MDPAC Webinar: A Non-Exhaustive Overview of Contemporary Psychotherapeutic Modalities

April 15, 2026, 7:30 - 8:30 PM

Presented by Dr. Caroline King, MD, FRCPC

TOPICS

  • ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
  • CBT (Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy)
  • IFS (Internal Family Systems)
  • IPT (Interpersonal Therapy)
  • ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy)
  • AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy)
  • STPP (Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy; includes ISTDP and AEDP)
  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • At the end of this session, participants will:
  • Have a better idea of what modality (or modalities) they might want to pursue training in
  • Be able to decide which psychotherapeutic modality (or modalities) may be most appropriate for which clinical presentations

 

ACCREDITATION

Approved for 1 hour of MDPAC Group CE credits.

 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Dr. King  is a psychiatrist in private practice and past president of MDPAC. Over the years she sought training in many different modalities, including Jungian, ACT and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She likes to have many tools in her therapeutic toolbox in order to individualize patient therapy.

Dr. King has been teaching psychiatry residents at McMaster for many years, where she is an Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct).  She has also been involved in the MDPAC Psychotherapy Training Program, mainly as a small-group supervisor.