Current Offerings

Mental Health and Substance Use – Level 1

• Start date: December 1, 2025
• Format: 100% online, self-paced, instructor-supported with monthly optional real-time sessions
• Duration: Two courses of approximately 30 hours of content each, with six months to complete each course from start date
• Cost: $750 per course, $1,500 for the program

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Description:

Frontline workers across various sectors often lack adequate training to effectively support clients with mental health and substance use challenges. This skills gap limits their effectiveness and highlights the need for accessible, targeted training programs for a diverse workforce.

The new UBC Micro-certificate in Mental Health and Substance Use is a part-time, asynchronous, online program designed to provide learners with the foundational knowledge and core skills they need to effectively and ethically engage in frontline service provision to individuals experiencing mental health and substance use challenges in multiple service contexts.

This program was developed by clinicians with many years of experience and expertise in mental health and substance use practice. Consultations with internal and external organizations, including the First Nations House of Learning, further contributed to ensuring that the program provides a relevant, applied, and culturally-informed learning experience.

By the end of the program, you will be able to:

1. Identify and assess mental health symptoms and substance use challenges at a foundational level
2. Develop foundational skills and strategies for effective and ethical engagement with individuals experiencing mental health and substance use challenges
3. Describe and examine the social determinants of mental health and substance use, and methods to support holistic recovery
4. Apply trauma-informed, strengths-based, and anti-oppressive approaches to engagement with individuals experiencing mental health and substance use challenges

Systemic Family Therapy: Core skills

Date: March 6, 2026
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm PST
CEU: 6 hours
Location: Virtual – Zoom sessions
Cost: $180

Audience:

This workshop is ideal for therapists, social workers, and mental health practitioners seeking to enhance their family therapy skills and deepen their understanding of relational dynamics in practice.

Description:

Working from a systemic perspective in family therapy involves attending to the interconnectedness, distinctive patterns and unique dynamics present in each unique relationship and family system. These skills can be highly effective in therapeutic clinical practice with diverse families.

This one-day introductory course is designed to offer a comprehensive foundation in systemic family therapy, including its core theoretical principles, and an introduction to clinical application. Participants will also have the opportunity to begin developing and refining

The course structure integrates skills teaching with interactive discussion, case analysis, and experiential practice. It begins with an introduction to key systemic and relational theories, including concepts such as the family as a system, neutrality, circularity, and relational  theories, including concepts such as the family as a system, neutrality, circularity, and relational dynamics. Particular emphasis will be placed on exploring how these theoretical frameworks inform clinical decision-making and how family systems shape both individual functioning and collective patterns of behavior. This course is suitable for clinicians seeking to deepen their understanding of systemic practice and its application across diverse clinical contexts.

This course is the first of a three-part series on Systemic Family Therapy, and a recommended pre-requisite for the following two courses. (See a short description of courses 2 and 3 at the bottom of this description.)

Learning Objectives

1. Understand and apply the core principles underlying systemic family practice.
2. Identify opportunities to apply various components of systemic assessment for individuals, families and couples.
3. Understand and apply systemic practice strategies and therapeutic techniques for family practice.

You will find a registration link in full course description.