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John Preston• Treating Depression• Building Resilience

Lisa Ferentz• Post-Traumatic Growth

Teresa Garland• Children with Autism/ADHD• Adults with ADHD

Benjamin Schoendorff• Acceptance and CommitmentT

Ruth Lanius• Trauma-Related States of Mind

Robert Solomon• Therapists’ Law Essentials

Sebern Fisher• Neurofeedback and Treating Trauma

Donald Meichenbaum • Transforming Anger

Marion Harris• Feldenkrais Experiential

Janina Fisher• Therapeutic Opportunities

Michael Stone (Toronto and Ottawa)• Existential Dimension in Clinical Work

Hedy Schleifer: Encounter-centered Couples TherapySheri Van Dijk: Advanced DBT IntensiveColleen Carney: Advanced CBT for Insomnia

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Are you wanting to learn how to integrate Acceptance andCommitment Therapy (ACT) into your practice? ACT is aleading third-wave therapy with a growing evidence base.ACT harnesses the power of mindfulness, acceptance, andvalues to help your clients get unstuck and move toward thelife they want.

Benjamin Schoendorff, a leading and dynamic internationalACT trainer, will introduce a simple six-step approach tointegrating the power of ACT into your clinical practice. Theworkshop is based around the Matrix, an intuitive diagram thatBenjamin helped create. It is a powerful approach that youcan share with your clients and that fosters rapid and lastingchange. This is a workshop geared toward intervention andclinical practice.

Through numerous small-groupexercises, you will practise skills andexplore simple and effectiveinterventions that you’ll be able toimmediately put to use in theservice of better helping even yourmost difficult clients. Combining

simplicity, clarity, warmth, humour, and a deeply humanapproach, this highly acclaimed workshop will superchargeyour clinical practice and provide a perfect introduction to ACTand the third wave.

You will learn —• To present the ACT Matrix point of view• To lead your clients in recognizing their “stuck loops”• To promote acceptance by getting your clients to

experience the “2 rules”• To present and use the “Hooks” exercise and worksheet, and

the “Verbal Aikido” moves• To foster self-compassion through the “Kittens” exercise• To practise the perspective-taking interview to get your

clients unstuck in betweensessions

• To work from the deeplyvalidating stance of“Yessing”

Acceptance and Commitment TherapyPromoting Rapid and Lasting Change in Clinical PracticeLed by Benjamin Schoendorff, MA, MScThursday, Sept. 24 - Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: SCH-F21

$409 up to Sept. 10$439 after Sept. 10

This is a workshop for those who attended Benjamin'sSeptember workshop, or who understand the ACT basics. Thisprogram will take you to the next level.

With the same attention to practical skills training and easilyadaptable clinical interventions, in this workshop you will learnhow to supercharge your ACT practice through the power oftherapeutic-relationship-focused work.

Relationships and connection are at the heart of humanexperience. Mental suffering impacts the ability to form andmaintain deep and secure bonds, meaning that psychologicaldifficulties affect the way our clients relate to others and totheir therapists.

This workshop integrates the powerful tools of FunctionalAnalytic Psychotherapy (FAP) with the ACT Matrix model. Youwill explore how to recognize and help your clients recognizetheir difficulties as those difficulties show up in session. Youwill practise how to use the therapeutic relationship as apowerful tool to lead your clients to more effectiveinterpersonal behaviour, thus helping them create and nurturethe life and relationships they most deeply seek. Plenty ofsmall-group experiential practice makes this a highly practicaland deeply transformative workshop.

You will learn how to —• Use the ACT Matrix point of view to recognize “clinically

relevant behaviour”, that is, problematic and improvedbehaviour that occurs in session

• Present the therapeutic relationship to your clients as anarena and tool for change

• Create a profoundly accepting and validating therapeuticrelationship in which clients will be better able to take risksand try out new and more effective behavior

• Develop your own matrix and self-disclose in the service ofclient progress

• Practise “Verbal Aikido” for two• Apply the six steps of an effective therapeutic-relationship-

focused intervention• Harness the power of perspective-taking in the relationship

to help clients get unstuck between sessions• Assign individualized exercises that will help clients take the

risk to change while practising self-care

Advanced ACTRelationship-Focused Acceptance and Commitment TherapyLed by Benjamin Schoendorff, MA, MScThursday, Nov. 26 - Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: SCH-F22


Benjamin Schoendorff,MA, MSc, is a highlysought-after ACTtrainer. A member ofthe ACBS (internationalACT association)training committee and

a certified Functional AnalyticPsychotherapy (FAP) trainer, he hasgiven over 175 workshops on fivecontinents. A co-author of The ACTMatrix and The Science of Compassion,he is putting the finishing touches tothe upcoming Essential Guide to the ACTMatrix, on which his current workshopsare based. For more information,please visit contextpsy.com/en.

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Aggressive behaviours are relatively stable over the entire lifespan. This workshop will consider the developmentaltrajectory of how individuals become violent, and theimplications for both treatment and preventativeinterventions.

You will learn specific evidenced-based cognitive-behaviouralinterventions for aggressive adults, along with a practical CaseConceptualization Model of risk and protective factors. Thismodel will help inform your assessment and treatmentdecision-making. The workshop will also examine specificways to assess the potential for violence toward others andtoward oneself.

Dr. Meichenbaum will also discuss how clinicians can treatindividuals with concurrent psychiatric disorders of aggressivebehaviours, PTSD, depression, substance abuse, and chronicmental disorders, as well as batterers who engage in violencewith their intimate partners.

Video case presentations and a detailed handout will beprovided.

You will learn —• About how individuals become

violent and the developmentaltrajectory of aggressive behaviour

• Preventive and treatmentinterventions including evidence-based CBT approaches

• How to employ a CaseConceptualization Model of riskand protective factors that can beused in the prediction of violentbehaviour and to informtreatment decision-making

• How to treat aggressiveindividuals with concurrentdisorders such as PTSD, substanceabuse, and chronic psychiatricdisorders

• How to treat batterers who areviolent with intimate partners

Treating Individuals with Anger and Aggressive BehaviourA Life Span Treatment ApproachLed by Donald Meichenbaum, PhDTuesday, October 6, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: MEI-F10


Donald Meichenbaum,PhD, is DistinguishedProfessor Emeritus fromthe University ofWaterloo. Voted “one ofthe ten most influentialpsychotherapists of the

20th century", he is one of the foundersof Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. He ispresently Research Director of theMelissa Institute for Violence Preventionin Miami. Recipient of many accolades,including a Lifetime AchievementAward from the American PsychologicalAssociation, he has publishedextensively and presented andconsulted internationally. His latestbook is Roadmap to Resilience(www.roadmaptoresilience.org). Hisworkshops are noted for a combinationof critical-mindedness, practical clinicalapplications, and humour.

Like parenting, psychotherapy canbe only “good enough”. Mistakes intherapy are inevitable, yet our worklives don’t allow us manyopportunities to acknowledge andgrow from them. Our mistakesoccur in the privacy of an officewith no one there but the clientwith whom we could process them.The thought of sharing them withcolleagues often increases shame,not curiosity. We may pause tocritique ourselves but rarely havethe chance to ask: How did thathappen?

This workshop examines theunderlying issues that most oftencontribute to therapist error, andexplores how what drives us to dothis work can also lead to “mistakesof the heart”. Whether the mistakeswe make are more clinically mis-attuned, ethically incorrect, or theresult of our own internal conflicts,there is much to learn about both

our own vulnerability and what it can teach us aboutpreventing future mistakes and repairing past errors.

Integrating psychodynamic and somatic conceptualizations ofcounter-transference with an understanding of internalconflicts occurring simultaneously in client and therapist,Janina Fisher will look at complex therapeutic relationshipsthrough a different lens. Sometimes therapist mistakes endthe treatment or cause havoc from which neither client northerapist can recover fully. Sometimes, though, our honestyand vulnerability can provide an opportunity for growth —for us, the client, and our relationship.

You will learn —• Identify common categories of therapist error• Distinguish between clinical errors and “mistakes of the

heart”• Recognize common counter-transferential internal conflicts

experienced by therapists• Discuss ways of using mistakes in the service of growth and

change• Develop trust in the power of therapeutic vulnerability to

“repair”• Utilize co-regulation to restore therapeutic attunement

To Err Is HumanTherapist Mistakes and Therapeutic Opportunities

Led by Janina Fisher, PhDMonday, November 9 - Tuesday, November 10, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: JFI-F20


Janina Fisher, PhD, is alicensed clinicalpsychologist and aninstructor at theTrauma Center, anoutpatient clinic andresearch centre

founded by Bessel van der Kolk. She isalso past president of the New EnglandSociety for the Treatment of Traumaand Dissociation, a faculty member ofthe Sensorimotor PsychotherapyInstitute, and a former instructor atHarvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher hasbeen an invited speaker at the CapeCod Institute, the EMDR InternationalAssociation Annual Conference, thePsychotraumatology Institute ofEurope, and the Esalen Institute. Shelectures and teaches internationally ontopics related to the integration of theneurobiological research and newertrauma treatment paradigms intotraditional therapeutic modalities. Formore information, please visitwww.janinafisher.com.


Serious mood disorders affect approximately 20 percent of thepopulation (lifetime prevalence). Beyond enormous emotionalsuffering, untreated depression can result in serious healthproblems. The World Health Organization projects that by theyear 2020, depression will be the number two cause ofreduced life expectancy worldwide.

Effective treatments have been developed that can result ingood outcomes for many individuals. But half of thoseexperiencing severe depression never seek treatment, and ofthose who do, many attain only partial remission and 30percent experience only marginal or poor outcomes. Manyrecover only to later succumb to recurrent depressions orbecome chronically depressed.

This workshop showcasesintegrative treatment approachesthat offer the best outcomes. Youwill explore empirically derivedstrategies for the treatment ofmajor depression such aspsychotherapies developedspecifically for depression,

psychopharmacology (benefits and limitations), high-intensitylight therapy for all depressions, sleep enhancement, exercise,circadian stabilization, and relapse prevention strategies. Youwill also learn about a dozen common reasons that peoplewho receive treatment don’t get better (and solutions to theseproblems).

You will learn —• How to accurately diagnose mood disorders using new

diagnostic guidelines• How to implement treatments that offer some rapid

improvement in mood (which engenders hope and reducesthe number of early therapy drop-outs)

• About spotting underlying medical disorders that often goundiagnosed and frequently contribute to treatment failures

• High-yield intervention strategies that complementpsychotherapy (e.g., diet, exercise, sleep enhancement,high-intensity light therapy, chronotherapy to stabilize thecircadian rhythm, etc.)

• About proactive relapse-prevention protocols• About psychological approaches to improve medication

adherence and outcomes

Understanding and Treating DepressionIntegrative Treatment ApproachesLed by John Preston, PsyD, ABPPThursday, November 19, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: PRE-F11


Tough cases, stuck clients, partialrecovery. Most cases that havebeen deemed as “treatmentresistant” simply have not beencomprehensively evaluated andultimately do respond tointegrative treatments.

This workshop focuses on neglected but very common issuesthat can lead to treatment failures or inadequate responses,along with action-oriented approaches for resolving theseissues. John Preston has been in clinical practice for the last 35years. During the last 15 years, he has focused on providingsecond-opinion consultations, evaluating people who havefailed to respond to psychological and psychiatric treatments.

John will explore the following topics:Guidelines for identifying and treating common hiddenmedical conditions such as primary sleep disorders andthyroid issues that are often not diagnosed.High-yield complementary treatments including ways toincrease slow-wave/deep sleep, high-intensity light therapy,chronotherapy, and techniques for rapid reduction of anxiety.Neuroplasticity: Methods to target changes in brainstructures and circuits that underlie emotion regulation.High-yield approaches that have been shown to maintain

well-being, aliveness, and meaningfulness even duringtimes of significant stress: These approaches shift the focusfrom psychopathology to strategies for staying grounded.

You will learn —• How to identify hidden medical conditions that account formany cases of treatment resistance and unnecessarysuffering

• High-yield intervention strategies that significantly improveaffect regulation, including techniques designed to stabilizethe circadian rhythm, increase deep sleep, overcome lowenergy and apathy, and rapidly de-escalate intense painfulemotions

• About the role of dietary supplements that are empiricallyvalidated for use in reducing anxiety and depression, as wellas the limitations and even the danger in the use of someproducts

• Psychotherapy techniques that facilitate neuroplasticity, i.e.,enduring brain changes that can facilitate more effectivecoping

• About 10 of the most potent, research-supported life skillsthat promote happiness and meaningfulness

Building Resilience and Enhancing Treatment OutcomesLed by John Preston, PsyD, ABPPFriday, November 20, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: PRE-F12


John Preston, PsyD,ABPP, is ProfessorEmeritus with AlliantInternational Universityin Sacramento,California, and wasformerly on the faculty

of the University of California DavisSchool of Medicine. He is a fellow ofthe American Psychological Association,Division of Psychopharmacology, and aboard-certified neuropsychologist(ABPN). Dr. Preston is the author of 22books addressing psychotherapy, mooddisorders, PTSD, neurobiology,psychopharmacology, and the spiritualaspects of emotional healing. Hisbooks have been translated into 14languages. He has presented talks inCanada, Europe, Africa, Russia, and theU.S.A. For more information, pleasevisit psyd-fx.com.


The legal environment governing mental health,psychotherapy, and counselling is far more challenging thanbefore. However, contrary to what is becoming theconventional wisdom, Canadian law is supportive oftreatment, counselling, and care professionals who haveacted reasonably and in good faith. This workshop willprovide participants with a working understanding of the keylegal principles governing their professional lives and with theability to identify and avoid common legal problems.

Reference will be made to leading Canadian cases andrelevant Ontario legislation, which will be summarized in thehandout materials. Robert will cover the following topics:consent and competency; negligence and expectedstandards of care; record-keeping, ownership, and access torecords; confidentiality and privilege; and disclosure of clientinformation. The workshop will also examine mental healthworkers' overlapping common law and statutory privacyobligations. In the conclusion, some common-sense rules willbe suggested for anticipating and avoiding legal problems.

Robert Solomon is an experienced and thoroughly engagingspeaker. You will find yourself both entertained and informed.

Participants will be encouraged toask questions throughout theworkshop.

You will learn the general legalprinciples governing —• Consent, competency to consent,

and substitute consent totreatment, counselling, and care

• Negligence liability and thestandards of care expected ofmental health counsellors andservice providers

• Record-keeping, record retentionpolicies, liability for negligentrecord-keeping, the use ofcomputer records, and clientaccess to and ownership ofrecords

• Confidentiality, privilege, anddisclosure of client records withand without client consent

It’s the LawWhat Every Therapist and Counsellor Needs to KnowLed by Robert Solomon, LLB, LLMFriday, October 16, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: SOL-F10


Robert Solomon, LLB,LLM, currently holdsthe rank ofDistinguishedUniversity Professor inthe Faculty of Law atthe University of

Western Ontario, and has been involvedin research and teaching on healthcare, civil liability, and criminal law formore than 40 years. He has served as aconsultant to Health and WelfareCanada, the Law Reform Commission ofCanada, the Canadian Centre onSubstance Abuse, and the AustralianHealth Department. He has presentedand written extensively about theincreasingly challenging legalenvironment facing psychotherapists,social workers, nurses, and othermental health professionals. He is thelead author of A Legal Guide for SocialWorkers (third edition) published by theOntario Association for Social Workers.

Clinical approaches of all kinds aremore like callings than professions.Although clients come withemotional or cognitive troubles,much of our work is as existentialas it is methodical. This two-dayprogram, offered in Toronto andOttawa, will be led by MichaelStone, one of Canada's leaders inthe field of mindfulness in clinicalpractice. He will explore howboredom, loneliness, change,depression, and anxiety areexamples of symptoms that havedeep spiritual roots.

Privately, therapists mightacknowledge that their work looksa lot like spiritual practice: a one-on-one relationship, confession,internal awareness, forgiveness ofoneself and others, and being

awake to what’s really happening in our lives.

Michael will examine the link between common psychologicalsymptoms and their existential dimension. Everyone — including

therapists and clients — is destined to experience not onlythe exhilaration of life, but also its inevitable darkness:disillusionment, aging, illness, isolation, loss, meaninglessness,painful choices, and difficulty letting go. So how can wesupport people to alleviate symptoms while at the same timedelving into the deeper dimensions of their questions?

“Underneath most common symptoms are raw existentialquestions about life, love, and death, what it means to agewith dignity, how to deeply forgive those who have hurt us,and primarily, how to engage in an intimate life while at thesame time not holding onto anything.” — Michael Stone

You will learn —• How to help clients let go of rigid narratives and rumination• How to link common symptoms and people’s deeper

existential and spiritual lives• How to integrate forgiveness practices into clinical work• Techniques for driving questions deeper• Ways to settle distraction (how to manage our relationship

with social media, our cell phones, and our tablets)• About translating empathy into moment-to-moment

awareness• About three key themes in psychology and spirituality

Living an Intimate LifeExploring the Existential Dimension in Clinical Work

Seminar Codes: STO-TOR and STO-OTT

Michael Stone, MA, is apsychotherapist andrenowned lecturer onthe integration ofmindfulness andmental health. He isthe author of numerous

books on mind, body, and the psychologyof ethics. His podcasts enjoy a largeglobal audience. In 2008, he presentedthe Mindfulness for Clinicians Programfor Leading Edge Seminars, a pioneeringextended meditation training designedspecifically for mental healthprofessionals. Michael travelsinternationally, teaching at universities,at conferences, and in health caresettings, about the intersection ofmindfulness, mental health, and communityengagement. He lives with his family inBritish Columbia. For more information,please visit MichaelStoneTeaching.com.

Led by Michael Stone, MA 9:00 am to 4:30 pm each day

Toronto: Monday, November 30 - Tuesday, December 1, 2015YWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Ottawa: Monday, December 7 - Tuesday, December 8, 2015RA Centre (2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa)



Much has been written about thelong-term adverse effects oftraumatic life experiences —including PTSD, depression, andaddiction — and about why sometrauma survivors fare better thanothers. This workshop will focus onthe drive for meaning afterharrowing events, and how thisdrive can be harnessed for post-traumatic growth.

Post-traumatic growth is associatedwith tangible markers, such as anew way of relating to others, thecapacity to believe in newpossibilities, and the rediscovery ofpersonal strengths. You will learnwhat to look for and how toenhance the traits that facilitatepost-traumatic growth.

This workshop offers opportunitiesto practise and explore creative strategies that help highlightand strengthen indicators of post-traumatic growth in yourclients’ healing journeys. You will learn the differencebetween somatic resourcing and “remembered resources” to

access the “inner wisdom” that can identify arenas of growth.Other tools to be covered include before-and-after collages,two-handed writing, exploring resources through art, andfuture self-visualizations and letter writing. These tools willhelp clients and clinicians alike to recognize and celebratetheir progress. Powerful case examples, videotapes, andclient’s artwork will be incorporated into the workshop aswell.

Lisa Ferentz is noted for her dynamic and engaging workshoppresentation style and a therapeutic approach underscoredby rigorous clinical insight, research, and a compassionateperspective that empowers both client and therapist.

You will learn —• How to assess for five measurable arenas that are indicative

of post-traumatic growth• How to identify three traits that make post-traumatic

growth a more likely outcome in trauma survivors• How counter-transference can impact the extent to which

post-traumatic growth is encouraged in the therapy process• How to work with a client's inner wisdom• Four strategies designed to connect clients to the concepts

of post-traumatic growth and to strengthen their awarenessof their own growth journeys

Post-Traumatic GrowthA Journey of Resilience and Hope

Led by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPAMonday, October 19 - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: FER-F20


Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C,DAPA, is a recognizedexpert in the strengths-based, de-pathologizedtreatment of trauma,and has been in privatepractice for over 30

years. She presents workshops andkeynote addresses nationally andinternationally, and is a clinicalconsultant to practitioners and mentalhealth agencies in the United Statesand Canada. She is the founder of TheInstitute for Advanced PsychotherapyTraining and Education. In 2009, shewas voted the Social Worker of Year bythe Maryland Society for Clinical SocialWork. Lisa is the author of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in TraumatizedClients: A Clinician’s Guide, and LettingGo of Self-Destructive Behaviors: AWorkbook of Hope and Healing. Formore information, please visitwww.lisaferentz.com.

Four dimensions of consciousness — time, thought, body,and emotion —often become drastically altered as a result oftraumatic experience. Even though such alterations inconsciousness can be adaptive during the encounter oftraumatic events, they can frequently lead to tremendoushardship in the aftermath of the trauma.

Questions to be discussed in this workshop include thefollowing: How do we recognize such trauma-relatedalterations in consciousness? What predicts the occurrence ofthese altered states? Does the self emerge through theintegrated experience of these four dimensions ofconsciousness? How can we intervene effectively toovercome such altered states, and how are those changesrepresented in mind, brain, and body?

You will learn to recognize and assess the dissociative andnon-dissociative aspects of each of the four dimensions.Experiential exercises involving the use of imagination,imagery, and mind/body techniques will be utilized toillustrate relevant concepts.

This workshop will also examine the neurobiologicalunderpinnings of these alterations in consciousness.

You will learn —• To identify and assess the

dissociative and non-dissociativeaspects of each of the fourdimensions of consciousness:time, thought, body, and emotion

• About neuroscientifically-informed treatment interventionsfor dissociative aspects of each ofthe four dimensions

• Exercises involving the use ofimagination, imagery, andmind/body techniques to helpyour clients better understand therelevant concepts

• About the indicators for thepredisposition toward alteredstates

• About the neurobiology behindthe occurrence of altered states

Treating Trauma-Related Alterations in ConsciousnessA Four-Dimensional ModelLed by Ruth Lanius, MD, PhDThursday, December 3, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: LAN-F10


Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD,is Professor ofPsychiatry and Harris-Woodman Chair inMind-Body Medicine atthe Schulich School ofMedicine and Dentistry,

University of Western Ontario. Sheestablished the UWO Traumatic StressService and the Traumatic StressService Workplace Program,specializing in the treatment andresearch of PTSD and related comorbiddisorders. Author of more than 100published papers and chapters in thefield of traumatic stress, she is co-author of The Impact of Early LifeTrauma on Health and Disease andHealing the Traumatized Self:Consciousness, Neuroscience, Treatment.Dr. Lanius regularly lectures on thetopic of PTSD nationally andinternationally.


Adults with ADHD struggle to self-regulate their bodies, minds,and emotions. Their lives can suffer from disorganization andinconsistency. Their work and social lives are plagued bybroken promises, missed dates, and missed opportunities.

This intervention-focused workshop looks at methods andprograms to treat ADHD dysfunction in adults based on thelatest findings from research. You will learn techniques andstrategies to help clients gain control over themselves andtheir emotions, habits, and social interactions. Teresa coversthe following topics: how to manage energy, quiethyperactivity, slow impulsivity, increase attention, anddecrease anxiety. She will also discuss emotional regulationstrategies and pay special attention to techniques formanaging anxiety. You will explore Russell Barkley’s ExecutiveFunctions Theory and James Gross’ Emotional RegulationTheory to frame the interventions. In addition, she will discussproven therapies for ADHD such as timing therapy (and theInteractive Metronome), the Emotional Freedom Technique(EFT), self-management, if-then plans, and mindfulnesstraining. You will also learn about apps and techniques tosupport attention and organization skills. To bring thesetopics to life, you will apply what you’ve learned to both realand hypothetical cases.

You will learn —• About the pluses and minuses of treatment approaches

such as diet, meds, and therapy• About Barkley’s levels of executive function and how they

can guide intervention• Effective interventions for attention, impulsivity, and energy

management• How to apply James Gross’ Emotional Regulation Theory to

interventions• About a program to help clients manage the details of their

life• How to create timing-therapy interventions to

increase motivation and attention• About ways for managing anxiety

with mindfulness, staying present,and inner work

Self-Regulation Strategies and Programs for Adults with ADHDLed by Teresa Garland, MOT, OTRTuesday, November 17, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: GAR-F12


Children who have trouble self-regulating throughout the dayare missing out on typical childhood experiences in school,on the playground, and with their families. Teresa Garland,experienced presenter and author, discusses the underlyingfactors of poor self-regulation and ways to correct thoseissues. This workshop focuses on strategies, adaptations, andinterventions for children with autism, ADHD, or sensorydisorders that can be used in the clinic, in school, and athome. Participants will also learn how to create simple,effective programs for groups of children.

Included are interventions for working with children withautism, such as picture schedules, engaging techniques,stories, creating and making use of video modelling,transition strategies, and working with repetitive behaviours.Teresa will also cover interventions and strategies forover-sensitivity, under-sensitivity, and sensory craving,including calming techniques, desensitization, gradualexposure, self-management, masking and avoiding, heavywork, exercise, and play. For the child with ADHD, we discussphysical factors, such as sleep and diet, the use of timingtherapy to increase attention and motivation, how to utilizethe child’s high energy, emotional regulation, andmindfulness training.

You will learn —• About high-tech and low-tech tools for autism: apps,

schedules, stories, video, and more• Strategies for helping a child with sensory symptoms to self-

regulate• How to create a timing therapy

program• How to develop mindfulness

training at school, at home, or inthe clinic

• How the Polyvagal Theory can beapplied to help children succeedin emotional and social regulation

• Calming techniques• About the elements of creating a

sensory lifestyle• Behavioural strategies for autism,

sensory disorders, and ADHD

Self-Regulation in Children with Autism, ADHD, and Sensory DisordersKeeping Bodies, Minds, and Emotions on TaskLed by Teresa Garland, MOT, OTRMonday, November 16, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: GAR-F11


Teresa Garland, MOT,OTR, is the author ofSelf-RegulationInterventions andStrategies. Teresa livesin Ann Arbor, Michigan,and travels extensively,

giving courses on self-regulation andADHD, and producing webcasts forcontinuing education. She has apassion for learning techniques, theory,and ideas, and for sharing them withothers. She also sees clients in person,by phone, or via the internet. She iscurrently working on a second book oftechniques, methods, and programs forself-regulation. For more information,please visit Teresa’s blog atotselfregulation.blogspot.ca.

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Sebern Fisher's Neurofeedback in theTreatment of Developmental Traumawas cited by DBT founder MarshaLinehan as "a truly wonderful,clinically insightful book." NormanDoidge wrote: "It will so deepen anappreciation of the brain-mindinteraction, that you can’t help butbe changed by this book.”

Sebern Fisher has integratedneurofeedback with psychotherapyfor over 17 years to treat peoplewhose brains have beendysregulated by the neglect andmultiple assaults of developmentaltrauma. She will explain theneuroscience of neurofeedback andhow it can help the traumatizedbrain. Through case vignettes,

videos, and lecture, you will learn how neurofeedback canhelp quiet the fear, shame, and anger so often experienced bythose suffering from developmental trauma.

Essential clinical skills will also be fully covered, including howto set up your office to accommodate neurofeedback, whatequipment is needed, how to introduce the idea ofneurofeedback to clients, how to combine it with traditionalpsychotherapy, and how to perform assessments.

You will learn —• How neglect and abuse affect the developing brain• About “user-friendly” neuroscience, which demonstrates that

the brain organizes itself rhythmically, in its electricaldomain

• The fundamentals of neurofeedback, how it works, and howto easily access the electrical domain

• How brain plasticity resides in this rhythmic domain• How to integrate neurofeedback into psychotherapy in your

office or clinic• How the limbic — affects, fear, shame, and rage — drive

identity in adults with developmental trauma• What to expect as fear, shame, rage, and dissociation begin

to fade

Calming the Fear-Driven BrainNeurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma

Led by Sebern Fisher, MAThursday, October 29 - Friday, October 30, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: SFI-F20


Sebern Fisher, MA, is apsychotherapist andneurofeedbackpractitioner in privatepractice inNorthampton,Massachusetts, who

specializes in attachment issues. Shetrains professionals nationally andinternationally on neuroscience,neurofeedback, and developmentaltrauma. From 1981 to 1997, she wasthe clinical director of a residentialtreatment program for severelydisturbed adolescents, where sheintroduced attachment theory andthen DBT. Her work is featured inBessel van der Kolk’s latest book, TheBody Keeps the Score. For moreinformation, please seewww.feardrivenbrain.com.

Research increasingly shows that Cognitive BehaviouralTherapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) has a profound effect on sleepdisorders, and works better than drugs.

This "Beyond the Basics" workshop — designed for those whoare already familiar with the foundations of CBT-I, and led byone of CBT-I's leading researchers and clinicians — will focuson more complex issues of case planning and management.

You will learn to customize and adapt CBT-I for clients whohave multiple diagnoses. A case formulation approach thatcan be applied across disciplines and clinic settings will beexplored. This will enable you to sharpen your understandingof sleep regulation and will complement what you mayalready be doing in the treatment of a concurrent condition.This approach provides relevant strategies to handle the typesof complex cases you are most likely to encounter in clinicalpractice.

For example, in PTSD, questioning beliefs that vigilance isnecessary in trauma-focused therapy can be complementedby strategies that address bed avoidance. Or, increasingactivity in chronic pain treatment protocols can becomplemented by CBT-I advice about stimulus control (how torest in a way that does not interfere with sleep).

You are invited to bring yourtoughest cases to discuss. You willreceive a client-centred caseformulation form to guideassessment and treatment.

Who should attend: Those whowork with adults with insomnia innon-sleep-specialty settings andwho wish to learn how to treatinsomnia when their clients havecomorbid conditions such asdepression, anxiety, or chronic pain.

In addition to a review of sleepregulation and CBT-I techniques,you will learn —• How to apply what you learned in

your previous CBT-I training to a more advanced, caseformulation approach

• Assessment tips to identify the three causes of chronicinsomnia

• Eight questions that guide a thorough case formulation • How to integrate CBT for depression and CBT-I treatment

components via a case demonstration

Advanced CBT for Insomnia with Comorbid ConditionsA Client-Centred, Evidence-Based ApproachLed by Colleen Carney, PhD, CPsychMonday, October 26, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmYWCA Elm Centre (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: CAR-F1A


Colleen E. Carney, PhD,CPsych, is on faculty inthe Department ofPsychology at RyersonUniversity, where she isDirector of the Sleepand Depression

Laboratory. She is one of Canada’sleading experts in psychologicaltreatments for insomnia, particularly inthe context of concurrent mentalhealth issues. She frequently trainsstudents and mental health providersin CBT-I at invited workshopsthroughout North America and atinternational conferences. She is theauthor of the only CBT workbookwritten expressly for comorbidinsomnias as well as the only CBT-Icase formulation book. For moreinformation, please visitwww.drcolleencarney.com.


"All of Life is in the meeting” — Martin Buber

Encounter-centered Couples Therapy (EcCT) is an innovative integrationof Imago Relationship Therapy, Appreciative Inquiry, Re-evaluationCounselling, and Relational Neurobiology by master therapist, HedySchleifer. Known as the therapist that other master clinicians turn to,Hedy has developed a powerful method to help couples become, notjust a good or solid couple, but a creative, connected couple.

EcCT aims to assist couples in experiencing the most vital and joyfulconnection with each other by teaching them the groundbreaking andpragmatic principle of the three invisible connectors: "the Space”, “theBridge”, and “the Encounter”.

In her highly experiential style, Hedy will explore the realm of theEncounter, which combines the words of each partner's story, with thebody's vast potential for emotional and spiritual expression. Hedy willdelve into the rituals that can help couples learn and internalize thevocabulary of the “other”, and thus become "bilingual”. Hedy will alsodecode the complex distinction between the adaptive “survival dance”,and the "dance of life in connection".

Hedy will describe the EcCT Intensive Session, a unique structure thatshe has developed for jump-starting a couple's relationship in two days,thus eliminating months and sometimes years of therapy. She will

present the rationale for eachstage of the work, as well as howthis kind of intensive workbehaves as a laboratory for thedevelopment of RelationalIntelligence on a path toRelational Maturity.

You will learn —• New skills to assist couples

in rising above their reactivesurvival dance

• How to help couples learn the language of the “other”, and become“bilingual” in their relationship

• How to locate the process of transformation in the “space between”the couple rather than in endless negotiation around boundariesand expectations

• About aspects of Relational Neurobiology concerning limbicresonance, limbic regulation, and limbic revision between partners

• About a couples therapy model that is centred on the importanceof enabling partners to enter the zone of “the Encounter”

Encounter-centered Couples TherapyA Path to Relational MaturityLed by Hedy Schleifer, MA, LMHCThursday, October 22 to Saturday, October 24, 2015 • 9:00 am to 6:30 pmMulti-Faith Centre/Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto)

Seminar Code: HDY-F30

$875 (3-day seminar)

Hedy Schleifer, MA,LMHC, is aninternationally knowncouples therapist,workshop presenter,and clinical trainer. Shehas pioneered the

training of Imago RelationshipTherapists internationally. In 2010, Hedyfounded the Tikkun Learning Center, aneducational institution through whichshe is currently training therapists inEncounter-centered Couples Therapy, aswell as business and organizationalleaders, in the Art of InterpersonalConnections. Hedy envisions a worlddedicated to Relational Transformationand the creation of a culture ofRelational Maturity.

Many therapists have beenintroduced to core concepts ofDialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)through Sheri Van Dijk's firstworkshop, “Calming the EmotionalStorm”, as well as through herbooks. This "Beyond the Basics"intensive workshop is intended fora smaller group of clinicians whohave a basic understanding of DBTand who want to develop increasinglysophisticated and targetedinterventions. Participants will:• Delve further into treatmentplanning from a DBT perspective,and learn how to decide which DBTinterventions will best suit theirclient’s needs

• Explore how to teach DBT skills to clients in the context ofAxis I diagnoses such as depression, anxiety disorders, andbipolar disorder

• Discuss what to do when interventions don’t seem to bemoving clients forward

• Take a closer look at the role of the DBT consultation team

Sheri Van Dijk will focus on how to use DBT strategies andskills to treat psychiatric illnesses other than borderlinepersonality disorder, including bipolar disorder, depression,anxiety, and other issues such as anger and self-esteem. Shewill also cover challenges encountered by new DBT therapists,client “resistance”, and techniques to help clinicians manageemotions in-session.

This experiential and collaborative training will help expandyour knowledge of DBT strategies and skills through lecture,role-play, video analysis of clients, and practical exercises.

You will learn —• How you can apply DBT skills to your personal and

professional life, and how these skills will help to reducefeelings of ineffectiveness and burnout with clients

• To enhance your skills in validating and beingnonjudgemental in order to help your clients learn totolerate their emotional experiences and move forward

• About a Behaviour Theory perspective to help you analyzewhat might be keeping clients stuck

• More dialectical strategies to help clients make progress,and to elicit commitment to working on goals

• How to work as part of a DBT consultation team

DBT Intensive: Going Beyond the Basics

Led by Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSWMonday, November 23 - Tuesday, November 24, 2015 • 9:00 am to 4:30 pmMulti-Faith Centre/Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto)

Seminar Code: VAN-F2A


Sheri Van Dijk, MSW,RSW, is the author of sixbooks, includingCalming the EmotionalStorm and The DBT SkillsWorkbook. She conductsDBT workshops for

mental health professionals in Canadaand the United States. Sheri maintainsa private practice and has been on staffat Southlake Regional Health Centresince 2004, working with clients withsevere mental health problems. She isthe winner of the R.O. Jones Award forher research on using DBT with bipolardisorder, presented at the CanadianPsychiatric Association Conference inSeptember 2010. For more information,visit www.sherivandijk.com.


Workshop LocationsAlways check our website for yourworkshop location, directions, andparking details. Visitwww.leadingedgeseminars.org.

All Toronto workshops except Schleifer,Harris, and Van Dijk:YWCA Elm Centre87 Elm StreetToronto ON M5G 0A8

Schleifer, Harris, and Van Dijkworkshops only:Koffler House / Multi-Faith Centreat the University of Toronto569 Spadina AvenueToronto ON M5S 2J7

RefreshmentsCoffee, tea, and light refreshments areprovided to start the day. Lunch (75minutes) is on your own at approximatelynoon (exact time to be determined bypresenter).

Accommodation (Toronto)DoubleTree by Hilton, Toronto Downtown108 Chestnut StreetToronto ON M5G 1R3(a few minutes’ walk from the YWCA venue)

This hotel offers a preferred rate for thoseattending our workshops throughout 2015,subject to availability. Rates start at$159/night. For full details on rates, pleasesee the “Hotels” page on our website atwww.leadingedgeseminars.org.

We recommend booking at least 30 days inadvance.

To book by phone: call 416-599-0555 (1-800-668-6600 outside Toronto) and askfor the “Leading Edge Seminars rate”, or cite“Corporate ID number 560036471”.

Workshop Cancellation PolicyWhen cancellations are made more than 14days prior to the workshop date, you havea choice: receive a refund (less a $50administration fee) or a credit (less a $25administration fee) toward a future LeadingEdge Seminars workshop.

If cancellation is received fewer than 14days prior to the workshop date you willreceive a credit (less the $50 administrationfee) toward a future LES workshop.

For cancellation on the day of theworkshop, please contact us within oneweek to obtain a 50% credit. Alternatively,a colleague may attend in your place at noextra cost. Please notify us in advance ofthe name of the person attending.

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In The Brain's Way of Healing, Dr. Norman Doidge wrote that "Moshe Feldenkrais, one of the firstneuroplasticians ... developed a method that integrated the role of mental awareness, brain functionand the body, to heal himself, and then others."

Upon observing Marion Harris, Dr. Doidge commented that he "was amazed to see how many of theconcepts are similar to those used in psychotherapy done properly — which is patiently.”

In this Saturday session, you will learn and experience the Feldenkrais method, which is designed toexplore how unresolved fears, past rejections and disappointments, as well as failures and successes,leave physiological and structural traces in the body. Every sense of yourself, positive and negative,is mirrored and held in your posture. The Feldenkrais Method allows you to safely revisit theseplaces and to create an environment for healing and transformation.

Marion will introduce an Awareness Through Movement lesson to help you experience and evaluateyour own unique posture to improve the quality, ease, and comfort of your everyday movements.You will learn to access your brain’s plasticity through a series of ingenious exercises and gain theawareness to reorganize your postural habits. By enhancing stability and core strength, this methodcan also improve your resilience and ability to self-regulate. You will learn to unleash the brain’spotential for creativity, energy, and focus, as well as relieve stress and pain.

In this workshop, you will experience and learn —• Exercises that will enhance awareness of your own postural holding patterns, and by extension,

those of your clients• About key themes of postural imbalances and ways to explore and address them• About the relationship between physical holding patterns and psychological well-being• Tips on how to introduce movement work into talk-therapy practices

Exercise mats can be provided, or you may wish to bring your own.

Learning and Experiencing the Feldenkrais MethodLed by Marion Harris, GCFPSaturday, November 7, 2015 • 10:30 am to 4:30 pmMulti-Faith Centre/Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto)

Seminar Code: HAR-F10


Marion Harris, Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner (GCFP), is the founder ofthe Feldenkrais Centre. Certified in 1983, she is one of the privileged few to havestudied directly under Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. Marion has over 38 years’experience in the broader fields of stress management, yoga, and health training,is an authorized teacher of the Sounder Sleep System™, and is a certified teacherand trainer of Bones for Life. In her teaching, Marion emphasizes practicallearning, enjoyment, and personal responsibility for one’s own well-being. She is

passionate about her work, saying “The longer I teach and practise Feldenkrais, the more Iappreciate its genius.”

Michael Stone workshop - Ottawa:RA Centre2451 Riverside DriveOttawa ON K1H 7X7

Single Workshop Fee Multiple Fees (2-7 registrations)

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1-day workshops $229 $239 $219 $229 2-day workshops $409 $439 $389 $409EcCT workshop $875 $875 $875 $875DBT workshop $459 $479 $429 $459CBT-I workshop $259 $275 $245 $259 Feldenkrais workshop $170 $180 $165 $170

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Continuing Education Credits

Every workshop participant will receive a Certificate of Participation forclinical workshops. Certificates may be used to qualify for eligibility forContinuing Education Credits from licensing boards and professionalcolleges that are not listed below. Please contact your own college orassociation to confirm its requirements.

Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation (CACCF)All clinical workshops may be eligible for 6 or 12 “core” credits.

Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)All workshops are approved for 6.5 CEUs per day.

General Practice Psychotherapy Association (GPPA)These workshops are approved for 5.75 hours of GPPA Group-CEcredits per day.

Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometristsand Psychotherapists (OACCPP) Certified members may submitevidence of workshops and seminars they have attended and theCertification Committee will assign CEUs on an individual basis.

Ontario Association of Child and Youth Counsellors (OACYC)All workshops are approved.

Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association (OEATA)Workshops are eligible for 6.5 continuing education credits per day.

Ontario Society of Psychotherapists (OSP)All workshops are approved.

Psychologists (CPA) All clinical workshops have been approved forCEUs from the Canadian Psychological Association (6 units for one-day workshops and 12 for two-day workshops).

Social Workers and Social Service Workers Members of the OntarioCollege of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) areexpected to remain current with knowledge relevant to their area ofprofessional practice under OCSWSSW’s Continuing Competence Program.

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Thank you for being great audiences and learners! Whatour speakers say about you —

“Teaching for Leading Edge Seminars is a privilege as apresenter. The topics and speakers consistently address newand important trends in the field, and audiences are alwaysthoughtful, curious, and dedicated to their clients. It alwaysfeels good to teach caring therapists how to make their workmore relevant and effective!” — Janina Fisher, PhD

“Leading Edge Seminars is one of my most favourite places toteach! The participants always bring so much wisdom andenthusiasm to the trainings, helping to create a wonderfulenvironment for creative learning and professional growth.Every member of the Leading Edge staff goes out of their wayto accommodate my needs, making me feel so genuinelywelcomed, supported, and well taken care of. Leading EdgeSeminars gets my highest recommendation for state-of-the-artcontinuing education!” — Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA

“I have been presenting regularly for Leading Edge since theyear 2001. The audiences at Leading Edge are a delight — wellinformed, engaged, and eager to learn. I always look forwardto my Leading Edge seminars!” — Martin M. Antony, PhD

“Over the past three years, I’ve had the pleasure and privilegeof working with the Leading Edge team, knowing the valuethat they place on having high-quality speakers! Whether as aparticipant or a presenter, working with the Leading Edge team isalways a wonderful learning experience for me. They truly are onthe Leading Edge of mental health!” — Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW

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