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Schedule for Friday, May 23 and Saturday May 24, 2025 

Workshops are all at the University of Guelph

Some other events will be at the Maplewoods Centre 

All times are EDT

Please click here to learn more about the workshops. 


Friday, May 23, 2025 

 7:45 - 8:30 am  Registration and Seating 
 8:30 - 9:00 am  Welcome & Sharing of Information 
 9:00 - 9:45 am  Keynote: Hillary McBride
 9:45 - 10:15 am  Nutrition Break 
 10:15 - 11:45 am   
 Option 1   Working with Kids in High-Conflict Divorce:  Safe, Effective, and Ethical Practice for the "Average" Therapist - Jeff Chang
 Option2   The Crack Where the Light Gets in: Trauma Resolution in Couples Therapy - Lalita Salins
Option 3  "You have good Reasons” – Co-constructing Hope together during a Pandemic or Other Crises! - Dina Bednar
Option 4   Maplewoods Centre Tour 
 12:00 - 1:00 pm  Lunch 
 1:00 - 2:00 pm  Hillary McBride
 2:15 - 3:15 pm  
 Option 1   The Empowerment Edge: A Guide to Finding and Thriving with the Right Clinical Supervisor - Radhika Sunda 
 Option 2   Identity and Professional Practice as a Supervisor - Kathryn Guthrie & Laura Glenney
 Option 3   A Normal Response to a Normal Situation: Trauma Through a Misplaced Adaptation Lense - Spurgeon Root 
 Option 4   Panel - 2SLGBTQQIA+ therapists, supervisors, & working with 2SLGBTQQIA+ clients
 3:15 pm  Closing for Day 1 
 4:30 pm Annual General Meeting - All CACFT members are encouraged to attend 
  Meet & Greet - Everyone that is attending the conference is welcome to attend for a light snack. 

 Saturday May 24, 2025

Workshops are all at the University of Guelph

Some other events will be at the Maplewoods Centre 

All times are EDT

 7:45 - 8:30 am  Registration and Seating 
 8:30 - 9:00 am  Welcome & Sharing of Information 
 9:00 - 10:30 am   Keynote- Just relating: Empowering Relationships as a Systemic Practitioner in a Diverse World -Sharon Ramsay
 10:30 - 11am   Nutrition Break

 Breakout 1
 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
 Option 1   Attunement and Re-Attunement: Building Secure Relationships in Our Diverse World - Herman Chow 
 Option 2  An Exploration & Critical look at the CACFT Code of Ethics -Learnings from the last 5 years, and planning ahead - Carl Heaman-Warne 
 Option 3   The Business Side of Private Practice: Become more successful without blowing your budget or burning out -  Amanda Bacchus & Andrew Sofin 
Option 4  Panel - BIPOC therapists, supervisors, and working with BIPOC clients 
 12:00 - 1:00 pm   Lunch 

Breakout 2  1:00 - 1:45pm 

  
 Option 1   Gestalt Therapy Working With Marginalized Populations - Chi-Chun Lin
 Option 2   Understanding Vicarious Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth- Tim McCurdy Myers
 Option 3   Dreams and Realities: Supporting First and Second-Generation Latino Immigrant Families through Cultural Integration and Belonging Approaches - Monica Sesma-Vazquez
 Option 4   Inviting meaningful, empowering conversation with parents/caretakers of the children who are identified clients - Nozomu Ozaki

Breakout 3  2:00 - 2:45 pm 

  
 Option 1   Evolving Systems: Navigating Chronic Pain and Family Dynamics in a Diverse World - Oxford York
 Option 2   Systemic Practice with Veterans - Dwight Thompson
 Option 3   Diagraming Relationships: Ways to use the genogram, triangle and other diagrams in your systemic work - Katherine White 
 3:00 - 4:30 pm  Round Table with Indigenous Family Therapists - Jann Derrick, Brenna Doolan, Trish Dupuis, Caroline Winship, Spurgeon Root
 4:00 - 4:45 pm   Closing Remarks

Contact the CACFT/ACTCF

(416) 907-4620

admin@cacft.ca


Address:

P.O. Box 1064

Tottenham, ON.

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