Date: Saturday, October 5th, 2024
AGM: 9AM to 10AM (EST) (for current OAMFT members only)
Conference: 10AM to 4PM (EST)
Where: Hybrid Zoom and in person at Tyndale University 3377 Bayview Ave. Toronto, ON, Canada M2M 3S4
Registration for the in-person event is now closed, but virtual registration remains open!
AGM and Conference Schedule
Starting at 9AM, we will be hosting our 2024 AGM for OAMFT members only. Light refreshments will be served.
At 10AM Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP will be presenting on “The End of an Era: Navigating Organizational and Personal Goodbyes” Please learn more below.
Lunch will be provided at noon.
At 1PM, Pete Sandoval, LPC, MA, RP (Qualifying) will be presenting on “Vagus Nerve Regulation: Working Grief and Trauma out of the Body”. Please learn more below.
At 2PM, we will take some time to honour and reflect on the milestones of OAMFT over the years, and past Presidents will be saying a few words.
The conference will finish with time for networking and end at 4PM.
Throughout the day there will be opportunities for the following:
– Theoretical Understanding
– Applications and Skillful Practice
– Networking with Peers
*NOTE: Only participants viewing the conference live on Zoom or in person are eligible to receive their 3.0 Hours Continuing Education Credits.*
“The End of an Era: Navigating Organizational and Personal Goodbyes” – Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP
Time: 10:00AM to 12:00PM(EST)
Session description:
Andrea is a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Nurse whose passion lies in helping individuals, families and communities support people of all ages who are grieving a significant loss in their lives. With years of nursing and counselling experience both in Canada and abroad and a Masters degree in Thanatology Andrea brings to her work a rare mixture of medical and psychosocial expertise as well as personal experience navigating organizational goodbyes. Throughout this presentation Andrea will weave together grief literacy concepts with practical strategies that can be used to support participants as well as their clients through organizational grief and other significant life transitions. Space will be created to reflect on the impact that OAMFT has had on the lives and careers of its members, to process the goodbye, and to get curious about what the future holds.
About Our Speaker Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP:
Andrea is a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Nurse whose passion lies in helping individuals, families and communities support people of all ages who are grieving an illness or death in their lives. With years of nursing and counselling experience both in Canada and abroad and a Masters degree in Thanatology (the study of dying and death) Andrea brings to her work a rare mixture of medical and psychosocial expertise. Andrea developed and teaches the 5 Day Certificate Program in Children’s Grief and Bereavement at SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health. She was also the lead content developer for KidsGrief.ca and KidsGrief for Educators. Once a month Andrea hosts a free monthly forum through Canadian Virtual Hospice, KidsGrief Q&A, where she responds to questions from families and professionals from across the country about supporting grieving children and youth. Andrea lives in Guelph, Ontario, from where she and Colleen Mousseau lead AWC Grief Support, a group practice of over 30 therapists who provide grief therapy across Ontario and grief consultation and education across Canada.
Vagus Nerve Regulation: Working Grief and Trauma out of the Body” – Pete Sandoval, LPC, MA, RP(Qualifying)
Time: 1:00PM to 2:00PM(EST)
Session description:
This presentation is an interactive exploration of how we experience emotional regulation in our body through stillness, movement, and the five senses. Interactive exercises will be done to explore these different areas, followed by a brief review of Polyvagal theory and a discussion of the embodied experience of emotional regulation.
From that foundation, we will explore how to utilize somatic awareness with the Polyvagal theory to support regulation thus offering a potential pathway for working through individual grief. These understandings will then be extended into the clinical practice, building capacity for both self and client care. A few regulatory exercises to support clinicians and clients will be offered for consideration.
About Our Speaker Pete Sandoval, LPC, MA, RP (Qualifying):
Pete Sandoval is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and currently holds a license in the US as a Licensed Professional Counselor (Missouri). He earned his Master’s Degree in Community Counseling from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. He is also recognized as a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) by the National Board of Certified Counselors (US) and is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP).
Pete specializes in working with adults with trauma issues. His clinical trauma experience includes developmental/attachment trauma, physical and/or sexual abuse, medical trauma, chronic pain/illness, and single incident trauma. He is trained in EMDR, a Master Certified Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) clinician, and is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP). A member of the CCPA and registered with the CRPO, Pete is originally from the US, and has 11 years of clinical psychotherapy experience from both non-profit agency and private practice. Pete is now located in Kitchener-Waterloo, and practices throughout Ontario at the practice Grand River Healing.
