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
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
0120 - Introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Children and Adolescents
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 Therapy
0141 - Redeveloping Secure Adult Attachment: A Journey of Awareness and Change
0142 - Essentials of Mental Health for Professionals: Assessing, Risk & Resilience
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
0159 - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Mental Health
0162 - Mindfulness for Mental Health
0163 - Core Counselling Skills
0164 - Becoming Trauma Informed
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 Flourish
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
0221 - Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)
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
0227 - Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders: An Overview of Diagnostics, Assessment, and Treatment Options
0229 - Engaging Individuals and Their Support Systems in Navigating the MAiD Journey
0232 - The Art of the Clinical Note
0234 - Level II: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Addictions
0237 - Level I: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Chronic Illness and Diabetes Management
0242 - CBT Lunch and Learn Series
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
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
0319 - Team Development: Awareness and Tactics
0320 - ACTing, Grooving and Shaking in Groups
0321 - Trauma-Informed ACT
0322 - Developing an Expanded Understanding of a Polyvagal-Informed Practice
0324 - Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT): An Advanced Approach
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
0358 - Sometimes Words Are Not Enough: Drama Therapy with Trauma
0371 - A Compassionate Approach to Working with Addictions
0398 - Introduction to Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy: A Comprehensive Workshop
0401 - Advanced Motivational Interviewing
0404 - Internal Family Systems (IFS) in Couple and Family Therapy
0406 - Developing Skills for Couple Work
0407 - Intimate Partner Violence
0408 - Dementia and Social Work: Compassionate Practice in Complex Systems
0409 - Introduction to the Foundations of Sex Therapy
0410 - Families in Grief
0411 - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Couples
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
0424 - Supporting Gender Independent and Trans Children, Youth and Their Families
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
0467 - Level I: Equine Facilitated Therapy: Working with Somatics and Trauma
0487 - Change Management: What it Is and How to Use it In Your Projects and Operations
0490 - Part 1: Foundations of IFS Practice
0491 - Asking Good Questions
0493 - De-escalation and Intervention Skills
0494 - Understanding the Role of Transference and Countertransference in Clinical Supervision
0495 - Healing Bonds: Understanding and Working with Attachment in Adults, Couples, and Families
0498 - Part 2: Deeper Applications of the IFS Model
0499 - Attachment in Adolescence: Theory, Assessment and Clinical Application
0501 - Counselling Women Through Menopause
0504 - Formal and Informal Exposure in DBT
0505 - Working with Diverse Populations: DBT as a Principle-Based Intervention
0506 - DBT-K: Family-Based DBT
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)
0511 - Level II: CBT for GAD, OCD and Panic Disorder
0513 - Level II: Using Exposure Therapy in CBT
0515 - Level II: Narrative Exposures for Trauma Memories
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
0559 - 2025 Easton McCarney Lecture Series | Innovations in Practice: Social Work Today
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
0599 - Part A: Fundamentals of Professional Coaching
0600 - Evidence-Based Strategies for Treating Sleep Disturbances and Insomnia
0602 - Become a Catalyst for Change: Transformational Leadership Coach Education -- Free Online Information Session
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
0608 - Part B: Coaching for Transformation
0609 - Part C: Mentor Coaching
0610 - Level II: Respecting Roots, Restructuring Thoughts: Culturally Responsive CBT in Action
0611 - Part D: Performance Exam
0612 - Level II: Equine Facilitated Therapy: Working with Somatics and Trauma
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
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