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    BC Association of Clinical Counsellors


    Continuing Competency Opportunities Postings


     

    This page lists sponsored events of general interest to mental health professionals. These events may or may not involve BCACC directly.

    For notices regarding workshops, training seminars and other Continuing Competency opportunities offered specifically by BCACC members, click here .

    (For the latest HTML version of "Calendar of Events"
    from the BCACC Newsletter, INSIGHTS, click here .)

    Please view our Advertising Guidelines

     
     
     
     
    UBC M.Ed. Counselling Psychology (focus: Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling)
    Online Program      
    Beginning September 2008
     
    Would you like to be part of the first professional Master’s program in Canada to address the vocational effects of neurological, physical, sensory, psychiatric, neuropsychological and pain-related disabilities?  Would you like to become a leader in Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling?

    The University of British Columbia (UBC) Master’s Degree with a focus on Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling offers an evidence-informed, state of the art, interactive, and engaging graduate program.  The program is offered online allowing you to complete your Master’s degree part-time in three years.

    This multidisciplinary program prepares practicing vocational rehabilitation professionals or those entering the profession for:
    • clinical practice in vocational assessment
    • individual and group counselling
    • job development and placement
    • return-to-work planning, and
    • case and disability management. 
    For additional information, admission requirements and application procedures please visit our website ( www.eplt.educ.ubc.ca/grad/mvrc.htm), or contact Dr. Izabela Schultz, Program Director, at 604-822-5251 or ischultz@telus.net, for program information.
     

     
     

    INTRODUCTION TO SKILLS TRAINING IN DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY

     

    PRESENTED BY: Kate Comtois, Ph.D.

     

    APRIL 11-12, 2008

    2001 NANTON AVE, Quilchena Terrace, Arbutus Club, Vancouver BC

     

    HOSTED BY: BC Psychological Association            BCPA CE CREDIT HOURS: 12.5

     

    SUMMARY: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT, Linehan, 1993), developed by Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D. at the University of Washington, is a comprehensive cognitive-behavioral treatment for borderline personality disorder, especially for those with chronic patterns of life-threatening or other severe dysfunctional behaviors. Research has shown DBT to effectively reduce suicidal behavior, dropout from treatment, psychiatric hospitalization, anger, and interpersonal difficulties. DBT also has been adapted to treating substance-abusing individuals with BPD, and shown to be effective for this population. This DBT Skills Training covers the fundamentals of DBT Skills Training by combining active practice of DBT skills with instruction on the nuts and bolts of teaching DBT skills in different treatment settings. This training is for those who want to learn to teach or to improve their teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills. Instructors will use lecture, videotape, skills practice assignments, role-play, homework review, and question and answer to provide participants with a practical and highly experiential learning environment.

     

    FOLLOWING THIS TRAINING, THE PARTICIPANT WILL BE ABLE TO:

    Accurately describe the content of four skills training modules of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

    Demonstrate understanding of relevant DBT strategies within psycho-educational skills training through discussion and role-play.

    Discuss how to organize and structure skills training classes for clients.

    Demonstrate understanding of how to treat therapy-interfering behaviors of clients and therapists through discussion and role-play.

     

    DETAILS & RECOMMENDED READING:www.psychologists.bc.ca/upcoming.html

     

    REGISTRATION OPTIONS:

    1. Click here to register online and save $5

    2. Call 604-730-0501

    3. Click here for details and to download brochure

     

     

    MARK YOUR CALENDARS! June 14, 2008 - Men and Depression: Assessment and Intervention - with Fred Rabinowitz, Ph.D. Hosted by the BC Psych Assn.




     

    WHAT THERAPISTS DON’T TALK ABOUT AND WHY: UNDERSTANDING TABOOS THAT HURT US AND OUR CLIENTS

    PRESENTED BY: BEVERLY GREENE, PH.D.

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2007
    555 SEYMOUR ST
    ATRIUM CONFERENCE ROOM

    Hosted by: British Columbia Psychological Association

    Attendees will learn how to:

    -         Identify “taboos” that negatively affect clinical practice.
    -         Identify the institutional factors that contribute to the formation of practice taboos.
    -         Clarify aspects of their own vulnerability as ingredients in the formation or perception of practice “taboos”.
    -         More constructively use ethics codes as guides to practice.
    -         Identify factors that contribute to the reluctance among professionals to reveal difficulty sorting out practice taboos or perceived infractions during supervision (in training and peer consultation).
    -         Develop greater comfort openly discussing “taboo” issues with peers.
    -         Click here for more details about the workshop and Dr. Greene


    Registration options:

     

    2. Call 604-730-0501
     
    ADVANCED READING RECOMMENDATIONS:
    Pope, K.S., Sonne, J., & Greene, B. (2006). What therapists don’t talk about and why:            understanding taboos that hurt us and our clients. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.
    White, Stephen. (2002). Warning signs. Delacorte Press.
     
    OTHER UPCOMING BCPA EVENTS
     
    -         October 12 - 14, 2007 - ADVANCED ACT with KELLY WILSON, PH.D.
    -         November 2, 2007 - PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY WORKSHOP with DEBORAH THOMPSON, PH.D. 
    -         January / February 2008 - ETHICS WORKSHOP with STEPHEN BEHNKE, J.D., PH.D., Director of Ethics, APA 
    -         March / April 2008 (tentative) - DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY with KATE COMTOIS, PH.D. 
    -         June 2008 - MEN AND DEPRESSION with FRED RABINOWITZ, PH.D.


     

    NEW DVDs on BRIEF THERAPY, NARRADRAMA, AND MULTIMODAL THERAPY
     FROM PSYCHOTHERAPY.NET

    New DVDs on Brief Therapy, Narradrama, and Multimodal Therapy (and more coming soon!)

    Down Every Year (http://www.psychotherapy.net/video/Bruce_Ecker_Down_Every_Year) shows Bruce Ecker, MFT conducting a masterful session of Depth Oriented Brief Therapy.  We think you'll be impressed as Ecker helps the client access and work through deep material in a single session.

    Exploring Narradrama (http://www.psychotherapy.net/video/Exploring_Narradrama_Pam_Dunne) showcases an innovative approach to working with teenage girls in a group home in Los Angeles.  Combining aspects of narrative and drama therapy, Narradrama is especially useful with challenging populations that need more than traditional sit-down talk therapy.

    Arnold Lazarus: Live Case Consultation (http://www.psychotherapy.net/video/Lazarus_Live_Consultation) shows this legendary founder of Multimodal Therapy (a form of CBT) providing consultation to therapists on difficult cases. This video is valuable both for learning about Multimodal Therapy as well as how this approach is applied in consultation or supervision.  Watch for videos coming very soon featuring Rollo May, Zerka Moreno and many others.

     

    If you would like to receive the Psychotherapy.net newsletter, and learn about the resources available at Psychotherapy.net, please subscribe to: (http://app.campaignerpro.com/Campaigner2FMain/Public/Form.aspx?fid=36655).

     



    BASIC TRAINING IN EMDR – PART TWO/LEVEL II

    BC School of Professional Psychology

    October 19-21, 2007

    The Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA) is extending a brief grace period in which to complete the Basic Training in the previous curriculum*.

    The British Columbia School of Professional Psychology is presenting an EMDRIA approved Part Two/Level II of the Basic Training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for therapists who have completed an EMDRIA approved Part One Training.

     Objectives of Course:

    The basic EMDR training is a two part course. Part Two training is necessary for the full therapeutic utilization and understanding of the myriad applications of EMDR.

       Learn the more proactive version of EMDR necessary for its full effective application

       Learn how to apply EMDR to a wide range of clinical diagnoses

       Learn how to customize the EMDR session to the needs of the client

       Learn additional strategies for dealing with abreactions and incomplete sessions

       Learn specialty applications of the EMDR methodology


    Instructor:   Marshall Wilensky, Ph.D., R. Psych.

                         EMDRIA Approved Instructor

     Format:        Lecture, discussion, demonstration, video – 9 hours
                         Supervised practice – 6 hours

    Dates:          October 19 - 21, 2007

    Times:          Friday 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm 

                       Saturday and Sunday 9:00 – 4:30

    Location:     3026 Arbutus @ 14th Street, Vancouver

    Tuition:        $700 (before Sept. 4, 2007), $750 (after Sept. 4, 2007)

                       Send cheque or money order only, made payable to BCSPP, to:

                       BCSPP, 406-1168 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC, V6B 2S2

    Approved for 2.5 units of Continuing Education by Canadian Counselling Association

    To register please to to www.emdrtraining.com or contact:

    Dr. Alivia (Scalzo) Maric  604-251-7275 or  amarica@shaw.ca


    *(For the new curriculum requirements, see www.emdrtraining.com)


     
    COUNSELLING ACROSS CULTURES SYMPOSIUM
     
    Western Washington University - Bellingham, W.A.
     
    October 27 - 28, 2007
     
     
    Counselling across Cultures Symposium, October 27 & 28, 2007, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Presenters are authors of Counselling across Cultures and Counselling the Culturally Diverse, and members of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research. Information on content, continuing education credit, and registration at: http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/~cvet/index.htm .



     

    HEALTH LITERACY NETWORK CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL
    HEALTH LITERACY MONTH
     
    Nominations due Oct 31, 2007
     
     
    Each October, the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities’ Health Literacy Network celebrates International Health Literacy Month. We ask people with disabilities throughout BC to tell us about health care workers and community agency staff who have ‘gone the extra mile’ for you. Based on your stories, we give an Access to Health award to two individuals and an “Honourable Mention to ten more. It’s your chance to say
    “Thank you!” to people who make a difference in your life!

    Why people are nominated
    Here are some quotes from nominations in past years:

    “I was always respected. Working with her renewed my confidence and my spirits and because of her assistance I am able to think about my future.”

    [She] “is a great social worker and has helped change my life!”

    “If you are not “quite yourself,” he wants to know what is wrong, personally or medically.”

    “…She has helped me in small ways like relocating my service dog’s dish to a classroom where it will not get tipped over as often … and in bigger ways like getting me a key for the elevator so I can get to the classroom whenever the building is open.”

    “She makes my life easier. [She] is very understanding about what I have to deal with. She is a very respectful person…”

    [She] “made me feel supported when I felt alone and distressed.”

    [He] “is a physician of splendid integrity. He treats me as a whole person. He tries to educate me and broaden my mind and gives me any information I need to improve my health.”

    Tell us your choice for the 2007 awards!
    Here’s what you need to do ...
    Read the Access to Health award guidelines carefully
    You must be a person with a disability
    You must live in BC
    Complete a nomination form (or call Shelley to nominate by phone)
    Send your nominations by 4:30 pm October 31, 2007
    Contact Shelley at the Health Literacy Network if you have questions. Phone 604-875-0188 (TTY 604-875-8835) or call toll-free and leave a message at 1-877-232-7400.

    Please help us spread the word by forwarding the Access to Health Awards poster pdf poster link to your friends, colleagues and mailing lists.

    Download the Access to Health award guidelines pdf guideline link
    Download the Access to Health award nomination form pdf nomination form

     

     

     A NATIONAL FORUM ON CANCER CARE FOR ALL CANADIANS

    Improving Access & Minimizing Disparities 

    November 1 – 3, 2007

    The Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites

    Vancouver, British Columbia

    The purpose of this national forum is to prepare an action plan for improving access to culturally competent quality cancer care for all Canadians. The following themes will be addressed: 1. Access: Service Utilization and Quality Care; 2. Systematic Cancer Care and Health Care Providers; 3. Research Methods, Data and Evaluation. The format for the symposium will include plenary, poster, instructional and paper sessions. Extensive opportunities are provided for networking with colleagues.

    For further information, a downloadable flyer, or to submit an abstract, please visit our website at www.interprofessional.ubc.ca or contact 604-822-7524 or via e-mail ipad@interchange.ubc.ca.


     

    ENDING RELATIONSHIP ABUSE SOCIETY 15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND AGM  "ACKNOWLEDGING OUR STRENGTHS: CREATING OUR VISION OF PEACE"
     
    November 2 - 3, 2007
     
    The Ending Relationship Abuse Society of BC is holding it's 15th Annual Conference and AGM entitled "Acknowledging Our Strengths; Creating our Vision of Peace" in Vancouver November 2 & 3rd, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Downtown. I have attached, to this email, the Registration Form that also includes brief descriptions of the plenaries and workshops along with other relevant conference information.
     
    This conference promises to be one of our best ever. For more information please visit www.erabc.ca or contact Dr. Harry Stefanakis at drharry@telus.net or Jim Kelly at jamesjkelly@shaw.ca
     

     

    EFFECTS OF A SECURE ATTACHMENT ON RIGHT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, REGULATORY CAPACITIES, AND INTERACTIVE REPAIR

    November 14 – 15, 2007

    Malaspina University, Nanaimo, BC

    BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT

    Vancouver Island Regional Education and Training Department presents essential training for all employees working directly with children and families

    Featuring Dr. Errol F. Leifer, Ph.D. ABPP ABPN

    Central Valley Children’s Hospital. Madera, California

    Sullivan Center for Children. Fresno, California

    November 14-15, 2007

    Malaspina University, Nanaimo, BC

    9 – 3:30 pm, Malaspina Theatre (www.mala.ca for location and parking)

    Workshop Description:

    Over the last ten years the basic knowledge of brain structure and function has vastly expanded to integrate developmental sciences with studies of human development. In this two-part workshop, the studies of dyadic affective communications and neuroscience will be integrated to provide a deeper understanding of the immediate effects of attachment on an infant’s brain development. This model suggests that adaptive infant mental health can be fundamentally defined as the earliest expression of flexible strategies for coping with the novelty and stress that is inherent in human interactions. This efficient right brain function is a resilience factor for optimal development over later stages of the life cycle.


    Join Us for Effects of a Secure Attachment… and You Will….

    Understand the underlying neurobiological regulatory structures and functions that predict secure attachment patterns

    Learn how a history of early relational trauma severely alters attachment dynamics and right brain neurobiology, and generates a predisposition for mental health disorders and dissociation

    Learn how this knowledge can be used by you to make decisions on issues of protection & placement, adoption, and can be used to treat attachment disorders

    Understand how this regulation model applies to the attachment relationship embedded in all subsequent relationships, including implications for understanding non-verbal interactions

    Registration and Information:

    If you require any additional information, or would like someone to make a presentation to your team about this workshop, please call Dr. L. Reynolds (250-954-4750) who would be pleased to meet with you.  Contact Dr. Reynolds for registration information.

     

    Tuition:

    MCFD, VIHA, MCFD contracted Agencies, & Aboriginal Child & Family Services: tuition courtesy of MCFD

    Private Practitioners: $ 75.00
     
     
     

     
    INTIMACY AND SEXUAL ABUSE: EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY IN THE WAKE OF TRAUMA
     
    Nov 16 - 17
     
    Vancouver, BC
     
    SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY INSTITUTE Founded by Pat Ogden, PhD Presents
    Intimacy and Sexual Abuse: Exploring Relationships and Sexuality In The Wake Of Trauma
    A workshop with Kekuni Minton, PhD Co-author with Pat Ogden, PhD of “Trauma and the Body:
    A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy” Trauma leaves one in a shattered and reactive state that carries the defensive reactions of the traumatic past into current relationships.  Intimacy necessitates the capacity to differentiate from one’s past reactive patterns and get present in the here and now.  How can these two realities be integrated?  In this workshop we explore how Sensorimotor (body) processing facilitates moving through trauma and toward differentiation and intimacy.
     
    Kekuni Minton, Ph.D., is a founding trainer of SPI and a faculty member at Naropa University. His doctoral thesis in clinical psychology focused on somatic relational therapy and he has special interests in meditation and cultural trauma. He was the resident psychotherapist at the Boulder County AIDS Project, and has presented at a variety of conferences internationally.
    DATE AND LOCATION
     
    Vancouver, B.C.
    Plaza 500 Hotel
    November 16-17, 2007
    Friday, 6pm-9pm
    Saturday, 9am-4pm – LUNCH SUPPLIED $ 225
    FOR FULL INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER CALL 1-604-938-3511 or
    Go to our website;  www:healthandemotionalwellnessseminars.com 
     

     
     TRAINING FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMA: Part I
     
    Begins December 7
     
    Vancouver, BC
     

     

     

     THE SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY INSTITUTE Presents “TRAINING for the TREATMENT OF TRAUMA: Part I” Traditional psychotherapy addresses the cognitive and emotional elements of trauma, but lacks techniques that work directly with the physiological elements, despite the fact that trauma profoundly affect the body and many symptoms of traumatized individuals are somatically driven.  Sensorimotor Psychotherapy based on contemporary research in neuroscience, attachment and trauma theory, integrates both cognitive and somatic methods in the treatment of trauma, attachment, and developmental issues. Attachment and developmental elements of the trauma survivor’s experience will be differentiated from the traumatic and somatic aspects, and participants will explore how to work somatically with each element and how to address their inevitable intertwining.

     

    In this 108-hour course, participants will learn the theoretical model and necessary skills to work with trauma using Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. 

    INSTRUCTORS:
    Pat Ogden, Ph.D. - Kekuni Minton, Ph D. –Celia Grand, LCSW, BCD
    Pat Ogden, Ph.D., has been a pioneer in somatic psychotherapy and the treatment of trauma and developmental issues since the late 1970's. Trained in a wide variety of somatic approaches, she is a Structural Integrator (Rolf Method), a cofounder of the Hakomi Institute, and faculty at Naropa University. 

    A frequent speaker at conferences internationally, she is the founder and director of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
    Plaza 500 Hotel  - Vancouver, B.C.
    16 Days in 4 Blocks of 4 Days
    The course entails 108 hours divided into equal blocks of 4 days each.
    Dec. 7-10, 2007, Feb. 1-4, 2008, May 9-12, 2008, June 27-30, 2008

    Tuition:
    Total tuition for the 108 hr. course $3,950 CND, Discount for registration prior to November 1, 2007

    FOR FULL INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER CALL 1-604-938-3511 or Go to our website;  www:healthandemotionalwellnessseminars.com


     
    DREAMS AND DREAM INTERPRETATION
     IN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
     
     
    A Weekend Workshop with Dr. Chris A. Shelley
    Hosted by the Adlerian Psychology Association of BC and the Alfred Adler Institute
    This workshop combines experiential and practical discussion for implementing dream work into counselling and psychotherapy practice.
     
    Together we will explore the following topics:
    • The science and psychology of dreams
    • Nightmares, ‘bad dreams’, and night terrors
    • Dream interpretation
    • Adlerian approaches to dream work
      Clinical uses of dreams
    Date:
    Saturday November 17th 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
    Sunday November 18th 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
     
    Location: 
    Century College,
    1788 West Broadway (at Burrard),
    Second Floor, (entrance directly beside Shoppers Drug Mart)
    Vancouver, BC.
     
    Fee: 
    APABC Members $300.00
    Non members $375.00
     
    Contact:
    email: info@adlercentre.ca
    website: www.adlercentre.ca
     
    Mailing address:
    Adler Centre, 230-1818 W Broadway
    Vancouver, BC, V6J 1Y9
    Tel. 604-742-1818
    Fax 604-742-1811
     
    Participants are encouraged to bring one of their own dreams to the workshop,
    preferably a recent one (if need be - we can work with earlier dreams).
    - coffee, tea and materials will be provided -

     
    UBC MASTER OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELLING

    Online Cohort Program

    Begins January 2008

    Application Deadline: October 1, 2007

    • Be part of the first professional Master's program in Canada to address the vocational effects of neurological, physical, sensory, psychiatric, neuropsychological and pain-related disabilities.
      Engage in understanding, critiquing and improving vocational rehabilitation research, policy & practice.
    • Broaden your perspectives on vocational rehabilitation and develop your vocational rehabilitation assessment, both clinical and occupational, and intervention skills - within a background of Canadian content.
    • Learn advanced counselling skills for working with clients with complex disability and employment issues.
    • Transfer knowledge between research and practice in addressing the needs and, ultimately, the health and employment, of Canadians living with disabilities.
    • Become a leader in Vocational Rehabilitation Counselling.
    • Complete your Master's degree conveniently, in three years.
     
    For more information about the program, please visit: http://www.eplt.educ.ubc.ca/grad/mvrc.htm
     


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    Except where specifically indicated, the opinions expressed in these notices are strictly those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors, its officers, directors, or staff. The publication of any advertisement by the B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors is not an endorsement of the advertiser, or of the products or services advertised. The B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors is not responsible for any claims made in advertisements. Advertisers may not, without prior consent, incorporate in a subsequent advertisement the fact that a product or service has been advertised in a publication of the B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors.

     

       


     

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