The program will consist of mostly practice-based small group learning.
The group will meet Digitally for five weekends as follows:
- Friday: 7:00-10:00 PM
- Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Program Features:
- Workshops by experts in the field
- Discussion of participants’ therapy with their patients
- Small group processing
- Live demonstrations of techniques
- Opportunity to practice skills
- Practical ways of integrating psychotherapy and counselling into general practice
- Reading assignments
- Four small group mentoring sessions between each weekend throughout the program. Those coming from a far distance will be accommodated through an internet meeting modality.
Topics Covered
You will be asked to rank these topics according to your preference, from 1 to 5, and to suggest any additional ones on the application questionnaire.
- Sexual Dysfunctions
- Working with Couples
- Working with Families
- Grief Counselling
- Addictions
- Brief Treatment Models, Time Limited Counselling
- Treatment of Depression (Drug/Non-Drug)
- Working with Challenging Patients
- Family Violence
- Psychopharmacology
- Palliative Care, Death and Dying
- Biopsychosocial Aspects of Medical Illness
- Practical Assessment Skills
- Relaxation Skills for Stress Management
- Mindfullness Based Stress Reduction Techniques
- Medical-Legal Issues
- Anxiety Disorders
- Multicultural Issues in Psychotherapy
- Personality Disorders
Some of the tools past registrants say they now use:
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Active listening
- Solution-focused therapy
- Genograms, Family Life Cycle
- Listening exercises for couples
- Grief Counselling
- Sexual Counselling
- Too numerous to list!