Introductory
Basic Individual Counselling Skills
This practical 6-hour course equips Canadian counsellors and healthcare workers in addiction and recovery with core individual counselling skills — rapport building, active listening, empathy, brief motivational interviewing, trauma‑informed care, cultural humility, risk assessment, collaborative goal‑setting, relapse prevention techniques, ethical documentation and crisis response. Participants practise skills, complete guided reflections and leave able to engage clients effectively, create focused treatment plans, assess safety and document interventions for outpatient and community settings in Canada.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion21 lessonsMobile & desktop
Motivational InterviewingTrauma-Informed CareCounselling SkillsCultural CompetencyAssessment & ScreeningCrisis InterventionDocumentation & Ethics
$60CAD
6 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Establish rapport and trust quickly with people affected by substance use using evidence‑informed engagement techniques
Use active listening, reflection and empathic responses to increase engagement and reduce resistance
Apply brief motivational interviewing (MI) and brief interventions to address ambivalence and support readiness for change
Co‑create collaborative, realistic treatment goals (SMART / Brief Action Planning) and relapse‑prevention plans
