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Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
What do we look for in a psychotherapist or a professional counsellor? When we’re in emotional pain, the answer probably isn’t academic knowledge, training in a particular approach, nor even life experience. Instead, we likely want someone who’s compassionate (able…
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
What do we look for in a psychotherapist or a professional counsellor? When we’re in emotional pain, the answer probably isn’t academic knowledge, training in a particular approach, nor even life experience. Instead, we likely want someone who’s compassionate (able…
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and T.E.A.M. Techniques in Whistler
Join Dr. David Burns this summer in Whistler, BC, for his fabulous four-day intensive on the treatment of depression and all of the anxiety disorders with advanced CBT and TEAM Therapy techniques. This intensive training offers unique and exciting learning…
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
Childhood abuse necessitates self-alienation: we must disown that humiliating “bad child” and work harder to be the “good child” acceptable to our attachment figures. In the end, we survive trauma at the cost of disowning and dissociating from our most…
2 Day DBT Intensive
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…
3 Day Intensive: DBT Made Simple
In this intensive 3-day workshop, DBT will be de-mystified and you will learn how to use this highly effective therapy to better treat your clients with problems managing emotions. Sheri’s unique workshops emphasize the flexibility of DBT and the benefits…
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…
Making Sense of Anxiety and 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…
Scared Stiff
Dear Prospective Participant, I was thrilled when Jack Hirose invited me to do my workshop in Calgary. We have worked together for more than 15 years, and I can tell you that Jack is simply THE BEST. He is totally…
Scared Stiff
Dear Prospective Participant, I was thrilled when Jack Hirose invited me to do my workshop in Calgary. We have worked together for more than 15 years, and I can tell you that Jack is simply THE BEST. He is totally…
Autism Spectrum Disorder
In this hands-on seminar you will discover what it is like to have a brain with autism. Once you experience the difference between a typical brain and a brain with autism, you will be able to design more effective and…
Autism Spectrum Disorder
In this hands-on seminar you will discover what it is like to have a brain with autism. Once you experience the difference between a typical brain and a brain with autism, you will be able to design more effective and…
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…
Proven and Effective Self-Regulation Skills
Our goal as educators is to empower our students to “think smart”. One way to achieve this goal is to help students understand their own learning brains. The more they can build the self-regulation skills they need, the more effectively…
Proven and Effective Self-Regulation Skills
Our goal as educators is to empower our students to “think smart”. One way to achieve this goal is to help students understand their own learning brains. The more they can build the self-regulation skills they need, the more effectively…
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…
Proven and Effective Self-Regulation Skills
Our goal as educators is to empower our students to “think smart”. One way to achieve this goal is to help students understand their own learning brains. The more they can build the self-regulation skills they need, the more effectively…
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…
Proven and Effective Self-Regulation Skills
Our goal as educators is to empower our students to “think smart”. One way to achieve this goal is to help students understand their own learning brains. The more they can build the self-regulation skills they need, the more effectively…
Somatic Interventions for Treating Complex Trauma
The techniques you’ll learn during this workshop will make even the most complex clients easier to treat – and the interventions you’ll learn directly address the underlying causes of post-traumatic stress. Dr. Fisher will give you tools from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy,…
3 Day Intensive: The Science of Emotion in Banff
There is much focus today on emotion. 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 now confirmed to be at the…
Autism Spectrum Disorder
In this hands-on seminar you will discover what it is like to have a brain with autism. Once you experience the difference between a typical brain and a brain with autism, you will be able to design more effective and…
Working with Oppositional, Defiant and Anger Issues in Children and Adolescents
Children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can present a monumental challenge to therapists, teachers, parents and siblings. ODD and other conduct problems are the single greatest reasons for referrals to outpatient and inpatient mental health settings for children, accounting…
Working with Oppositional, Defiant and Anger Issues in Children and Adolescents
Children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can present a monumental challenge to therapists, teachers, parents and siblings. ODD and other conduct problems are the single greatest reasons for referrals to outpatient and inpatient mental health settings for children, accounting…
2 Day DBT Intensive
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…