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We offer 15 non-credit professional development certificates. Our courses provide experiential, interactive learning opportunities through online and remote training options. All of our courses are facilitated by highly qualified, knowledgeable instructors with considerable experience in their area of expertise. You can take any of the courses associated with our certificates without working towards earning the certificate.
Viewing clinician and client as fundamentally alike, training in this deeply empathic, experiential and transdiagnostic approach to psychotherapy will help you move beyond diagnosis and attend to what matters most to you and your client – in therapy, and outside of it.
The Addictions certificate is designed for anyone who wants to build on their knowledge and skills in the field of addictions.
Designed for seasoned practitioners already engaging in DBT practice and looking to deepen their clinical expertise, this program serves to strengthen the foundational aspects of DBT and explore the latest research and best practices in applying DBT across a spectrum of populations and disorders.
Often described as a philosophy or worldview more than a modality, IFS steps far away from the clinical nature of many other approaches to well-being. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey of learning how to understand each client as a unique and complex system, with whom you act as a witness to healing. This certificate is offered in partnership with Red Maple Coaching and Consulting.
The Child and Youth Mental Health certificate provides you with an in depth understanding of the complex and multifaceted field of child and youth mental health.
The Clinical Supervision certificate is designed for anyone looking to begin a clinical supervision practice or delve deeper into an existing practice.
Our innovative, practical CBT certificate will introduce you to the full set of core cognitive behaviour interventions and teach you to expertly apply these skills to the most prevalent DSM-V disorders. This certificate is offered in partnership with Qualia Counselling Services.
This skill-based certificate will provide you with a broad overview of the various counselling approaches that can help you build a therapeutic toolbox to address the needs of most clients.
The Death, Dying and Bereavement certificate is designed to provide you with the knowledge and resources to assist you in walking with compassion through the dying and grief journey with clients and patients.
The DBT certificate will help you understand the functional rationale for each of the four independent, yet interconnected, modes of intervention, as well as have an opportunity to practice the skills through role plays and group work and begin to apply this knowledge to real world examples and case studies.
This practical, skills-based certificate is designed to familiarize all clinicians, even those who work primarily with individual clients, with the theories and approaches to family and couples counselling, enhancing their comprehension of the intricate ways in which family dynamics impact the individuals they serve.
This certificate is designed to provide a detailed overview of the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful, effective leader in any organization.
Designed for non-clinicians, this certificate will help you understand what mental health is, explain some of the most common mental illnesses and provide you with the foundational skills to help you support your staff, clients and students.
The Trauma certificate will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of what trauma is, how it affects the body, the brain and the memory and how trauma differs from crisis and other distress.
This certificate will introduce you to the four primary therapeutic models of mindfulness, as well as other mindfulness applications that can be integrated into personal and professional practices.
Note: The Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness certificate will not be offered after the 2024/2025 program year (ending June 30, 2025).
We offer non-certificate professional development programs in the Faculty of Social Work where we are dedicated to empowering professionals through a variety of innovative programs beyond our certificate offerings.
Hot topics in mental health are constantly emerging and evolving. Staying current in your knowledge and contributing to community conversations and support is critical to professional and personal development. Each year from September to June we hold monthly CBT Lunch and Learns. These 60 minute sessions will include a 50 minute presentation on a current trend, topic or issue in mental health followed by an opportunity to ask questions.
See the CBT lunch and learn page for descriptions, upcoming dates and registration.
Dare to Lead™ 2.0 is the ultimate playbook for developing brave leaders and courageous cultures. Daring leadership is a collection of four courage skill sets that are 100% teachable, measurable, and observable.
We provide customized training solutions delivered right to you, saving your organization time and money.
We will work with your agency, organization or association to provide your staff or members with a professional development program that meets your unique needs.
Contact Lynne Jordan at ljordan@wlu.ca to discuss training solutions for your organization.
We believe in the power of collaboration. We are proud to partner with leading community organizations that share our commitment to innovative education, ethical practice and training that is aimed at enriching your skills and expertise.
Our CBT program is offered in partnership with Qualia Counselling Services, a cognitive behaviour therapy clinic with offices in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Brantford and Six Nations of the Grand River. Led by Thomas Brown and Charity Fleming, Qualia provides psychotherapy, supervision, coaching and training through core values of professional excellence, strength of character, authentic community, alleviation of suffering and anti-oppressive professional practice. Our CBT instructors are all clinical supervisors, consultants and psychotherapists working at Qualia.
Our Applied Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practice certificate is provided in partnership with Red Maple Coaching and Consulting. Built on the principles of human thriving from the world of social work, and specializing in personal, leadership and organizational development, Red Maple helps people practice the ‘harder’ skills of self-awareness and emotional intelligence by providing coaching and consulting services to individuals, teams and organizations.
