Therapy Training

Kris Cormier MSW RSW can support you with most mental health concerns, especially addiction, sexuality, relationships, sexual assault, and trauma.

Therapy Training:

Kris Cormier, MSW/RSW, is committed to lifelong learning… She enjoys reading therapy textbooks & articles; attending workshops & webinars; & participating in training courses. Not only does this allow her to continue to learn more about all aspects of the human experience, it ensures she can continue to provide evidence-informed treatment interventions.

You’ll find listed below some of the additional training that Kris has sought out following her university education (B.A.h. Psychology, B.A. Women’s Studies, Master of Social Work). This post-graduate Therapy Training ensures evidence-based interventions are being provided in individual therapy.

Training Courses:

  • DBT Skills Training – DBT House – 18-week synchronous interactive course
  • Trauma-Focused ACT – Russ Harris via Psychwire – 6-week asynchronous interactive course
  • Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy (EFiT) Level 1 – ICEEFT – 2-day synchronous interactive course
  • Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy (EFiT) Level 2 – ICEEFT – 2-day synchronous interactive course
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship – ICEEFT – 4-day synchronous interactive course (September 2023)

Training:

  • “Focus on Self & Identity: An ACT Perspective – Dr. Kelly Wilson – 2-day in-person interactive training
  • Transforming Trauma with EFiT – Dr. Sue Johnson & Dr. Leanne Campbell – 1-day synchronous webinar
  • Introduction to Narrative Therapy – Narrative Therapy Centre – 3-hour synchronous webinar
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) – Dr. Michaela Swales via the Holistic Psychotherapy Summit – 1-hour asynchronous webinar
  • Trauma- (TIST) – Dr. Janina Fisher via the Holistic Psychotherapy Summit – 1-hour asynchronous webinar
  • Process-Based CBT (PBT) – Dr. Stephen Hayes via the Holistic Psychotherapy Summit – 1-hour asynchronous webinar

Books:

  • “Mastering the Clinical Conversation” (Relational Frame Theory) – Dr. Stephen Hayes
  • “Trauma-Focused Acceptance & Commitment Therapy” (TF-ACT) – Dr. Russ Harris
  • “ACT Made Simple” (ACT) – Dr. Russ Harris
  • “Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors” – Dr. Janina Fisher
  • “Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma – a Workbook for Survivors & Therapists” – Dr. Janina Fisher
  • “Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker’s Guide to Working with Survivors” – Ann Goelitz
  • “The Body Keeps the Score” – Bessel van der Kolk
  • “DBT Skills Training Manual” – Dr. Marsha Linehan
  • “Motivational Interviewing” (MI) – Miller & Rollnick
  • “A Primer for Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy (EFiT)” – Dr. Sue Johnson & Dr. Leanne Campbell
  • “Attachment Theory in Practice” (EFT/EFiT) – Dr. Sue Johnson
  • “The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy” (3rd Edition) – Dr. Sue Johnson
  • “Feminist Therapy” – Laura Brown
  • “Treating Addiction” (2nd Edition) – Miller, Forcehines, & Zweben
  • “Mindfulness for Two” (ACT) – Dr. Kelly Wilson