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The Saskatchewan School-Based Mental Health Conference

OUR BEST SELLING CONFERENCE OF ALL TIME! Greetings! My non-profit, Lives in the Balance, is teaming up with Jack Hirose & Associates on The Saskatchewan School-Based Mental Health Conference. This conference will be taking place on May 10-12, 2017 in Saskatoon, SK.  We…

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The Ontario School-Based Mental Health Conference

OUR BEST SELLING CONFERENCE OF ALL TIME! Greetings! My non-profit, Lives in the Balance, is teaming up with Jack Hirose & Associates on The Ontario School-Based Mental Health Conference. This conference will be taking place on May 3 – 5, 2017 in Toronto,…

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Evidence-Based Treatment of Personality Disorders: Simple Techniques for Treating Your Most Difficult Cases

Individuals with personality disorders have long been considered the most challenging clients presenting in the clinical setting. Many patients initially lack motivation, most begin with poor insight, and some have such deeply engrained dysfunctional beliefs, unhealthy coping skills, and destructive…

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Proven & Effective Play Therapy Strategies with Children, Adolescents & Children of All Ages

This workshop will teach attendees how to use Play Therapy as an incredible method of communication and diagnostics. It will teach you how to interpret the ways in which children and adolescents play, the importance of what they play with/what…

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Evidence-Based Treatment of Anxiety & Related Disorders

This workshop provides training in evidence-based strategies for treating a range of anxiety and related disorders in adults and children. Dr. Antony will emphasize the importance of case formulation and core treatment principles that cut across anxiety based problems, including…

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Advanced Training 2 Day Intensive – Understanding & Helping Behaviourally Challenging Kids: Collaborative & Proactive Solutions

ADVANCED TRAINING  |  TWO-DAY INTENSIVE The 2 day intensive training provides participants with the opportunity to study key facets of solving problems collaboratively, including coverage and practice in specific areas of implementation in school and clinical settings. Because exposure to…

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: 4 Day Intensive Training in Banff

Jack Hirose and Associates has proudly sponsored many of Dr. David Burns’ two-day workshops over the past 10 years and during the past 7 years 1,500 therapists have attended Dr. Burns four-day intensives in Canada. The intensives will allow time…

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Evidence-Based Treatment of Anxiety & Related Disorders

This workshop provides training in evidence-based strategies for treating a range of anxiety and related disorders in adults and children. Dr. Antony will emphasize the importance of case formulation and core treatment principles that cut across anxiety based problems, including…

Read more

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…

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3 Day Mindfulness Intensive in Banff

Most of us live our lives running from task to task, distraction to distraction… Mindful awareness means paying attention to present moment experiences with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to be with what is. It is an excellent antidote to…

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The Pain Paradox: The “Third Wave” of Mindfulness-Compassion Based Approaches for PTSD & Complex Trauma

As our field matures, and currently-promoted therapies are tested in the real world, the limitations of some approaches to PTSD and complex trauma are becoming clear. Fortunately, researchers and clinical practitioners are discovering the power of new affect regulation interventions,…

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The Pain Paradox: The “Third Wave” of Mindfulness-Compassion Based Approaches for PTSD & Complex Trauma

As our field matures, and currently-promoted therapies are tested in the real world, the limitations of some approaches to PTSD and complex trauma are becoming clear. Fortunately, researchers and clinical practitioners are discovering the power of new affect regulation interventions,…

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Proven Strategies To De-Escalate Anger & Violent Episodes

UPDATE: This workshop is clinical presentation with techniques that can be used in practice. In this one-day clinical workshop, Dr. Nuckols will provide proven strategies and techniques to alter angry emotion, hostility and potentially violent behavior into positive corrective experiences.…

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Mindfulness & Beyond: Essential Clinical Skills

The trend of mindfulness research is sweeping the medical field. Is it radical enough? What is the latest research in mindfulness? How does the Buddhist perspective influence the way we see suffering and how we can best serve others? After…

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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…

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The Magic of Sand Trays

Because children are still developing, they lack the vocabulary and cognitive abilities to not only understand their world but discuss and process their experiences. Individuals who have experienced trauma often experience impairment to Broca’s area which is, in part, responsible…

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Proven & Effective Play Therapy Strategies with Children, Adolescents & Children of All Ages

This workshop will teach attendees how to use Play Therapy as an incredible method of communication and diagnostics. It will teach you how to interpret the ways in which children and adolescents play, the importance of what they play with/what…

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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,…

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Advanced Training 2 Day Intensive – Understanding & Helping Behaviourally Challenging Kids: Collaborative & Proactive Solutions

ADVANCED TRAINING  |  TWO-DAY INTENSIVE The 2 day intensive training provides participants with the opportunity to study key facets of solving problems collaboratively, including coverage and practice in specific areas of implementation in school and clinical settings. Because exposure to…

Read more

Making Sense of Anxiety & Related Problems

The escalating level of anxiety in our children begs for an explanation as well as a solution. Dr. Neufeld sheds light on this age-old problem, paving the way for natural interventions that can actually get to the root causes as…

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Making Sense of Anxiety & Related Problems

The escalating level of anxiety in our children begs for an explanation as well as a solution. Dr. Neufeld sheds light on this age-old problem, paving the way for natural interventions that can actually get to the root causes as…

Read more

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…

Read more

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Proven & Effective Play Therapy Strategies with Children, Adolescents & Children of All Ages

This workshop will teach attendees how to use Play Therapy as an incredible method of communication and diagnostics. It will teach you how to interpret the ways in which children and adolescents play, the importance of what they play with/what…

Read more

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Proven & Effective Play Therapy Strategies with Children, Adolescents & Children of All Ages

This workshop will teach attendees how to use Play Therapy as an incredible method of communication and diagnostics. It will teach you how to interpret the ways in which children and adolescents play, the importance of what they play with/what…

Read more

Proven & Effective Play Therapy Strategies with Children, Adolescents & Children of All Ages

This workshop will teach attendees how to use Play Therapy as an incredible method of communication and diagnostics. It will teach you how to interpret the ways in which children and adolescents play, the importance of what they play with/what…

Read more