Upcoming FREE Professional Development Opportunities
Whether you are a student, an applicant, or a social worker looking to develop your clinical skills, check out these upcoming trainings.
These are great opportunities to build your clinical skills, add a new training to your resume, and get ready for social work practice.
June 25th 2026 | Couples Therapy Immersion Training
Couples therapy can be challenging because the issue clients present with is not always the real issue driving the conflict.
This free training introduces Relational Life Therapy, an approach developed by Terry Real that helps clinicians better understand the patterns, power dynamics, and disconnection that can keep couples stuck.
It may be a helpful training if you are interested in couples work, family therapy, communication, attachment, or learning how therapists support partners in having more honest and productive conversations.
Register for Couples Therapy Training
July 8th 2026 | Self-Regulation Interventions for Children & Adolescents
Supporting children and teens with emotional and behavioural regulation can be challenging, especially when the behaviour is only one part of the picture.
This free training looks at what may be underneath the meltdowns, shutdowns, impulsivity, frustration, or power struggles — including sensory differences, language processing, executive functioning, Autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental needs.
It may be a helpful training if you are interested in child and youth mental health, school social work, family support, neurodiversity, developmental disabilities, or learning more about how professionals support children whose nervous systems process the world differently.
You’ll learn more about practical approaches to de-escalation, reducing power struggles, understanding triggers, and supporting regulation in a way that goes beyond simply trying to “manage behaviour.”
Register for Self-Regulation Intervention Training
July 13th 2026 | DSM-5-TR™ Essentials for Advanced Differential Diagnosis
One of the trickiest parts of mental health work is that different concerns can look similar on the surface.
Anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, OCD, dissociation, and trauma can all overlap in ways that make assessment more complicated.
This free training is about differential diagnosis: how clinicians sort through symptoms, context, history, and presentation to better understand what may be happening and how to plan treatment thoughtfully.
This could be a great fit if you are interested in mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, or learning more about how the DSM-5-TR™ is used in practice.
Register for Differential Diagnosis Training
July 30 | A Trauma-Informed Approach to Healing Through Parts Work
Trauma work can be complicated when one part of a client wants change, while another part shuts down, avoids, protects, or takes over when things start to feel too vulnerable.
This free training with Dr. Janina Fisher introduces a trauma-informed approach to parts work, focused on understanding these responses as protective survival strategies rather than simply “resistance.”
It may be a helpful training if you are interested in trauma, dissociation, complex PTSD, parts work, stabilization, or learning how clinicians support clients when different parts of the self seem to be in conflict.
You’ll learn more about how parts work can help clients build safety, reduce shame, and move through trauma therapy without pushing too far too fast.
Register for Trauma-Informed Parts Work Training
Aug 10-11 | 2-Day Private Practice Summit: From Surviving to Thriving
Private practice can offer more flexibility, but it also comes with a lot of decisions clinicians are not always taught how to make: fees, documentation, taxes, scheduling, client fit, operations, and growth.
This free training brings together private practice experts and clinicians to walk through the practical side of building a sustainable therapy practice.
It may be a good fit if you are already in private practice, thinking about starting one, or simply curious about what goes into running a therapy business beyond the clinical work.
The training is free to attend, with 3-day replay access available. CE credit and a workbook may be available for purchase.
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8 Affordable Therapy Trainings
Affordable therapy training can be hard to find, especially if you’re a student, new graduate, or helping professional trying to build practical skills on a budget.
That’s why PESI Canada has partnered with MSW Helper to offer 8 low-cost therapy trainings at exclusive MSW Helper pricing. These trainings cover in-demand topics like EMDR, trauma-informed CBT, DBT, somatic therapy, ACT, complex trauma, suicide assessment, and Motivational Interviewing — with each training available for under $200.
Through this partnership, you can access therapy trainings in:
Affiliate earnings disclosure: MSW Helper may earn a commission if you register for this PESI training through our link. We only share trainings we believe may be relevant to our community, but PESI trainings are provided by PESI. Please review the training details, eligibility, continuing education information, refund policies, and any professional requirements directly through PESI before registering.