Introductory
Basic Group Counselling Skills
This practical one-day course teaches Canadian counsellors and healthcare professionals foundational group counselling skills—facilitation, motivational interviewing, trauma‑informed and culturally safe practice, managing dynamics and conflict, confidentiality and ethical documentation, and stage‑based group planning for addiction/recovery and co‑occurring presentations. Participants leave able to design and lead structured psychoeducational and process groups, set measurable goals, manage challenging behaviors, and track outcomes.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion16 lessonsMobile & desktop
Motivational InterviewingTrauma-Informed CareCounselling SkillsCultural CompetencyConcurrent DisordersDocumentation & EthicsGroup Facilitation
$60CAD
6 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Differentiate psychoeducational, process and support groups and select evidence-informed formats for Canadian settings
Design clear session plans and time allocations (60–90 min models) and 6–12 session curricula for recovery groups
Apply motivational interviewing (MI) principles adapted for group facilitation to elicit change talk
Implement trauma‑informed and culturally safe practices, including Indigenous cultural safety principles and reconciliation‑informed approaches
