OVERVIEW

This three-part series is designed by Dr. Leslie Greenberg and Dr. Serine Warwar, leaders in the field of psychology, and aimed at mental health professionals from various training backgrounds who wish to acquire specialized skills in working with emotions in psychotherapy. The workshops will teach specific skills in working with emotional processes in clients struggling with various mental health issues. Video-recordings of real therapy sessions will be used to illustrate client process and interventions.

Each workshop stands alone and registration in all workshops is not required. Please note, a discount is offered to participants who register for more than one workshop. For those who are not able to attend the broadcast, recordings of the workshops will be available for a period of time.

WORKSHOP 1: WORKING WITH EMOTIONS IN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY

with Dr. Leslie Greenberg

Depression and anxiety are two of the most common mental health conditions affecting individuals worldwide. Participants will learn how to conceptualize and work with the emotional processes involved in the development and maintenance of: self-critical/shame-based depression; loneliness/abandonment-based depression; social anxiety; generalized anxiety disorder; and secondary symptomatic anxiety.  Click For More Info

WORKSHOP 2: ASSESS, REGULATE, ACTIVATE, AND TRANSFORM EMOTIONS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

with Dr. Leslie Greenberg & Dr. Serine Warwar

Emotions play a fundamental role in the development and maintenance of mental health issues. This workshop will help participants increase their skills in assessing emotions (primary/secondary, adaptive/maladaptive, productive/unproductive) and learn interventions to regulate, activate, and transform unproductive emotional states. Click For More Info

WORKSHOP 3: WORKING WITH SELF-INTERRUPTIVE PROCESSES, EMOTIONAL BLOCKS AND AVOIDANCE OF EMOTIONS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

with Dr. Leslie Greenberg & Dr. Serine Warwar

Do you have clients who have difficulty allowing, accessing, or expressing emotions? This workshop is designed for therapists who wish to learn specific skills in working with self-interruptive processes, emotional blocks and avoidance of emotions in psychotherapy. Click For More Info

FEES AND REGISTRATION 

The cost of each individual workshop is $190 + HST.   Additional discounts are available for participants who register for multiple workshops.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Dr. Leslie Greenberg is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario. He created and co-developed Emotion-Focused Therapy for individual and couples. He received a Distinguished Research Career Award from the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) in 2004. His work has also been acknowledged with the Carl Rogers Award of the American Psychology Association, the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Program Award for Excellence in Professional Training and the Canadian Psychological Association Professional Award for distinguished contributions to Psychology as a profession. In 2012 he was awarded the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Professional Contribution to Applied Research. His teaching style is highly praised and his workshops are well-known for their atmosphere of authenticity and warmth.

Dr. Serine Warwar is a Clinical Psychologist and the Director of the York University Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic in Toronto, Ontario. She is also the Founder and Director of the Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health, a centre for: individual, couple and family therapy; professional trainings; and a satellite training site for the Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic at York University. She co-developed, with Drs. Greenberg and Malcolm, an empirically validated Emotion-focused psychotherapy treatment and research program to help couples and individuals resolve emotional injuries. In addition, her process-outcome research has improved our understanding of emotional processing in therapy. She also provides supervision, training, and consultation to graduate students and therapists and conducts international trainings and workshops on emotion regulation, emotion-focused therapy for individuals and couples. In addition, she has been an Emotion-focused therapy skills trainer for 28 years.