling can help engage and facilitate the participation of all family members regardless of age.
Process Experiential—An Emotion-Focused Approach to Therapy: Part 1 (December 3 & 4, 2010)
Presented by Dr. Jeanne Watson, Ph.D., C.Psych.
This 2-day course will provide an overview of the conceptual foundation and core therapeutic components of PE-EFT. An active, evidence-based, integrative approach to therapy, PE-EFT focuses on helping people become aware of and express their emotions, learn to tolerate and regulate them, reflect on them to make sense of them and transform them. Participants will learn the core techniques to facilitate their client’s experience of emotions as they arise and discover for themselves the value of greater awareness and more flexible management of emotions. The following topics will be covered: Distinctive features of the PE-EFT - Neohumanism and therapeutic principles, Process-Experiential Emotion Theory: Emotion Schemes, empathic attunement, validation and creating an alliance.
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy : A 2 Day Workshop (December 10 & 11, 2010)
Presented by Shelley McMain, Ph.D., C.Psych.
This 2-day course will provide an overview of DBT. Participants will learn how to explain the DBT biosocial theory and competently structure DBT sessions. Core treatment strategies for managing difficult behaviours and avoiding therapeutic impasses will be presented. As a treatment model, DBT aims to e nhance behavioural capabilities, improve motivation to change (by modifying inhibitions and reinforcement contingencies), assure that new capabilities generalize to the natural environment, structure the treatment environment in the ways essential to support client and therapist capabilities, and enhance therapist capabilities and motivation to treat clients effectively