autumn series 2 016 - leading edge seminars · dynamic, interpersonal, intergenerational, and...

Four-Day Trainings• Martin M. Antony and Peter Bieling: Four-Day CBT Certification for Anxiety and Depression

• Lilian and Paul Wong: Safe and Effective Use of Self in Psychotherapy

• Ed Hamlin: Neurofeedback in Clinical Practice

Three-Day Training• Linda Graham: Rewiring Our Responses to Disappointment, Difficulty, and Disaster

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Gabor Maté• Compassionate Inquiry

Mona Fishbane• Neurobiology and Couple Therapy

Colleen Carney• CBT for Insomnia

Wendy T. Behary• Disarming the Narcissist

John B. Arden• Brain-Based Therapy and Trauma

Kim Barthel• Complex Behaviour in Children and Youth

John Briere• The Pain Paradox

Liana Lowenstein• Working with Hard-to-Engage Children

Janina Fisher• Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma

Amy Weintraub• Yoga Skills in Clinical Practice

Also: Using the MUSE™ in Therapy

Exceptional Presenters • Transformative Learning • Since 1993

Autumn Series | 2016

• Transforming Family Relationships

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2 Register today: Phone 416-964-1133 / 1-888-291-1133 • Online: www.leadingedgeseminars.org

Distressed couples often get caught up in cycles of reactivityand disconnection. This workshop, based on Dr. Mona Fishbane’sbook of the same name, explores the neurobiological, psycho-dynamic, interpersonal, intergenerational, and culturalprocesses that shape these cycles.

Building on the latest studies from neuroscience and relationshipresearch, and decades of working with couples, Monapresents an integrative approach that empowers couples totransform their interpersonal dynamics. The workshophighlights the tension between knee-jerk reactivity (driven bythe emotional brain) and a more thoughtful ability to chooseto live according to goals and values (powered by the higherbrain).

You will learn interventions that willhelp your couples increase socialand emotional intelligence skills,including emotion regulation,empathy, equality, and respect.The workshop will focus on ways

to help partners become proactive lovers as they work toco-create their relationship together.

The exciting news that neuroplasticity — the ability of thebrain to change — persists through adulthood gives hope tocouples. This workshop offers both seasoned and beginningclinicians ways to facilitate neuroplasticity and relationshipplasticity in couples therapy.

You will learn —• To identify problematic dances of reactivity betweenpartners in a couple

• How to draw the vulnerability cycle with the couple• To identify the neurobiological roots of reactivity in couples• Specific interventions to facilitate relational empowermentin couple therapy

• Skills to increase emotion regulation, empathy, andgenerosity in couple therapy

• Ways to facilitate intimacy between partners, including theskills of repair

Loving with the Brain in MindNeurobiology and Couple TherapyLed by Mona Fishbane, PhDMonday, September 19, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmOakham House at Ryerson University (55 Gould Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: FBN-F11

$240 up to Sept. 8$255 after Sept. 8

We often carry old wounds, anger, and unfinished businessfrom our family of origin. These resentments from the pastcan affect us in current relationships with our partner orchildren.

In this workshop, Dr. Fishbane will explore ways to facilitatehealing and dialogue in distressed relationships betweenadults and their families of origin. She will address familylegacies and loyalties, resentment and blame, cutoffs,differentiation, boundaries, power, guilt, repair, and forgiveness.Gender-based and cultural beliefs that affect intergenerationalrelationships will inform the discussion.

You will learn about the neurobiology underlying reactivitybetween adult children and their parents, along with interven-tions to facilitate the growth of emotional intelligence andrelational empowerment between the generations. Particularattention will be given to helping clients “grow themselves up”in relation to their parents and siblings, and to updatingcurrent relationships with the family of origin. Challenges ofcaring for frail parents as they age will also be considered.

Theory and techniques, with case illustrations, will be offeredto facilitate intergenerational repair, focusing on ways tohonour and care for parents while honouring and caring foroneself.

You will learn —• How to identify problematic dances of reactivity betweenadults and their families of origin

• Techniques to identify and address old wounds andunfinished business in the family of origin

• Ways to incorporate interpersonal neurobiology in yourpractice, with tools to improve emotional functioning inintergenerational family relationships

• Specific interventions to facilitate change and deal withresistance to change in the intergenerational family

• How to utilize neuroplasticity, the ability of the adult brainto change, to empower clients in their change process

• Skills to help clients become more relationally empoweredin their intergenerational relationships to increase empathy,connection, and generosity in the family

Healing Intergenerational WoundsA Relational-Neurobiological Approach to Transform Family RelationshipsLed by Mona Fishbane, PhDTuesday, September 20, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmOakham House at Ryerson University (55 Gould Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: FBN-F12


Mona D. Fishbane, PhD,author of Loving withthe Brain in Mind:Neurobiology andCouple Therapy, isDirector of CoupleTherapy training

(Chicago Center for Family Health), anAAMFT approved supervisor, andadvisory editor of Family Process. Monalectures internationally. She specializesin treating couples and adultindividuals, as well as in intergenerationalwork with adults and their siblings andparents. Her honours and fellowshipsinclude a recent grant from theTempleton Foundation. For moreinformation, please visitwww.monafishbane.com.

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Dr. Gabor Maté is a major influence on mental health professionalsworldwide. His groundbreaking work on ADD, addictions, andchronic stress has paved the way for unprecedented recognition ofmind/body/spirit connections and their impact on health in themedical community and the general public at large.

Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developedby Dr. Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we pres-ent to the world. In this new workshop, presented for the first time,Dr. Maté will share insights and instruction of his unique approach topsychotherapy and to working with people in diverse settings.

Using Compassionate Inquiry, you will learn how to unveil the levelof consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicitmemories, and body states that form the real message that wordsboth express and conceal.

Through Compassionate Inquiry, your clients will come to recognizethe unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberatethemselves from them.

Dr. Maté will model the process of Compassionate Inquiry withcourse participants and instruct therapists in the practice of thispowerful technique to help clients access deep healing and transfor-mation. This will be both an experiential, participatory workshop inwhich participants will be guided through their own personalprocess, and a training session to teach the method of CompassionateInquiry to health professionals, therapists, and social workers.

You will learn —• How to cultivate presence,being with “what is”

• To bring attention to bodysignals in clients and yourself

• To enhance your perceptionof what is not beingrevealed overtly

• To enable clients to accessemotional states throughbody awareness

• How to create and maintaina safe, sacred space betweenclient and therapist

• How to keep a clientengaged in present-moment experience

• About the importance ofpatience, respect, andchoice in the therapeuticprocess

• How to uncover early traumatic events of childhood and uncon-scious feeling states through Compassionate Inquiry

Compassionate Inquiry with Gabor MatéLed by Gabor Maté, MDThursday, Nov. 3, and Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmToronto Central Grosvenor Street YMCA (20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: MAT-F20


Gabor Maté,MD, is thebest-selling author of Inthe Realm of HungryGhosts, When the BodySays No, and ScatteredMinds. For 12 years, heworked in Vancouver’s

Downtown Eastside with patientschallenged by hard-core drug addiction,mental illness, and HIV. With over 20years of family practice and palliativecare experience, Dr. Maté is a sought-after speaker and teacher. He co-founded Compassion for Addiction, anew non-profit organization thatfocuses on addiction, and is also anadvisor of Drugs Over Dinner, acampaign to overcome the stigmaassociated with talking about drugs. Dr.Maté has received the Hubert EvansPrize for Literary Non-Fiction, anOutstanding Alumnus Award fromSimon Fraser University, and the 2012Martin Luther King Humanitarian Awardfrom Mothers Against Teen Violence. Formore information, please visitdrgabormate.com.

Dealing effectively with the challengesand crises of life is the core of ourresilience and well-being.Developing flexible and adaptivestrategies for coping with everydaydisappointments and extraordinarydisasters is the heart of anytherapeutic process, and essentialto recovering from any trauma.

Modern neuroscience is discoveringhow the neuroplasticity of thehuman brain allows us to rewire notonly our automatic patterns ofresponse to the disruptive lifeevents inevitable in the humancondition but also our responses to

previously traumatizing events. Research is illuminatingempirically validated tools and techniques from Westernpsychology and Eastern contemplative traditions that cansafely and efficiently rewire dysfunctional coping strategies.These tools can also be used to cultivate positive emotionsand create the “left shift” that counterbalances the brain’snegativity bias and primes the brain for learning and growth.

You will learn to help your clients rewire the inner critic, healtoxic shame, and embark on a path of post-traumatic growth.You will learn interventions that can deepen the self-compas-sion and empathy that will connect your clients to their innerresources and build healthy and nourishing relationships.Through mindful awareness and reflection, you can helpreverse the impact of stress and trauma and allow your clientsto emerge from anxiety, depression, addictions, grief,loneliness, guilt, and shame.

You will learn —• Three mechanisms for changing the brain to install new,more resilient patterns of behaviour into implicit memory

• About body-based tools to regulate automatic survivalresponses and return the body-brain to its natural physio-logical baseline equilibrium

• How to use memory deconsolidation-reconsolidation toheal toxic shame and retire the inner critic

• How to use empathy and attunement to strengthen theexecutive functioning of the prefrontal cortex to buildresilience and recover a client’s inner secure base

• Skills of relational intelligence

Shift HappensLearning to Rewire Our Responses to Disappointment, Difficulty, and Disaster

Led by Linda Graham, MFTThursday, Oct. 27 to Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmMulti-Faith Centre/Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto)

Seminar Code: GRA-F30


Linda Graham, MFT, isa warm and compellingworkshop leader andauthor of BouncingBack: Rewiring YourBrain for MaximumResilience and Well-

Being. Her widely popular e-posts onResources for Recovering Resilienceprovide insightful and practicalwisdom. Linda integrates modernneuroscience, mindfulness practices,and relational psychology in herinternational trainings and workshops.She maintains a practice in the SanFrancisco Bay Area. Please seewww.lindagraham-mft.net for moreinformation.

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Technology, combined withneuroscience, creates a world ofnew possibilities for therapists andtheir clients. Dr. Ed Hamlin is on theforefront of the development ofneurofeedback as a clinical tool tohelp clients rewire their brains moreeffectively. Neurofeedback hasbeen successfully integrated withother treatment modalities and isincreasingly being used inprofessional practice and academicsettings.

Neurofeedback offers an empiricallyvalidated method to alterbehaviour and experience throughimproved regulation of the centralnervous system. Researchdemonstrates neurofeedback’seffectiveness with varied conditionssuch as seizure control, ADHD,substance abuse, and PTSD.

This four-day intensive provides anoverview of the principles of neurofeedback and how tocombine it with traditional therapy skills. It also includeshands-on experience. (Neurofeedback systems will beprovided; you do not need to have your own equipment toparticipate.)

Didactic lectures will be combined with real-lifedemonstrations, and multiple practicums will be conducted toincrease your comfort level with the technology involved.

This course is intended for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists,neuropsychologists, counsellors, educators, educationaltherapists, clinical social workers, rehabilitation specialists,academic researchers in neurophysiology, and biofeedbackpractitioners who have little to no background or experiencewith neurofeedback. It is also a good refresher course forcurrent neurofeedback practitioners.

You will learn —• About the basic theory of the neurofeedback process andhow it relates to mental and emotional functioning

• How to use computerized instruments and equipment• How to evaluate and assess clients for specific neurofeed-back treatments

• About psychopharmacological considerations when usingneurofeedback

• How to combine traditional therapy skills and ethics withneurofeedback

• About current trends in neurofeedback• How to customize EEG biofeedback/neurofeedback proto-cols based on new information and previous training

Note: To register for this workshop, please call416-964-1133 or visit www.leadingedgeseminars.org.

Neurofeedback in Clinical PracticeA Four-Day Intensive

Led by Ed Hamlin, PhD, BCN, and Mary Ammerman, PsyD, BCNMonday, Nov. 28 to Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 • See website for hoursYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: HAM-F40

$1,245 US (early-bird)$1,345 US (regular)

Ed Hamlin, PhD, BCN, isthe founder and clinicaldirector of the Centerfor the Advancement ofHuman Potential.Currently on the facultyfor Evidence Based

Neurotherapy of the Society for theAdvancement of Brain Analysis, he hasworked and taught extensively in avariety of settings including DukeUniversity, general medical facilities,university-based teaching hospitals,and psychiatric hospitals. Hespecializes in applied neurosciencetechniques to help address issues suchas attention problems, cognitivedisorders, depression, anxiety, trauma,and acquired brain injuries. He mentorsfor and supervises a number ofneurofeedback providers, facilities andclinics around the world. Ed will beassisted in this workshop by MaryAmmerman, PsyD, BCN; informationabout Mary can be found atleadingedgeseminars.org.

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Using MUSE™ in TherapyClinical Applications to Enhance EffectivenessPresenters to be announcedTuesday, November 29, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: MUS-F10



In the real world of clinical practice, clinicians increasingly confrontthe limitations of current cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamictechniques in PTSD and/or complex trauma work. Fortunately, a“third wave” of effective approaches to trauma is emerging, allowingclinicians to add new affect regulation, interpersonal, and mindful-ness-compassion models to traditional therapy.

As importantly, clinicians are increasingly discovering the limits ofmedical-model approaches to trauma-related difficulties, and aremoving beyond the need to “fix” or “cure” problems that may not bediseases or disorders in the first place. As it turns out, acceptance,growth, and wisdom — all achievable by the trauma survivor — arenatural complements to symptom reduction techniques, and oftenbring the client to new levels of awareness and appreciation.

This workshop presents the Pain Paradox, an East-West theory oftrauma-related suffering that suggests that the “solution” tounwanted states is not to avoid, suppress, or intellectualize, butrather to carefully engage with, accept, process, and even usepainful material in the context of a compassionate therapeutic envi-ronment.

Building on his books with valued co-authors (Principles of TraumaTherapy and Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma), JohnBriere offers new approaches, insights, and perspectives described inhis book-in-progress, The Pain Paradox: Embracing and TranscendingUnwanted Experience on the Way to Well-Being.

You will learn how to —• Implement mindfulness andcompassion approaches tointegrate the painful effectsof trauma into healing

• Reduce self-identificationwith post-traumaticthoughts and feelings

• Use “urge surfing”, “triggerwork”, and “RAINing” to alteridentification with internalstates and processes

• Apply new research ontrauma “reconsolidation” totitrated exposure activities

• Use Buddhist concepts like“dependent arising” toinform compassion andfacilitate the processing of anger

• Apply mindfulness-based breath techniques to facilitate traumaprocessing

• Use your own compassion to help activate the client’s positiveattachment neuro-circuitry and re-process early relational schema

The Pain ParadoxThe “Third Wave” of Mindfulness-Compassion-Based Approaches for PTSD and Complex TraumaLed by John Briere, PhDThursday, Nov. 24, and Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: BRI-F20


John Briere, PhD, haswritten and/or edited12 books, over 130articles and chapters,and 9 trauma-relatedpsychological tests. Heis Associate Professor of

Psychiatry and Psychology at theUniversity of Southern California, andDirector of the Psychological TraumaProgram, where he consults, teaches,and does research in the emergencyservice and the burn unit, and ininpatient psychiatry and adolescenttrauma. He is a recipient of the Awardfor Outstanding Contributions to theScience of Trauma Psychology from theAmerican Psychological Association, andhas written extensively on mindfulness,compassion, and psychotherapy,including Mindfulness-OrientedInterventions for Trauma; Mindfulness,Insight, and Trauma Therapy; and WhenPeople Do Bad Things: Evil, Suffering, andDependent Origination.

Dr. John Arden’s study of neuro-psychology has inspired him tointegrate neuroscience andpsychotherapy, synthesizing thebiological and psychological into anew vision for psychotherapy:Brain-Based Therapy. This engagingworkshop will focus on thetreatment of trauma.

Dr. Arden will explain the latestadvances in neuroscience and youwill learn specific interventionsbased on central concepts suchneuroplasticity and neurogenesis(how neurons can develop). He willexplore the differences betweenmale and female brains as well ashow typical self-medication such asalcohol and marijuana affect brainfunction. Special attention will be

given to addressing the neurodynamics of PTSD and thecrucial role of memory.

Using a synthesized model of neuroscience, attachment theory,and evidence-based treatment, Dr. Arden will introduce

Brain-Based Approaches for panic and flashbacks and ways toleverage the prefrontal cortex, social brain networks, and fastand slow routes to the amygdala to address intrusive thoughts,avoidance, and arousal. You will also learn how to communicateneuroscientific findings in a way that will motivate your clientsto try new interventions and to persevere.

From the viewpoint of changing the brain to transform moodand behaviour, Brain-Based Therapy moves beyond thetheoretical school paradigm. You will learn to more effectivelytreat clients with trauma by being able to discern whichelements of psychotherapeutic schools are effective andwhich may be counter-therapeutic.

You will learn —• About the latest developments in neuroscience• About psychotherapy research that challenges many previousassumptions

• About surprising new information regarding how dietaffects mental health

• How attachment influences the development of affectregulation and recovery from trauma

• About brain-based approaches to PTSD and recovery• How to use the fast and slow tracks to the amygdala in thetreatment of anxiety and depression

Brain-Based Therapy and TraumaLed by John B. Arden, PhDMonday, Oct. 31, and Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: ARD-F20


John B. Arden, PhD,has 40 years ofexperience providingpsychological servicesand directing mentalhealth programs. Hehas authored or co-

authored 14 books, including his recentBrain2Brain: Enacting Client ChangeThrough the Persuasive Power ofNeuroscience. Dr. Arden just retiredfrom his position as Director of Trainingin Mental Health for the KaiserPermanente Medical Centers inNorthern California, where he haddeveloped one of the largest mentalhealth training programs in the U.S.,encompassing 24 medical centres andteaching 130 trainees each year. He hasreceived wide acclaim for his dynamicworkshops in North America andinternationally.


Insomnia is the single mostcommonly reported healthproblem in adults, and it oftenconcurs with depression, pain,anxiety, and trauma disorders.Furthermore, studies increasinglyshow that implementing briefeffective therapy for insomnia firstcan lead to overall improvements inconcurrent problems. ColleenCarney’s pivotal research suggeststhat the success rate in treatingdepression doubles once sleepissues are resolved. However, non-sleep-specialist clinicians frequentlylack the training in how to assess,diagnose, and treat insomnia.

This workshop will begin with anoverview of insomnia and its

causes, followed by a detailed presentation of how sleepproblems can be effectively assessed outside of the sleep

laboratory setting. Colleen Carney will provide a brief, easy-to-understand background in sleep regulation in order toeffectively troubleshoot problems.

You will learn how to implement CBT for insomnia (CBT-I) inthose with commonly concurrent disorders. In addition tohands-on training in the basics of CBT-I, this workshop willcover whether adjustments to CBT may be necessary in thecontext of trauma, mood, pain, and anxiety disorders.

You will learn —• How to do a sleep assessment in a non-sleep-specialty setting• Techniques for managing rumination and an overactivemind at night

• Fatigue management strategies• How to teach clients to determine their optimal “sleep window”• About combining stimulus control and Sleep RestrictionTherapy in a single session

• How to troubleshoot issues relating to comorbid conditionssuch as anxiety, depression, trauma, and pain

CBT for InsomniaImproving Anxiety, Depression, Chronic Pain, and Trauma Treatments Through Sleep Management

Led by Colleen Carney, PhDMonday, November 28, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: CAR-F10


Colleen E. Carney, PhD,is on faculty in theDepartment ofPsychology at RyersonUniversity, where she isDirector of the Sleepand Depression

Laboratory. She is one of Canada’sleading experts in psychologicaltreatments for insomnia, particularly inthe context of concurrent mentalhealth issues. She frequently trainsstudents and mental health providersin CBT-I at invited workshopsthroughout North America and atinternational conferences. Dr. Carney isa passionate advocate for improvingthe availability of treatment for thosewith insomnia and other healthproblems. For more information,please visit www.drcolleencarney.com.

A good therapeutic relationship and the therapist's effectiveuse of self are clinically-demonstrated prerequisites tosuccessful therapeutic outcomes. This four-day intensivecourse will offer insights and practical skills that are anessential part of your professional training as a therapist.

This workshop provides the nuts and bolts of how to usetherapeutic presence safely, effectively, and ethically. You willlearn about appropriate use of self-disclosure andtransference, and how to manage counter-transference tofacilitate the healing and well-being of the client. You will alsogain valuable clinical skills, such as practising unconditionalacceptance, listening with authentic empathy, and knowinghow to avoid projecting your own issues onto your client.

In addition, you will learn to assess key areas of personaldevelopment and resolve personal issues that may underminetherapeutic effectiveness.

This four-day course integrates personal and professionaldevelopment and covers the perspectives of psychoanalysis,humanistic-existential psychology, and cross-cultural psychology.

This course will be delivered through lectures, demonstrations,role-playing, case studies, and round-table discussions. Therewill be reading and writing assignments required forsuccessful completion of the course.

This course fulfills the requirementfor evidence of competency in thesafe and effective use of self in thepsychotherapeutic relationship forthe grandparenting option forRegistered Psychotherapists andother licensing bodies.

You will learn —• To recognize how a therapist’ssubjective context impacts thetherapeutic process

• How to protect clients from theimposition of the therapist’s per-sonal issues

• How to use self-disclosure appro-priately

• About the effective use of ethnic-cultural identity in cross-culturalcounselling

• The empirical and theoretical basisfor the importance of the personalqualities of the therapist

Safe and Effective Use of Self in PsychotherapyThirty Hours of Graduate-Level Professional Training

Led by Lilian C. J. Wong, PhD, and Paul T. P. Wong, PhD, CPsychSession 1: Sat., Sept. 24, and Sun., Sept. 25, 2016Session 2: Sat., Dec. 3, and Sun., Dec. 4, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:00 pmMulti-Faith Centre/Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto)

Seminar Code: WON-F40


Lilian C. J. Wong, PhD,is internationallyrecognized for herresearch on multiculturalcompetencies in clinicalsupervision. She wasAssociate Professor of

Counselling Psychology at TrinityWestern University, BC, and AssociateProfessor of Psychology at TyndaleUniversity College, ON. She haspresented internationally on grieftherapy, play therapy, and counsellingchildren, adolescents, and families. Formore information, visit drlilianwong.com.

Paul T. P. Wong, PhD,CPsych, is ProfessorEmeritus of TrentUniversity and thecreator of MeaningTherapy andInternational Meaning

Conferences. Editor of the InternationalJournal of Existential Psychology andPsychotherapy, he has also edited twoinfluential volumes of The Human Questfor Meaning. For more information, visitdrpaulwong.com.


Part 1 of this course provides training in evidence-based strategies fortreating a range of anxiety and related disorders in adults and children.Dr. Antony will emphasize the importance of case formulation and coretreatment principles that cut across anxiety-based problems, includingOCD, panic disorder, PTSD, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxietydisorder, specific phobias, and health anxiety.

You will learn about effective cognitive-behavioural methods, includingcognitive strategies, exposure-based techniques, and relaxation-basedtreatments, as well as new and emerging psychological treatments (e.g.,mindfulness-and-acceptance-based strategies). Medication treatmentswill also be reviewed, with an emphasis on how they can be combinedwith psychological treatments. Strategies for dealing with treatmentresistance (such as motivational interviewing) will be discussed, as willstrategies for dealing with complex cases and comorbidity. Techniqueswill be illustrated using video-recorded therapy sessions, andparticipants will receive a detailed handout.

You will learn —• About effective cognitiveapproaches for managinganxiety and related disor-ders

• Exposure-based techniques• About mindfulness-and-acceptance-based treat-ments for anxiety

• Strategies for managingnoncompliance

• How to adapt treatment forparticular anxiety presentations

Martin M. Antony, PhD,is Professor in theDepartment ofPsychology at RyersonUniversity in Toronto.He is also a pastpresident of the

Canadian Psychological Association, afellow of the Royal Society of Canada,and Director of Research at the AnxietyTreatment and Research Centre at St.Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton,Ontario. He has published 29 booksincluding Mastering Your Fears andPhobias, The Practitioner’s Guide toEmpirically Based Measures of Anxiety,and The Anti-Anxiety Workbook. Dr.Antony has trained and supervisednumerous students in psychology,psychiatry, social work, and otherdisciplines, and is widely recognized as atop trainer in the area of CBT for anxietydisorders. He has held more than 300workshops and presentations forprofessionals from across North Americaand internationally.

Depression and symptoms ofdepression are the “common cold”of mental health, with bothprevalence and incidence continu-ing to rise. The scope of the problemis enormous and the breadth ofclinical presentations of depressionjust as troubling for many clinicians.Over two days, you will learn tocustomize a treatment strategybased on two well-studiedapproaches: CBT and mindfulness-and-acceptance-based approaches.To match the wide variety ofpresentations in depression, avariety of specific interventions willbe discussed, ranging from simpleself-monitoring and bibliotherapy

to behavioural approaches, to full treatment protocols foracute depression. Maintenance treatments and relapseprevention will also be covered. Video and case vignetteswill be used to demonstrate techniques throughout theworkshop.

You will learn —• How to use a simple approach to assess severity andchronicity of depression in order to determine the bestintervention

• About behavioural activation strategies• How to teach cognitive monitoring and thought disputation• How to create adaptive core beliefs and assumptions• Mindfulness-and-acceptance-based strategies for depression

CBT and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Depression Led by Peter Bieling, PhDThursday, Dec. 1, and Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmMulti-Faith Centre/Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto)

Seminar Code: CBT-F22


Peter Bieling, PhD, isAssociate Professor inthe Department ofPsychiatry andBehaviouralNeurosciences atMcMaster University

and a director in the Mental Health andAddiction Program at St. Joseph’sHealthcare in Hamilton, Ontario. Dr.Bieling's work is concentrated in thearea of CBT and MBCT for mooddisorders, the effectiveness of cognitivetherapy, emerging treatments andtreatment models, and quality of thedelivery of mental health services. Heis co-author of Ending the DepressionCycle, Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy inGroups, and Depression and YourThyroid.

Four-Day CBT Certification in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression

Evidence-Based Treatment of Anxiety and Related DisordersLed by Martin M. Antony, PhDThursday, Sept. 29, and Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: CBT-F21


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The full agenda for all four days can be seen at www.leadingedgeseminars.org.


Practise your clinical specialty moreeffectively when you offer clientssimple, evidence-based LifeForce®Yoga practices to self-regulate,experience self-efficacy, and buildresilience. In this workshop, youwill learn clinically appropriate yogaskills that can complement andenhance the work you currently do.Through yoga, your clients canlearn to focus and relax, and havegreater access to feeling states.

Clinicians have successfully utilizedLifeForce® Yoga in health caresettings with diverse populations,demonstrating its usefulness inrelieving emotional distress anddysregulation. Along with Amy,clinical social worker and LifeForce®Yoga mentor Linda Mackay willshare the effectiveness ofintegrating these practices into

clinical work. In addition to enhancing the therapeuticrelationship and cultivating self-acceptance for your clients,

yoga can help you cultivate self-care and reduce burnout.

Experience for yourself the transformational power of yogaand let it be the portal to healing for you and those you serve.After this seminar, you will return to your work, empowered byyour own practices and ready to share them with your clients.

No prior yoga training or yoga mat is required for thisworkshop.

You will learn —• Yogic tools to foster the therapeutic alliance and self-acceptance in clients

• About current scientific literature supporting yoga as a treat-ment in mental health care

• Evidence-based yogic breathing techniques and exercises tocalm anxiety, lift the mood, and interrupt panic attacks

• Strategies for introducing yoga practices to your most skep-tical clients

• Meditation techniques effective with OCD and anxiety disor-ders

• About empowering uses of imagery, meditation, and affir-mations that arise from the client’s authentic experience ofSelf

Yoga Skills in Clinical PracticeHelping Clients Manage Their Emotions

Led by Amy Weintraub, MFA, e-RYT 500, with Linda MacKay, MSWThursday, October 20, and Friday, October 21, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmMulti-Faith Centre/Koffler House (569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto)

Seminar Code: WEI-F20


Amy Weintraub, MFA,e-RYT 500, founder ofthe LifeForce® YogaHealing Institute, is theauthor of Yoga forDepression and YogaSkills for Therapists, as

well as numerous articles and bookchapters. She directs training for healthcare and yoga professionals in theintegration of yoga skills into clinicalsettings. Her evidence-based yogaprotocol is used in health care settingsworldwide, and is featured in an award-winning library of yoga and meditationCDs and DVDs for mood management.For more information, visitwww.yogafordepression.com.

Linda Mackay, MSW, will assist in thisworkshop. For information aboutLinda, please visit our website,leadingedgeseminars.org.

Working with difficult-to-engage clients can be frustrating andchallenging, even for seasoned clinicians. The challenge ofworking with younger clients in therapy can be further com-pounded by their fear of entering therapy, their lack of controlover the decision to attend therapy, their feeling of beingscapegoated for family problems, and their developmentalcapacity, which can make it difficult for them to respond to tra-ditional talk therapy.

The first step in working with hard-to-engage clients is under-standing the reasons underlying what has been called "resis-tance". The second step involves engaging clients in thetherapeutic process. Liana Lowenstein, best-selling author andone of Canada’s foremost presenters on childhood trauma, willoutline the factors that underlie engaging hard-to-reach chil-dren and families. She will present tips, tricks, and techniquesto engage children, adolescents, and parents in therapy andmaximize potential for change. Emphasis will be on play-based, expressive arts techniques for use with preschool,school-aged, and adolescent clients. This will include thera-peutic games, art, music, and stories. Strategies for engagingparents in therapy will be outlined, as will activities for use inchild-focused family therapy sessions.

The techniques will be applied tospecific clinical examples to illustratehow they can build rapport, facilitateopen communication, and help theclient work through treatment goals.

This training will combine aPowerPoint presentation, activitydemonstrations, videos of client ses-sions, and experiential exercises.

You will learn —• About the factors underlying ther-apeutic resistance

• Innovative techniques to facilitaterapport-building with children ofall ages

• Strategies to engage resistant,hard-to-serve parents

• Interventions for clients who arereluctant to verbally articulate their thoughts and feelings

• About activities for child-focused family therapy sessions

I Don’t Wanna Talk About itWorking with Hard-to-Engage Children, Youth, and FamiliesLed by Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-SMonday, December 5, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: LOW-F10


Liana Lowenstein,MSW, RSW, CPT-S, hasbeen working withchildren and familiessince 1988. Shepresents workshopsacross North America

and abroad, provides clinicalsupervision to mental healthpractitioners, and runs a play-therapyinternship program. She has authorednumerous critically acclaimed books,including Creative Interventions forChildren of Divorce, CreativeInterventions for Bereaved Children,Creative CBT Interventions for Childrenwith Anxiety, and Cory Helps Kids Copewith Sexual Abuse. She is the winner ofthe Monica Herbert Award foroutstanding contribution anddedication to child psychotherapy andplay therapy in Canada. For moreinformation, please visitwww.lianalowenstein.com.


Narcissistic clients are notoriously difficult. While often intelligent,charming, and self-confident, they also tend to be highly self-absorbed, arrogant, demanding, condescending, incapable ofempathy, and possessed with a sense of entitlement. The complexitiesof these clients can arouse our curiosity, but treating them canarouse our sense of inadequacy.

This workshop will help you establish a sturdier foothold forempathically holding narcissistic clients accountable and settingnecessary limits. Through empathic curiosity and confrontation, youwill learn how to diffuse distractions such as underlying shame andinsecurity, and disarm the client from shifting into modes (classic“hiding places”) such as detachment, dismissiveness, obnoxiousness,and overcompensating, larger-than-life self-righteousness.Empathic confrontation is a strategy that fortifies access to andmaintenance of meaningful consequences while in therapy. It willhelp you bypass power struggles.

You will acquire a working understanding of schema therapy asapplied to narcissism in order to help you understand your client’slife themes, as well as your own, and how these themes interact intherapy. By gaining a firmer grasp on your own schemas and abetter understanding of the narcissistic client’s makeup, you canovercome obstacles in treating narcissism and maintain the necessaryleverage for healing.

You will learn —• About schema theory andschema mode work asapplied to narcissism andNarcissistic PersonalityDisorders

• Specific clinical strategieswith narcissistic clients

• How to integrate conceptsfrom interpersonal neuro-biology that have been demonstrated to be powerful tools foraccelerating treatment effectiveness

• How to identify your client’s personal schemas and modes thatpresent a major obstacle to treatment

• How to use self-work to bypass intense reactions linked to per-sonal triggers that are activated by the narcissistic client

• How to customize scripts to fortify leverage, to utilize EmpathicConfrontation, and to set limits under a variety of conditions rele-vant to narcissism

Disarming the NarcissistLed by Wendy T. Behary, LCSWThursday, October 13, and Friday, October 14 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: BEH-F20


Wendy T. Behary, LCSW,is the director of theCognitive TherapyCenter of New Jersey,and author of Disarmingthe Narcissist. She hasbeen treating clients

and training professionals for more than20 years. She is a founding fellow of theAcademy of Cognitive Therapy, and wasthe president of the InternationalSociety of Schema Therapy (ISST) from2010 to 2014. She lectures internationallyon schema therapy, narcissism,relationships, and anger. Formore information, please visitwww.disarmingthenarcissist.com.

Clinicians, teachers, and families areincreasingly challenged by childrenand youth with complex behaviouralissues. As a result, clinicians needdiscriminating skills and toolsto identify the basis of thesecomplexities. Is the behaviour aresult of neuropsychologicallimitations in sensory processing,or a manifestation of social andemotional experiences?Traditionally, models of interventionhave isolated sensory andsocial/emotional factors as separatecontributors of functional perform-ance. However, when viewedholistically, these two features areoften interconnected and overlap asaspects of human behaviour.

This workshop will provide an understanding of the integratedneurobiology of sensory processing and emotional/behav-ioural problems that result in “challenging behaviour”. Through

lecture, problem-solving labs, and videotape analysis, you willlearn where on the integrated sensory-emotional continuumthat sensation and mental health concerns entwine. Thisunderstanding, in turn, will allow for easier and more effectivetreatment planning. Treatment strategies will be specific to thehome and school environment, based upon active analysis ofidentified behavioural concerns brought forward by the group.

This workshop is based upon cutting-edge research thatbridges translational research from the fields of neuroscience,occupational therapy, psychology, and trauma psychiatry.

You will learn —• To identify and discern the neurobiology of challengingbehaviour

• To differentiate between sensory, emotional, and cognitivecomponents of behaviour

• To integrate theories of intervention into a holistic approachto complex behaviours

• How to develop treatment techniques, relationship-buildingtools, and dialoguing skills with complex pediatric clientsand their caregivers

Is It Sensory or Is It Behavioural?Complex Behavioural Challenges in Children and Youth

Led by Kim Barthel, OTR/L, C/NDTMonday, Oct. 24, and Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 • 9:00 am to 4:40 pmYWCA Toronto - Elm St. location (87 Elm Street, Toronto)

Seminar Code: BAR-F20


Kim Barthel, OTR/L,C/NDT, is a world-renowned occupationaltherapist and teacher.Supportingmultidisciplinarysettings in many

cultures internationally, Kim has apassion for determining why people dothe things they do. Some of herspecialties are sensory processing,attachment, trauma, neuroscience, andthe relationship of science to learning.To empower personal reflection andhealing with her friend Theo Fleury, sherecently co-authored the national best-seller Conversations with a Rattlesnake.Kim’s mission is to support theconscious evolution of the humanspirit. For more information, pleasevisit kimbarthel.ca.


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Gabor Maté workshop only:Toronto Central Grosvenor Street YMCA20 Grosvenor StreetToronto ON M4Y 2V5

AccommodationDoubleTree by Hilton, Toronto Downtown108 Chestnut StreetToronto ON M5G 1R3(a few minutes’ walk from the YWCA venue)

This hotel offers a preferred rate for thoseattending our workshops throughout 2016,subject to availability:$169 (September – October)$164 (November and December)

For more details on rates, see the “Hotels”page at www.leadingedgeseminars.org.

We recommend booking at least 30 days inadvance.

To book by phone: call 416-599-0555 (1-800-668-6600 outside Toronto) and askfor the “Leading Edge Seminars rate”, or cite“Corporate ID number 560036471”.

Workshop Cancellation PolicyWhen you cancel a workshop more than 14days prior to the workshop date, you havea choice: receive a refund (less a $50administration fee) or a credit (less a $25administration fee) towards a futureLeading Edge Seminars workshop.

If your cancellation is received fewer than14 days prior to the workshop date you willreceive a credit (less the $50 administrationfee) toward a future LES workshop.

To cancel on the day of the workshop,please contact us within one week toobtain a 50% credit. Alternatively, acolleague may attend in your place at noextra cost. Please notify us in adance ofthe name of the person attending.

Workshop Information

Leading Edge Seminars is pleased to bring the best of Janina Fisher’s live workshops to you in thisnew 10-month Home Study program. Meeting online once a month, Janina will deliver acomprehensive survey of recent research on trauma and attachment development and how thisresearch can be applied in the treatment of psychological trauma. This program is a culmination ofJanina’s profound synthesis of neuroscience, attachment theory, and sensorimotor approaches.

The webinar will introduce a variety of widely accepted treatment approaches to trauma in the lightof neuroscience research. The interventions cited in the seminar include psychodynamicpsychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy, CBT, couples and family therapy, EMDR, SensorimotorPsychotherapy, clinical hypnosis, and Internal Family Systems.

The program begins with an integration of traditional psychotherapy methods and newertheoretical models. It then expands on the research and discusses the implications of dysregulation,traumatic memory, and disorganized attachment, and how to address them. The final third of theprogram focuses on complications found in trauma treatment, including dissociation, shame andself-loathing, and treatment planning. Ethical and professional standards are emphasized when theyare relevant to each topic area.

Format: an online seminar meeting offered one Monday per month from September 2016 to June2017, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET. Monthly reading assignments accompany the online lecture, andreal-time discussion/questions are possible throughout the broadcast by using a chat box featureduring the live session.

All sessions are also recorded and stored in an online archive for later viewing at your convenience.The entire series will remain available until the end of 2017 to allow participants ample time tocomplete the series.

Mode of delivery: Online learning or Home Study

Number of contact hours: 20 hours or 2 hours per month

Schedule for each session:

12:00 pm: Didactic on theoretical or neurobiological basis for session topic

12:50 pm: Discussion and questions

1:00 pm: Applications of theory and description of relevant clinical interventions

1:50 pm: Discussion and questions

For dates, curriculum, and learning objectives, please visit www.leadingedgeseminars.org.

Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of TraumaOnline WebinarLed by Janina Fisher, PhDSeptember 2016 to June 2017 • One Monday per month; dates TBA12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Seminar Code: JFW-Y10

Fee: $475

Janina Fisher, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and instructor at the TraumaCenter, an outpatient clinic and research centre founded by Bessel van der Kolk.She is also past president of the New England Society for the Treatment of Traumaand Dissociation, a faculty member of the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute,and a former instructor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Fisher has been an invitedspeaker at the Cape Cod Institute, the EMDR International Association AnnualConference, the Psychotraumatology Institute of Europe, and the Esalen Institute.

She lectures and teaches internationally on topics related to the integration of neurobiologicalresearch and newer trauma treatment paradigms into traditional therapeutic modalities. Formore information, please visit www.janinafisher.com.

All other workshops:YMCA Toronto - Elm St. location87 Elm StreetToronto ON M5G 0A8

Gabor Maté workshop only:Toronto Central Grosvenor Street YMCA20 Grosvenor StreetToronto ON M4Y 2V5

Bieling, Graham, Weintraub, and Wongworkshops:Multi-Faith Centre / Koffler Houseat the University of Toronto569 Spadina AvenueToronto ON M5S 2J7

Mona Fishbane workshops only:Oakham House (Ryerson University)55 Gould StreetToronto ON M5B 1E9

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1-day workshops $240 + HST $255 + HST $225 + HST $240 + HST2-day workshops $430 + HST $450 + HST $415 + HST $430 + HSTGabor Maté $425 + HST $475 + HST $425 + HST $475 + HSTJohn Briere $425 + HST $475 + HST $425 + HST $475 + HST

Linda Graham $730 + HST $755 + HST $730 + HST $755 + HSTLilian and Paul Wong $795 + HST $850 + HST $795 + HST $850 + HSTFisher webinar $475 + HST $475 + HST $475 + HST $475 + HSTEd Hamlin See page 4 for registration instructions.

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Continuing Education CreditsEvery workshop participant will receive a Certificate of Participationfor clinical workshops. Workshops provide 6 hours of training per dayunless otherwise specified. Certificates may be used to qualify foreligibility for Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) from licensingboards and professional colleges that are not listed below. Pleasecontact your own college or association to confirm its requirements.

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Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Leading Edge Seminarsis approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offercontinuing education for psychologists. Leading Edge Seminarsmaintains responsibility for the program.

Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometristsand Psychotherapists (OACCPP) Certified members may submitevidence of workshops and seminars they have attended and theCertification Committee will assign CEUs on an individual basis.

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Autumn 2016This series offers a range of interesting and diverseworkshops. As usual, our speakers are on theleading edge of their fields, often making Toronto astop on an international tour.

Topics and treatment approaches include CBT foranxiety, depression, and insomnia; disarmingnarcissists; Gabor Maté's therapeutic approaches;John Briere's and John Arden's Trauma treatments;surprising advances in the clinical use of technology;yoga for depression; a "use of self" intensive; awebinar by Janina Fisher; couples therapy; helpingtroubled kids; and Linda Graham on coping withlife's realities.

Please have a look inside! There's something here foryou. Whether you're seeking a new skill set or newinsights into our shared humanity, our programs aimto build resilience and hope, with practical ideas totake back to both your professional and yourpersonal life.

— Michael Kerman, founder and director of LeadingEdge Seminars

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