About this webinar
Dates: December 3 and 4, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S.
CE hours: 12
This training is suitable for:
- Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists and social workers.
Prerequisite: Understanding of the impact of trauma on children, good child psychotherapy skills.
Client category: For professionals who work with clients aged 4 to 16 years.
Description: Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an empirically supported psychotherapy model for treating traumatized children and adolescents. The effectiveness of this approach is enhanced by integrating creative, developmentally appropriate interventions so that children will engage in treatment.
This two-day training will provide an overview of TF-CBT and will present creative interventions for the 8 components of TF-CBT: psychoeducation, relaxation, affective modulation, cognitive processing, trauma narrative, in vivo mastery, conjoint child-parent sessions, and enhancing safety. Therapeutic games, art, stories, and other innovative activities will be presented for use with traumatized children aged 4-16.
Through case examples, activity demonstrations, experiential exercises, and videos of actual client sessions, this training will combine theoretical material with hands-on therapeutic interventions. Participants will come away with a solid understanding of TF-CBT, and many new and innovative techniques for treating traumatized children and adolescents.
Learning objectives:
- The theoretical framework of TF-CBT.
- Creative interventions for each of the eight treatment components of TF-CBT.
- Strategies for engaging children and parents in treatment.
- How to utilize TF-CBT to treat a range of childhood traumas including sexual abuse, domestic violence, traumatic grief, car accidents, natural disasters.
SickKids CCMH Learning Institute is pleased to partner with Caversham Booksellers to offer a 20% discount and a $5 flat shipping rate (from $10) towards the facilitator’s published books.
To receive this benefit, enter the discount code SKCCMHLI24 at checkout when purchasing the book(s) on Caversham Booksellers’ website.
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.
CACBT - Aligned Continuing Education Hours:
Upon successful completion of this program, the continuing education hours earned may be applied toward the 50 hours of formal CBT training required for certification with the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT). For full details on the CACBT certification process and eligibility, please visit: https://www.cacbt.ca/certification-process
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 (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.
Photography is being used for illustrative purposes only and any person depicted in the content is a model, except where indicated.