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SUMMARY:Strengthening Clinical Processes: Relationally Grounded Care and Indigenous Cultural Safety for Agency Counsellors (Emerging Practices)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a meaningful conversation with Len Pierre (Len Pierre Consulting) and Azadeh Miley\, RCC\, ACS\, as they explore emerging processes in decolonizing clinical applications in agency and organizational settings. \nAzadeh and Len have worked together to examine practices within the Health Authority\, exploring how agencies can address colonial frameworks embedded in clinical processes. Drawing from this work they’ll share insights on navigating the challenges and opportunities that may arise when intention meets implementation. \nThis session will offer both Indigenous and clinical agency-based perspectives on creating culturally safer\, and more relationally grounded care. \nThe session is designed intentionally\, as a non-judgmental space where you can reflect where colonial frameworks may appear in your clinical counselling processes. It’s also a way to celebrate and share the strides you’re already making toward a more culturally informed practice. \nThrough guided discussion and a focused breakout session\, you can examine an aspect of your own processes with an emphasis on learning\, hope\, and removing shame or fear around “getting it wrong.” This is an opportunity to lead with curiosity\, validate the good work already happening\, and begin an honest conversation about reconciliation in clinical settings. \nLearn More & Register
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/strengthening-clinical-processes-relationally-grounded-care-and-indigenous-cultural-safety-for-agency-counsellors-emerging-practices/
LOCATION:Online\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn
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SUMMARY:Practice Labs: Supervision of Supervision
DESCRIPTION:Supervision of supervision is a reflective space where supervisors examine their own supervision practice\, receiving feedback and support. This process helps supervisors clarify their model for supervision\, refine their interventions\, understand how their values and identities shape their work with supervisees and deepen their inner wisdom. \nRegular Supervision of Supervision practice strengthens supervisory confidence\, deepens ethical awareness\, and ultimately improves the quality of supervision offered to others. \nThese three online practice labs invite experienced supervisors and consultants to deepen their capacity to supervise supervision itself\, using a relational\, reflective frame illustrated in part through the seven-eyed model of supervision. Across the series\, participants will bring real supervision dilemmas and questions\, work collaboratively with peers\, and receive feedback on their supervisory style\, interventions\, and use of self in the supervisory relationship. \nEach session is highly experiential and requires that participants are already providing clinical supervision to others. \nThrough practice\, case discussions\, and focused reflection\, the group will explore how both our practice and selves show up in Supervision of Supervision work\, and how these factors shape both process and outcomes. \nIt is expected that you will be able to show up live and actively participate for all three sessions to get your certificate of attendance.
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/practice-labs-supervision-of-supervision/
LOCATION:Online\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn
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ORGANIZER;CN="BC%20Association%20of%20Clinical%20Counsellors":MAILTO:hoffice@bc-counsellors.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251106T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251106T120000
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SUMMARY:Demand Avoidance in Autism - Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Integrating research with compassionate practice \nDemand Avoidance-sometimes described as a PDA profile-is a growing topic of interest for clinicians seeking to deepen their understanding of the diversity of experiences within the autism spectrum. \nRather than viewing these behaviours as oppositional or problematic\, this workshop invites participants to consider demand avoidance as a way to communicate a need for autonomy and reduce distress. \nRegister Now\nIn this workshop\, participants will: \n\nExplore the relationship between Autism and PDA\nRecognize key features often associated with the PDA profile\nLearn strategies to support clients who experience difficulty with everyday demands\nReview current and emerging research related to demand avoidance\nBecome familiar with relevant resources that inform compassionate and collaborative practice\n\nWhile PDA remains a topic of debate\, this workshop does not seek to take a position\, but rather to inform participants about the varied perspectives and emerging research\, encouraging reflection on how these insights can guide supportive and ethical practice.
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/demand-avoidance-in-autism-workshop/
LOCATION:Online\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn
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ORGANIZER;CN="BC%20Association%20of%20Clinical%20Counsellors":MAILTO:hoffice@bc-counsellors.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251020T140000
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SUMMARY:Ethical Decision-Making in Practice
DESCRIPTION:An Interactive Workshop that Brings Ethics to Life\nEthical decision-making is central to our work\, but for many\, the guidelines and codes learned during graduate studies can fade into the background. This workshop is designed to bring those tools back into focus\, showing how the BCACC’s Code of Ethical Conduct\, Standards of Practice and decision-making guidelines can support you in navigating real-world complexities. \nRegister Now\nWhat to Expect: \n\nActive participation: Step into lively discussions where your voice matters and your perspective shapes the process.\nCollaborative exploration: There are no easy answers—this is about navigating gray areas together and building confidence in your ethical process.\nA fresh take on ethics: Discover how engaging – and even fun – it can be to tackle ethical dilemmas with curious\, like-minded colleagues.
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/ethical-decision-making-in-practice/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251017T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251017T120000
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SUMMARY:Discussing Sexuality with Clients
DESCRIPTION:Ready to feel more comfortable addressing sexuality with your clients—even if they don’t bring it up themselves? This practical\, interactive workshop arms clinical counsellors with the skills and confidence to make sexuality a normalized part of therapy. \nRegister Now\nWATCH A CLIP FROM A PREVIOUS SESSION\, (Which was live) \n \nWhat You’ll Learn: \n\nApproaches for gently raising sexuality and sexual health during intake and throughout therapy.\nExpanded models of sexual response to help move beyond traditional perspectives.\nCulturally sensitive strategies for exploring client histories\, identities\, and relational styles\, including non-monogamy and polyamory.\nTools to navigate your own discomfort and create a safe space for open dialogue.\nReal-world language\, sample scripts\, and practical frameworks for every stage of the therapeutic process.
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/discussing-sexuality-with-clients/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn: Demystifying the Complaints Process
DESCRIPTION:Join our Regulation Team for an informative Lunch & Learn designed to bring clarity to the complaint process and the essential role of clinical supervisors. \nWhether you are a seasoned clinical supervisor\, considering supervision\, or simply curious about the complaint resolution pathway\, this session will equip you with practical insights to confidently navigate your responsibilities. \nRegister Now\nWhat we’ll cover: \n\nA clear review of the Inquiry Process\nGain an understanding of the steps involved\, with a special focus on the role of the clinical supervisor in Consent Agreements and resolution\nMinimum requirements to be a clinical supervision/consult\nLearn what qualifies you to act as a supervisor or consultant in the consent agreement completion\nMeeting complaint resolution requirements\nDiscover supervisor expectations and best practices for assisting RCCs through the resolution process.\nHow complaint supervision differs from typical supervision\nUnderstand the unique aspects and additional considerations in this specialized form of supervision.\nAvoiding role confusion and pitfalls\nSome tips to manage the dual role of supervisor and consultant and to avoid common challenges and misunderstandings.
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/lunch-learn-demystifying-the-complaints-process/
LOCATION:Online\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn,Member Only Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250925T090000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T202918Z
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SUMMARY:From War to Resettlement: Refugee Stories\, Insights\, and Practice Guidelines
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be a refugee? \nWhat are the experiences of living through war\, fleeing violence\, and resettling in a faraway country where you must learn to live an unfamiliar way of life? \nIn this interactive half-day presentation\, Dr. Zuhra Teja will take you on a refugee’s journey—from pre-flight to flight to resettlement. \nDrawing on global human rights standards\, she will ground participants in ethical and research-informed service-delivery through a trauma-informed and rights-based lens.  Through stories from her clinical work with torture survivors\, her work in conflict and post-conflict societies\, her family’s lived experience of migration across four continents\, and her research with adolescent refugees\, we will hear the voices of refugees and war-affected families.  \nAlong the way\, she will offer questions for self-reflection and collaborative consultation: What are our accurate and inaccurate assumptions about refugees from diverse cultural contexts?  How do we preserve the therapeutic relationship while working with interpreters?  And how do we foster emotional safety\, dignity\, resilience\, and hope? \nRegister Now\n 
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/working-with-refugees/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250526T120000
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SUMMARY:Save the Date! BCACC Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION NOW OPEN\nWe invite you to join us for BCACC’s 2025 Annual General Meeting. \nThe meeting will be hosted online through Zoom. Presenters will be live\, and members will be able to participate in voting on motions through the poll function and will be able to pose questions in a Q&A box in response to agenda items.\n  \nRegister Now\n 
URL:https://bcacc.ca/events/save-the-date-bcacc-annual-general-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:BCACC Workshop / Lunch & Learn
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