Fall 2022 Brochure by jackhirose

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Mental Health & Education Workshops REGISTER ONLINE: jackhirose.com

In Person Training

P.10

DBT Skills to Treat Clients, Maximize Therapeutic Gains & Reduce Therapist Burnout

*Online Training Available

Vancouver - November 21 & 22, 2022 Calgary - November 24 & 25, 2022

Y E A R S O F WO R K S H O P S

Trauma Competency Training

P.10

*Online Training Available

edmonton - DEC 1 & 2 Vancouver - Dec 5 & 6

Sheri van dijk, msw, rsw

eric gentry, ph . d .

ONLINE Training - REgister at webinars.JACKHIROSE.COM Clinical Supervision.................................................................... P.4

Advanced Mindfulness Toolbox............................................ P.6

- George Harman, Psy.D.

- Donald Altman, M.A.

Managing Sleep Problems in People................................ P.4 with Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, or Pain

Integrating Acceptance & Commitment...........................P.7 Therapy (ACT) to Enhance Your Interventions

- Colleen Carney, Ph.D.

- Richard W. Sears, Psy.D

Advanced Self-Regulation...................................................... P.4

Helping People Living with Suicidal Intensity...............P.7

- Varleisha Gibbs, Ph.D.

- Sally Spencer-Thomas, Psy.D.

Suicide & Self-Harm in Adolescents...................................P.5

Self-Compassion Skills Training.......................................... P.8 for Mental Health Professionals

- Tony Sheppard, Psy.D.

IFS & Polyvagal Theory..............................................................P.5

- Tim Desmond, LMFT

- Alexia Rothman, Ph.D.

The Cannabis Primer................................................................... P.8

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Skills Training......................P.5

- Zachary Walsh, Ph.D.

- Jennifer Sweeton, Psy.D.

Racial Trauma & Minority Stress........................................... P.9

Proven and Effective Intervention Strategies............... P.6 for Burnout, Stress, and Compassion Fatigue

- Lillian Gibson, Ph.D.

- Eric Gentry, Ph.D.

- Ann Saffi Biasetti, Ph.D.

Disordered Eating........................................................................ P.9

Fall 2022 | Counselling focused

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Looking for referrals? WORK WITH US We recognize that a continuum of care is critical for the ongoing success of our clients at SCHC and GSWC. For this reason, every one of our clients’ posttreatment plan includes a recommendation for skilled, caring therapists in their home community who are able to continue the work clients started here.

Kerry Mandy

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU If you are a therapist or a coach who is interested in partnering with us contact us at 866.487.9010 TESTIMONIALS “Working with Sunshine Coast has been a wonderful collaborative process, and so important for the clients to maintain their journey towards sobriety. I am very happy to continue serving our mutual clients and helping them live their best lives!” —Rod Jordao. MC As a practitioner with a private practice I have been lucky to collaborate with an organization such as SCHC.

Although being my own boss and working for myself is really important to me, I still feel like I am part of a team that believes in me and what I do and whose philosophy is one that resonates with mine. I have also really enjoyed working with the clients of SCHC as their post treatment counsellor as these become men and women who have undergone profound personal transformation at the Centre and I get to share in the honour of continuing to walk with them in their journey towards a better future. — Ana Claudia Noufal, RCC

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Earn certification through in-person or online workshops and conferences or take a predesigned certification program.

Program Overview

Available Certifications

Jack Hirose and Associates is proud to offer certification through the Hirose Institute. Since founding our company in 1998, we have provided professional training to over 100,000 mental health and education professionals. We have worked closely with Canadian association boards during this time to provide quality accredited training approved by the Canadian Psychological Association, The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation, The Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists, The Indigenous Certification Board of Canada and many more.

General • Certificate in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Training

Certification will provide our participants with the opportunity to highlight the skills attained at our workshops, conferences, and online events, and showcase this training for use in their professional portfolios or private practice. Participants will have two years from the course completion date to apply for eligible certification. We hope this program will be a valuable addition to the programs and services we offer.

Fees

• Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills Training • Certificate in Trauma Treatment • Certificate in Eating Disorder Treatment • Certificate in Anxiety and Depression Disorder Treatment • Certificate in Indigenous Mental Health and Holistic Wellness Child and Youth Focused • Certificate in Enhancing Skill Deficiencies and Learning Disabilities in Children and Adolescents • Certificate in Emotional and Behavioural Interventions in Children and Adolescents • Certificate in Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents

How to Apply Step 1: Gather proof of course completion by downloading your certificate. Step 2: Register for the certification program HERE

• $99 Administrative Fee

Step 3: Fill out the application form and upload the required information.

• $25 Certificate Fee – for mailed hardcopy certificates, digital copies available no charge.

Step 4: Please allow 6-8 weeks for your application to be reviewed.

Program Requirements

Step 5: Once your certification has been reviewed your certificate is available for download.

Participants must take a minimum of 30 credits to be eligible for an Associate Certificate. Courses must be completed within a two-year period.

Eligibility Courses are valid 2 years from course completion date.

For more information please visit our website. www.jackhirose.com/upcoming-workshops/certification

Counselling Focused - ONLINE TRAINING George Haarman, Psy.D., lmft, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist currently in private practice.

October 18 & 19, 2022 Registration will close on October 17, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $449 (Tax not included) FT Student $359 (Tax not included) All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com Colleen Carney, Ph.D., is one of the leading experts in psychological treatments for insomnia, particularly in the context of co-occurring mental health issues. October 25, 2022 Registration will close on October 24, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included)

Live Streaming on October 18 & 19, 2022

This two-day course was developed for experienced, post-graduate, licensed clinicians who are interested in or have been providing clinical supervision. It is an intermediate level course designed to introduce practitioners to best practices for providing clinical supervision. The presentation reviews models of clinical supervision and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each model, details building blocks for the provision of competent supervision, discusses individual versus group supervision, suggests various observation models to enhance feedback and demonstrates constructive feedback strategies. As supervision is often a multicultural experience, potential supervisors are taught to identify personal values, biases and expectations and utilizes skills, techniques and strategies for supervising diverse populations. Every discipline recognizes the importance of clinical supervision in training new practitioners and has established specific guidelines related to supervision, this course reviews the major ethical issues involved in supervision, discusses key legal issues associated with supervision and provides specific risk management strategies to address these ethical and legal issues This experiential, in-depth seminar details the supervisory process, answers your questions about ethical issues, risk and liability, and prepares you to deliver competent clinical supervision.

Live Streaming on October 25, 2022

In this program, Dr. Carney provides easy‐to implement Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) strategies for insomnia, especially with those who have co‐occurring trauma, anxiety, pain and depression. The program presents information about sleep regulation, core cognitive & behavioural strategies and adaptations for particularly complex cases.

Learning Objectives 1. How to assess for insomnia, as well as conditions that may be contraindicated for insomnia CBT 2. How sleep is regulated 3. How to calculate a time‐in‐bed prescription 4. How to collaborate with clients on a sleep schedule

All fees are in Canadian dollars.

6. Cognitive strategies for excessive mentation

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7. Treatments that address sleep‐interfering cognitions

Varleisha D. Gibbs, Ph.D, OTD, OTR/L, is the Vice President of Practice Engagement and Capacity Building at the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

Live Streaming on October 26, 2022

Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included)

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Managing Sleep Problems In People with Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, or Pain

5. The rationale for Stimulus Control

Registration FEE

12 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Clinical Supervision: Providing Effective Supervision, Navigating Ethical Issues & Managing Risk

FT Student $199 (Tax not included)

October 26, 2022 Registration will close on October 25, 2022.

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8. Ways to adapt treatment components

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Advanced Self-Regulation: Practical Strategies & Interventions for Children & Adolescents Sought after occupational therapist, Dr. Varleisha Gibbs PhD, OTR/L guides you on a journey. Dr. Gibbs walks you through the foundations for selecting appropriate interventions for children displaying challenging behaviours such as hyperactivity, aggressiveness, self-stimulatory, and inattentiveness amongst other concerns. You will leave ignited by revelations exposed in Dr. Gibbs’ presentation. While the content is evidence-based, the workshop provides a simplistic connection of research based and clinically proven neurological approaches to addressing self- regulation. We will navigate the connections between neurobiology and the various sensory strategies, techniques, and equipment to use when working with children with challenges with self-regulation. This content provides approaches related to diagnoses such sensory processing disorder, Trauma, Autism, and ADHD diagnoses. Treatment techniques to be analyzed include: mindfulness, social skill programs, music and movement, and respiratory-based techniques.

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Counselling Focused - ONLINE TRAINING Tony Sheppard, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist and certified group psychotherapist with more than 20 years of experience with children, adolescents and young adults. October 27, 2022 Registration will close on October 26, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included)

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Live Streaming on October 27, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Suicide & Self-Harm in Adolescents: Effective Assessment and Intervention Strategies for Young People in Crisis All too often clinicians are faced with a suicidal or self-harming young person in their office. The despair felt by these youth and their families is frequently palpable. Even the most competent professional can be left feeling overwhelmed and ill-prepared to offer guidance and hope. Therapists and other helping professionals can find it daunting to sort through the legal, clinical, ethical, and personal issues that these serious challenges can bring up. This workshop offers structure, understanding, and hope to professionals. It is only through gaining these for themselves that clinicians are able to show their clients the paths toward recovery. Through the strategies taught in this workshop, the professional can more easily guide youth and their families back to psychological health. Professionals learn key skills in understanding, assessing, and treating suicide and self-harm in a way that protects them and produces better outcomes for their clients.

All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com Alexia Rothman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Atlanta, GA, since 2004. She is a Certified Internal Family Systems therapist, an international speaker and educator on the IFS model. November 3, 2022 Registration will close on November 2, 2022. Registration FEE

Live Streaming on November 3, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

IFS and Polyvagal Theory: Healing Through Compassionate Connection Despite the diversity of content that brings clients to therapy, difficulty regulating their emotional experience is at the heart of their struggles. Clients can feel hijacked by extreme emotional states, uncomfortable in their own skin, or think or behave in ways they wish they wouldn’t. Polyvagal Theory (PVT) helps us understand what is happening on a biological level when our clients are emotionally dysregulated or stuck in adaptive survival states, such as fight, flight, freeze, or numb. Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) offers a compassionate, non-pathologizing approach to healing the wounded, burdened, and traumatized parts of clients’ systems and increasing internal harmony and connection. This workshop explores the integration of IFS therapy and Polyvagal Theory to help clinicians more safely and effectively use the IFS model in treatment.

Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included)

Learning Objectives

All fees are in Canadian dollars.

1. Identify the basic principles of Polyvagal Theory and how PVT can inform and enhance application of any psychotherapeutic modality.

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2. Discuss how understanding Polyvagal Theory can help therapists implement IFS more safely and effectively, especially in the systems of clients with complex trauma.

Jennifer Sweeton, Psy.D., M.S., is a licensed clinical psychologist, bestselling author, and internationally-recognized expert on anxiety and trauma, women’s issues, and the neuroscience of mental health.

Live Streaming on November 4, 2022

November 4, 2022 Registration will close on November 3, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included) All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Skills Training Research is increasingly showing the importance of working with the body when treating trauma. Sometimes referred to as “bottom-up techniques,” somatic (or body-based) work is often critical when helping clients recover from PTSD and other trauma or stressor-related disorders. However, many evidence-based therapies de-emphasize somatic work, focusing instead on “top-down,” or cognitive techniques. While top-down techniques can be immensely helpful, they can also be ineffective if taught too soon, before bottom-up techniques are mastered. This is because of how the brain is naturally wired, and our clients’ need to first stabilize lower brain regions (such as the amygdala), reconnecting with the body and restoring a sense of safety. When clients can connect with their own experiences, and with others, the traditional top-down approaches become more effective. This seminar helps clinicians integrate somatic, bottom-up work into trauma treatment by teaching several body-based skills that help clients better connect with the therapist, re-establish safety in their body, and regulate their nervous system!

Learning Objectives 1. Name at least one area of the brain involved in somatic techniques. 2. State three different categories of somatic techniques.

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Counselling Focused - ONLINE TRAINING Eric Gentry, Ph.D., is an internationallyrecognized leader in the field of disaster and clinical traumatology. His doctorate is from Florida State University where he studied with Professor Charles Figley, one of the pioneers of traumatic stress. Dr. Gentry was one of the original faculty members of the Traumatology Institute and later became the co- director of the International Traumatology Institute at the University of South Florida. Dr. Gentry, along with Dr. Anna Baranowsky, is the co-author and co-owner of the Traumatology Institute Training Curriculum—17 courses. November 8, 2022 Registration will close on November 7, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included) All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, award-winning writer, former Buddhist monk, and past Vice President of The Center for Mindful Eating. A featured expert in The Mindfulness Movie, he was profiled in Spirituality and Practice’s Living Spiritual Teacher’s Project and for years was an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counselling and Portland State University. A prolific writer whose career spans more than 30 years. November 14, 2022 Registration will close on November 13, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included)

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Live Streaming on November 8, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Proven & Effective Intervention Strategies for Burnout, Stress, & Compassion Fatigue Welcome, I am glad that you have decided to participate in this training. I was introduced to compassion fatigue in 1997 when I started my doctoral program at Florida State University. I studied with Dr. Charles Figley wrote the book Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized in 1995. In my first year at FSU, with the help of Anna Baranowsky and Kathleen Dunning, we developed the first ever treatment for compassion fatigue that we called the Accelerated Recovery Program for Compassion Fatigue. Through the ARP, we have successfully treated hundreds of professional caregivers who suffered from the symptoms of compassion fatigue and burnout, helping them to regain joy and purpose in their work. The ARP remains today as the only manualized, systematic treatment for compassion fatigue that has demonstrated empirical effectiveness. Through treating hundreds and training tens of thousands of caregiving professionals in the area of compassion fatigue, I have stumbled upon some things that work. Mostly what I have found is that there are no shortcuts. Just like a surgeon or a professional athlete, caregiving professionals must mature into excellence and resiliency. However, just because we survive a couple of decades in the field does not mean that we are effective, resilient, and joyful. It seems, more often, that the opposite is true—many of those folks with all the experience seem to become crusty and cynical. In 2020, I and Jim Dietz, MD published the acclaimed Forward-Facing® Professional Resilience: Prevention and Resolution of Burnout, Toxic Stress and Compassion Fatigue. This book follows the course of the workshop and is built upon the evidence of effectiveness of this workshop lessening work-related stress symptoms detailed in 11 separate empirical peer-reviewed articles. It also describes our experience of providing this workshop to medical professionals for the past ten years and witnessing the transformations in their lives. Contained in this presentation you will learn the skills for preventing compassion fatigue and developing professional resilience. This information is underscored with an invitation to caregivers to begin the process of intentional maturation in their professional and personal lives. This training will provide an introduction and illuminate the pathway of how you can rediscover joy, purpose, meaning, and excitement in your professional mission. You will see the possibilities of how you can do this difficult and sometimes painful work stress-free as you become evermore effective and potent as an agent of caring and change.

Live Streaming on November 14, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Advanced Mindfulness Toolbox to Treat PTSD, Pain, Depression, Anxiety, & Stress Related Symptoms This webinar workshop—based on award-winning author Donald Altman’s best-selling The Mindfulness Toolbox and his newly released The Mindfulness Toolbox for Relationships—will give you a new set of mindfulness tools and fresh creative ways for overcoming depression, stress, anxiety, trauma, pain, and more. Join international mindfulness teacher, former Buddhist monk and best-selling author Donald Altman for a total mindfulness experience as he provides unique mindfulness tools designed to rewire clients’ brains for wellness from the inside out. This comprehensive course offers fresh approaches for teaching everything from selective focus and mindful learning styles to metacognitive awareness. You will get detailed demonstrations and practice time so that you can effectively implement these tools. Most importantly, this workshop is deeply direct and experiential. You will cultivate compassionate presence and bring embodied mindfulness with you into your therapy room as you help clients constructively manage anxiety, depression, chronic pain, PTSD, addictive cravings, and stress related symptoms! Donald’s has taught thousands of mental health clinicians how to use mindfulness as a healing tool. Known for his engaging and entertaining presentations, this webinar will have you thinking about mindfulness in transformative new ways as you help clients journey into the heart of mindful joy, peace, and balance.

Learning Objectives 1. Incorporate up-to-date mindfulness practices into your treatment plans.

All fees are in Canadian dollars.

2. Understand how mindfulness can be utilized to rewire the brain.

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3. Implement the S-T-O-P grounding technique as a means to manage cravings and triggers.

4. Investigate the science behind diaphragmatic breathing and the parasympathetic nervous system. REgister online: webinars.JACKHIROSE.COM

Counselling Focused - ONLINE TRAINING Richard W. Sears, Psy.D., Ph.D., is a boardcertified clinical psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Department of Psychology, where he teaches courses on psychopathology and clinical interventions. Dr. Sears has performed assessments and psychotherapy on a broad variety of individuals in a number of settings, including hospital inpatient units, community mental health centres, veteran’s hospitals, residential treatment centres and private practice.

November 16 & 17, 2022 Registration will close on November 15, 2022. Registration FEE

Live Streaming on November 16 & 17, 2022

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Integrating Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to Enhance Your Interventions If you or your clients are feeling stuck, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can give you a bigger perspective on the dynamics of why and where the inertia is happening. ACT is an evidence-based approach that can incorporate any other effective intervention. Acceptance processes, which include mindfulness, help clients let go of struggles with their own internal experiences with strong thoughts and feelings. Commitment processes help clients clarify and move toward their own values in the service of living a more meaningful life. Join experienced ACT presenter Dr. Richard Sears as he delivers an exercise and technique-heavy course that will give you the tools needed to more effectively treat clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, and personality disorders. Richard will teach you the main concepts of ACT, including mindfulness, acceptance, and defusion–demonstrating how these create greater psychological flexibility. Discover a variety of techniques for helping clients who are struggling to make difficult behaviour changes due to the presence of painful thoughts, feelings, and memories. You will learn how to effectively use metaphors, custom techniques, and experiential exercises to help your clients identify their values and translate them into behaviour goals. Through lecture, case examples, and experiential exercises, you will be able to integrate ACT techniques and skills in your practice immediately!

Learning Objectives 1. Develop a deep understanding of the six core processes of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients advance psychological flexibility

Individual $449 (Tax not included)

2. Demonstrate how ACT incorporates elements of exposure therapy to reduce experiential avoidance

FT Student $359 (Tax not included)

3. Define cognitive defusion and how clients can use it to change their relationship to distressing thoughts

All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com Sally SpencerThomas, Psy.d., Keynote Speaker & Impact Entrepreneur. Co-Founder & President, United Suicide Survivors International. “Dr. Sally” is a clinical psychologist and award-winning mental health advocate with her own personal experience of losing her beloved brother to suicide. Her mission of giving voice to people who’ve lived through suicide thoughts, attempts, and loss and to help those in despair rekindle a passion for living.

4. Help clients clarify their values to give them direction and willingness to engage with challenges 5. Practice mindfulness skills to teach clients to better understand unhelpful automatic patterns of thinking, feeling, and reacting

Live Streaming on November 28, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Helping People Living with Suicidal Intensity: Risk Formulation, Support & Healing with Confidence & Compassion The public health tragedy of suicide continues to wreak havoc in the lives of millions of Canadians. Given that this daunting challenge leaves many mental health providers feeling confused, overwhelmed, and even scared. Many often feel at a loss on how best to help people experiencing suicidal intensity and suicide grief. This workshop will transform how you view and work with people who are fighting to stay and will give you tools you need to help them help themselves. You will dive deeply into a comprehensive approach to suicide risk assessment and intervention and gain confidence and a heightened sense of compassion that are essential to understanding where clients are on their life journeys. Collaborating with clients, you will find ways to instill hope and a renewed desire to invest in lives that are worth living.

Learning Objectives 1. Identify key fears, concerns and gaps in training that create barriers in client-therapist rapport. 2. List several “upstream, midstream, and downstream” approaches to suicide prevention – in and outside of the therapeutic relationship.

November 28, 2022 Registration will close on November 27, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included) All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com

3. Collaborate and connect with individuals at risk of suicide as an ally not an adversary. 4. Formulate best-practice conceptualization based on understanding the experience of and root causes of suicidal intensity. 5. Address how to effectively work with specific populations including veterans and people from diverse backgrounds. 6. Leverage self-empowerment with clients when designing a crisis response and safety plans. 7. List reasons why “contracting for safety” and “clipboard counseling” are no longer considered a best practices. 8. Reduce access to lethal means through a negotiated partnership agreement that meets people where they are.

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Counselling Focused - ONLINE TRAINING Tim desmond, lmft, is a therapist, bestselling author, and Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Antioch University, teaching professional psychology rooted in self-compassion. He’s the founder of Peer Collective (https://peercollective.com) and co-founder of Morning Sun Mindfulness Center in Alstead, NH. After a troubled youth, Desmond was exposed to the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and studied with him for 20 years. His books include SelfCompassion in Psychotherapy, The Self-Compassion Skills Workbook, and How to Stay Human in a F*cked Up World. November 29, 2022 Registration will close on November 28, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included) All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com Zachary Walsh, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the UBC Department of Psychology and Director of the Therapeutic, Recreational and Problematic Substance Use lab at UBC. Having completed a clinical internship and a research fellowship at the Brown University Centre for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Dr. Walsh is a registered clinical psychologist who has published and presented internationally on issues related to cannabis and mental health.

November 30, 2022 Registration will close on November 29, 2022. Registration FEE

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Live Streaming on November 29, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Self-Compassion Skills Training for Mental Health Professionals When our clients are overwhelmed by anxiety, adrift in depression, or hobbled by trauma, a lack of self-compassion is often at the heart of their difficulty. Thankfully, research has shown us that if practiced regularly, self-compassion can regulate emotions, transform negative core beliefs, and heal trauma. This experiential webinar will help you integrate self-compassion training into your work. You’ll focus on how to: • Guide clients through highly individualized training sessions based on their specific strengths and obstacles • Apply the eight core practices that make up the Map to Self-Compassion, including self-acceptance and embracing suffering • Help clients feel revitalized and avoid burnout • Choose self-compassion practices for client problems—including complex trauma and selfsabotage—based on key assessments • Use the brain’s care circuit to regulate emotions and heal trauma in clients This webinar will include lecture, live demonstrations, small group practices, and question and answer sessions. You will have the opportunity to present clinical cases and receive consultation to demonstrate how to apply self-compassion with your specific clients. We will break down all of the microskills required to treat a client from a self-compassion perspective, and you will have the chance to practice each of them. You will also learn about (and receive a copy of) the Map to Self-Compassion from The Self-Compassion Skills Workbook, and how to use this map to assess and choose the most appropriate form of self-compassion practice for each specific client. The webinar will conclude with a section on cultivating self-compassion within ourselves as clinicians.

Learning Objectives 1. Guide clients through highly individualized training sessions based on their specific strengths and obstacles 2. Explain how to apply the eight core practices that make up the Map to Self-Compassion, including self-acceptance and embracing suffering 3. Illustrate how to help clients feel revitalized and avoid burnout

Live Streaming on November 30, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

The Cannabis Primer: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know Cannabis is already part of the lives of many Canadians, and all health professionals and educators work with people who use cannabis or are cannabis-curious. Spend a day learning: What is THC? CBD ? Sativa? Indica? The many combinations? What’s recreational? What’s medical? Methods of delivery? When is it a problem? What’s for sale at the dispensary, the clinic or on the street? What are the questions to ask clients? What are the risks and benefits for anxiety, depression, trauma & psychosis?… and a lot more. Understanding the new cannabis landscape will help you to successfully engage with clients and students; to know how to question and explore cannabis use. This workshop will help you into leading edge research and lots of information you never learned in school. Zach Walsh is a Canadian psychologist and a leader in the field of cannabis and mental health. Drawing from his own research, clinical experience and the latest empirical literature, he will discuss all you need to know about cannabis use in relation to mental health, cognition and well-being. You will learn about the risks and benefits for common mental health disorders, how cannabis use affects brain functioning as well as how to assess when cannabis use is a potential problem and more.

Learning Objectives 1. Cannabis pharmacology – what do we know about THC, CBD and other active ingredients 2. The risks and benefits for anxiety, depression, trauma and psychosis

Individual $249 (Tax not included)

3. Cannabis and cognitive functioning from adolescence to old age

FT Student $199 (Tax not included)

4. Cannabis, addiction and public health

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5. How to assess when cannabis use is a problem 6. Guidelines for positive cannabis use.

Counselling Focused - ONLINE TRAINING Lillian Gibson, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist often referred to as a “mood make-over” expert. She is a highly recommended speaker, consultant, and clinician due to her advanced assessment and treatment skills in a variety of settings: inpatient mental health centers, outpatient behavioral care services, and primary care settings. Dr. Gibson takes pride in combining her vocational rehabilitation counseling, and clinical psychology expertise to help clients solve their problems through individual, group, and/ or couples therapy for emotional healing and restoration. December 2, 2022 Registration will close on December 1, 2022.

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Live Streaming on December 2, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Racial Trauma & Minority Stress: The Cultural Competent Clinician’s Guide to Assessment & Treatment Dealing with race-based stressors are not only frightening for individuals who experience first-hand stressors, but they are also concerning for self-identified allies and professionals who support BIPOC communities (black, indigenous, and people of color). The webinar will provide attendees a safe space to understand and explore the multi-faceted complexities of racial trauma and minority stress in addition to appropriate, culture welcoming treatment options. US population data trends are steadily changing the landscape of mental health services, clinicians committed to helping their clients can vastly benefit from expanding their expertise with the assessment and treatment of racial trauma and minority stress. Professionals working with marginalized populations and/or clients of color may benefit from understanding how to properly explore their clients’ feelings and responses to direct and indirect activating events. Identifying stressors (microaggressions) can be quite challenging and overwhelming when a clinician wants to help, but doesn’t know where to start. This seminar provides attendees with a clear template of how to check for clinical blind spots in or order to confidently support and treat BIPOC clients.

Learning Objectives 1.

Identify salient factors of cultural competency markers

2. Explore cultural attunement variables 3. Understand how to conceptualize cases when race based stressors are present 4. Describe racial trauma diagnostic criteria

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5. Delineate between minority stress factors and race-based trauma

Individual $249 (Tax not included)

6. Understand the impact of vicarious trauma on emotional functioning

FT Student $199 (Tax not included)

7. Use the Biopsychosocial Model framework to guide assessment steps and treatment of racial trauma

All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com Ann Saffi Biasetti, ph.d., has been a practicing Psychotherapist for over 30 years. She has a private practice in Saratoga Springs, NY, specializing in somatic psychotherapy. She has a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology, is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, and is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS). She is an author and speaker on embodiment, women’s empowerment, body image, self-compassion, mind/ body duality and recovery.

December 8, 2022 Registration will close on December 7, 2022. Registration FEE Individual $249 (Tax not included) FT Student $199 (Tax not included) All fees are in Canadian dollars. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com

8. Identify factors that influence generational trauma and exacerbate racial trauma symptomology 9. Identify client centered strategies to develop a racial trauma treatment plan 10. Report cultural competencies in the assessment and treatment of racial trauma

Live Streaming on December 8, 2022

6 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm (PT)

Disordered Eating: Somatic, Self-Compassion, and Mindfulness Interventions for Lasting Recovery Regardless of where your clients fall on the disordered eating spectrum, they all share the same painful cyclical experience of unrelenting self-criticism, negative body image, unhealthy behavior, and shame. And while great strides have been made in ED treatment, the recovery rate is still only 50%. In this in-depth seminar you’ll discover how to help clients re-connect with their long-neglected bodies, let go of the “not ____ enough” narrative, and learn to embrace, befriend, and listen to the internal wisdom of their bodies. Packed with practical interventions based in somatic psychotherapy, self-compassion, and mindfulness, this comprehensive seminar will shift your perspective and provide you with strategies that: •

Shift the focus from shame to empowerment from the very start of treatment

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Are evidence-based and can easily be integrated into what you’re already doing

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Replace the harsh inner critic with self-compassion and curiosity

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Help clients re-establish bodily cues for hunger, fullness, and sensory awareness

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Calm the nervous system and regulate emotions in triggering situation

Learning Objectives 1. Determine the neurobiological impact of chronic disordered eating patterns on the brain for purposes of providing accurate and effective psychoeducation to clients. 2. Develop evidence based somatic interventions for reducing negative self-talk and poor body image in clients with disordered eating. 3. Integrate self-compassion and somatic interventions into existing treatment approaches, including CBT and DBT. 4. Utilize mindfulness-based interventions to help clients manage emotional dysregulation and food/ body image triggers.

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Counselling Focused - In Person Training Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW, is a Social Worker, registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She has been working in the mental health field since 2000, most of which she has spent both in private practice and at Southlake Regional Health Centre, working with clients with severe mental health problems. Vancouver - Nov 21 & 22, 2022 Jewish Community Centre 950 West 41st Avenue Early Bird Cutoff: Nov 4, 2022 Calgary - Nov 24 & 25, 2022 Royal Hotel Calgary 2828 - 23 Street, NE Early Bird Cutoff: Nov 10, 2022

Vancouver - Nov 21 & 22, 2022 (Live Stream Option Available)

12 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm

Calgary - Nov 24 & 25, 2022

12 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm

DBT Skills to Treat Clients, Maximize Therapeutic Gains & Reduce Therapist Burnout Sheri Van DIjk, MSW, RSW is a psychotherapist, author of 9 books and international speaker, known for her extensive experience and knowledge of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness Practice. Join Sheri in her upcoming 2 day workshop, where you will attain the DBT skills to treat emotion regulation disorders. Following an introduction to DBT theory, Sheri will discuss how DBT can be applied to working with clients facing a broad range of conditions such as depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder, in which emotion dysregulation plays a key role. Through lecture and experiential exercises, you will explore the four modules of DBT skills (Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness) and learn how to teach these skills to your clients. You will learn how to format DBT sessions to provide the structure your dysregulated clients need. Sheri will introduce DBT strategies to help foster the therapeutic relationship, maximize therapeutic gains and reduce the likelihood of therapist burnout.

Learning Objectives 1. Background of DBT 2. The DBT Model, Research, Adapting DBT, DBT for Other Diagnoses Biosocial Theory of BPD

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3. Dialectics, Validation & Other Dialectical Strategies

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$469

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Group: 3-7

$449

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Group: 8-14

$429

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Group: 15+

$409

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4. Behaviour Theory & Contingency Management 5. Behaviour Tracking Sheet 6. Limit-setting 7. Behavioural Analysis Exercise 8. DBT Skills: Mindfulness & How to Teach It

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Eric Gentry, Ph.D., is an internationallyrecognized leader in the field of disaster and clinical traumatology. His doctorate is from Florida State University where he studied with Professor Charles Figley, one of the pioneers of traumatic stress.

Edmonton - Dec 1 & 2, 2022 Royal Hotel West Edmonton 10010 – 178 St. NW Early Bird Cutoff: Nov 15, 2022 Vancouver - Dec 5 & 6, 2022 Jewish Community Centre 950 West 41st Avenue Early Bird Cutoff: Nov 19, 2022 Registration FEE Fee Type

Early Bird Regular

Edmonton - December 1 & 2, 2022

12 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm

Vancouver - December 5 & 6, 2022 (Live Stream Option Available) 12 CEUs | 8:30am – 4pm

Trauma Competency Training This two-day seminar delivers the bio-psycho-social aspects of traumatic stress, traumatic grief, & traumatic loss. Mental health professionals are on the front lines and, in many cases, have the initial contact with the individual(s) who has experienced traumatic stress. Clinicians are routinely called upon to serve survivors of major disasters, war, childhood physical and sexual trauma, rape, violent crime, and other forms of traumatic events. Participation in this workshop leads to a holistic and systemic understanding of traumatic stress and provides skills for immediate use in a variety of clinical settings. How people respond to traumatic stress is an individual matter based on a number of factors including psychological, emotional, social, cultural, biological, spiritual, and familial. The two-day training will involve an analysis of the various defence mechanisms and other coping skills individuals employ during and following the experience of traumatic stress. Key approaches and interventions include: Crisis intervention, Critical incident stress debriefing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, EMDR, Sensorimotor approaches This training provides take-away evidence-based, best-practice clinical interventions and techniques for the Assessment, Safety & Stabilization, and Remembrance & Mourning phases of trauma treatment. In addition, completion of this two-day seminar meets the educational requirement when applying to become a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (International Association for Trauma Professionals, www.traumapro.net).

Learning Objectives

Individual

$469

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1. Define clearly the nature of traumatic stress, grief, & loss and their sequelae

Group: 3-7

$449

$469

2. Explain and apply theoretical models of traumatic stress, grief & loss

Group: 8-14

$429

$449

Group: 15+

$409

$429

3. Explain traumatic stress, grief & loss from biochemical, psychological, social & spiritual perspectives

Ft Student

$409

$429

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4. List and describe the key current interventions employed for the treatment of traumatic stress, grief & loss 5. Demonstrate a rudimentary understanding of brain functioning as it relates to traumatic stress REgister online: JACKHIROSE.COM

When

Live, In-Person Conference

Wed-Fri, May 24–26, 2023 8:30am to 4:00pm PST

WHERE

Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre 1316 - 33 Street NE

Choose From 15 Separate Workshops Addressing Selected Mental Health Topics

•• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

•• Internal Family Systems Therapy

Advanced Interventions & Strategies for Frontline Professionals

•• EMDR: Assessing, Resourcing and Treatment Techniques for Trauma and Anxiety •• Depression Management Techniques •• Compassion Fatigue & Burnout •• Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals •• Couples Therapy •• New Frontiers in Mindfulness •• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Focused Trauma Treatment •• Healing of Addictions •• Practical Strategies for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders, OCD and Insomnia •• Personality Disorders •• Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST)

SAVE $100

Dear Fellow Conference Attendees, On behalf of the entire team at Sunshine Coast Health Centre and Georgia Straight Women’s Clinic, we do hope you join us for the Canadian Mental Health Summit being held the 24th to the 26th of May, 2023. We are once again pleased to be co-sponsoring an event with Jack Hirose & Associates, Canada’s premier psychotherapy conference organizer. The pandemic has been difficult for all of us but Jack’s hosting of this live event is a positive sign that the worst of the pandemic is solidly behind us. We have missed the intimacy of live events but are excited to see that there will not only be the Summit but an additional 15 live and in-person workshops planned for the Spring of 2023. For those who are justifiably hesitant to meet in person, Jack and colleagues will also be offering plenty of virtual events with the same world-class expert lineup you have come to expect over the years. We like to think of this hybrid approach as offering the best of both worlds. I also want to acknowledge Jack Hirose & Associates for reaching an important milestone, having trained over 100,000 mental health professionals over the past 25 years. One cannot overestimate the spinoff benefits to communities across the country in which clients and their loved ones have benefited from working with skilled practitioners. Melanie Alsager, MBA Chief Executive Officer Sunshine Coast Health Centre & Georgia Straight Women’s Clinic