Evidence-Based Therapy for Veterans and Families Community of Practice (2026/27)

Join the Evidence-Based Therapy for Veterans and Families Community of Practice

Become a member of this community of practice (CoP) to share ideas, knowledge and resources and form connections with fellow service providers who care for Veterans and Veteran Families and value the delivery of evidence-based therapies with fidelity and effectiveness. 

The Evidence-Based Therapy for Veterans and Families Community of Practice (EBT4VaF CoP; formerly the Evidence-Based Therapy Community of Practice), organized by the Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families, aims to provide a space for service providers to come together to enhance care for Veterans and their Families living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related mental health conditions in Canada. This collaborative and collegial group is set up for information sharing and connection. Monthly group sessions are held focusing on topics related to the following evidence-based therapies for PTSD:

• Cognitive-behavioural conjoint therapy (CBCT)
• Cognitive processing therapy (CPT)
• Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
• Prolonged exposure (PE) therapy

Registration information

If you are interested in joining the EBT4VaF CoP, please complete this registration form. You will be notified within approximately 10 business days about whether your registration has been accepted. 

The information you provide in the registration form may be used for planning, evaluation and reporting purposes at the Atlas Institute. Data will only be shared at an aggregate level, meaning your individual information would be combined with the information of others in a way that does not allow for the identification of an individual person.

To support an inclusive CoP that values diversity, 16 spots are intentionally reserved for service providers who identify as a member of an equity-deserving group. To register for one of these spots, select the “Equity” stream when registering. 

Interested service providers must self-identify with one or more of the following groups:

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples, and all other Indigenous Peoples
• Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities
• Member of a group(s) that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs or place of origin
• Persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions

Note: Service providers are not required to self-identify and may register by selecting the “General” stream instead.