Confronting Suicidal Ideation and High-Risk Behaviour has a particular focus on the human aspects of high-risk behavior seen from both the perspective of the client and the professional. This course addresses: ... Read more

Lived Experience & Recovery Network and PeerWorks are delighted to announce the 5th Annual Peer Support Strong Conference, which will be held virtually!

This webinar introduces key concepts from the book Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (Routledge, 2021). This session challenges the traditional top-down approaches to trauma and addiction, advocating for a transformative, body-centered appraoch. The Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (FSPM) integrates Gendlin’s Felt Sense with Porges' Polyvagal Theory, offering practitioners a new ... Read more

Do you ever experience client no-shows, incomplete homework tasks or withdrawals from therapy? Would you feel more effective if you had a method for addressing these patterns to enhance engagement ... Read more

Mark your calendar for the 17th Annual Brain Injury Conference, taking place on February 7, 2025 at the Beanfield Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto. This is a conference you do NOT ... Read more

Cultural competency has long been a cornerstone of healthcare and mental health service delivery, especially in response to increasingly diverse populations. While the concept emphasizes tailoring care to meet diverse ... Read more

In this training, participants will engage in a conversation about race-based historical trauma in racialized communities, as well as the trauma responses and characteristics present among racialized parents and caregivers. We ... Read more

Join this interactive opioid overdose simulation workshop, using virtual reality headsets. The goal is to walk through the steps for recognizing and responding to an opioid overdose and administering naloxone ... Read more

Are you a provider who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour? Do you find it challenging to prioritize and practice self-care after working in the field of ... Read more

We are excited to continue our employment series with CAMH's Employment Works! and Collaborative Learning College. Join us for our first session of 2025 to discuss developing and pursuing your ... Read more

This webinar is designed to deepen social workers' understanding of Black racial trauma and its impact on relationship-building within the Black community. This session will explore the philosophical foundations of Black racial trauma, examining its root causes and how it manifests both at the community and individual levels. Participants will gain practical tools and strategies ... Read more

This presentation will explore the nature of insomnia and the application of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) as a proven, non-pharmacological treatment for insomnia. It will cover the causes ... Read more

This training integrates current research from the fields of neuroscience, psychology and social work to demonstrate how individuals respond to traumatic experiences. The principles of Trauma-informed practice (TIP) will be ... Read more

Join Dr. Mahavir Agarwal, Scientist, Psychiatrist and Lead of the Metabolic and Clozapine Clinics at CAMH to learn about navigating the impacts of mental health medications on weight. This session ... Read more

This workshop will offer you the key ideas and practices of narrative therapy in clear, useable ways that can be taken into your everyday work in any setting. Karen is well known for her ability to translate the complexities of narrative practice into understandable language. She will offer you both the fundamentals of foundational theories ... Read more

This conference is presented by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness as the summation of their Making the Shift Networks of Centres of Excellence grant. Over three days, we’ll bring together researchers, service providers, lived experts, advocates, and thought leaders from Canada and abroad to mobilize cutting-edge research on prevention and ... Read more

Intergenerational trauma continues to manifest and to be evident in our First Nation communities, and in Indigenous peoples and families despite not directly experiencing the trauma. This trauma, passed down, ... Read more

This full day workshop will explore the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (FSPM), a radical approach to treating trauma and addiction that challenges the current models of treatment by deconstructing the conventional top-down, capitalistic, and white supremacy-based paradigms. Developed over forty years of clinical practice, the FSPM is rooted in five interconnected theoretical frameworks that celebrates ... Read more