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The Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (OAMFT) is the professional association for the field of Marriage and Family Therapy in Ontario. We represent the most highly trained and qualified systemic therapists in Ontario who have specialized education and training in working with individuals, couples, and families. OAMFT is committed in supporting diversity, practicing inclusivity, and advocating for equity amongst our members, clients, and communities.
The End of an Era: Navigating Organizational and Personal Goodbyes
Date: Saturday October 5th, 2024
Time: 10:00AM to 4:00PM(EST)
Where: Hybrid: Tyndale University 3377 Bayview Ave. Toronto, ON, Canada M2M 3S4 & will also be virtual for those who cannot attend in person.
Presented by: Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP
*Live participants are eligible to earn 2.0 CEU*
TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 15th.
There will be opportunities for the following:
- Theoretical Understanding
- Applications and Skillful Practice
- Networking Opportunities
- Panel Q & A and much more…
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.
Speaker Bio
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.
Transforming the Ripple Effects of Intergenerational Trauma with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Webinar
Date: Friday, September 27th, 2024
Time: 12 – 1:30PM (EST)
Where: Zoom
Presented by: Leanne Campbell, PhD.
*Live participants are eligible to earn 1.5 CEU*
Purpose:
The purpose of this webinar is to introduce participants to EFIT, Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy as it applies to those struggling with the echoes of trauma, with a focus on intergenerational trauma.
Session Description:
In this webinar, participants will be introduced to the transformative power and potency of emotion in impacting the ripple effects of intergenerational trauma. Attachment science and an Experiential Humanistic approach offer a map that simplifies how we view and frame personal and relational trauma, and how we intervene across the three-stage therapy process. The ‘experiential process-based assessment’ offers the therapist a window into the context in which clients live and have lived, including the intergenerational context, and helps chart the therapy course toward a felt sense of security with self and others – the pathway to symptom resolution and the antidote to trauma.
Speaker Bio
Leanne Campbell, PhD, is an international speaker, writer, trainer, and codeveloper of EFT-related educational programs and materials. She’s coauthor, with Susan Johnson, of the first basic EFIT text, A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Cultivating Growth and Fitness in Every Client and is co-author of Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook.
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