Ongoing Training & Development – Annika Schaefer

Ethics & Professional Standards

• Relational & Creative Consent Practices in Counselling
  Dawn McBride, PhD, R. Psych (2026)

• Supervision Competencies and Best Practices
  Blythe Shepard, PhD, CT, CCC, CCS (2025)

• Documentation in Supervision (Contract and Supervision Notes)
  Blythe Shepard, PhD, CT, CCC, CCS (2025)

• Don’t Miss the Mark – 10+ Overlooked Essentials Counsellors May Forget to Include in Their Consent Forms
  Dawn McBride, PhD, R. Psych (2024)

• Supervision – Professional Development Event
  College of Alberta Psychologists (2024)

• A Relational Ethics Primer
  Simon Nuttgens, PhD, R. Psych (2024)

• Ethical Decision Making – When To, Why To, and How To
  Simon Nuttgens, PhD, R. Psych (2024)

Suicide Assessment & Intervention

• Suicide Assessment and Intervention: Assess Suicidal Ideation and Effectively Intervene in Crisis Situations with Confidence, Composure and Sensitivity!
  Sally Spencer-Thomas, PsyD (2026)

Trauma Therapy & Certification Programs

• Certified Clinical Trauma Professional – Level II (CCTP-II)
  Complex Trauma Interventions from EMDR, Parts Work, CPT, and Polyvagal Theory
  Arielle Schwartz, PhD; Kathleen Chard, PhD; Frank Anderson, MD; Kathy Steele, MN, CS (2024)

• Certified Clinical Trauma Professional – Level I (CCTP-I)
  EMDR, CBT, and Somatic-Based Trauma Interventions
  Arielle Schwartz, PhD (2023)

• Intensive Internal Family Systems Trauma Treatment Program
  Frank Anderson, MD (2024-2025)

• Trauma Treatment Certification – Advances in Somatic and Neurobiological Trauma Therapy
  Janina Fisher, PhD (2023)

• Shame Certification Training
  Janina Fisher, PhD (2024)

• Complex PTSD Clinical Workshop – A Comprehensive Approach to Accurately Assess and Effectively Treat Clients with Chronic, Repeated, and/or Developmental Trauma
  Arielle Schwartz, PhD (2024)

• Integrative Polyvagal Theory for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Attachment and More
  Deb Dana, LCSW; Stephen Porges, PhD; Sherri All, PhD; Alexia Rothman, PhD (2023)

• Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
  Anne Marie O’Melia, MS, MD, FAAP, CEDS-C; Robert McFerren, LCSW-S (2025)

• Between Substance Use and PTSD: Understanding Coping Mechanisms and Risks
  Timothy Saeed, DO; Lindsey Reed, LCSW (2025)

• Brainspotting: Integrating the Neuroexperiential Model for Rapid Trauma Healing
  David Grand, PhD (2025)

• Flash Technique for Trauma: Rapid Trauma Processing for Clinicians Using EMDR, CPT, DBT, CBT, & IFS
  Philip Manfield, PhD; Lewis Engel, PhD (2024)

Somatic Therapy & Nervous System Work

• Certified Somatic Therapy Foundations Practitioner (CSTFP)
  Intensive Somatic Trauma Therapy Course
  Abi Blakeslee, PhD (2024)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

• EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training
  Sharon Meredith, R. Psych (2023-2024)

• Advanced EMDR – Neuroeffective Embodied Self-Therapy (N.E.S.T.) Model for Complex Trauma
  Sandra Paulsen, PhD (2024)

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

• ART Basic Training
  Mariel Ansion, R. Psych (2023)

• ART 2025 Annual Conference – ART, Trauma and Beyond
  Laney Rosenzweig, MS, LMFT (Founder of ART); LTC Chris Atkins, LCSW, BCD; Christine Gibson, MD, Prof, MMedED; Lisa Gagnon, MD, FRCPC; Molly Graham, MA, LMHC, ATR; Loraine Hunter, PhD, LCSW; Katie K. May, LPC, DBT-LBC; Vicky Alston, LCSW, DCSW; Jody Pratt, LMFT; Marsha Mandel, MA, LMHC, LPC, CCTP-II; Amy Shuman, MSW, LICSW, DCSW

• ART 2024 Annual Conference – The Life Saving Impact of ART: Healing and Innovation
  Laney Rosenzweig, MS, LMFT (Founder of ART); Mary Anders, MA, LP; Kerry Kennedy-Pressey, PhD; Teresa Salais, MSW, LCSW; Becca Ferguson, LPC; Nicole Delli Paoli, MA, LMHC, MCAP, QS; Elizabeth Michas, PhD; Dedra Tentis, LCSW, PhD; Sierra Tentis, MPH; Kiana Gadson, PhD, LCSW; Rose Mizuhara Maynard, PsyD; and Sadie N. Novotny, LMFT

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

• Certified EFIT Level 1 Professional 
  Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
  Susan Johnson, EdD; Leanne Campbell, PhD (2023)

• Transforming Trauma with EFIT
  Susan Johnson, EdD; Leanne Campbell, PhD (2023)

Indigenous Cultural Competency & Trauma-Informed Care

• Support Sixties Scoop Survivors – Understanding and Competencies for Counsellors
  Lorraine Champagne & Daniel Campbell; SSISA (2025)

• Indigenous Awareness Training
  Leigh Sheldon, R. Psych (2025)

• Bridging the Clinical and Cultural
  Leigh Sheldon, R. Psych (2025)

Grief & Loss

• Finding Meaning in Loss – The Sixth Stage of Grief
  David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE (2024)

• Anxious Grief – Supporting Clients with Grief-Related Anxiety, Panic, and Fear
  Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC (2024)

Additional Training

• Anxiety Certification Course: Integrate CBT and Exposure & Response Prevention for Treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, Social Anxiety, & Phobias
  Kimberly Morrow, LCSW; Elizabeth DuPont Spencer, LCSW-C (2023)