Mental Health Professionals Ottawa

05/17/2026

This Wednesday May 20th - Youth and Social Media workshop!
Come network with your colleagues, attend our AGM, and learn about prolematic social media use in youth and how to be of service!
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05/12/2026

Coming May 20th! Youth and Social Media!
**Network with your colleagues
**Attend our AGM
**Learn how to treat problematic social media use

04/24/2026

Good morning! Dr. Stephanie Larrue and Dr. Pier-Luigi Lattuada are teaming up for another fascinating workshop on Biotransenergetics in person, Friday May 8th! I attended their last in person workshop and highly recommend it. Check it out here! . Cheers! Marian

04/23/2026

Thanks to Francesca Dattilo for her excellent DBT workshop! And thanks to all who attended! So many great questions - we could have used another day day or two for sure! It was great to reconnect and to make new connections. I look forward to crossing paths again soon! Cheers! Marian

04/08/2026

Serenity Renewal for Families is a non profit organization that has been serving families and individuals affected by addiction - either directly or indirectly for 43 years. I highly recommend their workshops!

Do you feel like it is your job to fix, manage, or save the people around you?

When a family member is living with substance-use challenges, stepping in to help is a natural instinct. But when you become so focused on managing their crisis that you completely lose your own anchor, that is codependency. It is an exhausting, heavy weight to carry, and you do not have to hold it forever.

Next Saturday, join Catherine Pepper for an in-person workshop designed to provide tangible, harm-reduction-focused tools. You will learn how to untangle these dynamics, set healthy boundaries, and shift your focus back to your own multiple pathways to recovery.

04/04/2026

04/02/2026

Here's a question for you from Francesca Dattilo-Queen of DBT!
Your client, Sasha who is living with an eating disorder and is in recovery, tells you she's planning a birthday party for her best friend. She's purchased an excess of all of her friend’s favourite foods for the party which also happen to be Sasha’s trigger foods.

What do you do?

A. You reinforce her with praise for tending to her relationship
B. You're concerned it's a step setting her up for a lapse /relapse
C. You help her plan ahead for temptation
D. All of the above

Join us for Francesca's Dialectical Behavioral Therapy workshop Saturday April 18th and learn how to apply Dialectical Abstinence, Crisis Survival Skills and more in session so that you can assist your clients in moving forwards towards the life they desire!

Registration closes April 6th!
https://mhpo.ca/calendar/ #!event/2026/4/18/dialectical-behaviour-therapy-practical-skills-dialectical-abstinence

04/02/2026

5 days left to register! We hope to see you there.
Let us know if you have any questions!

https://mhpo.ca/calendar/ #!event/2026/4/18/dialectical-behaviour-therapy-practical-skills-dialectical-abstinence

03/31/2026

Quick question from the Queen of DBT Francesca Dattilo:
Your client is drowning in emotional overwhelm. What should THEY do in that moment?
A. Work to change the situation
B. Change how they feel about it
C. Accept and tolerate the distress
D. Stay in the suffering
What would you tell them? 👇

Join us April 18th to learn how to help your clients choose wisely in real-time.

03/31/2026

7 days left to register for our in person DBT- workshop!
Facilitated by the Queen of DBT, Francesca Dattilo.
Learn to avert in session crisis with distress tolerance skills
Assist clients with problematic substance use
Participate in experiential exercises with your colleagues
Gain skills and confidence!