Money Management Workshop
2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Vancouver) | Online, BC, Canada
Financial clarity creates space for professional confidence.
As a counsellor, you invest deeply in the wellbeing of others — but your own financial confidence matters just as much. This workshop is designed to help you feel informed and confident when making key business and retirement decisions.
This is a two-session workshop – and the topics are:
Session 1: Growing Your Practice
This session explores the financial and operational considerations when expanding your clinical counseling practice. Participants will learn:

Contractor vs. employee classifications & compensation structure: Understanding CRA requirements for T4A vs. T4 slips, tax withholding obligations, paying associates and fee arrangement considerations
Payroll and tax compliance: Setting up compliant payroll systems, managing CPP and EI contributions, and year-end reporting requirements dos and don’ts
Administrative: expense tracking systems, and bookkeeping best practices as you scale
Growth Strategies – Organic, Startup, Acquisition: financing, legal and tax considerations to be mindful of as you look to expand your practice

Session 2: Retirement Planning for Counsellors
This session addresses retirement planning strategies specifically for self-employed clinical counsellors in Canada. Participants will learn:

RRSP strategies for self-employed professionals: Maximizing contribution room, understanding tax-deferred growth, and self-directed RRSP options
TFSA vs. RRSP considerations: Determining which registered savings vehicle is most advantageous
CPP optimization: How to contribute to CPP as a self-employed person (paying both employer and employee shares) and when to start collecting benefits
Retirement savings benchmarks
Long-term financial planning: Building emergency funds, planning for irregular income months, and integrating personal wealth goals with practice growth

Countertransference: Friend or Foe?
2026-03-09 09:00 - 12:00 | Online, BC, Canada
This workshop explores countertransference as an inevitable and clinically useful aspect of counselling work.
We’ll examine classic and contemporary understandings of countertransference and how it shows somatically, emotionally, relationally, and behaviorally in both individual and group contexts.
Attention will be given to how countertransference can emerge differently across roles, relational positions, and group dynamics, and how it can be used as a source of clinical information rather than something to be avoided or shut down.
Why it’s important
Countertransference is one of the primary instruments of clinical work — yet it’s often under-discussed, pathologized, or addressed only when something has gone wrong. Developing awareness of countertransference supports ethical practice, strengthens therapeutic alliances, and helps counsellors work more effectively with complexity, intensity, and rupture.
Who it’s suited for
This workshop is well-suited for counsellors, clinical supervisors, and advanced trainees across modalities, given the pervasive role of countertransference in therapeutic relationships.
What you’ll walk away with:

Greater ease and confidence in talking about countertransference in clinical supervision A
A clearer, normalized understanding of countertransference
Increased awareness of their own countertransference signals
Practical ways to work with countertransference rather than against it

Marketing That Feels Like You: The Seven Fundamentals for Counsellors
2026-04-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Online, BC, Canada
If you’re reading this, you’re likely a counsellor who feels conflicted about marketing. Maybe you avoid it altogether. Maybe you’ve tried it and it felt awful. Maybe you’re doing it but it doesn’t feel like you.
Here’s the thing:
The marketplace is crowded. Everyone is promoting themselves all the time.
The noise is overwhelming, for you and for the people trying to find you. Most of what we’ve been taught about marketing feels pushy, manipulative, or deeply uncomfortable.
So we resist it. We avoid it. We do nothing. And the clients who need us most can’t find us.
This two-part workshop is for counsellors who want to cut through that noise and be findable—without scripts, without pressure, without selling out.

2026 Regional Roadshow: Kelowna
2026-04-10 - 2026-04-11 | Kelowna : Coast Capri Hotel, 1171 Harvey Ave, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 6E8, Canada
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DAY 1
Full Day Workshop
Beyond the Wound: Implementing Effective Trauma Interventions
Psychological trauma impacts between 60 and 76% of Canadians, according to the Canadian Psychological Association and Health Canada. Of those, approximately 9% will develop PTSD, though many others will have their trauma manifest as other mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Such statistics highlight that the impact of trauma is pervasive, multifaceted, varied, and often lasts a lifetime, which creates complexity for assessors and treatment providers.
In this workshop:
> Dr. Carissa Muth will begin by providing a foundation based on the neuroscience of trauma, including current theories on the etiology of PTSD and Complex PTSD.
> Building on this understanding, the workshop will provide an overview of assessing trauma, including differential diagnoses, which is imperative to implementing effective treatments.
> Rather than defaulting to a single treatment method whenever a client presents with trauma, this workshop will guide participants in matching evidence-based treatment methods with presentations of trauma.
> Primarily, this workshop will present a staged approach to addressing trauma that includes the integration of therapeutic methods such as narrative therapy, CBT, DBT skills, and positive psychology.
Presenter: Dr Carissa Muth , PsyD, RPsych
Evening Social Reception
Join us for a casual evening following the first full day of learning. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow RCCs from across your region. Deepen professional relationships, share insights from the day’s learning, and build connections within BC’s mental health community.
DAY 2
Stakeholder Roundtable Discussion
This is where your voice can shape regional mental health policy.
Join a this dialogue with government officials, service partners, health authority representatives, and fellow practitioners to surface barriers, discuss emerging client needs, and co-create solutions that reflect front-line realities.
1/2 Day Workshop
From Disruption to Dialogue: Strengthening Relationships After Adverse Events
Every year, the risk of adverse environmental events such as fires and floods is increasing, with the Okanagan region listed as one of the highest-risk areas in Canada for wildfires.
While separate and distinct, the mental health crises impacting Canadians from the pervasiveness of opioids and environmental stressors are significantly interrelated. These mental health crises take a toll not only on the individual struggling with their mental health but also on their family, friends, and communities. Whether directly or indirectly, clinical counsellors likely encounter those impacted by opioids or the impact of environmental traumas on a regular basis.
In this workshop, Dr. Carissa Muth will present an overview of the neuropsychological factors involved in both trauma and addiction and highlight the numerous contributing components involved in the development and treatment of substance use. This will include the impact of stressors, such as the impact of adverse environmental events, on risk for substance use and overall wellbeing. Grounded in the science of addictions, this workshop will then provide a framework for treating both individuals struggling with substance use as well as their support systems.
Presenter: Dr Carissa Muth , PsyD, RPsych

AI in Clinical Practice: Duty of Care in the Age of Intelligent Tools
2026-04-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Online, BC, Canada
Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering the mental health landscape – through documentation tools, chatbots, clinical decision supports, and everyday productivity platforms. While these technologies offer potential benefits, they also introduce significant ethical, legal, and professional risks. Many clinical counsellors are already using or considering AI tools, often without a clear understanding on what is appropriate, safe, or responsible.
This 2-hour webinar provides clinical counsellors with a practical, ethics-focused framework for the responsible use of AI in clinical practice. Grounded in professional codes of ethics, privacy obligations, and emerging AI governance standards, the session will help participants understand how AI changes their duty of care – and what responsible use actually looks like in day-to-day clinical work.
By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:

Understand common AI tools and their emerging role in clinical counselling.
Identify key ethical, legal, and professional risks associated with AI use.
Apply and ethics-based lens to your AI decision-making.
Implement practical safeguards for confidentiality, consent, and documentation.

Duty to Report: Responsibilities and Pathways
2026-04-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Online, BC, Canada
Counsellors are often caught between the requirement to report to protective agencies and our desire to maintain therapeutic alliance and engagement in counselling. Navigating that tension will be explored and processes highlighted that may protect the client’s participation in therapy.
This workshop will give an overview of the legislative responsibilities for reporting when a child or vulnerable adult is at risk of harm. The counsellor’s role in the reporting process will be outlined, and practical tips provided that may increase the effectiveness of a report and enhance safety of vulnerable persons in the process of investigation.
This workshop is of particular relevance for counsellors working with children, youth and families

Ergonomics Essentials: Posture, Productivity, and Pain-Free Workdays
2026-04-22 12:00 - 13:15 | Online, BC, Canada
Discover what good posture truly looks like when working at a computer and learn how to properly adjust your office chair and position your monitor, keyboard, and mouse to support both comfort and productivity throughout your day.
While the human body is designed for movement, today’s sedentary work environments often limit our opportunities to stay active.
In this session, we’ll introduce a series of simple, office-appropriate exercises that can be easily integrated into your daily routine to help keep your body engaged, reduce fatigue, and support long-term musculoskeletal health.
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Foundation of Clinical Supervision Certificate
2026-05-04 | Online, BC, Canada
We have just a couple of spots left!
Take your practice to a new level with clinical supervision training. Many BCACC members and mental health professionals have shared how challenging it is to find accessible, high-quality clinical supervision training. Courses are full or not tailored to the unique BCACC standards and values. This course was developed in direct response to those needs.
This is a 15-week, hybrid fundamental course for mental health professionals seeking accessible, high-quality clinical supervision training. Developed and delivered by BCACC. This course is offered as a cohort model that fosters ongoing connection & peer support.
Registration Link: https://members.bcacc.ca/mpower/event/loadevent.action?e=289
Get all the information here: https://learn.bcacc.ca/clinical-supervision-summer-2026/
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Date: May 4 – Aug 7, 2026

Supporting adult survivors of sexual assault
2026-05-27 13:00 - 15:30 | Online, BC, Canada
A comprehensive workshop for counsellors who support adult survivors of sexual assault.
This course equips you with practical tools, critical insight, and structured frameworks to confidently support survivors through complex legal processes and the journey of recovery.
What you’ll learn:

Recognize and challenge rape culture and rape myths in yourself, clients, and society
Apply an intersectional lens to how identity shapes survivors’ experiences post-assault
Practice cultural humility and recognize how your own identity influences your clinical work
Provide trauma-informed support when survivors are making decisions about reporting
Understand Canadian sexual assault law and how to prepare survivors for court processes
Explore alternative justice options like restorative and transformative justice approaches
Gain therapeutic skills such as nervous system regulation and pleasure-centred healing
Integrate embodied advocacy and activism to shift the needle on sexual assault justice

Victoria: Regional Roadshow
2026-06-05 - 2026-06-06 | Victoria: Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville St, Victoria, BC, V8V 1X3, Canada
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DAY 1
Full Day Workshop
Beyond the Wound: Implementing Effective Trauma Interventions
Psychological trauma impacts between 60 and 76% of Canadians, according to the Canadian Psychological Association and Health Canada. Of those, approximately 9% will develop PTSD, though many others will have their trauma manifest as other mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Such statistics highlight that the impact of trauma is pervasive, multifaceted, varied, and often lasts a lifetime, which creates complexity for assessors and treatment providers.
In this workshop:
> Dr. Carissa Muth will begin by providing a foundation based on the neuroscience of trauma, including current theories on the etiology of PTSD and Complex PTSD.
> Building on this understanding, the workshop will provide an overview of assessing trauma, including differential diagnoses, which is imperative to implementing effective treatments.
> Rather than defaulting to a single treatment method whenever a client presents with trauma, this workshop will guide participants in matching evidence-based treatment methods with presentations of trauma.
> Primarily, this workshop will present a staged approach to addressing trauma that includes the integration of therapeutic methods such as narrative therapy, CBT, DBT skills, and positive psychology.
Presenter: Dr Carissa Muth , PsyD, RPsych
Evening Social Reception
Join us for a casual evening following the first full day of learning. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow RCCs from across your region. Deepen professional relationships, share insights from the day’s learning, and build connections within BC’s mental health community.
DAY 2
Stakeholder Roundtable Discussion
This is where your voice can shape regional mental health policy.
Join a this dialogue with government officials, service partners, health authority representatives, and fellow practitioners to surface barriers, discuss emerging client needs, and co-create solutions that reflect front-line realities.
1/2 Day Workshop
Beyond the Surface: Understanding the Intersections of Trauma, Adverse Events, and Opioid Harms in BC
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Understanding WorkSafeBC Mental Health Claims Process
2026-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, BC, Canada
WorkSafeBC is pleased to join the BC Counselling Association to host an upcoming webinar featuring Carly Higgon, Director of Health Care Programs, and Lisa Smith, Director of Special Case Services.
This session will explore how mental health conditions can impact an injured worker’s ability to return to work. Attendees will gain a better understanding of WorkSafeBC’s mental health claims process, including how claims are managed and supported. The webinar will also highlight the focus of treatment when working with injured workers, with an emphasis on recovery, function, and sustainable return-to-work outcomes.

Practicum in a Box: a toolkit for setting up a practicum site
2026-06-17 12:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join us for this panel discussion workshop, designed for clinics, group practices, and nonprofits who want to host counselling practicum students but feel overwhelmed by the logistics, liability, and supervision demands. Together, we will walk through a clear, streamlined path to setting up a practicum site.

In this session, we’ll cover:

Why BCACC created this resource
How it can help you address:

BCACC registration requirements
Meeting university requirements
Supervision structures
Policies and procedures
Ethics and the student learning journey
Addressing documentation
Finding a fee structure that fits your clinic

The goal is for you to leave with a grounded sense of what is truly essential and what is optional in setting up a practicum site.

You’ll also get access to a robust set of resources, including supervision contracts, checklists, evaluation rubrics, learning plan templates, interview questions, consent forms, and practice management checklists, so that creating and sustaining a practicum placement is as simple as possible for you and as meaningful as possible for the student.

This session is led by:
Jane Beaumont

Jane Beaumont, MC, RCC-ACS, is the Director of Clinical Practice at the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, where she leads initiatives that support safe, ethical, and effective counselling practice across the province. With over 25 years of experience in community mental health, eating disorders, school counselling, substance use, and private practice, she now focuses primarily on providing clinical supervision, consultation, and education for counsellors and supervisors. Jane is trained in DBT, EPI, EFFT, Narrative Therapy and draws on an integrated, and deeply relational approach and has written and taught extensively on clinical supervision and the development of the psychotherapist, including BCACC offerings on supervision through the career span.
For this toolkit, Jane led the project in her role at BCACC, guiding its development and ensuring alignment with BCACC standards and the Entry-to-Practice Competency Profile.

Janine Orlando
Dr. Janine Orlando, Ph.D., RCC-ACS, is the Founder and Director of Magnolia Health and Wellness and the Canadian Therapist Network Inc., and serves on the Board of Directors for the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). She brings nearly 30 years of experience in education and counselling, having worked as both a school counsellor and teacher across multiple Lower Mainland districts, as well as in private practice. Trained in EMDR and somatic attachment psychotherapy and currently studying Internal Family Systems (IFS), she supports clients with trauma and complex mental health concerns through an integrative, evidence-informed lens. Since establishing her private practice in 2004, Dr. Orlando has supported individuals through a wide range of personal and mental health challenges and currently teaches counselling theory and practice as a sessional professor in the School Counselling course within the Master of Education program at Simon Fraser University. She has also served as Vice President of a Lower Mainland teachers’ association, advocating for educator well-being and healthy school environments. Janine specializes in holistic wellness, helping people cultivate balance across mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual domains.

For this toolkit, Janine contributed as a member of the initial working group that shaped the resource.

Susie Lang-Gould

Dr. Susie Lang-Gould is the Director of Peace Portal Counselling Centre, where she serves as a leader, counsellor, supervisor, parent consultant, and speaker. She holds a PhD and a Master’s of Arts in Psychology from Fielding University, as well as a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and a Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Approved Clinical Supervisor (RCC-ACS) in good standing with BCACC. With over 25 years of experience, she has worked in private practice, public and independent schools, and within the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Susie has written documents for teachers and clinicians and has served on the BCACC supervision committee for 8 years, assisting with the regulation of supervisors and the implementation of Supervision or Supervisors. Providing opportunities for professional supervision has been a passion of hers, as she knows its significance for the lifelong development of clinicians, both personally and professionally.
For this toolkit, Susie’s practicum site participated in the trial and evaluation process, helping to test and refine the resource in real-world practice.

2026 Regional Roadshow: Burnaby
2026-10-02 - 2026-10-03 | Burnaby: Hilton Metrotown, 6083 McKay Ave, Burnaby, BC, V5H 2W7, Canada
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DAY 1
Full Day WorkshopBurnaby:
Beyond the Wound: Implementing Effective Trauma Interventions
Psychological trauma impacts between 60 and 76% of Canadians, according to the Canadian Psychological Association and Health Canada. Of those, approximately 9% will develop PTSD, though many others will have their trauma manifest as other mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety. Such statistics highlight that the impact of trauma is pervasive, multifaceted, varied, and often lasts a lifetime, which creates complexity for assessors and treatment providers.
In this workshop:
> Dr. Carissa Muth will begin by providing a foundation based on the neuroscience of trauma, including current theories on the etiology of PTSD and Complex PTSD.
> Building on this understanding, the workshop will provide an overview of assessing trauma, including differential diagnoses, which is imperative to implementing effective treatments.
> Rather than defaulting to a single treatment method whenever a client presents with trauma, this workshop will guide participants in matching evidence-based treatment methods with presentations of trauma.
> Primarily, this workshop will present a staged approach to addressing trauma that includes the integration of therapeutic methods such as narrative therapy, CBT, DBT skills, and positive psychology.
Presenter: Dr Carissa Muth , PsyD, RPsych
Evening Social Reception
Join us for a casual evening following the first full day of learning. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow RCCs from across your region. Deepen professional relationships, share insights from the day’s learning, and build connections within BC’s mental health community.
DAY 2
Stakeholder Roundtable Discussion
This is where your voice can shape regional mental health policy.
Join this dialogue with government officials, service partners, health authority representatives, and fellow practitioners to surface barriers, discuss emerging client needs, and co-create solutions that reflect front-line realities.
1/2 Day Workshop
Uprooted but Unbroken: Deepening our Clinical Connection with Displaced Families
This interactive presentation weaves together clinical research with the lived experiences of displacement—from war and persecution to resettlement.  Through a trauma-informed, rights-based, and culturally responsive lens, participants will deepen their clinical practice by examining assumptions, strengthening work with interpreters, and deepening clinical connections that foster emotional safety, dignity, resilience, and hope.
Presenter: Dr. Zuhra Teja, RPsych

Virtual Counselling
2026-10-06 10:00 - 13:30 | Online, BC, Canada
Using Video in Counselling
This half-day webinar explores the ethical, practical, and clinical considerations of video counselling. While many standards of practice established during the pandemic remain relevant, years of widespread online counselling have also brought new insights, challenges, and developments in virtual clinical practice.
Participants will explore current considerations and best practices for providing counselling by video, including how the functioning of the internet can impact the choice of platform, key issues to address during initial video sessions, what counsellors need to consider when virtually entering a client’s home, and strategies for taking care of themselves while working online.
The webinar will also examine the growing role of Artificial Intelligence in clinical practice, with practical guidance and key do’s and don’ts for counsellors using AI products and services.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will gain a greater understanding of:

How the functioning of the internet impacts the choice of a video counselling platform
Key issues to address during initial video counselling sessions
What to consider when virtually entering a client’s home
Strategies for counsellor well-being and self-care when working online
Practical considerations for the ethical and responsible use of AI products and services in clinical practice

About the Presenter
Lawrence Murphy has been providing therapy online since the 1990s and is widely published in the field of online counselling. He has developed teaching programs that help therapists work online in ways that are compassionate, skilled, and ethical.
An engaging and experienced educator, Lawrence brings extensive knowledge of the ethical, practical, and clinical nuances of online communication and counselling.

From Rupture to Repair: The Clinician Therapeutic Apology Across Time - Present Practice, Past Harms
2026-10-08 09:30 - 12:00 | Online
The Standard Therapeutic Apology (TA) is a structured intervention from Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), most often thought of as a caregiver-to-child intervention. Beyond this version of the intervention are several other forms that any clinician can deliver – either directly, or as a surrogate voice for a parent/caregiver, institution, or system.
This session offers a brief overview of these forms, including:

Direct relational repair: addressing ruptures within the therapeutic relationship itself
On behalf of the organization/system: naming institutional realities that contribute to hurt and harm
On behalf of the field of mental health: naming historical hurts and harms within the field itself
Surrogate Universal Apology: offered on behalf of a primary attachment figure who cannot deliver it themselves

Therapeutic Potential:
These forms of therapeutic apologies can lead to positive outcomes via a number of pathways including contextualizing the roots of suffering more accurately. Naming the role of multiple systems moves the story beyond personal defectiveness – and beyond blaming the family – toward something more nuanced, complex, and true. This can interrupt shame-based self-narratives in all involved and increase help-seeking behavior. They can also offer language for experiences that were not considered or acknowledged. Many people have never heard the harm they experienced named directly, by anyone, in any form.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Dr. Adele Lafrance is a clinical psychologist, research scientist, author, and co-developer of emotion-focused treatment modalities, including Emotion-Focused Family Therapy.
A frequent keynote speaker at professional conferences, Adele has published extensively in the field of emotion and health, including a clinical manual on EFFT published by the American Psychological Association. Adele also provides continuing education trainings and workshops designed for mental health professionals and educators.
