Continuing Education

This workshop draws on community-based Indigenous research and national reports, engaging attendees in understanding how they may better serve Indigenous people, from Indigenous perspectives.

Due to popular demand, this workshop expands on the original Indigenous Wisdoms in Practice: Land-Based Tools for Wellness workshop, going deeper into the technical aspects of integrating iyiniwak (Indigenous) wisdoms into therapeutic practice.

We live in an alternative reality of a prolonged and severe health pandemic. Long COVID (or Post-COVID syndrome) is a complex and multi-faceted post-viral illness affecting millions of children and adults worldwide. Long COVID is a life-changing illness that is misunderstood and often met with stigma and medical gaslighting, including by psychologists. The current prevalence of Long COVID is one out of every five adults and one out of every four children, with numbers considered low due to lack of testing and formal diagnosis. This two-part webinar will provide psychologists, counsellors, and mental health therapists with an overview of the current research on how Long COVID impacts children and adults, strategies to avoid the damage of stigma and medical gaslighting, and evidence-based and novel approaches to assessment, interventions, and advocacy. Current research, case studies, and lived experiences will be highlighted.

This full-day workshop will provide psychologists with an in-depth, practical understanding of addiction and its intersection with trauma, mental health, and functional recovery.

This workshop draws on community-based Indigenous research and national reports, engaging attendees in understanding how they may better serve Indigenous people, from Indigenous perspectives.

Due to popular demand, this workshop expands on the original Indigenous Wisdoms in Practice: Land-Based Tools for Wellness workshop, going deeper into the technical aspects of integrating iyiniwak (Indigenous) wisdoms into therapeutic practice.

Is private practice for you? If you are already in practice, how is your business sense? This workshop examines many aspects of being a successful private practitioner, from personal characteristics to marketing to selecting office space and the types of insurance you may need.

This seminar will provide a broad overview of the CAP registration process and the licensing exams required to practice as a psychologist in Alberta.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not rare and it typically starts early in life. Too often it goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for many years. Clients living with OCD are often offered therapy strategies that actually backfire and make their symptoms worse. In this workshop, we will be discussing the gold standard treatment for OCD called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). This evidence-based therapy is significantly underutilized by mental health practitioners. The workshop provides an overview of family-based ERP treatment planning for OCD and anxiety issues.

Ethical decision-making can be complex at times. This interactive workshop focuses on the how and what of the ethical decision-making process.

This presentation explores decolonizing the brain, drawing on the work of Dr. Michael Yellow Bird, a leading Indigenous neuroscientist and scholar who calls for healing the impacts of colonization through mindfulness, ceremony, and Indigenous knowledge systems. Combined with the Mi’kmaq guiding principle of Two-Eyed Seeing, this session offers an integrative framework for healing that honors both Indigenous and Western understandings of the brain, trauma, and resilience.