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Clinical Supervision: Training Future Counselors
This course trains Canadian counselors and healthcare professionals in evidence-based clinical supervision for addiction and recovery settings, covering competency-based models, reflective practice, trauma- and culturally-safe (including Indigenous) approaches, ethics, legal/regulatory obligations, feedback skills, supervision contracts, performance evaluation, group and tele-supervision. Practical outcomes: confident supervisor role, measurable supervisee growth, improved client safety, documentation and risk management.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion16 lessonsMobile & desktop
Trauma-Informed CareCommunicationCounselling SkillsCultural CompetencyIndigenous CommunitiesClinical SupervisionDocumentation & Ethics
$80CAD
8 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Apply Canadian competency-based supervision frameworks (CCPA/CCS) to structure safe, effective supervision in addiction and recovery settings.
Use evidence-based supervision methods—reflective practice, structured feedback, competency assessment and performance evaluation—to drive measurable supervisee growth and client safety.
Implement trauma- and culturally-safe (including Indigenous-centred) supervision while meeting ethical, legal and documentation obligations (PIPEDA/PHIPA, provincial colleges) for risk management.
Requirements
- Master’s-level clinical training or equivalent professional credential in counselling, psychotherapy, social work, nursing, or addiction services.
- Minimum 3 years of post-qualification clinical experience in addiction/recovery settings; active registration or certification where applicable.
Who this course is for
- Experienced counsellors, psychotherapists and addiction clinicians preparing to take on supervisory roles.
