Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Mindfulness (CBTm) facilitator training program

CBTm is a skill-based educational program designed to help build resilience and improve mental wellbeing through evidence-based self-management strategies. This program was developed with the goal of improving timely access to evidence-informed mental health care. This virtual workshop serves as foundational training in how to facilitate CBTm with your clients in an individual or group setting.

At the completion of this workshop, you can expect to:

• Be familiar with how the CBTm program was developed
• Understand key cognitive and behavioural concepts, and how to apply them with Veterans and their Families
• Be familiar with good quality self-help CBT resources
• Gain access to all of the CBTm materials (i.e., facilitator manuals, client PowerPoint slides, and handouts) to enable you to deliver the program in group settings or on an individual basis with your clients

This workshop will be delivered over the Zoom video conferencing platform. You will be sent an invitation with the link and instructions prior to the workshop.

To participate, please ensure that you have a stable Internet connection (broadband wired or wireless — 3G or 4G/LTE), speakers and microphone (built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth). To ensure connectivity, please ensure your Zoom app is up-to-date. If you have an older version of Zoom, it may not be compatible with the conference call. You can download the latest version here.

Given the structure and format of this workshop, there is no capacity limit. In order for this workshop to move forward it does require a minimum of 10 participants to register.

• Background, implementation and science behind CBTm classes
• Overview of training
• 15 minute break
• Class 1: CBT Model, cognitive therapy
• Class 2: Behaviour therapy, goal setting
• 30 minute lunch break
• Class 3: Healthy living, sleep
• Class 4: Problem solving
• 15 minute break
• Class 5: Responding to stress and wellness planning
• Implementation, research and evaluation of classes and web-based course
• Feedback and evaluation of training

Dr. Shay-Lee Bolton is an early career researcher, epidemiologist, and co-Lead of the CBTm Hub. She is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Bolton’s research expertise lies in the area of psychiatric epidemiology, suicide and suicidal behaviors, traumatic life events, at-risk populations (Indigenous populations, sexual minorities, public safety personnel, military), randomized controlled trials, and program evaluation. She has received 25+ local, national and international awards for her research. Most recently, Dr. Bolton was awarded a national-level research award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to evaluate virtual cognitive-behaviour therapy classes for mental wellness in public safety personnel using a randomized controlled trial design. She is also leading the evaluation of virtual and web-based CBTm classes.

Cheryl Maxsom is a Clinical Specialist with the CBTm leadership team and has been a CBTm trainer, facilitator and content creator since 2015. She has trained facilitators for the CBTm program from across Canada. Previously, Cheryl worked at the Operational Stress Injury Clinic in Winnipeg for 7 years, working with Canadian Armed Forces members, RCMP and veterans. Prior to that, she worked at 17 Wing Winnipeg for 10 years in the mental health department. She completed her Masters degree in Social Work at the University of Manitoba in 2001 and she has over 20 years experience as a therapist working with individuals, couples and families. She is has collaborated in research supported by grants from True Patriot Love and Bell Let’s Talk. Her Masters thesis was translated and used as a textbook for social work students in Lviv, Ukraine.

Dr. Pamela Holens has over 20 years of experience providing psychological services, with 13 years of specialization in the areas of traumatic stress and chronic pain. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Health Psychology in the Rady Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba (U of M), as well as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology. For the past 12 years she has worked with military, RCMP, and Veterans who have Operational Stress Injuries (OSIs) at the OSI Clinic at Deer Lodge Centre. In her private practice, she has been treating first responders and other public safety personnel (e.g., firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, and correctional officers) for the past 10 years, and has helped many who have been off work due to psychological and/or physical injuries to regain their pre-trauma level of functioning and return to work.

We encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity. The Atlas Institute is attentive to the diversity of our network and invites you to self-identify if you wish during registration. Responses from applicants who self-identify during the registration process will only be shared with training organizers at the University of Manitoba and the Atlas Institute. Groups include:

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples, and all other Indigenous Peoples
• Persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities
• Member of a group(s) that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin
• Persons who identify as women
• Persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions

The Atlas Institute is committed to supporting an accessible environment for participants attending trainings offered through the Atlas Institute. Part of this commitment includes ensuring supports, such as American Sign Language interpreters or captionists, are made available during the training. Prior to the training, we will ask all participants if any support would help them fully participate in this training.