Offered online, biweekly Thursdays from 9:00–11:00 am PST
September 3, 2026 – May 27, 2027
Tamara Neufeld Strijack presents
Play Into Practice – 1-Year Program with Tamara Strijack
Deepen your understanding of play and emotion
This year-long program is designed for those who wish to bring the transformative power of play more fully into their practice. Through alternating live sessions, small-group discussions, and experiential exercises, participants will explore how to facilitate play as a natural arena for attachment, emotional expression, and healing.
Prerequisite: Play & Emotion
To enroll in Play Into Practice, participants must first complete the foundational course Play & Emotion (available online through the Neufeld Institute).
This prerequisite introduces the essential framework for understanding how play serves emotional development and why it is key to growth, resilience, and relationship.
We are listing Play Into Practice early to give those interested time to complete the Play & Emotion in advance. You can register and take this 8 session course online and begin at any time.
Upcoming Events and Conferences
Gordon Neufeld and Tamara Neufeld Strijack present at
Jack Hirose's Conferences on
Developmental and Emotional Challenges with Children and Adolescents
- November 5–7, 2025 in Victoria, British Columbia
- November 18–20, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta
Discounts available - see details
SCREEN SENSE: an online Saturday Symposium
- Saturday, November 22, 2025
- From 9:00 am – 3:00 pm PT
TASTE TEST: Power to Parent 1 - The Vital Connection
An online Taste Test where you can ask Gordon Neufeld and Heather Ferguson your questions about The Vital Connection.
- Monday, 24 November 2025
- From 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Upcoming Scheduled Classes
Some of our courses are also offered as scheduled classes from time to time with our Faculty providing weekly live special support sessions. If you already have taken the course in its self-paced version, you can enrol in the scheduled class for a fee of only 50 CAD.
Intensive III: Becoming Attached
Starts October 27, 2025
Mondays 11:00AM – 12:30PM PT
Runs for 17 weeks
With Genevieve Schreier
$750 CAD
Registration Closes November 14, 2025
NB! We keep registration open a little longer so new participants can still join the scheduled class and easily catch up through the recorded support sessions.
Becoming Attached unfolds and expands the six roots of attachment and puts the focus more on adults than in the first two levels. The course is also a journey through Dr. Neufeld's earlier theoretical development which created the puzzle pieces that ultimately came together in the six roots of attachment.
Power to Parent I — The Vital Connection
Starts January 13, 2026
Tuesdays 10:00AM – 11:00AM PT
Runs for 8 weeks
With Heather Ferguson and Celena Krahn
$250 CAD
In this flagship course of our Power to Parent series, Neufeld reveals that the keys to ease and effectiveness in parenting lies in the nature of the child's attachment to the parent, regardless of the age of the child. The course explores how this relationship is meant to develop, what can go wrong, why parents must matter more than peers, how to cultivate a context of connection, how to win back one's child if need be, and much more.
Art & Science of Transplanting Children
Starts January 15, 2026
Thursdays 12:00PM – 01:00PM PT
Runs for 8 weeks
With Michele Maurer and Bree Jordan
$250 CAD
The impact of disrupting a child's attachments, regardless of the reason — and even when in the best interests of the child — can be deep and profound. This course makes sense of what happens and provides a way through to resolving these challenges to ensure healthy development and well-being.
Making Sense of Adolescence: Seven Rites of Passage
Starts January 28, 2026
Wednesdays 1:00PM - 2:00PM PT
Runs for 10 weeks
With Lisa Weiner and Robin Brooks-Sherriff
$300 CAD
The task of turning children into adults has never been more daunting. An adolescent is neither child nor adult — and therein lies much of the difficulty, turbulence, confusion, and challenge. They need us, yet need to not need us. We are their best bet, yet their instincts are to resist us. This course is organized around seven rites of passage where adolescents often need our help.
Neufeld’s Five-Step Model of Emotional Maturation
Starts January 27, 2026
Tuesdays 09:00AM – 10:00AM PT
Runs for 4 weeks
With Eva de Gosztonyi and Robin Brooks-Sherriff.
$150 CAD
Dr. Neufeld outlines what needs to happen to mature emotionally, whether one is a child or catching up as an adult. This developmental knowledge is especially important as immaturity has become epidemic and most interventions make the mistake of attempting to address the symptoms of immaturity rather than getting at the roots. This model is easy to follow whether you're a parent, teacher, or therapist.
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Charity & Non-Profit Status
The Neufeld Institute is a registered Canadian charitable organization under the name Neufeld Institute Foundation and is also registered as a NPO in British Columbia. If you would like to make a contribution to us, please go to our donation page.
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