Continuing Education and Events
The NBASW develops, coordinates and promotes professional education opportunities to support members in meeting the continuing professional education requirements. The NBASW does this in five ways:
Free NBASW Mandatory Ethics, Standards, and Guidelines Training for members
NBASW Professional Development Fund
Additional Continuing Education Opportunities
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Upcoming Events
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Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care Conversations with Older Adults
Nov. 3 — 30, 2025
When: Monday, November 3rd – Sunday, November 30th, 2025 (4 weeks)
Enrolment Decision Deadline: Monday, October 27, 2025
Cost: $240 (Students/Seniors $120)
Description: Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Goals of Care (GOC) conversations in health care can be some of the most difficult, but also the most meaningful and rewarding tasks… Thorough discussions about the values, hopes, wishes, and goals of patients and their families can be challenging to navigate in our fast paced and complex health system. This workshop will provide an overview on the evidence surrounding advance care planning and goals of care conversations with older adults. There will be a focus on practical tools, case examples, interprofessional perspectives, as well as the role of the social determinants of health in these conversations.
Details and registration: https://aging.utoronto.ca/advance-care-planning-and-goals-of-care-conversations-with-older-adults/
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NBASW Webinar: The Role of the New Brunswick Public Trustee
Mon, Nov. 3, 2025 12:00pm — 1:00pm
This seminar will be led by Christian Whalen, Public Trustee and Shannon Benjamin, Legal Counsel in Public Trustee Services. The webinar will focus on the role of the New Brunswick Public Trustee. In this intro webinar participants will learn about the work of the NB Public Trustee, its history, the various legislative mandates under which it operates; how the law in this field in New Brunswick compares with other Canadian jurisdictions; the types of services that PT staff offer to clients; the profile of clients who are typically served by PT staff and the processes involved in accessing services. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions by placing them in the webinar chat and directing live questions at the end of the presentation time. Time will be reserved for a healthy dialogue with program participants.
This Webinar will be offered in French and in English and is the first in a series of three webinars that seek to make the Public Trustee's Services more available and better understood by social workers and other professionals who often deal with these services.
Register here: https://app.webinar.net/7BmjyRXanPv -
The Role of Emotion in the Treatment of Problematic Substance Use: An Integrative Science Based Intervention
Nov. 6 — 27, 2025 11:00am — 4:00pm
The Role of Emotion in the Treatment of Problematic Substance Use: An Integrative Science Based Intervention
With Dr. Elizabeth Bolger, PH.D., PSYCHOLOGIST
November 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, 2025
10:00AM - 3:00PM (EST)
Register here: https://www.cpeh.ca/emotion-substance-use-treatment
Approved for 16 CEC with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
Approved for 16 CEC with the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP)
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How to Be Therapeutically Responsive with Clients in Suicidal Crisis
Fri, Nov. 7, 2025 1:00pm — 4:30pm
Bespoke Mental Health Workshop
Host Dr. Daniel Cox
Date Friday, Nov 07, 2025
Time (EST) 12:00pm - 3:30pm / AST 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Workshop Outline
Working with clients in suicidal crisis is among the most challenging and high-stakes areas of clinical practice. Despite their best intentions, many therapists are guided by outdated assumptions or external pressures that result in interventions that are anti-responsive— failing to address clients’ distress and eroding trust in the therapeutic process. This workshop introduces evidence-based practices that prioritize therapeutic responsiveness, aligning interventions with clients’ needs, reducing suicidality, and supporting ethical and effective care.
This workshop will address critical topics, including the limitations of traditional risk assessments, the importance of collaboration and shared goals, alternatives to default hospitalization, and techniques for processing psychological distress. Emphasizing a responsive, client-focused approach, participants will gain practical tools to navigate suicidal crises with confidence, compassion, and skill. Additionally, the workshop will explore essential domains beyond client-facing strategies, including considerations for documentation and other practice-relevant processes.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will learn to:
-Identify common anti-responsive interventions, such as coercive hospitalization and over-reliance on risk assessments.
-Understand the impact that anti-responsive interventions can have on client trust and therapeutic outcomes.
-Develop tools to evaluate hospitalization decisions and engage clients in informed, ethical discussions.
-Explore practices that foster collaboration and goal alignment.
-Develop skills to manage external pressures (e.g., organizational policies) and internal fears that may influence decision-making, ensuring client needs remain the priority.
Learn more and register here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6u3wgov6n0hv3fqlabvi6/Cox-Advert-197-words-with-pic.pdf?rlkey=0y1tjrca0an6erqz3rzg6yy9c&st=sydtj95p&dl=0 -
Virtual Canadian Children’s Grief Symposium
Nov. 12 — 13, 2025
The Canadian Alliance for Children’s Grief (CACG) is hosting their FIFTH annual Virtual Canadian Children’s Grief Symposium for child serving professionals on November 12th and 13th, 2025. Offering over 16 virtual sessions from experienced practitioners and educators in Children’s Grief from across Canada, this two-day virtual Symposium will help you better support grieving children, youth, and their families.
On Wednesday, the Keynote Speaker this year is Dr. Lucy Hone with a session entitled “Resilient Grieving: Realistic Resilience Practices That Work”
On Thursday, the Plenary Speaker is Donna Schuurman with a session entitled "Drop the Dysfunction! Stop Resisting Open Conversations About Dying and Death."
Registration opens in August and is $175 for both days. One of the benefits of this national conference is that with registration, you will have digital access to all the recorded sessions, not just the ones you attended, which will be available to you for 3 months post conference until February 2026. Please note this includes access to *most session recording however a limited number of sessions will NOT be recorded.
The speakers and topics for this Symposium have been carefully selected to support professionals in education, healthcare, victim services, funeral homes, grief and bereavement, and other community organizations.
To register when registration opens: https://www.grievingchildrencanada.org/index.php/grief-symposium -
NB Adoption Foundation 2025 Permanency Conference
Nov. 15 — 16, 2025
Date
November 15-16, 2025
Location
Wingate By Wyndham, Dieppe, NB
Tickets
Caregivers: $100
Professionals: $150
Youth Formerly in Care : Free
The New Brunswick Adoption Foundation 2025 Permanency Conference: Where Healing Takes Root brings together caregivers, professionals, and community members to strengthen the support systems surrounding children and youth in care. Over two days, participants will gain tools, insights, and connections to foster resilience, healing, and lasting family stability. With inspiring speakers, practical workshops, and opportunities to connect, this bilingual event is designed to nurture both knowledge and community.
Registration and more information: https://conference.nbadoption.ca/conference-eng -
NBASW Webinar: The Supported Decision-Making and Representation Act at Two-Years Old
Tue, Nov. 18, 2025 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM EST / 12:00 PM AST
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenters: Christian Whalen, BA, LLB, DEA, Public Trustee / Shannon Benjamin, BA, JD, Legal Counsel
The first part of this webinar will focus on the history of laws dealing with disability in New Brunswick and with the human rights analysis, under the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities that led to the repeal of the Infirm Persons Act and the adoption of the Supported Decision-Making and Representation Act in January 2024.
A second part of the Webinar will explain the options for Supported Decision-Making under the SDMRA, as well as the processes involved in obtaining a Representation Order for Public Trustee services. Finally the webinar will conclude with some data in relation to the Public Trustee's increasing caseload in SDMRA matters, progress in reducing wait-times for access to these services and discussion around future needs and areas for improvement.
Register here: https://app.webinar.net/jD3nEWBL0lz?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExVnZpaU8zdTlCN3FXUDR5YQEetweaESxDGDWih9cvt9I0_ZPNOQr2t_9_2-C68IrHpUU8PAyKxeOJn1234iE_aem_84m2_RAUtIRhOggKt2LXGQ -
Certified Emotion Focused Therapy Trainings (CPEH)
Dec. 2 — 10, 2025
EFT for Individuals Level 1 - October 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2025
EFT for Couples Level 2 - December 2, 3, 9, & 10, 2025
Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based therapy and has had a significant impact on the field of psychotherapy based on extensive research on client in-session processes that facilitate positive outcomes. EFT is also transdiagnostic psychotherapeutic approach as its interventions and principles can be adapted across different client populations and a variety of client issues. It has evolved into a comprehensive theory of functioning and clinical practice and focuses on working with a client's core underlying, painful emotions to transform emotional pain and suffering and promote enduring change.
This training is for licensed mental health professionals (example: psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, social workers). Students with therapy training and pre-licensed therapists are welcome. No prior knowledge of Emotion Focused Therapy is required. If you are unsure if you are eligible to take the training, please contact us directly at training@cpeh.ca to inquire about your credentials and eligibility to take the trainings.
EFT for Individual Level 2 - Requires Completion of EFT for Individual Level 1
EFT for Individual Level 3 - Requires Completion of EFT for Individual Level 1 and Level 2
EFT for Couple Level 2: Requires Completion of EFT for Couple Level 1 or equivalent
Register: https://www.cpeh.ca/certified-eft-training-2
Use the code NBASW20 at checkout for a 20% discount. -
Integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy Principles and Interventions in Working with Older Adults
Jan. 19 — Feb. 15, 2026
When: Monday, Jan 19 – Sunday, Feb 15, 2026 (4 weeks)
Sufficient Enrolment Decision Deadline: Mon, Jan 12, 2026
ONLINE weekly at your discretion
Cost: $240 (Students $120)
Description: Clinicians and care providers often encounter emotional reactions that are hard to access, regulate, or process. These moments can feel complex and hard to navigate, especially when working with older adults who may have an impaired emotion system. This science-informed workshop with Dr. Carmine Malfitano offers a clear, practical approach to understanding and working with emotion in therapy. Drawing from the principles of Emotion Focused Therapy and tailored specifically to older adults, the training introduces a foundational framework for identifying and assessing difficult emotional processes, deepening emotional experience, and applying targeted interventions that support movement and change. Whether you are a therapist or care provider who is looking to strengthen your effectiveness in working with emotion, this four-week course offers both conceptual clarity and practical strategies you can immediately integrate into your work.
Details and registration: https://aging.utoronto.ca/integrating-emotion-focused-therapy-principles-and-interventions-in-working-with-older-adults/ -
Counselling Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence Course
Jan. 22 — Apr. 9, 2026 5:00pm — 7:00pm
This training from the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (AASAS) will run from January 22 to April 9, 2026, with weekly sessions held on Thursdays from 2:00–4:00 p.m. MT (5:00 - 7:00 pm AST).
Designed for professionals supporting survivors of sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse (all genders), this course offers an integrative, mindfulness-based approach to ongoing assessment and therapeutic intervention. Participants will gain practical tools, clinical insight, and a deeper understanding of trauma-informed care in a collaborative and supportive learning environment.
Cost
Early Bird: $645.00 until November 13, 2025 (application & payment must be received by this date)
After November 13, 2025: $695.00
Course Application Deadline
January 1, 2026 (while space is available).
Learn more and register: https://aasas.ca/training/counselling-adult-survivors-of-sexual-violence/