Like a Pro: The Wheel of Consent for Professionals
Title of Event: Like a Pro: The Wheel of Consent for Professionals
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Professional communication and personal reflection skillls
Sexuality: Common Myths That Undermine Treatment
Title of Event: Sexuality: Common Myths That Undermine Treatment
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Most therapists get very little training in sexuality. The public would be quite surprised, for example, that a counselor can get licensed without hearing the words vibrator, infidelity, prostate, or cunnilingus during their education.
20 Common Mistakes Most Therapists Make — And What You Should Do Instead
Title of Event: 20 Common Mistakes Most Therapists Make — And What You Should Do Instead
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Psychotherapy with individuals or couples is extremely difficult—more difficult, in fact, than any one of us can completely understand.
Ozempic, Weight, & Identity — A Guide for Mental Health Providers
Title of Event: Ozempic, Weight, & Identity — A Guide for Mental Health Providers
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Ozempic and related drugs now help people lose up to 20% of their body weight with generally manageable side effects. As the price of these drugs drops, even more of our patients will take them.
Somatic Consent Training
Title of Event: Somatic Consent Training
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A half-day online training that guides counsellors, social workers, and coaches to support clients exploring consent through trauma-informed somatic exercises.
Queering Mental Health
Title of Event: Queering Mental Health
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Join us on online on April 24th and 25th, 2025 to spark conversations and generate new knowledge about queer mental health.
The 2025 line-up features incredible speakers including Kai Cheng Thom and Martha Kauppi.
Certificate Program in Social Justice & Sexuality Education
Title of Event: Certificate Program in Social Justice & Sexuality Education
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Microaggressions in “Safe” Spaces
Title of Event: Microaggressions in “Safe” Spaces
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It should be expected and obvious that healing/helping spaces are safe, and that practitioners are aware of intersectionality- however, that is often NOT the reality.
Everyday Transformative Justice
Title of Event: Everyday Transformative Justice
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Gaya (they/them) and Mara (they/them) from Spring Up unpack how transformative justice responds to the violence of binary logics under white supremacy by offering us visions for creative, culturally rooted strategies to respond to harm.
The flow:
*Binaries and how White Supremacy is based on binary logics
Self Reflection: A Critical Component of Anti-Racist Action
Title of Event: Self Reflection: A Critical Component of Anti-Racist Action
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Through writing, discussion, and somatic abolitionism practices, participants will examine their biases. We will identify concrete ways to put self reflection into practice, which is essential for growth as anti-racist practitioners.