CTP Graduates work at these locations

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St.George & Bloor.............Spadina & Bloor.......... Broadview & Danforth

The Psychotherapy Referral Service is a not-for-profit organization that matches persons seeking help with qualified CTP graduate psychotherapists in the greater Toronto area. Call 416-920-0655.

http://www.torontotherapycenter.com

The Toronto Couple Therapy Center (TCTC) is staffed by CTP graduate psychotherapists that have in-depth training, skill and experience to help couples repair negative interactions and develop a renewed sense of love, affection, and support for one another.

http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/state/ON/Toronto.html

This is the Psychology Today therapist website for Toronto which has CTP graduates. Look for DCTP, D.C.T.P. or MTC (masters in therapeutic counseling) which all indicate a CTP graduate.

http://www.therapytoronto.ca

The Toronto Therapy Network has CTP graduates on their list of therapists. Look for DCTP or D.C.T.P. which indicates a CTP graduate.

** * Do an Advanced Google with “Toronto Psychotherapist” in the “all of these words line,” and in the “one or more of these words” line put “DCTP, D.C.T.P., CAPT, MTC, M.T.C.” and you will find the websites of most CTP graduates ***

Psychotherapy Referral Service......416-920-0655.....www.prstoronto.com
To find a therapist, call any of the above telephone numbers.

CTP Alumni Association News and Events

This is an excellent opportunity to share professional insights and learn from colleagues in a relaxed setting. The CTPAA also sponsors social events.

Click here to download the Alumni Winter 2008 Schedule

The CTP Alumni Graduate Presentations take place at 7:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. on the last Friday of each month from September to May, excluding December. The location of the presentations are at The Centre, 316 Dupont Street, Toronto. They are free to all members and there is a nominal $10.00 fee for non-members. For any further information please contact Leah Lucas at 416.654.6179 or leah.lucas@sympatico.ca

Graduate Presentations

"TO SEE THE WORLD IN A GRAIN OF SAND, MOMENTS OF MEETING IN PSYCHOTHERAPY." by Daniel Stern

It is about pre-verbal and unconscious communication with infants and within a psychotherapy. He also speaks about the psychobiology of intersubjectivity, why lovers are neuronly in tune with one another and how time is broken down into phrases unfolding into a moment of destiny.
Download Daniel Stern's talk Here.

KABBALAH and PSYCHOTHERAPHY

This paper is about Jewish Mysticism, The Kabbalah and Psychotherapy. Psychoanalysis and the therapeutic exploration of the unconscious as revealed in the intersubjective space between therapist and client. Meditation and intuition linked to the study of Torah viewed as the mind of God is related to the theme of Infinity, the timeless dimension of consciousness. Download Kabbalah Presentation (PDF) Here.

DAMAGED BONDS

This paper speaks to the neurobiology of love, how the emotional mind transcends the dualism separating its psychological and biological aspects. Psychotherapy alters the living brain through the creation of a somatic state of relatedness. Unconscious communication, the intimate relationship and dream work between therapist and client heal the damaged bonds and wounds of childhood. Dowload Damaged Bonds (PDF) Here.

IS INTUITION THE UNCONSCIOUS GOD? by Leah Lucas

This paper written by a practicing psychotherapist explores the themes of mystic enlightenment, Zen Buddhist contemplation and psychoanalysis. The therapeutic process of delving into one's deepest pain as a metaphor for the transformation of human personality linking the spiritual journey to apprehension of Universal Infinity. A serious study of one's own Being to discover the Divine Principles ordering Existence. Drawing on works of William Blake, Rainer Maria Rilke, Meister Eckhart, St. John of the Cross and Evelyn Underhill's Mysticism to explore Intuition and the Unconscious as a gateway to God. Download the Unconscious God (PDF) Here

THE CHRISTOPHER BOLLAS CONFERENCE ON FREE ASSOCIATION by Leah Lucas

In these lecture notes Christopher Bollas makes a plea for a return to earlier Freudian thinking to appreciate how truly radical the discovery of psychoanalysis was as an understanding of object relations. Free association was the root to unconscious knowledge through a relaxed way of attention. Freud regarded dreaming as the most sophisticated form of thinking. Bollas makes a call to return to the way Freud saw unconscious communication, the value in discovering forgotten material. He speaks about everyday human life as the bearer of great significance, it is where meaning resides as the analyst surrenders himself to his own unconscious mentation while absorbing the client's free association. Download Here

THE ARMS OF UNKNOWING: Illness as Opportunity by Ursula Carsen

This presentation is a tribute to one woman's courageous struggle with cancer, her passage through the darkest corridors of the soul and how for her, night turned into the dawn of psychological and spiritual transformation. Download (PDF) Here

DEPRESSION by Mary Ellen Young

Depression is a vast topic and can be discussed from a wide range of perspectives. I have narrowed my focus to psychoanalytic writings, specifically those that have depression as their primary subject. Download (PDF) Here

PSYCHOTHERAPY AND BUDDHISM: AN UNFOLDING DIALOGUE by Janice Priddy and Diana Powell Download (PDF) Here

THE WALLPAPER PEOPLE: PSYCHIC FANTASY AS GUARDIAN OF TRAUMA OR AGENT OF TRANSFORMATION by Leah Lucas Download (PDF) Here