Faculty of Social Work Professional Development
The Faculty of Social Work's professional development program offers over 300 continuing education courses, workshops, and certificates annually. Whether you're looking to upgrade your skills, complement your education, or explore new areas of interest, our program can help you achieve your goals through experiential and interactive learning opportunities.
For more information visit our website or contact us at fswprofessionaldevelopment@wlu.ca.
Offerings
- 0090 - Fundamentals of Addiction
- 0091 - Level I: Fundamentals of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
- 0094 - Complex Trauma
- 0095 - Trauma-Centred Psychotherapy Techniques
- 0096 - Building Resilience in Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
- 0097 - Traumatic Bereavement
- 0100 - Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue and Resilience
- 0101 - Foundations of Trauma
- 0102 - Working with Refugees and Survivors of War
- 0104 - Structural Dissociative Theory: A Therapeutic Approach to Working with Trauma Parts
- 0106 - Mindfulness for Trauma
- 0107 - Crisis Intervention and De-Escalation
- 0108 - Trauma and Addictions
- 0111 - Polyvagal Theory: A Bottom-Up Approach for Trauma Treatment
- 0113 - Calming the Storms of Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
- 0115 - Expressive Arts Therapy with Children and Adolescents
- 0118 - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Assessment and Case Conceptualization
- 0123 - Human Resource (HR) Management
- 0124 - Resource Development
- 0125 - Program Evaluation
- 0127 - Fundamentals of Management
- 0128 - Leadership Coaching: Guiding Conversations Towards Transformation
- 0129 - Managing Conflict with Confidence and Compassion
- 0130 - Introduction to Clinical Supervision
- 0132 - Community Consultation and Needs Assessment
- 0133 - Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- 0134 - Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 'Slicing it Thin'
- 0135 - An Overview of Narrative Therapy
- 0136 - The Private Practice Roadmap
- 0138 - Brief Single Session Therapy
- 0139 - Creating Secure Relationships: An Introduction to Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT)
- 0141 - Redeveloping Secure Adult Attachment: A Journey of Awareness and Change
- 0143 - Mindful Self-Compassion
- 0144 - Breathe In and Play: Mindfulness Practice with Children and Adolescents
- 0145 - Grieving Children and Youth
- 0146 - Level II: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Anxiety Disorders and Depression
- 0147 - Level II: The Essentials of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) with Children and Youth
- 0148 - Level II: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Trauma
- 0149 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): The Model, the Practice, the Application
- 0150 - Addiction and the Family
- 0151 - Understanding Relapse Prevention
- 0154 - Pharmacology
- 0156 - Concurrent Disorders
- 0157 - The Essentials of Harm Reduction
- 0158 - Counselling Techniques in Addiction Practice
- 0165 - Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- 0166 - Grief Counselling
- 0167 - Supporting Bereaved Parents After a Pregnancy Loss or the Death of a Child
- 0168 - Foundations of Grief
- 0169 - Spirituality, Religion and Self-Care
- 0170 - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Individual Therapy
- 0171 - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Phone Coaching and Consulting
- 0178 - Positive Psychology: The Science of Well-Being, Resilience and Flourishing
- 0180 - An Introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- 0187 - Bereavement Support Groups: Advanced Facilitator Training
- 0204 - Working with Trauma and the Body: The Fundamentals of Somatic Therapy
- 0220 - Project Management
- 0224 - When the Marriage/Partnership Ends: Families in Transition
- 0225 - Expressive Arts with Trauma
- 0226 - A Neuroplasticity Approach in the Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
- 0229 - Engaging Individuals and Their Support Systems in Navigating the MAiD Journey
- 0232 - The Art of the Clinical Note
- 0233 - Level I: Sacred Circle CBT -- Mikwendaagwad: “It is remembered, it comes to mind”
- 0257 - Play Therapy Interventions for Helping Children with Mental Health Challenges
- 0290 - Trauma-Informed Approaches to Working with Those Impacted by Gender-Based Violence
- 0306 - Working with Neurodiverse Children and Youth: An Anti-Oppressive Approach
- 0307 - Advanced Structural Dissociative Theory: A Therapeutic Approach to Working with Trauma Parts – Part 2
- 0310 - When a Few Sessions is All we Have: ACT as a Brief Intervention
- 0312 - Substance Use and Youth
- 0314 - Cannabis and Mental Health
- 0316 - The ACT Matrix: A Powerful Framework for Living Meaningfully
- 0317 - Disability and Grief
- 0318 - ACT and Self-Compassion
- 0320 - ACTing, Grooving and Shaking in Groups
- 0321 - Trauma-Informed ACT
- 0322 - Developing an Expanded Understanding of a Polyvagal-Informed Practice
- 0326 - Prolonged Exposure
- 0327 - Theories, Models and Methods of Clinical Supervision
- 0329 - The Supervisory Relationship
- 0330 - Ethical Issues in Clinical Supervision
- 0331 - Challenges in Supervision: How to Get 'Unstuck' in Supervision
- 0332 - Safe and Effective Use of Self in Clinical Supervision
- 0333 - Promoting Cultural Competence in Clinical Supervision
- 0357 - Schema Therapy: An Effective Way to Support Clients Who Have a History of Trauma, Attachment and Personality Disorders
- 0371 - A Compassionate Approach to Working with Addictions
- 0401 - Advanced Motivational Interviewing
- 0406 - Developing Skills for Couple Work
- 0407 - Intimate Partner Violence
- 0409 - Introduction to the Foundations of Sex Therapy
- 0415 - Trauma-Informed Leadership: Transforming Your Agency into a Trauma-Informed Sanctuary of Care
- 0417 - Understanding the Specific Individualized Features of Trauma: The Importance of In-depth Trauma Screening Instruments
- 0419 - Foundations of Restorative Justice: Fostering Healing for People, Relationships and Communities
- 0420 - Trauma and Neurodivergence
- 0421 - Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
- 0423 - Understanding OCD in Children and Youth: Early Intervention and Assessment Strategies
- 0425 - Suicidal or Self-Harming? Assessment and Treatment of "At Risk" Teens
- 0426 - An Introduction to Counselling for Infertility, Loss and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- 0447 - Know this First: Necessary Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals Working with First Responders
- 0487 - Change Management: What it Is and How to Use it In Your Projects and Operations
- 0490 - Part 1: Self, Protectors and the Foundations of IFS
- 0491 - Asking Good Questions
- 0494 - Understanding the Role of Transference and Countertransference in Clinical Supervision
- 0498 - Part 2: Exiles, Unburdening and Deepening IFS Practice
- 0499 - Attachment in Adolescence: Theory, Assessment and Clinical Application
- 0501 - Counselling Women Through Menopause
- 0505 - Working with Diverse Populations: DBT as a Principle-Based Intervention
- 0506 - DBT-Kids: Part 1 – Introduction and Individual Work with Kids and Caregivers
- 0507 - Introduction to Radically-Open DBT
- 0508 - DBT and Eating Disorders: What and How to Treat
- 0509 - Core Change Strategies in DBT: Behaviourism, Contingency Management, Cognitive Modification and Exposure
- 0510 - Moving from Self Criticism to Self-Acceptance with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
- 0517 - Dare to Lead™ 2.0
- 0518 - Working with Individuals Who Have Caused Gender-Based Harms
- 0538 - Perinatal Wellness: Navigating Prenatal and Postpartum Mental Health
- 0539 - Foundations of Family Therapy
- 0543 - Brain Injury and Addiction: Understanding and Supporting Complex Clients
- 0558 - What to Know: Domestic Abuse, Police Response and the Criminal Justice System
- 0560 - Discover the Transformative Power of Internal Family Systems (IFS): Free Online Information Session
- 0567 - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- 0571 - Understanding Autism and Mental Health: Tools for Effective and Affirming Care
- 0596 - The Silent Struggle: Trauma, Burnout, and the Mental Health of Women
- 0597 - Rage and Resilience: Reclaiming Women's Anger in Mental Health Care
- 0598 - Better Together: Practical Integration of CBT and Attachment Theory in Therapy
- 0600 - Evidence-Based Strategies for Treating Sleep Disturbances and Insomnia
- 0603 - Human Trafficking: Hiding in Plain Sight
- 0604 - Integrating Journaling into the Treatment of Trauma-Related Disorders and Dissociation
- 0605 - Resourcing the Body: Somatic Practices for Cultivating Safety and Stability
- 0606 - Deepening Embodied Resilience: Somatic Practices for Enhancing Interoceptive Awareness
- 0613 - Rural Women's Mental Health
- 0614 - Looking Beneath Food and the Body: Integrative Approaches for Working with Eating Disorders
- 0615 - Women, Pain, and the Nervous System
- 0616 - Foundations in Parent-Infant Mental Health
- 0617 - Female Adolescent Mental Health: Age-Specific Interventions
- 0618 - SEEN in Full Colour: Applying the CULTURE© Framework to Support the Mental Health of Black and Racialized Women
- 0619 - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Skills Training
- 0621 - Family Systems Crisis Management
- 0622 - Group Supervision: Transforming Your Practice Through Collective Growth
- 0623 - Secure Functioning in Action: Using Neuroscience and Attachment through the PACT Method for Advanced, Experiential Couples Therapy
- 0628 - Women, Criminalization and Mental Health
- 0645 - Culturally Safe and Trauma-Informed Practice in Diverse Communities
- 0658 - Faculty of Social Work -- Celebrating 60 Years of Impact: Monthly Lecture Series
- 0660 - Outside the Playroom: Working With Parents of Children in Therapy
- 0680 - Advanced Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Deepening Practice and Expanding Possibilities
- 0681 - Context Matters: ACT for Racialized and Marginalized Populations
- 0682 - Trauma, Attachment and Relational Work with Clients
- 0684 - Intimacy Under Pressure: Supporting Couple Connection Through Infertility and Reproductive Loss
- 0685 - From Survival to Connection: Introduction to Attachment-Based Interventions for Children and Families
- 0686 - Navigating the Weight: Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue and Moral Injury in Practice
- 0687 - Therapeutic Presence and Attachment Dynamics in Clinical Practice
- 0688 - Advanced Trauma-Centred Psychotherapy Techniques
- 0689 - Seeing the Whole Child: Alternative Assessment Methods in Mental Health Practice
- 0690 - Turning Toward Ourselves: Inner Relationship Focusing as a Practice of Embodied Listening
- 0691 - Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- 0692 - From Protection to Connection: Introduction to Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) with Children, Youth & Families
- 0694 - Exploring the Connection Between Eating Disorders and Attachment: Creating a Secure Attachment as the Foundation for Recovery
- 0695 - DBT-Kids: Part 2 – Working with Families
- 0697 - When the Body Speaks: Metabolic Health, Nervous System Biology and Human Flourishing in Women’s Mental Health
- 0698 - Direct Interventions Using Seeking Safety Techniques
- 0699 - Supporting Clients with Reproductive Health Diagnoses: Validation, Advocacy and Body Trust
- 0700 - Helping Families Thrive with Emotionally Focused Family Therapy: An Introduction to EFFT
- 0701 - Who Did I Need to Become?: Understanding Attachment Through an Internal Family Systems Lens
- 0702 - Foundations in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP): Four-Day Intensive
- 0703 - OCD Subtypes: Advanced Conceptualization and Treatment
- 0704 - Trauma and OCD: Clinical Considerations
- 0705 - Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs)
- 0706 - OCD Across Neurodivergent and Complex Presentations
- 0709 - Engaging in Activism in Social Work
- 0710 - Evolution of Attachment: History, Core Concepts and Categories
- 0712 - Dissociation-Informed Clinical Practitioner: An Essential Component to Trauma-Informed Care NEW
- 0731 - Connected Practice: Advancing Social Work Across Individuals, Teams and Communities
- 0738 - January 2027 Cohort NEW
- 0739 - Beyond the Basics: Advanced Group Facilitation in Addiction and Mental Health NEW
- 0740 - Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) Certificate Information Session
Certificates
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Certificate
- Addictions Certificate
- Advanced Certificate in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Applied Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practice Certificate
- Child and Youth Mental Health Certificate
- Clinical Supervision Certificate
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Certificate
- Counselling Techniques Certificate
- Death, Dying and Bereavement Certificate
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Certificate
- Family and Couples Counselling
- Management and Leadership Certificate
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) Certificate: A Social Cure Model NEW
- Relational and Attachment-Focused Practice Certificate
- Trauma Certificate
- Women's Mental Health Certificate
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