BC Association of Clinical Counsellors

Understanding WorkSafeBC Mental Health Claims Process
2026-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | 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.

Matters of the Mind: Climate Anxiety and Mental Health
2026-06-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Online, BC, Canada
Climate Anxiety and Mental Health Navigating the feelings, and looking at what can help. Climate anxiety is a term that is being used to describe unpleasant emotions people are experiencing in response to climate change and its impacts.
In this session, we will discuss what climate anxiety is, where it stems from, and some practical strategies to support ourselves and others who may feel impacted by it.
A holistic approach to mental health and wellness, Matters of the Mind is a series of free online public events focusing on relevant and timely topics related to mental well-being. We’re contributing to the wellness of all British Columbians by fostering community connection, breaking stigma, and providing empowering information to help people through complexity.

Regional Roadshow Prince George
2026-09-18 - 2026-09-19 | Prince George: Civic Centre, 808 Canada Games Way, Prince George, BC, V2L 5T6, 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
Through an Indigenous Lens
Providing Indigenous Frameworks to create safety for Indigenous clients, ways to work with clients while considering the seven generations before and the seven generations to come. Strength-based practices, land-based healing. Effective communication. What trauma stems from, and how to respond to clients who have been impacted by trauma. Intergenerational trauma and where it comes from, and how it shows up in the body.

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
