Upcoming Event:

    • 24 Oct 2025
    • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
    • Zoom (Virtual Workshop)
    Register

    Session Summary

    This training will offer a comprehensive overview of trauma-informed and trauma-focused care. Participants will leave with an understanding of trauma-informed principles and how to incorporate them into their practice, as well as the tenets of trauma-focused care and how to orient towards being an effective trauma therapist.

    Speaker Bio

    Dr. Anne Wagner, C.Psych. (she/her), is a clinical psychologist, speaker, writer, and treatment development researcher living in Toronto, Canada. Anne is the founder of Remedy, a mental health innovation community, and Remedy Institute, Remedy’s home for research. She is the lead investigator of the pilot trial of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD + MDMA and the randomized trial of Cognitive Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD (CBCT) + MDMA, a couples therapy for PTSD. Anne is deeply committed to bridging the worlds of psychotherapy and non-ordinary states of consciousness, and has a passion for its use for relational healing. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology and an Associate Member of the Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is the Past-Chair of the Traumatic Stress Section of the Canadian Psychological Association, has served as a Global Ambassador for the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, and is a former board member of Casey House, Toronto’s hospital for those living with and at impacted by HIV/AIDS.

    For more information on her studies, including to apply, please visit www.remedyinstitute.ca.

    For more information on her clinical practice, please visit www.remedycentre.ca.

    Learning objectives

    • To delineate the difference between trauma-informed versus trauma-focused treatment.
    • To explain the mechanisms of effective trauma-focused interventions.
    • To demonstrate the skills of trauma-focused cognitive interventions.
    • To describe the different modes of delivery for trauma-focused treatment delivery.

    Course schedule

    9-9:15 am
    Welcome & Introductions

    9:15-10:30 am
    Trauma-Informed Care

    10:30-10:45 am
    Break 

    10:45-11:45 am
    Trauma Specific Treatment – Stages, Mechanisms and Amplifying Treatments

    11:45-Noon
    Q and A

    12pm-1pm
    Lunch 

    1:00-1:45 pm
    Modes of Delivery & Principles of Safety

    1:45-2:30 pm
    Examples of Specific Modalities - CPT

    2:30-2:45 pm
    Break 

    2:45-4:00 pm
    Examples of Specific Modalities cont. – CBCT, MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

    4-4:30 pm
    Q and A

    For any questions, please email:  ContEd.MPS@gmail.com

    A recording of the event will be available to all registrants for 6 weeks after the workshop and CE credits can be verified through our Learning Hub. 

    The Manitoba Psychological Society is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Manitoba Psychological Society maintains responsibility for the program.

    6 CE credits will be awarded after completion of the full CE activity. 

    Cancellation policy: No refunds will be issued. You will have 6 weeks following the event to access the workshop and materials. 

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