Intermediate
Intermediate Counselling Skills
Intermediate Counselling Skills builds on foundational theory to develop advanced motivational interviewing, cognitive‑behavioural interventions, trauma‑informed care, and boundary/ethical decision‑making tailored to Canadian addiction and recovery settings. Designed for counsellors, social workers, nurses, and allied clinicians, the course emphasizes practical techniques for assessment, relapse‑prevention planning, culturally safe engagement—including Indigenous, immigrant and rural populations—and measurable client outcomes.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion16 lessonsMobile & desktop
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingTrauma-Informed CareCounselling SkillsCultural CompetencyIndigenous CommunitiesAssessment & ScreeningDocumentation & Ethics
$80CAD
8 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Advanced motivational interviewing (MI) techniques to elicit and strengthen change talk and manage sustain talk in complex addiction presentations.
Cognitive‑behavioural (CBT) relapse‑prevention strategies: functional analysis, coping skills, craving management and relapse signatures.
Trauma‑informed and culturally safe engagement, including Indigenous cultural safety, working with immigrant and rural populations, and adapting practice to local contexts.
Ethical decision‑making and boundary management aligned with Canadian codes and provincial regulatory guidance (e.g., CASW, CCPA, provincial colleges).
