Continuing Professional Development Workshops
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The Centre for Interpersonal Relationships (CFIR) offers continuing professional development workshops to different professional groups over videoconference.
Physician Continuing Professional Development Workshops
With these offerings, psychologists at CFIR hope to share knowledge with you from the field of psychology, particularly psychological treatment and assessments, that we believe will be immediately useful to your care for the patients you serve.
These activities have not been formally reviewed by the CFPC; however they are eligible for non-certified credits! Mainpro+ participants may also earn additional certified credits by completing a Linking Learning exercise.
Our workshops have been structured to facilitate your participation and busy schedules – workshops are provided virtually by videoconference, and involve a 40-minute powerpoint presentation and 15-minutes of discussion. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the workshop.
Fees: No Charge
Clinical Learning Workshops
With these offerings, presenters share knowledge and help build skills related to a variety of clinical topics via video conference. These workshops are appropriate for individuals working or training to enter the mental health field (i.e., counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctoral residents, students in Counselling and Clinical Psychology Programs. These workshops offer mental health clinicians an opportunity to learn skills that can be readily used in your practice. Our sessions have been structured to facilitate presentation of clinical theory with vivid presentation of clinical materials and opportunities to practice skills. Our workshops are typically either 1/2 day, 1 full day or 2 full days. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the workshop.
You may attend these learning events anonymously unless you decide to disclose your identity (i.e., register with your real name, but attend the Teams meetings without using your real name). Thank you in advance for your interest in considering these workshop offerings. You are welcome to register below to any and all of the workshops available. Should you have any questions and wish to contact us concerning these offerings, you are most welcome to send us an email to events@cfir.ca.
2025 Complex Trauma Clinical Learning Workshop Series
The Centre for Interpersonal Relationships (CFIR) is hosting clinical learning workshops in 2025 to provide experienced mental health professionals and trainees with cutting edge knowledge and practices to assist the clinical work of supporting clients affected by complex trauma. We are delighted to be welcoming internationally renowned and published experts in the field offering live workshops this year.
Rates for each workshop:
- Regular: $200 + HST ($226 with taxes included)
- Students: $100 + HST ($113 with taxes included)
Dr. Janina Fisher, Ph.D.
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST)
Description
Self-rejection is a survival strategy that maintains children’s attachment to abusive attachment figures by disowning themselves as “bad” or “unlovable.” This deeply painful failure of self-acceptance is adaptive in an unsafe world but results in lifelong shame and self-loathing, difficulty self-soothing, identity confusion, and complications in relationships with others.
As clients learn to relate to their overwhelming emotions and impulsive behavior as signs of these rejected traumatized parts, they develop an increased ability to observe rather than react to distressing affects and/or act out associated impulses. Using strategies inspired by Polyvagal Theory and Internal Family Systems, therapists can help clients access the therapeutic power of mindful relationships to their most deeply disowned selves.
In this training you will learn to:
- Describe the relationship between trauma and self-alienation or self-rejection
- Describe the Structural Dissociation theory as an explanatory model
- Recognize signs and symptoms of trauma-related states and parts
- Identify parts that sabotage self-compassion and self-acceptance
- Describe interventions that increase a felt sense of self-compassionate connection
About Dr. Janina Fisher, Ph.D.
Janina Fisher, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, author, and speaker. Known for her expertise in trauma treatment, she is a board member of the Trauma Research Foundation, a patron of the Bowlby Centre, and a former Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher lectures and teaches nationally and internationally on topics related to the integration of neurobiological research and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities. She is the author of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors (2017), Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma (2021), and the Living Legacy Flip Chart (2022). She is best known as the creator and trainer of Trauma- Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), a parts approach to resolution and healing. More information can be found on her website: www.janinafisher.com.
Registration
- Friday October 24, 2025 @ 11am – 6pm EST
- Regular Rate: $200 + HST
- Student Rate: $100 + HST
- Please follow this Registration link for more details
Workshops for Physicians
At this time, we are not offering any Continuing Professional Development workshops for physicians. Please check back in the new year for updates on our schedule and upcoming events tailored for healthcare professionals.
