Professional Counsellors are needed at every level in the community
Rhodes Wellness College offers a full-time professional counsellor training diploma program that, upon completion, will give you the high-level skills needed to work as a successful registered professional counsellor in the community or even launch your own private practice.
Students will learn theories, techniques and skills required to become a professional counsellor. As a result, Graduates have the credentials necessary to counsel others through trauma, abuse, addictions, family and relationship problems, mental health, and much more.
Contact Rhodes Wellness College today at (604) 708-4416 or CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our next intake. Don’t wait, become a counsellor through this life-changing program!
Professional Counsellor Program Breakdown
- Total Program Length: 82 weeks
- Number of Semesters (excluding practicum and other select components): 6
The Professional Counsellor Program is broken down into several very important sections:
- Life Coach Certification – help to inspire others to set and achieve goals and create successful, meaningful lives. This foundation supports strong communication and motivational skills applicable across all areas of counselling.
- Counselling Certification – learn how to advise individuals suffering from employment difficulties, family or relationship problems, sexual abuse trauma, and addiction. Through this certification, you’ll begin to work with complex emotional issues in a professional, supportive manner.
- Wellness Counsellor Certification – students explore how to facilitate wellness across physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions. In addition, you will gain hands-on training in somatic therapies, cognitive behavioural therapies, clinical assessment, and more.
- Advanced Counselling Mental Health Counselling, Lifestyle Management and Program Planning
- Professional Practice and Ethics and Human Development, Advanced Facilitation
Upon completing the program, you will meet the education requirements to apply to the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA) and become a Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC) or to the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists (ACCT) and become a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC/AC). Notably, this program also includes full Life Coach Certification, giving you a well-rounded, dual credential to serve clients more effectively.
