Training & Professional Development Opportunities
Broadleaf Health is a DBT training clinic. All senior staff play a role in the continuing education of trainees. We are acutely aware that many of the clients we work with represent underserved clinical populations. Based on this knowledge, we have worked for years to overcome the lack of sufficient clinical resources by contributing to the training of clinicians.
As of fall 2022, Broadleaf Health has hosted dozens of trainees from a range of disciplinary backgrounds – including, but not limited to, psychology, social work, and medicine – looking to deepen their understanding of evidence-based practices and their application.
We have also provided multi-day DBT training to more than 1,000 clinicians and trainees in the past 10 years.
DBT certification training program
Broadleaf Health offers a structured Dialectical Behaviour Therapy training program, which has been created in collaboration with past trainees and staff who have been successful in achieving DBT-LBC certification.
continuing education
Broadleaf Health has provided dozens of trainings to over 1,000 clinicians since 2009. Broadleaf Health has provided trainings on a range of topics including but not limited to DBT, first responder wellness, post traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder. Broadleaf Health clinicians have provided trainings to clinical and non-clinical audiences.
Broadleaf Health has provided trainings that have lasted between one and seven days, and trainings that have specifically targeted a range of knowledge/skill levels (from those new to DBT to those looking to improve an existing knowledge base/skill set). DBT trainings have been provided both online and in person. Whenever possible, we like going and being in the same room with folks!
Trainings can be tailored to the unique needs of the training audience, and those who register for trainings receive a survey regarding their experiences and training interests before the training, so that these factors can be woven into the training preparation.
Broadleaf Health is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.
RECENT & Upcoming TRAININGS & presentations
December 2023: Introduction to Prolonged Exposure Two-Day Training Offered through Wilfred Laurier University Professional Development in the Faculty of Social Work Certificate Program.
June, 2023: In-Person Special Small Group Two-Day Introduction to DBT at Broadleaf Health offices in Waterloo, Ontario.
May, 2023: In-Person Two-Day Introduction to DBT in Sudbury, Ontario.
March 25-27, 2023: In-Person Adaptations of DBT Training and Two-Day Skills Training Intensive in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
December 8-9, 2022: Introduction to Prolonged Exposure Two-Day Training Offered through Wilfred Laurier University Professional Development in the Faculty of Social Work Certificate Program.
November 15-17, 2022: In-Person Foundations of DBT Training and Two-Day Skills Training Intensive in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
October 21, 2022: Peer Support: Community within Community Presentation to the Waterloo Regional Police Peer Support Program Bingeman’s Centre, Cambridge, ON
training workshops and presentations
for groups and organizations
We offer DBT, first responder wellness, and other training workshops and other professional development opportunities for groups and organizations.
Training sessions are customized to meet the needs of the organization and can range from small group workshops to large keynote presentations, and from one hour to multiple days.
We are open to developing new presentations and workshops that are customized to specific treatments, modalities and clinical presentations related to DBT, first responder wellness, and other topics.
Please get in touch to discuss your organization’s specific training needs.
a selection of training sessions by broadleaf health include:
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Foundations (1 day training)
Foundations of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (2 day workshop)
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy: In depth look at the Four Modes of Treatment (2 day workshop)
Our team members have led trainings on providing DBT to practicing professionals, trainees, and organizations including:
