This self-guided certificate program sets you on a curated learning path, consisting of required core workshops, as well as electives that you get to choose.

The Mental Health Counselling Skills Certificate Program gives participants an opportunity to develop a set of competencies to effectively support individuals struggling with their mental health.

Counsellors working with anxiety, depression, and addictions may find themselves at a loss as to where to begin, since these difficulties are often interrelated. Along with these difficulties, there can also be challenges and barriers in facilitating change. This program offers an understanding of these mental health issues, the change process, and strategies for overcoming roadblocks in therapy. Participants will learn skills for brief focused counselling, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing, all of which are effective tools for working with complex mental health concerns.

Core/mandatory workshops:

Short-Term Counselling Approaches – CBT, Narrative, Strengths-Based, and More
Anxiety – Practical Intervention Strategies
Depression – Practical Intervention Strategies
Addictions and Mental Health – Strategies for Complex Issues
Harm Reduction – A Framework for Change, Choice, and Control
Motivational Interviewing – Strategies for Supporting Change

Elective workshops:

Elective workshops make up the additional hours of training you need to reach 60 hours. These can be chosen from any of CTRI’s in-person, live virtual, or on-demand workshops.

Suggested elective workshops to complete this certificate are:

Mental Health Awareness and Support
Mindfulness Counselling Strategies
Trauma – Counselling Strategies for Healing and Resilience
Trauma-Informed Care
Suicide Intervention Skills.
You can find all our available workshop topics here

What happens when I register?

Registering for the self-guided program adds a Certificate Program dashboard to your account on our site. You can purchase the necessary workshops from there and track your progress towards completing the program. All 60 hours of training that are being counted towards the program must be completed within 5 years. Once you have completed all the necessary credit hours, a certificate will be awarded.

How do I earn CECs for the program?

• In-person workshops
• Live virtual workshops
• On-demand workshops

Our workshops vary in length depending on the format, so please use our new Certificate Program dashboard in your account to track your progress.

Registration and payment for each event or workshop required to complete this certificate is in addition to the registration into this program.

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