This issue covers the CPA 2026 Convention, highlights Student Section programming, and provides a day-by-day breakdown of events.

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• PS Checklist #12: Indigenous Cultural Safety Checklist
• Janzen, M. (2019). Breathing life into the territorial acknowledgement. TCI (Transnational Curriculum Inquiry), 16(2), 74-81.
• Kirkness, V. J., & Barnhardt, R. (1991). First Nations and higher education: The four R's—Respect, relevance, reciprocity, responsibility. Journal of American Indian Education, 1-15.
• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. (2021). About NCTR. https://nctr.ca/

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Psynopsis Volume 48, Issue 2.5 Montréal Convention Special Edition is now available.

Issue 2.5 2026  (PDF)

Find all of our issues of Psynopsis here.

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October 5, 13, 22 and 27

Live webinar series: Certificate for new supervisors: Supervisor training for health and human services professionals with Susan Geary, PhD and Marion Langford, M.Ed.

Supervision and leadership in the helping professions come with unique challenges that require tailored solutions. This training for new supervisors certificate program offers practical leadership and supervisory tools specifically designed to address these distinct challenges.

Consisting of four comprehensive modules, this program is designed to equip new, aspiring and existing supervisors with essential leadership skills. Each module delves into a vital dimension of effective leadership, providing practical insights and strategies for success.

This program is offered as an open module series, allowing the flexibility to register for any of the four individual modules or the entire series, depending on your learning objectives. Whether you choose to join one module or all four, this series aims to provide valuable insights and practical tools for those looking to enhance their supervisory/leadership skills.

Individual module overview:
October 5, 2026 - Essential skills for the new supervisor: Explore the basics of supervision, such as how to set clear expectations, delegate, provide feedback and coach staff members.

October 13, 2026 - Leadership and motivation: Examine leadership tools that motivate staff members to achieve peak performance and embrace change.

October 22, 2026 - Holding difficult conversations: Understand how to prepare for and conduct any difficult conversation.

October 27, 2026 - Cultivating your credibility and influence: Learn how to engage people in a way that gains their trust and respect; how to create conditions for a beneficial and positive working relationship with others.

Supervision is more than oversight—it’s an opportunity to guide, mentor, and empower others. Reserve your spot now to build the confidence and skills to lead effectively in health and human services.

Date(s):  October 5, 13, 22 and 27, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
Registration fee: $960 with code CPA20 (reg. $1,200)
Learn more at:  https://cvent.me/gK2brw

Explore our full course lineup at: https://sickkidscmh.ca/learning-institute/our-courses/

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Oct 5-9, 2026, Oct 26-27, Dec 1-3, 2026, Jan 25-29, 2027

St John's, NL: Oct 5-9, 2026
Edmonton/Sherwood Park, AB: Oct 26-27 & Dec 1-3, 2026
Calgary, AB: Jan 25-29, 2027

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October 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2026

October 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2026
9:00AM – 4:30PM (Eastern Daylight Time)

Presented by Dr. Serine Warwar

This intensive four-day Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) Certification Training teaches the foundational knowledge and practical skills to work effectively with emotion in psychotherapy. Participants will learn to identify different types of emotional processes and understand their role in psychological distress, and use evidence-based, marker-guided interventions to facilitate meaningful and lasting change.

EFT is a well-established, evidence-based approach that views emotional change as the key to lasting therapeutic change. By helping clients transform maladaptive emotional patterns through the activation of adaptive emotions within a strong empathic therapeutic relationship, EFT promotes emotional resilience, a stronger sense of self, and healthier relationships.

This experiential training combines lectures, video demonstrations, case discussions, and extensive supervised practice in small breakout groups, allowing participants to develop confidence in applying EFT interventions from the very beginning.

Through this intensive training participants will learn to:

-Identify different types of emotions and emotional processes and how to intervene: adaptive, maladaptive, instrumental, secondary.

-Provide emotion psychoeducation to clients and give rationales about the therapy change process.

-Recognize in-session markers and their corresponding interventions.

-Facilitate the Principles of Emotion Change (utilize, regulate and transform emotion).

-Use the different types of empathic responses and understand their function.

-Engage in collaborative case formulation in EFT and following the client’s core pain.

-Recognize Problematic Reactions and use the Intervention of Systematic Evocative Unfolding

-Use the Focusing intervention to deepen emotional experience.

-Work with Self-Criticism using the 2-Chair Intervention for Self-Criticism.

-Work with Unfinished Business using the Empty Chair Intervention.

-Work with avoidance and blocking using the 2 Chair Enactment for Self-Interruption.

-Learn how to recognize a vulnerability marker.

Who should attend: Licensed psychologists, registered psychotherapists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, counsellors, other regulated mental health professionals, and graduate students in a clinical or counselling program.

*Please note that full attendance and active participation are required to receive a certificate of completion.

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October 7, 8, November 19, and 20, 2026

Live webinar series: Innovations in child and family therapy certificate program with Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S, and Greg Lubimiv, MSW, CPT-S

Engage, assess, intervene, and heal with creative, practical interventions for effective child and family therapy.

Individual modules include:
• Module 1: What’s going’ on? An innovative model for assessing children and teens
• Module 2: Wanna come out and play? Creative use of games, stories, puppets and art with children and teens
• Module 3: Essential theory and practical skills for child-focused family therapy
• Module 4: Creative family therapy techniques

This program is offered as an open module series, allowing the flexibility to register for any of the four individual modules or the entire series, depending on your learning objectives. Whether you choose to join one module or all four, this series aims to provide valuable insights and practical tools for those looking to support the mental health of children, teens and families.

Date(s): October 7, 8, November 19, and 20, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET

Registration fee: $960 with code CPA20 (reg. $1,200)

Learn more at: https://cvent.me/MOVYY3

CE hours: 24 for full certificate | 6 CE hours per module

Explore our full course lineup at: https://sickkidscmh.ca/learning-institute/our-courses/

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October 14 - 17, 2026

Attend NAN2026 October 14-17 in Chicago or Virtually!

Gain insights from top neuropsychologists, researchers, and practitioners through keynote sessions, workshops and networking.

Connect with peers, thought leaders, and industry partners to share ideas, collaborate, and grow your professional network.

Earn continuing education (CE) credits while enhancing your knowledge and skills in specialized areas of neuropsychology.

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October 15, 2026

Live webinar: Debriefing with intention: Skills and supports for helping professionals with Karine Silverwoman, MSW, RSW

Strengthen resilience and team connection with practical, trauma-informed debriefing tools that reduce isolation, enhance emotional safety, and support helping professionals working in complex, high-stress environments.

Date(s): October 15, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET

Registration fee: $240 with code CPA20 (reg. $300)

Learn more at: https://cvent.me/GoGOvd

CE hours: 6

Explore our full course lineup at: https://sickkidscmh.ca/learning-institute/our-courses/

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