Professional development opportunities online
Always online: Therapeutic approaches in the age of chronic screen use
Live webinar by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute
Facilitator(s): Jake Ernst, MSW, RSW
Date(s): August 13, 2026 | 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. PT (9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET)
Registration fee: $240 with code BCACC20 (reg. $300)
Learn practical, brain-based strategies to assess and treat problematic screen use, support self-regulation, and build healthier digital habits.
Learn more at: https://cvent.me/wVzWPm
Website: www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Contact: [email protected]
BCACC members & affiliates save 20% on all programs with code BCACC20, not valid with other offers.
Integrating an adult attachment approach to psychotherapy
Live webinar by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute
Facilitator(s): Devra Igra, MSW, RSW
Date(s): August 10 and 11, 2026 | 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. PT (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET)
Registration fee: $240 with code BCACC20 (reg. $300)
Deepen your practice with adult attachment therapy to foster secure, lasting change.
Learn more at: https://cvent.me/Ey5BX8
Website: www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Contact: [email protected]
BCACC members & affiliates save 20% on all programs with code BCACC20, not valid with other offers.
Supporting neurodivergent children and youth: Improving access and treatment outcomes in mental health, educational and residential setting
Live webinar by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute
Facilitator(s): Katy Albert, M.Ed., OCT, BCBA
Date(s): July 21 and 23, 2026 | 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. PT (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET)
Registration fee: $240 with code BCACC20 (reg. $300)
Gain practical, evidence-informed strategies to better affirm, engage, and support neurodivergent children and youth—improving access and outcomes.
Learn more at: https://cvent.me/lq4yMr
Website: www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Contact: [email protected]
BCACC members & affiliates save 20% on all programs with code BCACC20, not valid with other offers.
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for procrastination: New perspectives in mental health
Live webinar by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute
Facilitator(s): Sanjay Rao, MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPC, MBA.
Date(s): July 15, 2026 | 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. PT (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET)
Registration fee: $120 with code BCACC20 (reg. $150)
Understand the psychology of procrastination and learn a structured CBT approach to address it across clinical settings.
Learn more at: https://cvent.me/Q5vVKb
Website: www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Contact: [email protected]
BCACC members & affiliates save 20% on all programs with code BCACC20, not valid with other offers.
Trauma and substance use: Supporting youth clients who use substances with compassion
Trauma and substance use: Supporting youth clients who use substances with compassion
Live webinar by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute
Facilitator(s): Leora Rich, MSW, RSW
Date(s): July 8, 2026 | 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT (1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET)
Registration fee: $120 with code BCACC20 (reg. $150)
Build foundational knowledge and practical approaches to support youth navigating trauma and substance use.
Learn more at: https://cvent.me/ZgQ8en
Website: www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Contact: [email protected]
BCACC members & affiliates save 20% on all programs with code BCACC20, not valid with other offers.
Teenage relational violence: A framework for recognition, assessment, and prevention
Live webinar by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute
Facilitator(s): Marshall Korenblum, MD, FRCP (C).
Date(s): July 8 and 13, 2026 | 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET)
Registration fee: $240 with code BCACC20 (reg. $300)
Strengthen your clinical approach to youth relational violence, cyber-bullying, family impact and mental health with evidence-based research and actionable clinical insights.
Learn more at: https://cvent.me/4o2oNl
Website: www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Contact: [email protected]
BCACC members & affiliates save 20% on all programs with code BCACC20, not valid with other offers.
Certificate for new supervisors: Supervisor training for health and human services professionals
Live webinar by SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute
Facilitator(s): Susan Geary, PhD, and Marion Langford, M.Ed.
Date(s): July 7, 9, 14, 16, 2026 | 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET)
Registration fee: $960 with code BCACC20 (reg. $1,200)
Supervision and leadership in the helping professions come with unique challenges that require tailored solutions. This training for new supervisors certificate program offers practical leadership and supervisory tools specifically designed to address these distinct challenges. Build the confidence and skills to lead effectively, from setting expectations and managing performance to coaching staff, navigating challenges, and fostering strong, supportive teams.
Learn more at: https://cvent.me/mWAbRa
Website: www.sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Contact: [email protected]
BCACC members & affiliates save 20% on all programs with code BCACC20, not valid with other offers.
Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)
January 29 – 31, 2027, February 26 – 28, April 2 – 4, April 3o – May 2,
May 28 – May 30, June 25 – 27, 2027
9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Online via Zoom
81 CEC/CEU
Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)
Family Therapy Training
Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST) is rooted in the wisdom and work of world-renowned psychotherapist Virginia Satir. The Level 1 STST program provides:
- Practical skills for facilitating deep, transformational change with clients.
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Ways to expand internal resources and develop congruent client connections.
STST integrates evidence-based experiential therapy with a systemic, positively directional, and change-focused approach, leading to neurological transformation.
Counsellors and therapists will learn to:
- Utilize experiential processes to access healing Life Energy.
- Facilitate change in clients’ intrapsychic and relational systems.
- Establish safety and connect with clients’ internal experiences.
- Identify and transform survival communication and coping patterns.
- Set positively directional therapeutic goals.
- Help clients access and strengthen internal resources.
- Map internal processes and guide behavioural, emotional, and perceptual change.
- Support clients in integrating and maintaining transformational change.
Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific
Applications of Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST)
12-day Online Experiential Training Program for Satir Model Practitioners
October 16, 17, 18, November 20, 21, 22, 2026 and January 8, 9, 10, February 12, 13, 14, 2027
2:30 pm to 8:00 pm PACIFIC TIME – Online via Zoom
57 CEC/CEU
Applications of Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST)
SIP’s Applications of STST program is for advanced Satir Model practitioners. While most Satir Model practice has been at the process level, advanced practitioners need to incorporate the deeper levels of meaning and energy in their work. We will focus on how to bring about change at these levels with our therapeutic clients.
This program will look at aspects of therapy where clients are working with impacts of depression, anxiety, pain, attachment and Use of Self. We can understand and work with individuals beyond the D.S.M. (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of APA), looking at working successfully with the root causes instead of symptoms.
Let’s go back to the roots of the Satir Model and explore what is now possible with all the increased understanding of the healing process.
This program will also look at how the Satir Model has changed, evolved, and developed over time, as well as looking at what has been added from other schools and authorities to mix with the Satir Model.
We will have 12 days, “becoming more fully human” and deepening our therapeutic work with clients.
Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific
Freedom Through Forgiveness Can Be Yours!
October 30, November 6 & 13, 2026
Online via Zoom
2:00 pm to 7:30 pm PACIFIC TIME
Freedom Through Forgiveness Can Be Yours!
Online Via Zoom
14.25 CEU/CEC
Not forgiving is a kind of soul sickness that saps our energy and keeps us from fully accessing clear Life Energy to fuel our walks in life. It represents a kind of “stuckness” which is fuelled by our anger, disappointment, fears, and pain which block our healing and growth. Our injuries drain our spirit with great costs to our physical, emotional and spiritual health. They also keep us from being able to be fully present with our clients who struggle with their pain from not forgiving.
This online workshop will emphasize the freedom that is yours through full acceptance of where you are in the forgiveness journey and experiencing ways to heal the impacts of your pain that keep preventing you from experiencing full forgiveness of your Self and others. Your transformational healing will enable you to transcend the most hurtful of circumstances. Your freedom will then enable you to re-claim your inner vitality and release any lingering bitterness, shame, guilt, or fears. You will emerge feeling much more fully alive!
Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific
STST Introductory Session
July 17, 2026 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Online via Zoom
With Anastacia Lundholm, SIP Director of Training
Are you interested in learning more about Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy?
- Do you ever feel stuck or blocked when connecting with your clients, co-workers, and personal connections?
- Do you want to experience dynamic, experiential therapy sessions that lead to lasting change and healing?
- Do you want to increase connection and acceptance in relationships with SELF, others and context?
Sign up today for our three-hour introductory session on the Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Model (STST). You will receive a taste of transformational experiential learning and an opportunity to increase internal peace, empowerment, and integration.
Attendees will receive 3 hours of instruction taught by a qualified Satir trainer to begin a practice of authentic and meaningful self-growth. Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST) Introduction Session Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific
— Early Bird Deadline Approaching — VANCOUVER SUMMER COHORT: EMDRIA Approved EMDR Basic Training
Dates: June 11–13 & July 16–18; 9–5:30pm
Virtual Consultations: June 23; July 7; July 28; August 11; 6–9pm
Our Vancouver EMDR Basic Training meets EMDRIA standards, offered in a vibrant, in-city summer setting. With warm weather and an energized atmosphere, clinicians often find the learning experience more engaging, focused, and alive.
Led by local trainers, this program is grounded in the Vancouver clinical community. We maintain active connections with EMDR therapists in the region and support participants beyond the training, creating continuity into clinical practice.
A larger group offers diverse perspectives, dynamic discussion, and strong peer connections, alongside structured practice and consistent facilitator support.
Instructors: Alivia Maric, Ph.D., R.Psych & Eve Wilensky, MA, RCC
Eligibility: Master’s-level training in a mental health discipline; registration with a professional body; or graduate student in practicum/internship with supervision.
Format: Lecture, discussion, demonstration, video (20 hrs); supervised practicum (20 hrs); online group consultation (10 hrs)
Tuition: $2,415 (early bird final day is April 30); $2,625 thereafter. Payment plans available through registrar.
Registration: www.emdrtraining.com
Contact: Alivia 604-251-7275 | [email protected]
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