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2 Day DBT Intensive: Using DBT To Treat Emotion Dysregulation Disorders
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a treatment originally designed to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD). In recent years it has been increasingly used to treat many other disorders because of its usefulness in treating clients unable to manage emotions. Following…
The Science of Emotion
*NEW* Suitable for Adult Focused Clinicians There is much focus today on children’s emotions. Constructs like emotional intelligence, emotional self-regulation, emotional well-being and emotional social learning are being bandied about like never before. Emotion, long dismissed as a nuisance factor,…
The Science of Emotion
*NEW* Suitable for Adult-Focused Clinicians There is much focus today on children’s emotions. Constructs like emotional intelligence, emotional self-regulation, emotional well-being and emotional social learning are being bandied about like never before. Emotion, long dismissed as a nuisance factor, is…
Facing the Tornado: Working with Difficult Couples in Emotionally Focused Therapy | Live Q&A Session
Special q&a session with Professor, Researcher and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Sue Johnson Join Sue for a special Q&A session where she will summarize the attachment oriented, EFT perspective on working with difficult couples, both escalated and withdrawn, and emotionally injured couples. Participants…
EFT with Trauma Survivors: Building Safe Haven Relationships | Live Q&A Session
SPECIAL Q&A SESSION WITH PROFESSOR, RESEARCHER AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, DR. SUE JOHNSON Join Sue for a special Q&A session where she will summarize the attachment oriented, EFT perspective on working with trauma survivors. Participants will have the opportunity to partake in a live…
CBT 2 Day Boot Camp: Practical Treatment Strategies That Will Help Your Clients Improve Tomorrow
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the most empirically supported therapeutic app roach for multiple psychiatric disorders. It is widely considered the “gold standard” treatment for a variety of issues. Most mental health professionals claim to do “some CBT,” but many clinicians…
Advanced CBT for Insomnia & With Comorbid Conditions: A Client-Centred, Evidence-Based Approach
Many clinicians are familiar with the basic strategies of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, but when it comes to implementation in their practice, they can become stuck when encountering difficult cases. The solution to this problem is to provide advanced…
Healing Broken Bonds: Traumatic Attachment and Affect Dysregulation
In the context of trauma, attachment failure is inevitable, leaving behind a lasting imprint on all future relationships, including the therapeutic one. Instead of experiencing therapy and the therapist as a haven of safety, the traumatized client will be driven…
Two-Day DBT Intensive: Using DBT to Treat Emotion Dysregulation Disorders
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a treatment originally designed to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD). In recent years it has been increasingly used to treat many other disorders because of its usefulness in treating clients unable to manage emotions. Following…
CBT 2 Day Boot Camp: Practical Treatment Strategies That Will Help Your Clients Improve Tomorrow
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is the most empirically supported therapeutic approach for multiple psychiatric disorders, and is widely considered the “gold standard” treatment for a variety of issues. Most mental health professionals claim to do “some CBT,” but many clinicians in…
Two-Day DBT Intensive: Using DBT to Treat Emotion Dysregulation Disorders
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a treatment originally designed to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD). In recent years it has been increasingly used to treat many other disorders because of its usefulness in treating clients unable to manage emotions. Following…
Emotional Disorders: Practical Strategies for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Anxiety, Depression, Anger, and Perfectionism
This workshop provides an in-depth understanding of evidence-based approaches to the conceptualization and treatment of emotional disorders, including anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma, depressive disorders, problem anger, and maladaptive perfectionism. Symposium participants will receive comprehensive training in a…
Healing & Treating Trauma, Addictions and Related Disorders Conference
Canada’s 7th Annual Premier Psychotherapy Conference: Healing & Treating Trauma, Addictions, and Related Disorders: Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce Canada’s 7th annual Premier Psychotherapy Conference: Healing and Treating Trauma, Addictions and Related Disorders will be hosted in Edmonton, Alberta, on…
Mindfulness Inside & Outside the Therapy Hour: 3 Day Intensive Training
Clinicians are enthusiastically discovering that mindfulness practices can enlighten and enliven their lives, both inside and outside the therapy hour. These techniques hold great promise for personal development and as a powerful method to enhance virtually all forms of psychotherapy.…
High-Speed Treatment of Depression & Anxiety Disorders: Advanced CBT 4-Day Intensive
In this four day advanced CBT intensive, Dr. David Burns will show you how to greatly accelerate recovery from depression and anxiety disorders. You will learn how to use a multitude of powerful and innovative treatment methods, including Paradoxical Agenda Setting, Positive Reframing,…
The Manitoba CBT & DBT Clinical Skills Conference
Learn clinical skills for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy from six of North America’s leading experts. Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce the Manitoba CBT + DBT Clinical Skills Conference will be hosted in Winnipeg, MB on June…
The Vancouver CBT & DBT Clinical Skills Conference
Learn clinical skills for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy from six of North America’s leading experts. Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce the Vancouver CBT + DBT Clinical Skills Conference will be hosted in Vancouver, BC on…
Shame & Self Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma
Shame often prevents your traumatized clients’ recovery and hampers their ability to find relief and perspective despite effective treatment. Feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy interfere with taking in positive experiences, leaving only hopelessness. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn effective experiential…
High-Speed Treatment of Depression & Anxiety Disorders: Advanced CBT 4-Day Intensive
In this four day advanced CBT intensive, Dr. David Burns will show you how to greatly accelerate recovery from depression and anxiety disorders. You will learn how to use a multitude of powerful and innovative treatment methods, including Paradoxical Agenda Setting, Positive Reframing,…
Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training: For Crisis Intervention & Relapse Prevention
Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is being experienced in the present moment, with a non-judgmental and non-reactive attitude. Over a decade of careful research has led to the recognition among CBT researchers and clinicians that integrating mindfulness training with cognitive…
Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training: For Crisis Intervention & Relapse Prevention
Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is being experienced in the present moment, with a non-judgmental and non-reactive attitude. Over a decade of careful research has led to the recognition among CBT researchers and clinicians that integrating mindfulness training with cognitive…
Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training: For Crisis Intervention & Relapse Prevention
Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is being experienced in the present moment, with a non-judgmental and non-reactive attitude. Over a decade of careful research has led to the recognition among CBT researchers and clinicians that integrating mindfulness training with cognitive…
Working with Stuck Kids
Not everyone grows up as they get older. The construct of psychological immaturity has been with us as an intuitive concept for ages, but only recently has developmental science advanced to a state where it can now yield effective strategies and interventions to address…
Working with Stuck Kids
Not everyone grows up as they get older. The construct of psychological immaturity has been with us as an intuitive concept for ages, but only recently has developmental science advanced to a state where it can now yield effective strategies and interventions to address…
Canada’s 8th Premier Psychotherapy Conference: Healing and Treating Trauma, Addictions and Related Disorders
Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce Canada’s Premier Psychotherapy Conference: Healing and Treating Trauma, Addictions and Related Disorders will be hosted in three cities this year: Richmond, British Columbia, on November 30, December 1 and 2, 2015; Winnipeg, Manitoba,…