why should you consider more training?

These certificate programs reflect my work over the past 15+ years as a clinical social worker, consultant, and educator working at the intersections of mental health, sexuality, trauma, organizational dynamics, and social justice. The concepts explored here—psychodynamic theory, anti-oppressive practice, LGBTQ+ and GBTQ-affirming care, leadership, and frontline wellness—emerged not from theory alone, but from clinical practice, supervision, organizational consulting, and teaching in healthcare, nonprofit, and academic settings.

Again and again, I’ve seen how graduate programs, field placements, and continuing education often leave practitioners underprepared for the relational, political, and emotional complexity of real-world work. These certificates synthesize and repackage what is too often fragmented or omitted, offering structured, practice-relevant learning that bridges theory, lived experience, and ethical application—so clinicians, leaders, and frontline professionals can work with greater depth, confidence, and care.

Clinical Practice

Overview
This certificate integrates psychodynamic theory with anti-oppressive social work practice to support culturally attuned, reflexive, and justice-oriented clinical work. Participants examine how power, privilege, unconscious processes, and systemic oppression shape therapeutic relationships, supervision, and organizational contexts. Emphasis is placed on emotional depth, relational repair, ethical complexity, and liberation-focused practice.
Who This Is For
- Social workers and allied mental health professionals
- Clinicians working with marginalized and racialized communities
- Practitioners interested in decolonial, critical, and psychodynamic frameworks
- Suitable for both direct practice and supervisory roles
CEUs
- 60 CEUs
- Fully online and asynchronous
- 12 modules across Foundations, Applied, and Advanced levels

Leadership, Organizations & Frontline Sustainability

Overview
This leadership-focused certificate equips professionals with psychodynamic tools to understand unconscious group dynamics, power, privilege, and organizational culture. Participants learn to navigate conflict, resistance, performance management, and change while fostering psychological safety, equity, and resilience. The program emphasizes ethical leadership, reflective practice, and sustainable organizational health.
Who This Is For
- Leaders and managers in social services, healthcare, and nonprofit settings
- Social workers transitioning into leadership roles
- Supervisors, directors, and organizational consultants
- Professionals interested in relational and systems-informed leadership
CEUs
- 60 CEUs
- Fully online and asynchronous
- Structured across Foundations, Applied Practice, and Advanced Integration
Overview
This practice-oriented certificate supports frontline staff in developing trauma-informed wellness skills that strengthen boundaries, teamwork, and sustainability. Participants explore harm reduction, microaggressions, grief and non-death loss, burnout prevention, authority dynamics, and inclusive communication. The program is designed to improve psychological safety, reduce harm, and support ethical service delivery.
Who This Is For
- Social workers, case managers, outreach workers, peer specialists, and educators
- Nonprofit and healthcare frontline staff
- Supervisors supporting high-stress teams
- No prior clinical training required
CEUs
- 105 CEUs
- Fully online and asynchronous
- 21 modules across three progressive levels

Specialized & Population-Focused Clinical Practice

Clinical Foundations
Overview
This foundational certificate introduces clinicians to psychodynamic concepts through an LGBTQ+/2SLGBTQ+-affirmative lens. Participants explore the unconscious, transference and countertransference, identity development, trauma, intimacy, and the sociopolitical forces shaping queer and trans lives. The program integrates contemporary psychoanalytic thinking with anti-oppressive practice, helping clinicians deepen case formulation, manage complex relational dynamics, and work ethically across diverse identities and settings.
Who This Is For
- Social workers, counsellors, psychotherapists, and allied mental health professionals
- Early- to mid-career clinicians seeking psychodynamic grounding
- Practitioners working with LGBTQ+/2SLGBTQ+ individuals, families, and communities
- Graduate-level clinical training assumed; no prior psychoanalytic training required
CEUs
- 50 CEUs
- Fully online and asynchronous
- 10 modules × 5 CEUs each
Overview
This advanced certificate deepens psychodynamic practice with LGBTQ+/2SLGBTQ+ clients, focusing on complex transference dynamics, trauma and dissociation, sexuality, desire, intersectionality, and therapist vulnerability. Learners engage with supervision-level case material and explore organizational, cultural, and political contexts that shape clinical work. The program supports clinicians moving into leadership, supervision, teaching, or advanced specialization.
Who This Is For
- Experienced clinicians with prior psychodynamic and/or LGBTQ+-affirmative training
- Social workers, therapists, counsellors, and clinical supervisors
- Practitioners seeking advanced conceptual depth and ethical complexity
- Clinicians interested in leadership, supervision, writing, or teaching
CEUs
- 60 CEUs
- Fully online and asynchronous
- Advanced-level continuing education
Anti-Oppressive and Psychodynamic Approaches
Overview
This comprehensive certificate provides specialized training in sex therapy with gay, bisexual, trans, and queer men. Grounded in psychodynamic and anti-oppressive frameworks, the program addresses sexual concerns, intimacy, desire, shame, trauma, HIV-related stigma, relationships, and cultural or religious influences on sexual health. Learning emphasizes ethical alignment, cultural humility, and trauma-informed care.
Who This Is For
- Social workers, therapists, counsellors, and healthcare providers
- Clinicians working in sexual health, mental health, or relationship therapy
- Practitioners supporting GBTQ men across clinical and community settings
- Prior clinical training recommended
CEUs
- 100 CEUs
- Fully online and asynchronous
- 20 modules across foundational, applied, and advanced levels