Specialized Certificates and Required Courses

There are two ways to earn a Specialized Certificate:

1. KCPC graduates who have earned a Diploma only have to take 4 additional courses to earn a specialized Certificate in an area of interest.
2. An applicant who hasn’t completed a KCPC Diploma is required to complete the 9 courses in the areas of competency required for each Certificate.

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN LIFE SKILLS COACHING required courses:

• Applied Thesis in Life Skills Coaching
• Applied Counselling Skills I (Case Management, Assessment, and Listening Skills)
• Milestones in Psychosocial Development
• Career Planning & Development – Part 1
• Career Planning & Development – Part 2
• Conflict, Suicide, & Emergency Interventions
• Group Dynamics & Workshop Design
• Introduction to Applied Psychology & Ethics
• Life Skills Coaching

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN COMMUNITY AGENCY SUPPORT COUNSELLING required courses:

• Abuse, Trauma, and Domestic Violence
• Addictions and Recovery
• Applied Counselling Skills I (Case Management, Assessment, and Listening Skills)
• Community-Based Counselling I
• Community-Based Counselling II
• Conflict, Suicide, and Emergency Interventions
• Group Dynamics & Workshop Design
• Introduction to Applied Psychology & Ethics
• Multi-Cultural Competence

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN SPIRITUAL/FAITH-BASED COUNSELLING required courses:

• Applied Counselling Skills I (Case Management, Assessment, and Listening Skills)
• Applied Thesis in Spiritual/Faith-based Counselling
• Assessment of Psychological Disorders
• Conflict, Suicide & Emergency Intervention
• Group Dynamics & Workshop Design
• Introduction to Applied Psychology & Ethics
• Multi-Cultural Competence
• Psychology of Grief
• Spiritual/Faith-based Counselling

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELLING required courses:

• Assessment of Psychological Disorders
• Abuse and Domestic Violence
• Collaborative Youth and Family Counselling
• Introduction to Couples’ Counselling
• Introduction to Applied Psychology & Ethics
• Milestones in Psychosocial Development
• Youth and Family Counselling I
• Youth and Family Counselling, II
• *Applied Counselling Skills I (ACS I-400 Case Mgmt., Assessment and Listening Skills)
  *(experienced counsellors may substitute Multi-Cultural Competence)

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN PERSONAL SUPPORT COUNSELLING required courses:

• Assessment of Psychological Disorders
• Applied Counselling Skills I (Case Mgmt., Assessment and Listening Skills)
• Applied Counselling Skills II (Case Mgmt., Goals and Interventions)
• Conflict, Suicide, & Emergency Interventions
• Introduction to Applied Psychology & Ethics
• Psychology of Grief
• Group Dynamics & Workshop Design
• Multi-Cultural Competence
• Solution Focused Counselling

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN SEX AND INTIMACY COUNSELLING required courses:

• Introduction to Applied Psychology and Ethics; or  Ethics and Career Development,
• Assessment of Psychological Disorders
• Applied Counselling Skills I   (Case Mgmt., Assessment. and Listening Skills)
• Treatments for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
• Introduction to Couples Counselling
• Understanding Human Sexuality
• Culture, Sex, and Intimacy
• Sex and Intimacy Counselling
• Treating Symptoms of Sexual Dysfunction

NOTE: Graduates of KCPC’s Diploma program are only required to complete the following four specialized courses to earn the Sex and Intimacy Counselling Certificate:

• Understanding Human Sexuality
• Culture, Sex, and Intimacy
• Sex and Intimacy Counselling
• Treating Symptoms of Sexual Dysfunction

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY required courses:

• Introduction to Applied Psychology and Ethics, or equivalent
• Assessment of Psychological Disorders
• Applied Counselling Skills I
• Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy, I & II  (two part course)
• Evidence-based Treatment and Psychopharmacology, I & II (two part course)
• Challenges of Clinical Practice, I & II (two part course)

(Note: students must register for both parts of the two-part courses)

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE IN COUNSELLING THERAPY

Graduates of KCPC’s Diploma program can complete the following four courses to earn a Specialized Certificate in Counselling Therapy:

• Multi-Cultural Competence
• Introduction to Clinical Psychopharmacology
• Challenges of Clinical Practice I
• Challenges of Clinical Practice II

Customized Certificate: 5 Required Courses

5 Required core courses for a Customized Certificate:

• Introduction to Applied Psychology and Ethics, or Ethics and Career Development
• Assessment of Psychological Disorders
• Conflict, Suicide, and Emergency Interventions
• Application of Personality Theories
• Applied Counselling Skills I ( Case Management, Assessment and Listening Skills )

Plus choose 4 additional electives.

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE FOR E-COUNSELLING required courses:

NOTE: Graduates of KCPC’s Diploma program can complete the following courses to earn a Customized Certificate in e-Counselling.

E-Counselling course Electives 

• Introduction to Online Therapy
• Introduction to Teletherapy
• Introduction to Cinematherapy

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE FOR ADDICTION COUNSELLING required courses:

(Applicants without clinical experience or training as a men tal health practitioner may be required to complete additional coursework to meet the pre-requisites for this Certificate.)

Nine (9) courses are required:

• Introduction to Applied Psychology and Ethics
• Applied Counselling Skills (ACS I-400)
• Applied Counselling Skills (ACS II-400)
• Addictions and Recovery
• Conflict, Suicide and Emergency Interventions
• Group Dynamics and Workshop Design
• Introduction to Clinical Psychopharmacology
• Comprehensive Treatment of Addictions, (CTA I&II-600) (2-part course)

While completing the coursework at KCPC, students are required to volunteer or work in a mental health setting for 15 hours per month.

This program has been approved by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.