Save the Date! BCACC Annual General Meeting
2025-05-26 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Vancouver) | Online
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We invite you to join us for BCACC’s 2025 Annual General Meeting.
The 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.

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Staying Objective in Couples Counselling: Strategies for Ethical and Effective Practice
2025-05-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
This workshop focuses on maintaining professional objectivity in couples counselling. We will explore foundational principles, frameworks like EFT and Gottman, and strategies to manage personal biases and maintain neutrality.

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Learning Objectives:

Understand the benefits of clinician objectivity for both the counsellor and the client.
Identify how personal bias can influence the therapeutic relationship and outcomes in couples counselling.
Recognize the relevance of BCACC Practice Standards in fostering objective clinical work with couples.
Develop skills to identify bias when working with couples.
Apply practical strategies to address bias and maintain objectivity in their clinical practice.

Mindful Marketing: Authentically Attracting Your Ideal Clients
2025-06-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Reach the clients who need you-without sacrificing your authenticity.
Discover how to translate your passion for counselling into language that truly connects, in a way that feels natural and genuine. This workshop is designed specifically for counsellors who want to clarify their unique value and attract the clients they’re best equipped to help, using empathy and storytelling-not sales tactics.
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Why attend?

Pinpoint the clients you’re most passionate about serving
Develop inviting, authentic language and resources to reach them
Approach every first conversation with confidence and warmth

No jargon, no pressure tactics—just meaningful skills to help you show up with clarity and authenticity.

Clinical Supervision Summit
2025-06-12 | Adler University, 520 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3J5, Canada
Step into a day of connection, honest conversation, and professional growth at the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors’ Clinical Supervision Summit! This is your chance to move beyond the everyday, immersing yourself in two workshops designed to challenge, support, and elevate your supervisory practice.

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Morning Workshop: Relational Wisdom—Decolonizing Clinical Supervision
June 12th | 9am – 1pm
Engage in honest, experiential conversations about how history, culture, and power shape supervision. Facilitators Nelson Szeto and Ruth Unaegbu will guide you through dynamic discussions, live demonstrations, and small-group roleplays to help you cultivate a more relational and inclusive approach to supervision.
Afternoon Workshop: Elevate Your Supervisory Practice—Supervision-of-Supervision (SoS)
June 12th | 2pm – 5pm
Step into the specialized role of Supervisor of Supervision with this hands-on session designed to equip you with advanced frameworks and practical tools to mentor supervisor candidates and newly approved supervisors, expanding your leadership and impact.

Town Hall | Regulation Updates
2025-06-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Stay Informed, Stay Connected
Join us at BCACC’s upcoming Town Hall, where our CEO, Michael Radano, will guide you through the latest developments in the regulation process for clinical counsellors in BC. As your professional association, we’re committed to keeping you updated and supported every step of the way. This is your opportunity to hear the latest, find out what we are doing as an association, and ask questions as we navigate this important change together.

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Get Found Online: SEO for Counsellors
2025-07-10 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
If you’ve heard of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), want to make your counselling practice easier to find online, and aren’t sure where to start—this hands-on workshop is for you! This isn’t a tech-talk, and you won’t get lost in the weeds. Instead, we’re offering tangible, supportive guidance to refine your content and pages the right way.
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Learn SEO basics in plain language to help your practice appear in Google searches.
Get step-by-step guidance on setting up and organizing your website’s key pages.
Discover simple ways to use keywords and local strategies to attract more clients in your area.

Town Hall: Regulation of Clinical Counsellors & Psychotherapists in BC
2025-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join us for a very special BCACC Town hall
BCACC CEO, Michael Radano breaks down the July 16 announcement on new regulatory updates and what it means for RCCs and the profession.
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Here’s what you can expect:

What does this mean for RCCs? What do RCCs need to do?
Key timelines
Transition process
Information about the regulatory college
BCACC’s advocacy effort
Access the most up-to-date, reliable information, understand the roadmap to regulation, and have all your questions answered

BCACC Conference 2025: Cultivating Connections
2025-09-19 09:00 - 2025-09-20 17:00 | Sheraton Wall Centre, 1000 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2R9, Canada
Join us at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver for the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors’ 2025 Conference, centered around the theme of “Cultivating Connections.”
In an increasingly complex world, the importance of meaningful connections in mental health cannot be overstated. Our 2025 conference will build upon the success of previous events, offering a rich program of workshops, keynote speeches, and networking opportunities.

Date: September 19th & 20th 2025
Location: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel – Vancouver, BC

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What to Expect
Attendees can anticipate:

Engaging keynote presentations from leaders in the field
A range of workshops and breakout sessions
Ample opportunities for professional networking
CE credits for continuing education requirements

From War to Resettlement: Refugee Stories, Insights, and Practice Guidelines
2025-09-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
What does it mean to be a refugee?
What 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?
In this interactive half-day presentation, Dr. Zuhra Teja will take you on a refugee’s journey—from pre-flight to flight to resettlement.
Drawing 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.
Along 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?
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Lunch & Learn: Demystifying the Complaints Process
2025-10-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, BC, Canada
Join our Regulation Team for an informative Lunch & Learn designed to bring clarity to the complaint process and the essential role of clinical supervisors.
Whether 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.
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What we’ll cover:

A clear review of the Inquiry Process
Gain an understanding of the steps involved, with a special focus on the role of the clinical supervisor in Consent Agreements and resolution
Minimum requirements to be a clinical supervision/consult
Learn what qualifies you to act as a supervisor or consultant in the consent agreement completion
Meeting complaint resolution requirements
Discover supervisor expectations and best practices for assisting RCCs through the resolution process.
How complaint supervision differs from typical supervision
Understand the unique aspects and additional considerations in this specialized form of supervision.
Avoiding role confusion and pitfalls
Some tips to manage the dual role of supervisor and consultant and to avoid common challenges and misunderstandings.

Enhancing Clinical Supervision with Process Models: A Focus on the Seven-Eyed Model
2025-10-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Are you an Approved Clinical Supervisor seeking practical tools to navigate complex supervision challenges? This highly interactive, two-hour workshop will equip you with advanced skills to apply process models like the Seven-Eyed Model in real supervisory situations.
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What to expect:

Hands-On Learning:
Engage in role-plays, breakout discussions, and live demonstrations to practice using process models.
Real Challenges, Real Solutions:
Use your own supervisory challenges (submitted in advance) to discover how models can address emotionally complex situations.
Bridging Approaches:
Learn to transition between the Seven-Eyed, Cyclical, and Discrimination Models to enhance your effectiveness.
Expert Facilitation:
Receive direct feedback and guidance from experienced facilitator David Stewart.

Discussing Sexuality with Clients
2025-10-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
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.
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WATCH A CLIP FROM A PREVIOUS SESSION, (Which was live)

What You’ll Learn:

Approaches for gently raising sexuality and sexual health during intake and throughout therapy.
Expanded models of sexual response to help move beyond traditional perspectives.
Culturally sensitive strategies for exploring client histories, identities, and relational styles, including non-monogamy and polyamory.
Tools to navigate your own discomfort and create a safe space for open dialogue.
Real-world language, sample scripts, and practical frameworks for every stage of the therapeutic process.

Ethical Decision-Making in Practice
2025-10-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
An Interactive Workshop that Brings Ethics to Life
Ethical 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.
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What to Expect:

Active participation: Step into lively discussions where your voice matters and your perspective shapes the process.
Collaborative exploration: There are no easy answers—this is about navigating gray areas together and building confidence in your ethical process.
A fresh take on ethics: Discover how engaging – and even fun – it can be to tackle ethical dilemmas with curious, like-minded colleagues.

Suicide: What to know and how to help
2025-10-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Online, BC, Canada
This presentation aims to increase our understanding and awareness about suicide:

addressing what it means,
why some people experience thoughts of suicide,
and how we can all help support people who may be struggling.

The session covers a broad overview of potential signs of distress, risk factors, and ways to support others compassionately. Attendees will learn what actions to take if they’re concerned about someone, the importance of open conversations, and how to access local and national support services. No specialized background needed. Just a willingness to learn and be part of a caring community.
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ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Matt Treble Matt Treble is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, dedicated to supporting mental health and well-being across British Columbia. He specializes in suicide awareness and prevention, drawing on his clinical expertise to engage communities and facilitate impactful, evidence-informed presentations. Matt’s focus on educating the public about understanding suicide ensures his session delivers both compassionate guidance and practical strategies for supporting those affected by these issues.

Demand Avoidance in Autism - Workshop
2025-11-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Online, BC, Canada
Integrating research with compassionate practice
Demand 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.
Rather 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.
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In this workshop, participants will:

Explore the relationship between Autism and PDA
Recognize key features often associated with the PDA profile
Learn strategies to support clients who experience difficulty with everyday demands
Review current and emerging research related to demand avoidance
Become familiar with relevant resources that inform compassionate and collaborative practice

While 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.

Human-Led SEO in the Age of AI Search
2025-11-20 09:00 - 11:00 | Online, BC, Canada
As AI tools like ChatGPT and AI Overviews transform how people search for information, counsellors and mental health professionals are facing a new digital reality: how do potential clients find you online?
In this session, we’ll demystify SEO for the age of AI — focusing on human-led strategies that help your practice show up naturally and authentically in both traditional and AI-driven search.
You’ll learn:

How AI search (like ChatGPT) is reshaping online visibility
What good SEO looks like — and how to measure real results
Practical, human-first ways to improve your website’s searchability right away

Walk away with clear, actionable steps to strengthen your online presence and connect with more of the right clients — without sounding like a robot.

Town Hall January 2026
2026-01-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, BC, Canada
AN UPDATE ON REGULATION IN BC
Join us for a very special BCACC Town Hall with Dianne Milette
Join BCACC CEO Michael Radano and special guest Dianne Milette, Registrar/CEO of the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC.
This important conversation will cover your questions about the evolving landscape of psychotherapy and clinical counselling regulation in British Columbia. The goal is to help you understand the key changes, nuances, and implications for your professional practice.
Whether you’re navigating new regulatory requirements or seeking clarity on what these changes mean for your career, this session will provide essential insights and answer your questions about the path forward for clinical counsellors in BC.

Information session on joining the ICBC Recovery Network
2026-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, BC, Canada
Information session on joining the ICBC Recovery Network
If you are a Registered Clinical Counsellor or a Student Member of BCACC, this Lunch and Learn session is for you.
Topics we’ll cover:

Introduction to ICBC Enhanced Care
ICBC Recovery Network
Working with ICBC as a Registered Clinical Counsellor
Question period

Resource: https://partners.icbc.com/health-services

Practice Labs: Supervision of Supervision
2026-01-23 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-30 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-02-06 09:30 - 12:00 | Online, BC, Canada
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.
Regular Supervision of Supervision practice strengthens supervisory confidence, deepens ethical awareness, and ultimately improves the quality of supervision offered to others.
These 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.
Each session is highly experiential and requires that participants are already providing clinical supervision to others.
Through 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.
It is expected that you will be able to show up live and actively participate for all three sessions to get your certificate of attendance.

Strengthening Clinical Processes: Relationally Grounded Care and Indigenous Cultural Safety for Agency Counsellors (Emerging Practices)
2026-01-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Online, BC, Canada
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.
Azadeh 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.
This session will offer both Indigenous and clinical agency-based perspectives on creating culturally safer, and more relationally grounded care.
The 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.
Through 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.
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Working with Autistic Clients: Foundations of a Neuro-affirming Practice
2026-02-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Online, BC, Canada
Many autistic adults arrive at our offices already impacted by years of navigating a world not built for them, depleting their energy through masking, and struggling within systems meant to support them.
This workshop offers you, as an RCC, a deeper understanding of what neuro-affirming care truly is.
Many practitioners believe they’re offering neuro-affirming care when the reality is more complex. Neuro-affirming care isn’t just about being supportive. It’s a paradigm shift that requires deeper work and a willingness to sit with discomfort.
This workshop will guide you through:

Understanding the Neurodiversity Paradigm: What it really means to be neuro-affirming, why it stands apart from other modalities, and how behavioralist approaches can conflict with affirming care
Language that matters: Moving beyond person-first language and understanding the neuro paradigm accurately
Developing a neuro-affirming lens: A way of being with autistic clients that shapes the therapeutic environment you create
Adapting your practice: Making shifts in how you approach working with autistic clients to create environments where they can thrive
Post-diagnosis support: Navigating systems, securing accommodations, and preventing burnout for clients living in ableist spaces
Real stories impact: Hearing from practitioners about the harm caused by non-affirming approaches, and how to avoid those missteps

This workshop features two incredibly dedicated presenters who bring both lived and professional experience. Dr. Juliane Dmyterko & Autistic RCC Oralie Loong will first build your foundational knowledge, then help you translate these concepts directly into your RCC practice through case studies and clinical application.
You’ll walk away with:

A model of neuro-affirming care you can apply immediately
Understanding of what it looks like if you want to be “neuro-affirming” in practice
Greater confidence in supporting autistic clients and less chance of causing unintentional harm

This is challenging, transformative, and hopeful work. Join us to deepen your cultural competency and become a safer, more affirming practitioner for your autistic clients.

Money Management Workshop
2026-02-25 12:00 - 13:15, 2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:15 | 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
