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Exploring Mental Imagery within Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Exploring Mental Imagery within Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Join Bespoke Mental Health Canada for a workshop delivered by Dr. Emily Holmes
Friday January 9, 2026
9:00 am – 10:30 pm (PT), 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (ET)
To register for this event, click here
Can’t attend on that date? The “On-Demand” video is available 2 weeks after the live event.
This workshop will explore the science and practice of imagery-based cognitive therapy. From a cognitive science perspective, mental imagery involves an experience like seeing in our mind’s eye. We will consider the assessment of mental imagery, and imagery ‘micro-formulation” will be introduced, putting imagery in the center to understand its impact on individuals. We will also introduce techniques to work with troublesome imagery: (1) meta-cognitive techniques, (2) imagery rescripting, (3) positive imagery and (4) imagery competing tasks. This workshop will further introduce the imagery-competing task intervention (ICTI), a technique to reduce intrusive memories after trauma.
Bespoke Mental Health Canada is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Bespoke Mental Health Canada maintains responsibility for the program.
Participants completing this workshop, live or on-demand, are eligible to receive 1.5 CE credits.
Price
Professionals: $60.00 CAD + tax
Students: $48.00 CAD + tax
Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)
February 6-8, March 20-22, April 24-26, May 22-24 and June 19-21 and July 10-12, 2026
(6 Friday/Saturday/Sunday over 6 months)
2:30 pm to 8:00 pm Pacific Time Online Via Zoom
81 Continuing Education Hours with Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Training Program (STST)
STST is based on the work and Wisdom of world renown psychotherapist Virginia Satir, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy Level 1 program offers:
- Deepening the experience of “how to” facilitate change and transformational change with clients
- Experience the profound process of growth as a professional and in your personal life
- Opportunities to expand the internal resources of Self and congruently connecting with clients
In addition, STST offers evidence based experiential therapy, and a process that is experiential, systemic, positively directional and change focused, resulting in neurological changes in the individual.
Counsellors and therapist will learn how to use experiential process throughout their therapy sessions to access healing Life Energy; explore and facilitate change in clients’ intrapsychic and relational systems; make contact with clients’ internal experience and create safety quickly and deeply; surface clients’ survival communication and coping patterns and help clients experientially choose more positive possibilities; collaboratively with the client, begin to set positively directional, intrapsychic therapeutic goals for change; help clients access, accept and utilize their internal strengths and resources in the change process; map the internal processes of clients and help them access and change their behaviours, feelings, perceptions and expectations and help clients integrate and maintain their changes
Sponsored by the Satir Institute of the Pacific
EMDR Basic Training
January 2026 training:
EMDR Introduction January 23-24, 9-4pm CT & practica
Phase 1, 2, 7 & 8 – January 30-31, 9-5pm CT & practica
Phase 3-6 & Special Populations – Feb. 27-28th 9-5pm CT / Afternoon Practica (1&2)
Special Populations – March 6, 9-5pm CT / Afternoon Practica (3&4)
Special Populations March 7, 9-5pm CT with 5th Afternoon Practica (5th)
Group Consultation (10-14 hours available):
February 21, 10-12pm CT;
March 27, 10-2pm CT; and
April 25th, 10-2pm CT; and
May 8th, 10-2pm CT
Tier 3 Comprehensive days: April 10-11th, 10-5pm CT
October 2026 training:
EMDR Introduction: October 2-3, 9-5pm CT & practica
Phases 1& 2 + practica – October 16-17, 9-5pm CT & practica
Phases 3-6 & Special Populations + Practica 1-2: (all Tiers) November 12-13, 9-5pm CT
Special Populations + 3 & 4th Practica: (Tier 1-3) November 19-20, 9-5pm CT
Special Populations + 5th Practica: December 4, 9-5pm CT (Tier 2 & 3 only)
Group Consultation Days (10-14+ hours provided)
November 6, 2hr consult (10-12pm CT) – phase 1&2
December 10th, 4hr consult (10-2pm CT) – Phase 3-6
January 14, 4hr consult (10-2pm CT) – phase 3-6;
February 5, 4hr consult (10-2pm CT) – Phase 3-6
Tier 3 Comprehensive days: February 25-26, 2027, 10-5pm CT
Sue Genest (she/her/they)
BA Hons, MSc. CCC. RCC.
Canadian Certified Counsellor
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Certified EMDR Therapist
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
EMDR Training Provider
Somatic & Integrative Therapist
204-221-3619
Victoria, BC
[email protected]
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Strategies for working with Depression and Anxiety
Dr. Zindel Segal, Ph.D.
December 5 & 6, 2025
11a – 2:30p (Eastern Time – Toronto)
Live Online via Zoom
CE Credits and Webinar Recordings Available
How can mindfulness meditation best be integrated with cognitive and behavioral interventions to support clients with depression and anxiety? Mindfulness has been shown to reduce rumination and worry, increase tolerance of negative emotions, and improve clinical outcomes across a range of disorders. Yet clients often need more than just an introduction to meditation—they benefit from guidance on how mindfulness complements other therapeutic tools.
Through the lens of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an 8-week structured program, this workshop will explore how to combine mindfulness practice with cognitive therapy for mood disorder prevention. Participants will learn to sequence formal and informal practices, recognize somatic cues of emotion, and foster affect regulation through “allowing” rather than cognitive reappraisal. This approach can help clients cultivate a more empowered relationship with their depressive or anxious experiences, enhancing choice and agency.
This workshop is designed for counsellors of all backgrounds who wish to integrate mindfulness into clinical care, deepen their understanding of its interaction with therapy, ground their practice in personal contemplative experience, and engage in an inclusive continuing education environment.
For more information and to register, please click HERE.
Please contact us with any inquires at [email protected].
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