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2019 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Interview with Simone Lambert, Dione Mifsud and Valentina Chichiniova

Lambert is president of the American Counseling Association and Dione Mifsud is outgoing president of the international association for counselling and Valentina Chichiniova is a Canadian Certified Counsellor and the North American representative in the international association for counselling. The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association is a national bilingual association of professionally trained counsellors. CCPA’s [...]

July 3rd, 2019|Tags: Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Associatio, career, career development, CCPA, counselling, counsellor, development, International Counselling Association, leadership, mental health, self-knowledge, wellness|0 Comments

2019 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Interview with Rebecca Hudson Breen and Breanna Lawrence

Rebecca Hudson Breen is an Assistant Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of Alberta. She is the current President of the Career Counsellor's Chapter of CCPA. Breanna Lawrence is an Assistant Professor in the graduate counselling program at Brandon University. She has worked with children and their families for 10 years in educational and [...]

July 3rd, 2019|Tags: Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Associatio, career, career development, CCPA, counselling, development, education, happiness, mental health, multi-tasking, professor, psychology, transferable skills, university, wellness|0 Comments

2019 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Interview with Sherrie Law

There has been an explosive growth of technology in recent years, and with it we’ve seen an equal growth in the use of technology in counselling and psychotherapy. Sherry Law is active on the CCPA’s Technology and Innovative Solutions Chapter. She presented on the IAC Ethics Round Table. The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association is [...]

July 3rd, 2019|Tags: Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Associatio, career, career development, career exploration, CCPA, counselling, counsellor, development, Ethics, health, innovation, mental health, psychotherapy, technology, wellness|0 Comments

2019 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Interview with Stel Raven

Working through trauma is always challenging but seeking help as a queer, Indigenous person is often so complex that many people don’t reach out. Stel Raven deconstructs the Western view of gender and weaves in elements of minority stress theory. Stel’s keynote was called Queering and Decolonizing Trauma Work: A Path for Two-Spirit Wellness. Stel [...]

Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association’s (CCPA) 2018 Conference

Mark Franklin was your Career Buzz correspondent interviewing keynoters and speakers on-site at the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association’s 2018 Conference in lovely Winnipeg, Manitoba. The CCPA aims to help practitioners and researchers who work in the mental health field. For the first time ever, there are five (and soon to be six) generations working side [...]

July 16th, 2018|Tags: CCPA, connections, Consulting, counselling, experiential learning, mental health, millenials, teachable moments, work life balance|0 Comments

Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association’s (CCPA) 2018 Conference

Mark Franklin was your Career Buzz correspondent interviewing keynoters and speakers on-site at the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association’s 2018 Conference in lovely Winnipeg, Manitoba. The CCPA aims to help practitioners and researchers who work in the mental health field. For the first time ever, there are five (and soon to be six) generations working [...]

July 16th, 2018|Tags: CCPA, connections, Consulting, counselling, experiental learning, mental health, millenials, teachable moments, work life balance|0 Comments

Workplace Wellness Recharge Stations

Dr. Jonas Eyford is a chiropractor who enjoys digging into the complexities of human behavior and how they impact health. He’s worked on medical teams in clinics and on health policy with the World Health Organization. He now runs Fjord Wellness, setting up onsite Recharge Stations. In a new take on workplace wellness, these recharge stations [...]

May 9th, 2018|Tags: Chiropactor, doctor, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, health, health policy, human resources, Massage Therapist, mental health, physician, physiotherapist, psychology, therapist, wellness, workplace wellness|1 Comment

Workplace Wellness and Transformative Volunteering support Employees’ Careers and Lives

On today's program, Mark interviews Atom Cheung, a former technical producer for CareerBuzz and currently a sports presenter for RTHK, Hong Kong’s national radio station. Atom shares with us the story of his journey that’s led to what is now a 7 year international career in radio and allowed for opportunities such as interviews with England Premier League players [...]

November 21st, 2017|Tags: Athlete, broadcaster, broadcasting, career development, health, health policy, interviewer, mental health, olympics, radio, sports, sports presenter, transformative volunteering, volunteer, volunteering, wellness, workplace engagement|0 Comments

Mental Health and Self-Care in the Workplace

How safe is your workplace from a psychological health perspective? What can you do as an employee and employer to mitigate psychological health risks in the workplace? Half a million Canadians are off work each week due to mental illness. One in five Canadians experience a mental health problem each year. With figures like these, [...]

October 25th, 2017|Tags: education, first aid, harm reduction, health, health therapist, intentional exploration, mental health, mental illness, psychological health, psychologist, psychology, rehabilitation services, research, researcher, transferable skills, wellness, workplace safety|0 Comments

Taking a Workplace Sabbatical: Perfect Springboard to Career and Life Renewal

What is it like to take a years sabbatical? How do you organize one, not if you’re a professor or a teacher, but as an employee in a regular Canadian workplace? Caterina Sanders shares her experiences from a one year global travel sabbatical with her family. She’s back at work at Habanero Consulting in Vancouver [...]

March 3rd, 2017|Tags: consultancy, consultant, Consulting, Design, intentional exploration, mental health, sabbatical, tourism, transferable skills, travel, vancouver, wellness|0 Comments