Course Outline

Teens have a reputation for being hard to engage in therapy—is this justified? In this three-hour session, we will explore how to build rapport with adolescents, optimize outcomes in individual therapy, and adapt approaches to their developing brains. We will also look ahead at the potential roles of chatbots, AI, and wearable technology in supporting therapy for young people.

Trainer Bio

Dr. Marshall Korenblum is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. He has been a practicing child/adolescent psychiatrist in Toronto for 45 years. He was the Chief Psychiatrist/Medical Director of the former Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, now the Garry Hurvitz Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health for almost 25 years. Since 1980, he was also a Consultant to the Division of Youth Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. In 2017, he took a one-year sabbatical during which he was a consultant to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, and a visiting scholar to the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney, in Australia. He has won a number of teaching awards, has presented his work both nationally and internationally, and is a passionate believer in public and professional education as a tool to combat stigma about mental illness in youth. In July, 2024, he retired from patient care, but continues to teach, supervise, and consult to various schools and mental health organizations. His clinical and research interests focus on the intersection of mood and personality disorder in adolescents, and the promotion of quality control in optimizing psychotherapy outcomes for teens.