About this webinar
Date: December 2, 2026
Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Adele Lafrance, PhD, C.Psych.
CE hours: 3
This training is suitable for:
- Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers
- Medical Professionals: nurses, psychiatrists, pediatricians, family doctors
- Direct Service Workers: Drop-in workers, shelter and hostel workers, child and youth workers, youth justice workers
Level of training: Introductory
Client age category: For professionals who work with clients aged 16+.
Trigger warning: Triggers are always possible when discussing trauma.
Description: This workshop will offer a container for clinicians to engage in processes of self-inquiry for personal and professional development, including dyadic experiences of self-inquiry to support reflexivity and ethical practice with regard to power, privilege, and bias — including bias related to treatment modalities and ways of healing. Theory, tools, techniques, and supervision interventions to support clinicians to regain access to their clinical intuition will also be presented. Clinicians are encouraged to learn these techniques to support their own work as supervisors and mentors, as relevant.
The invitation is to consider processes of self-inquiry - not only as a professional practices, but as a genuine practice of self-care - a way of tending to the clinician as a whole person, and sustaining the kind of presence that meaningful clinical work requires. All are welcome regardless of where they are in their personal or professional development.
Learning objectives:
- Recognize the influence of personal and professional bias on clinical decisions.
- Identify and apply at least two processes of self-inquiry to support ongoing self-supervision, reflexive practice, and personal wellbeing as a clinician.
- Experience self-inquiry practices as a foundation for ongoing self-care and clinical development.
Continuing Education (CE) Information: SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) to offer continuing education (CE) hours. Full-day programs equal six CE hours; half-day programs equal three CE hours; for less than half-day programs, one hour of programming equals one CE hour. SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute maintains responsibility for the programs.
Other licensing boards and professional organizations will grant continuing education credits for attendance at their own discretion; participants will need to submit the course outline and Certificate of Participation for their consideration.
Registration closes
If registration has closed and you're still interested in joining this course, please contact Mary Anne at mvanrooyen@sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Accessibility
We strive to ensure our online learning programs are easy for everyone, everywhere. If you have any accessibility requirements (automatic transcripts, closed-captioning, ASL interpreters, advanced access to program materials), please email Mary Anne Van Rooyen at mvanrooyen@sickkidscmhlearning.ca to let us know how we can best support your learning experience.