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In the Psychologists' Association of Alberta Course Portal, you can find a wide variety of continuing professional development opportunities.
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What's New in the DSM - 5 - TR?
This workshop contains entirely new content that has been updated to October, 2022. In mid-2022, the American Psychiatric Association released the DSM-5-TR. This Text Revision amends the 2013 version of the DSM-5.
$110
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The Use of Digital Tools in Psychotherapy
This one-hour recording, presented by Therappx, will discuss what digital tools are and how to use digital health tools in psychotherapy.
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How and Why Psychologists Use Secure Mail
This 1-hour recording will teach viewers about secure messaging for psychology and why secure messaging is so important in maintaining client confidentiality and privacy.
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Indigenous Awareness Training
IAC offers online Indigenous Awareness Training to assist Canadians in learning about Indigenous People and to help non-Indigenous Canadians and Indigenous peoples move toward reconciliation.
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Effective Advocacy
This recording is going to help you identify and use the natural networks and spheres of influence for advocacy, with great potential to develop core relationships with key professionals.
$56
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The Best of What We Know About Addictions Counselling Today
Under the addiction mask is a true horror story that needs to be told and understood. Dr. Alderson will highlight the warning signs that precede addiction and the symptoms that happen after it has occurred.
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The Weight of the World: Psychologist’s Role in Addressing Client’s Weight-related issues
This asynchronous webinar will focus on best practices in addressing client’s weight-related issues. The best practices in addressing weight-related issues will be examined through case examples and evidence-based resources.
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Starting and Operating and Independent Professional Practice in Psychology
Is private practice for you? This webinar examines aspects of being a successful private practitioner, from personal characteristics to marketing to selecting office space and the types of insurance you may need.
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DIY Videos for Your Therapy Site or Youtube Channel
This asynchronous webinar will provide instruction for anyone wanting to making their own videos.
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Assessing Perinatal Mental Health
This workshop will address the basic concepts of what perinatal mood disorders are, how to assess them, recognizing warning signs and when to refer treatment to a specialist.
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Psychedelics and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
This primer will provide viewers with a better understanding of the relevant issues in working with psychedelic medications and those present in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
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Prescribing Service Dogs or Emotional Support Animals
This primer will address the basic concepts of service, emotional support and therapeutic animals and the considerations that should be taken prior to providing any recommendations or documentation to clients.
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The Erupting Addictions Pandemic
This one-hour primer provides information about substance addictions (e.g., alcohol, cannabis, opioids, nicotine, stimulants, hallucinogens) and behavioural addictions (e.g., gambling, Internet/gaming, sex, love, food, exercise, shopping, work).
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The Game of Life: An Introduction to Using Basic Sport Psychology Principles in Clinical Practice
This 1 hour primer will cover some introductory sport psychology principles - with corresponding skills and exercises - that psychologists can use to help both athlete and non-athlete clientele move forward in their training or treatment.
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Family Restructuring Therapy
This primer will discuss how to identify the evolution, dynamics and characteristics of a high conflict family, ethical principles and standards to work with high conflict families, to learn the theory of Family Restructuring Therapy and much more.