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Location: via Zoom Times: Tuesday mornings: 9:45 to 11:45 a.m. ET (Toronto) Dates: 12 sessions October 8, 15, 29, 2024 November 12, 26, 2024 December 10, 2024 January 7, 21, 2025 February 4, 25, 2025 March 11, 25, 2025
Fee: $1,400 (incl. HST) Registration: Registration deadline: September 21, 2024 $100 deposit to reserve your spot. Approaches: Relational, Modern Analytic/Psychodynamic, Sociocultural, Existential Styles: Experiential, brief didactic teaching, creative/exploratory, collaborative For the full training group description, please visit: www.jasonwinkler.com/groups
Contact:Jason Winkler, RP jason@jasonwinkler.com
The Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health and the Greenberg Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy Presents a 2-Part Workshop Series: Working with Emotion in Psychotherapy with Dr. Leslie Greenberg and Dr. Serine Warwar
Dates: October 31 to November 1, 2024 Times: 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. (ET) Format: Live via ZOOM
Workshop 2 - Assess, Regulate, Activate, and Transform Emotions in Psychotherapy
Dates: December 6 to December 7, 2024 Times: 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. (ET) Format: Live via ZOOM
This two-part workshop series is designed by Dr. Leslie Greenberg and Dr. Serine Warwar, leaders in the field of psychology and world-renowned experts in emotion and emotion processing. It is aimed at mental health professionals from various training backgrounds who wish to acquire specialized skills in working with emotions in psychotherapy.
Through these workshops, you will learn evidence-based skills to help you assess specific emotional issues and apply targeted interventions to address them. These skills draw on decades of research on emotions from multiple perspectives, including evolutionary biology and neuroscience, and can be integrated into any psychotherapeutic approach. Video recordings of real therapy sessions will be used to illustrate client processes and interventions.
Each workshop stands alone and registration in both workshops is not required.
OSRP members receive a 10% discount. Email training@cpeh.ca for more details
Thank you for your continued support of the OSRP. As a valued member, you had the opportunity to vote on proposed by-law amendments that will ensure you continue to have a voice while also supporting the advancement of the society and its mandate.
The amendments were released for electronic vote in July and the motions and results will be read into the minutes of this meeting to make them official.
Unfortunately, we were challenged with registrations for the August 30 Special Session of the Membership meeting (18 received) and proxies (9 received). Under our current by-laws, we require over 90 registrations and proxies to achieve a quorum, so we have rescheduled this meeting.
The new meeting date and time are:
Thursday, October 10, 2024 12 to 1 p.m. ET, Zoom
To register for the meeting, please use this link.
If you are unable to attend the OSRP Special Session of the Membership meeting scheduled for October 10, 2024, please click on the button below to complete a proxy form. There will be no voting during the meeting. Proxies are required so we can ensure we have a quorum to hold the meeting.
Click here to register your proxy.
Alice is a lively and passionate human. We spent our time talking about her journey to becoming a therapist and what matters to her in her work. She shared her positive experience with therapy during her teenage years, her volunteer work at Jesse's and Sistering, Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/Advocate Diploma at George Brown College, and her ultimate decision to apply for a 5-year experiential psychotherapy training program at OPC to further her personal growth and become the therapist she aspired to be.
Alice does standup comedy and loves to read and see impactful films. She just saw the film “Hard Truths” at TIFF festival and recommended the book Love Me Tender by Constance Debray, which I’m looking into.
Alice has an office in central Toronto and offers a combination of in-person and virtual sessions. She works mostly with queer young adults and has a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach to therapy. She is accepting clients at the moment and can be contacted via: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/alice-blackwell-toronto-on/1122544.
Thank you Alice for this inspiring conversation. Your energy is contagious!
On June 27, we were pleased to announce that the GST/HST exemption from counselling and psychotherapy services went into effect as of June 20, 2024, after having received royal assent.
As of June 20, 2024, certain psychotherapists and counselling therapists are no longer required to collect the GST/HST on their services. The Canada Revenue Agency wants to ensure that all providers of these types of services have the information they need to determine their tax situation and take any next steps, such as closing their GST/HST account. The CRA released a statement on July 15 which provides further clarity.
Please keep in mind that the exemption applies only to psychotherapy services. If you are providing other services (e.g., coaching, workshops, etc.) that you charge HST on, you should continue to charge HST on those services.
We would again like to thank all those who worked diligently over many years to make this happen, including those on the Tax-Free Therapy campaign, our partners at the Partnership of Registered Psychotherapy Associations (PRPA) and the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), and our very own OSRP Advocacy Committee.
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Presented by RBC
Marty Nanasi, investment retirement planner-financial planner with RBC, will be presenting a free seminar only for OSRP members on how to best utilize RSPs to reduce taxable income, save for first time homebuyers’ downpayments, including advice towards how to invest and options available within an RSP at RBC.
He will also cover how to use a RSP vs TFSA to maximize results and First Home savers account, which is a new addition the Canadian government has put in place to allow further deduction from income taxes and save further in addition to first-time home buyers' account allowable in RSP.
Wednesday, September 18, 202412 to 1 p.m. ET, Zoom
Fees: Free for members
Click here to register.
By Brandon Hay (MES, Business) Founder of the Black Daddies Club Therapist-in-Training at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto OSRP member
Less than 1% of therapists identify as Black men in the USA. This statistic was shared at a Black Men Therapists conference in Chicago that I attended in February 2023. This number is even less for Black men practicing therapy in Canada.
This lack of representation of Black men in the mental health profession in Canada has impacts on the larger mental health crisis that Black folks across Canada are navigating. The Shining a Light on Mental Health in Black Communities report states that 60% of the Black Canadians surveyed "would be more willing to use mental health services if the mental health professional were Black". The report also indicated the importance of innovative mental health interventions for the Back community, as “Black persons in Canada have higher unemployment rates, as well as lower average incomes, which may preclude them from the wider selection of mental health services available to those able to pay privately or go through employer-covered insurance plans."
My name is Brandon Hay and I am a Black man who is a therapist-in-training in Gestalt therapy, and I am also the founder of the Black Daddies Club (BDC), which is a social grassroots movement that has been co-creating spaces for Black folks and Black men in Toronto for the past 18 years.
As a therapist in training, I believe the trauma that Black folks experience looks different due to racism and their other lived experiences that come with the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, etc. The events below will be co-created communal and decolonized spaces for Black therapists, counsellors, healers, and those who support Black folks to learn and network with each other.
On Sunday, August 11th, 2024, BDC is collaborating with community stakeholders from Canada, USA, and South Africa to do two events (virtual and in-person) that will focus on innovative approaches with Black folks and mental health. The event will take place at Movember Canada, Toronto, 588 Richmond Street West, Toronto,
The first event taking place from 11 am-2:30 pm, will be Sunday Brunch: A Decolonized Space for Black Therapists, Counselors, Healers, and those who work with Black Folks, a panel discussion and networking and knowledge-sharing event for the purpose of decolonizing therapeutic strategies for Black, Indigenous and Racialized therapists, counselors, healers and those who support Black folks with their mental health.
This event, the first in a series, will launch The Revelry Group, an Employment Assistance Program (EAP) that works with Black, Racialized, and Indigenous Counsellors, Therapists and Healers. We are currently working on inviting Black and Racialized therapists to be a part of this network.
The second event for the day, taking place from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm, will be Sunday Dinners: Conversations with Black Men. The purpose of the Sunday Dinner gatherings is for Black men to have conversations with other Black men to explore our similarities and differences. This conversation series is for Black men who identify as cis-gendered, heterosexual, trans-men, gay, bi-sexual, mixed race, living with a disability or non-binary Black men, etc.; as long as you identify as a Black man, the Sunday Dinners space is for you.
The Sunday Dinners initiative is innovative because it takes away the stigma of therapy which is still prevalent in some Black communities. The event is also free which helps to decrease the financial barriers that often stand in the way of Black men and their mental health and wellness. The design of Sunday Dinners is built on the Gestalt Therapy theories of dialogical relationship, awareness of our bodies, and being present in the here and now with the other person. Sunday Dinners also relies on Black men connecting (speaking and listening) with other Black men in a vulnerable way, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, as one participant who attended the in-person Sunday Dinners event which was held in March 2024 in Toronto, said,
“I love having an intergenerational space where I can learn from black men. Having a space to talk to other black men is healing, especially during COVID. I also like having this space because I can share my experiences and unpack some of my own insecurities and experiences. It feels like therapy’.” Sunday Dinner attendee
If you are a Black therapist or counselor, or a non-Black therapist or counselor who works with Black men, Black boys, and the Black community at large, please register for the Sunday Brunch (in-person or virtual).
If you are a Black man and interested in attending Sunday Dinners, please register (in-person or virtual).
As these events are not wheelchair accessible, we encourage folks who experience mobility issues, or those who will be out of the geographic area, to access both events via the virtual registration options.
I would love to see you at these events. Bring a friend!
It’s always a treat to chat with OSRP members and this one was no exception. Ellis has been a practicing psychotherapist for 20 years. Like most psychotherapists, he wanted his life to impact others positively. Through his training it became clear that he wanted to have a broader impact than on just an individual; he wanted to create the possibility of generational change. So, he pursued a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Tyndale University, believing that if a couple can change their negative patterns into positive, connected patterns, then a new normal would be modeled for their children, thus creating the possibility of generational change. I couldn’t agree more.
Ellis’ practice has two locations, one in Mississauga and the other in Downtown Toronto, and serves clients virtually and in person. His modalities include EFT, narrative therapy, CBT, and Internal Family Systems theory.
Ellis’ self-care practice includes running, and listening to podcasts, particularly one hosted by Lex Friedman, who explores the balance between science and the human condition
Ellis’ clinic is accepting clients at the moment, and can be found through the link below:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/ellis-nicolsonassociates-relationship-specialists-mississauga-on/145297
Thank you, Ellis, for a lovely chat. I wish you and your practice health and success!
With love,
Mahshad
THANK YOU!
I want to thank all the members who have filled out the Member Spotlight form since the beginning, especially the ones I didn’t get a chance to meet in person. Unfortunately, I only have time to speak with one member each month, but I want the rest of you to know that I see you, and appreciate your engagement and courage in putting your name in the Member Spotlight hat.
Would you like to be featured in the next Member Spotlight? Just fill in our quick survey and tell us about yourself. If chosen, your spotlight will also be shared on OSRP's social media platforms.
I look forward to learning and sharing about members all over Ontario, especially the ones working in the more remote regions, and ones with diverse approaches, or serving diverse and marginalized populations.
Mahshad Aryafar, RP
Connect Committee Chair
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