Lawrence Murphy, MA, Counselling Psychology, and Instructor, Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University. Lawrence Murphy is the founder of Worldwide Therapy Online, the world’s first online clinical practice, established in 1994.
Starting to transition back to in-person therapy? Continuing online but wondering about the impacts on you and your practice? Have you noticed yourself inviting some clients to in person and not others? What are the ethics of this?
What kind of social media messages should you be posting publicly? How do you interpret or document if a client adds a or a to you to your text or post? What if you find out the other player in a multiplayer game is your client? What happens when your client Googles you and wants to talk about your past? This seminar Zooms in on the difficult ethical and therapeutic questions we all face in this challenging time of continuous online presence.
CYBER THERAPY: PROTECTING OUR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE, ENSURING BOUNDARIES AND CONFIDENTIALITY on July 6 from 5-7 p.m. brings you an incredibly engaging expert on these topics, Lawrence Murphy.
Lawrence brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and a great sense of humour to everything he does. Bring your anxieties, concerns, hopes and clinical questions because we are planning for a lot of Q&A. Think of Lawrence as your “cyber-supervisor” for the day, and join us in community as we enhance our practice with someone who has been there, has done the research and hard thinking about these new issues that most of us were never trained to handle. Register HERE.
THANK YOU to the 144 registered members — your support makes it possible to continue offering these programs.
L to R: Alethia Cadore, RP, OSRP Board Member and Chair, Protect SubCommittee; Kusum Dole, RP, Protect SubCommittee Member; Dr. Chase Everett McMurren; Shanique Victoria Edwards, RP(Q); MDiv; Rachel Fulford, Board Member, Protect SubCommittee Member; Dr. Oren Gozlan
Caversham Booksellers table on-site. L to R: Joe Adelaars, Co-Owner, Caversham Booksellers; Dr. Oren Gozlan, Shanique Victoria Edwards RP(Q).
– by Christina Forde, RP (Qualifying), Member, Connect Committee
“What we’re uncomfortable with affects how comfortable others are to talk with us about certain topics,” stated Dr. Chase McMurren during the June 15 PS Protect Yourself hybrid Seminar: “Cultural Competency: What is It? An Introduction.” This statement has challenged me to consider how I can make therapy a safer space for the unique cultural experience of each of my clients. Dr. McMurren explained that he acknowledges the impact of power dynamics in therapy by “respecting all the things people are afraid to tell me or think that I can’t handle.”
As therapists, I believe that there is room for us to become better at viewing “clients as the experts to address our own biases,” as stated by Shanique Victoria Edwards, RP(Q).
Another statement she made that stood out to me is when she highlighted that race and culture are core aspects of humans and that “we are asking them to leave a part of themselves outside if we don’t acknowledge it.”
While reflecting on the fear of appearing uncomfortable about discussing culture, OSRP member Susie Costello asked the presenters: “Can you give some specific examples of what I might say to break the ice around cultural issues”? The presenters considered how to make the process more comfortable by “melting the ice instead of breaking it,” as per Dr. McMurren, and Dr. Gozlan responded with this great question: “Why does it feel like ice in the first place?” It resonated with me when he suggested that we ask about a person’s experience and “listen to their inner world and how they describe it.”
“Within each culture is many cultures and each person experiences it in a particular way,” as said by Dr. Gozlan during discussion about how we can better understand a person’s lived experience of culture. He further emphasized his point by saying: “I cannot stand in someone else’s shoes. I have my own shoes. It is still my own experience of their shoes.. This statement really helped me reflect on the beautiful uniqueness of every person I meet. The presenters appeared to all agree that there is always so much to learn about each of our clients. Edwards explained her perspective that we often rely on what we know, and I believe she made a significant point by saying that our professional training leads to the “fallacy that we’re never unprepared.” The solution, according to Edwards, is to be “consistently curious.”
The two-hour seminar video is available for purchase HERE for OSRP members only. The PS series is sponsored by Jane, who designed and printed posters and sent a representative to meet with members. Cross-promotion provided by Caversham Booksellers who also shared a curated booklist for all registrants. McFarlan Rowlands supports the OSRP’s BIPOC Bursary and Scholarship Program, to which you can contribute by clicking HERE.
It’s time for our 1,300+ wonderful members to renew as we embark on the new OSRP year starting July 1st. Members know that the OSRP is the only Ontario association dedicated exclusively to RPs, keeping focus on our unique needs, abilities and goals.
Very well done for those who have already renewed your membership - 5 Gold Stars To You!!!
For those who haven't renewed yet, there’s only a few days before Friday’s deadline.
CLICK HERE TO BEAT THE DEADLINE & RENEW NOW.
As our association grows in numbers, so does our capacity to do more for RPs in communities across Ontario. Join us!
Questions? Contact Society Manager Evonne Brant at mail@psychotherapyontario.org or call 416-923-4050.
New Race-Based Data Collection Initiative
The OSRP is committed to respecting and advancing our diversity and reducing inequities by gathering information about our community in order to establish a baseline that measures success. The collection of race-based data is an essential component of addressing disparities prevalent in Ontario's Health Care system.
We invite you to complete the five demographic questions found when you click, EDIT PROFILE, on the renewal page. The option to not participate in any particular question is available for those choosing “prefer not to say” for one or more of the data points.
This Initiative is part of a larger data collection project launched across Canada, in collaboration with the Black Psychology Section of the Canadian Psychological Association.
Thank you in advance for participating in the efforts to reduce barriers like systemic inequities in Ontario.
More Good News! We have chosen NOT to raise our rates, despite inflation, in view of helping our members continue to thrive in your professional home, the OSRP.
Annual Membership Rates for July 1, 2023—June 30, 2024 are as follows:
Your amount owing may be less if you or someone you referred took advantage of our membership invitation program.
Your discount code for 2023 is OSRP2023-150. If no discount code appears here, it is because you do not have one.
IMPORTANT: For information on how to renew (and apply your discount, if applicable), please read this document.
Don't have a password? Create it here https://osrp.ca/Sys/ResetPasswordRequest.
If you have any questions, please contact Society Manager Evonne Brant at mail@psychotherapyontario.org or call 416-923-4050 – all messages with be returned during normal business hours
Don't know your password? Reset it here https://osrp.ca/Sys/ResetPasswordRequest
Warm regards, The OSRP Board of Directors and Administrative Staff
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The OSRP will be holding its 31st Annual General Meeting on:
Friday, November 24 1-3 p.m. on Zoom
OSRP Quorum requires 10% of members – so we will need 130+ members to sign up or send proxies.
Door prizes will be available for those who attend.
It’s a great chance to connect with fellow members, and vote on matters of importance to you.
Details and registration information to follow.
Would you like to see your copy here? On on OSRP’s social media?
Did you enjoy reading Christina Forde’s report on the May 31st Lunch & Learn? The Connect Committee is thrilled to have Christina join us, and we invite more member perspectives in our communications.
Please get in touch with us at: mail@psychotherapyontario.org
For those who haven’t yet filled it out, please take 10 minutes (anonymously) to help understand rates charged by therapists. Thank you to all respondents!
Open only until the end of this month, this Nation-wide Rate Survey hopes to shed some light on what psychotherapists are charging. Insurance companies need this aggregated data to set more realistic budgets, and allow for more hours of therapy to be covered.
We believe this will be hugely beneficial to our advocacy efforts, and our profession.
PREAMBLE: The intent of the RP Rate Survey is to take a benchmark, at this point in time, of what RPs (RP-Q’s) are charging clients. The data will inform us as to the lay of the land regarding what rates are being charged. While different stakeholders are interested in this information (insurance industry, RPs, CRPO), PRPA and OSRP members will be consulted before any data is shared externally. There is no intent to set a maximum or standard rate.
All answers are anonymous. The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/823HVGT
Please feel free to share the survey with other therapists in Canada. The more data, the better.
If you have any questions about the survey, don’t hesitate to email advocacy@psychotherapyontario.org
OSRP members have been working around the clock to prepare for this meeting of the minds tomorrow at 11 am to 1 pm to discuss “Cultural Competency: What Is It? An Introduction.” Over 70 have signed up, with almost 140 engaged with the PS: Protect Seminar series. It’s not too late to register here - you won’t want to miss it.
“We’re creating a space of respectful openness, where we can all feel comfortable enough to learn together,” says Protect SubCommittee Chair Alethia Cadore, RP. “We’ve shaped this seminar to allow enough time for questions and contributions from the room and from Zoom, to foster inclusion and true listening of each other.”
In prep meetings, all three speakers have emphasized that culture is vital to our work as therapists; but that none of us can ever become “experts” or truly “competent.” That’s why we are borrowing a page from Dr. Chase McMurren’s wisdom around “cultural humility,” as he described it in this podcast interview.
Happy Pride Month, Happy Indigenous History Month, and Happy Juneteenth to all!
The CRPO has clearly mandated all Registrants to continue developing Cultural Competencies. This roundtable event discusses what this actually means in practice.
Time: 11 AM to 1 PM ET Location: Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor St, Toronto (Grosvenor Room) and online via Zoom
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2023
Shanique Victoria Edwards, B.Sc., M.Div.(c), a member of Black Mental Health Canada’s Circle of Leaders and Founder and CEO of the Eden Legacy Foundation, works as knowledge translation coordinator for the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
Dr. Oren Gozlan, Psy.D., ABPP, FIPA, is a clinical psychologist and a psychoanalyst in Toronto. He is Chair of the scientific committee at the Toronto Institute for Psychoanalysis and a member of the Committee for Gender and Sexuality of the IPA. He is faculty at the University of Toronto (Applied Psychology and Human Development).
Dr. Chase McMurren (Spirit name: Water Song Medicine Keeper) is Michif/Metis (Turtle Clan) from Lethbridge, AB, located on traditional Siksikaitsitapi, Blackfoot Confederacy Territory and covered by Treaty 7. He currently lives and works in Tkarón:to |GichiKiiwenging and serves as the Indigenous Health Theme Lead in the MD Program and the Indigenous Practitioner Liaison within the Office of Indigenous Health in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
THANK YOU to the 140 registered members - your support makes it possible to continue offering these programs.
To attend/receive materials for all five PS: protect yourself Protect Seminars, if you would appreciate financial support and identify as BIPOC, please email edi@psychotherapyontario.org
We can’t wait to see you in the room or on Zoom.
The OSRP is growing and developing as an organization representing a diverse group of 1,300+ RPs across Ontario. With this top of mind, we intend to increase Black, Indigenous, Racialized, and LGBTQ2S+ awareness and engagement at the OSRP. To do so, we need your voices. Please let us know what we can do to make joining our Board a good fit for you.
If you are Board-Curious and interested in learning more about becoming part of the OSRP Board, you are invited to an Open House this Friday with Kimberly Cato and Dan Sileshi, Co-Chairs of the Nomination Committee.
Scheduled Zoom Meeting date & time:
DATE: Friday June 16, 2023 TIME: 2:30 - 3:30 pm EDT
Zoom meeting information: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89919692020?pwd=d0NxcGlaSDhJWlFjMVc2V3dVblBOdz09Meeting ID: 899 1969 2020 Passcode: 997324
Please let us know if you can make it and if you have any specific questions we can prepare to answer when we meet. May your week be truly spectacular.
If this date and time don’t work for you, fear not –– we will host another Open House next month!
Feel free to contact Kimberly Cato and Dan Sileshi at: nomination@psychotherapyontario.org
“The first place that you have to be at to execute change is understanding where you currently are,” stated Board Chair Kimberly Cato at the May 31st Lunch and Learn re:the OSRP’s Race-Based Data Collection Initiative. This initiative is included in the June 2023 Membership Renewal process in order to gain a better understanding of who is a part of the OSRP. I found this webinar to be very thought-provoking and enriching as I learned about how we can use this information to help address barriers caused by race-based oppression.
Click here to view a short video from Kimberly Cato.
Discussing the OSRP’s focus on inclusivity and their pursuit of creating change to reduce systemic barriers helped me understand why it is so important to know demographics. Race-based data gives us information we can use to help better serve all the members of a community.
Kimberly Cato hosted this meeting and posed a few questions to the panelists, Michael Bowe (Senior Equity and Inclusion Leader), Kafui Sawyer, RP (Canadian Psychological Association), Shequita Thompson-Reid (Senior Director of Equity), and Dr. Maria Wallis, Ph.D., Sociology (CASW, OSRP Member).
The panelists addressed the significance of race, intersectionality, and the benefits and challenges of collecting race-based data. Bowe made a couple points that really stuck with me. He explained that race is at the centre of this conversation because “you experience all of your other identities through your race.” Additionally, he emphasized the need for anti-racism efforts in support of black and indigenous people as we are “the most impacted in our society by racism.”
Click here to view a short video from Michael Bowe.
Each panelist brought diverse knowledge and expertise that helped attendees understand the purpose of race-based data collection. There seemed to be a consensus that this topic needs to be talked about. One long-time OSRP member shared the following reflection:
“I truly learned so much today in the webinar…as a therapist close to retirement, it is so deeply heartening to know that there are so many incredibly bright, socially conscious and engaged therapists coming up behind me! I feel I leave the profession in good, frankly better hands. Bravo!”
I found that there was a lot to reflect on after this webinar, including Thompson-Reid’s statement that there is “disproportionate access to care and all resources for BIPoC.” I believe this really highlighted the impact of race on lived experiences. I also agreed with Thompson-Reid’s perspective that data “always needs to be connected to context” in order to fulfill its intended need. Safeguarding this data is necessary so it can be used to develop actionable next steps.
Click here to view a short video from Shequita Thompson-Reid
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