​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Workshop Description

Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic method developed by Dr. Gabor Maté, that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world.

Using Compassionate Inquiry, the therapist unveils the level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.

Through Compassionate Inquiry, the client can recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themselves from them.

In this workshop, Dr. Maté will model the process of Compassionate Inquiry with course participants and instruct helping professionals in the practice of this powerful technique to help clients access deep healing and transformation. This will be both an experiential, participatory workshop where participants will be guided through their own personal process, as well as a training to introduce the method of Compassionate Inquiry to health professionals, therapists and social workers.

Who Should Attend?

Helping professionals including, but not limited to, health-care professionals, therapists and social workers.

You will receive:


  • Login details and instructions emailed in advance of the workshop
  • Downloadable handouts
  • Certificate of attendance upon successful completion of a brief online quiz (if desired)
  • Access to a recording of the workshop for a limited period of time after the workshop - so if you can’t join live, or need to miss part of the live workshop and want to view it afterwards, we’ve got you covered!

​​​​​Instructor: Dr. Gabor Maté
Location: Online Live Stream Event

Early Bird Cost: $99 CAD + GST/HST (if applicable) by Feb 28, 2022
Regular Cost: $125 CAD + GST/HST (if applicable) after Feb 28, 2022
​**All prices are in CAD$. American Patrons - your dollar goes further! $1 CAD = $0.81 USD (as of October 25, 2021 - check online for current exchange rate) 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 30, 2022 at 9 am ET

* Please Note: Group Rates Discounts are not available for this workshop

Compassionate Inquiry

with Dr. Gabor Maté


ONLINE LIVE STREAM EVENT


Wednesday March 30, 2022, 1:30 - 5:15  pm ET  *
3 hour workshop  (45 minute break from 3:00 - 3:45pm ET)
​*Convert to your Time Zone

About the Presenter


Gabor Maté (pronounced: GAH-bor MAH-tay) is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness.

The bestselling author of four books published in twenty-seven languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver.

His books include
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (with Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. 
Gabor’s next book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma,
Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture is due to be published Autumn, 2022. To learn
more, join his e-news
here.


​​For more information about Gabor and his work visit: 
www.drgabormate.com

​​Certificates of Attendance / CEU's / CE Information 

For those requiring a Certificate of Attendance, certificates will be issued upon successful completion of a post-training quiz with a minimum score of 75% (multiple attempts allowed). Certificates will indicate the number of direct education hours (3), not including breaks. Certificates may be used to qualify for eligibility for Continuing Education Credits from licensing boards and professional colleges; it is the participant’s responsibility to contact their college or association to confirm its requirements and the workshop's eligibility for CEU's / CE’s. This workshop has been pre-approved for 3 continuing educations hours by the CACCF.

Cancellation Policy


​​An administrative fee of $50 will be charged for all cancellations. Cancellation 14 or more days prior to the workshop date – receive a refund, less $50 administration fee. Cancellation less than 14 days prior to the workshop date – receive a credit, less $50 administration fee, to be applied to a future workshop. No credit or refund will be issued if you do not notify us in advance of the workshop date. You may transfer your registration to another individual at no extra cost. In this case, please notify Mission: Empowerment of the name of the alternate person. The organizers reserve the right to cancel the event due to instructor illness, extreme weather, under-enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a workshop is cancelled, any registration payment will be returned in full. Liability is limited to a refund of workshop/live-stream fees only. 

Refunds will not be issued in cases where a registrant did not receive the workshop login instruction email due to email issues.  It is the registrant’s responsibility to contact us if they don’t receive the required login information at least 24 hours prior to the start time of the workshop.