Certificates

We offer 15 non-credit professional development certificates. Our courses provide experiential, interactive learning opportunities through online and remote training options. All of our courses are facilitated by highly qualified, knowledgeable instructors with considerable experience in their area of expertise. You can take any of the courses associated with our certificates without working towards earning the certificate.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Viewing clinician and client as fundamentally alike, training in this deeply empathic, experiential and transdiagnostic approach to psychotherapy will help you move beyond diagnosis and attend to what matters most to you and your client – in therapy, and outside of it.

Addictions

The Addictions certificate is designed for anyone who wants to build on their knowledge and skills in the field of addictions.

Advanced Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Designed for seasoned practitioners already engaging in DBT practice and looking to deepen their clinical expertise, this program serves to strengthen the foundational aspects of DBT and explore the latest research and best practices in applying DBT across a spectrum of populations and disorders.

Applied Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practice

Often described as a philosophy or worldview more than a modality, IFS steps far away from the clinical nature of many other approaches to well-being. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey of learning how to understand each client as a unique and complex system, with whom you act as a witness to healing. This certificate is offered in partnership with Red Maple Coaching and Consulting.

Child and Youth Mental Health

The Child and Youth Mental Health certificate provides you with an in depth understanding of the complex and multifaceted field of child and youth mental health.

Clinical Supervision

The Clinical Supervision certificate is designed for anyone looking to begin a clinical supervision practice or delve deeper into an existing practice. 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Our innovative, practical CBT certificate will introduce you to the full set of core cognitive behaviour interventions and teach you to expertly apply these skills to the most prevalent DSM-V disorders. This certificate is offered in partnership with Qualia Counselling Services.

Counselling Techniques

This skill-based certificate will provide you with a broad overview of the various counselling approaches that can help you build a therapeutic toolbox to address the needs of most clients. 

Death, Dying and Bereavement

The Death, Dying and Bereavement certificate is designed to provide you with the knowledge and resources to assist you in walking with compassion through the dying and grief journey with clients and patients.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

The DBT certificate will help you understand the functional rationale for each of the four independent, yet interconnected, modes of intervention, as well as have an opportunity to practice the skills through role plays and group work and begin to apply this knowledge to real world examples and case studies.

Family and Couples Counselling

This practical, skills-based certificate is designed to familiarize all clinicians, even those who work primarily with individual clients, with the theories and approaches to family and couples counselling, enhancing their comprehension of the intricate ways in which family dynamics impact the individuals they serve. 

Management and Leadership

This certificate is designed to provide a detailed overview of the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful, effective leader in any organization.

Mental Health in the Workplace

Designed for non-clinicians, this certificate will help you understand what mental health is, explain some of the most common mental illnesses and provide you with the foundational skills to help you support your staff, clients and students.

Trauma

The Trauma certificate will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of what trauma is, how it affects the body, the brain and the memory and how trauma differs from crisis and other distress.

Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness

This certificate will introduce you to the four primary therapeutic models of mindfulness, as well as other mindfulness applications that can be integrated into personal and professional practices.

NOTE: The Therapeutic Models of Mindfulness certificate will not be offered after the 2024/2025 program year (ending June 30, 2025).