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Professional Counsellor Training Course Online
Register By February 16, 2011


As you read through this website, you will be able to understand the value of the program
and how easy it is for you to acquire practical counseling skills. Simply completing this course will
improve your personal life, relationships, and open doors for a rewarding career in counseling.
 

What have others said?
Read this current
Student Comment (click) and employment report.

 
 

Professional Counsellor Training Course
for the

Certificate of Professional Counselling and Therapy

Qualifying Examination fee included in course tuition: $495


"It seems unusual for me to not be asking you more questions,
but you did such a fantastic job being so specific and detailed in the textbook!"

- L.M., current student, Alberta, Canada


The College of Mental Health Counseling provides opportunities for the general public to receive online training to provide professional counseling services in their community as members of the College. The student may also increase professional development, knowledge, and skills within individual subject courses. 

Find out how you can become a counsellor after having completed the Professional Counsellor Training Course, what you do next, and how you will be supervised during the year after taking the course. Click here to see the Program Summary.
 
Professional Counselor Training Course

Prerequisites: 1) sincere desire to increase self-awareness,  2) reading comprehension and writing composition skills. The online course is designed for individuals who may have been away from the traditional classroom for several years. 

Objectives:
1. To acquire knowledge and skills in the process of counseling individuals and couples.
2. To increase the student’s self-awareness of issues and factors contributing to his or her current life and functioning.

Topics:
1. Completing and understanding the Clinical Assessment; steps for suicide prevention
2. Skills to begin, deepen, and close the counseling session and the over-all counseling process.
3. Skills to heal grief resulting from different types of loss: death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship, divorce, loss of health, bankruptcy, and others.
4. Skills to help others adopt healthy communication, reduce hostility, solve problems, resolve conflicts, listen with empathy, and speak assertively.
5. Approaches to help couples resolve specific issues: infidelity, household duties, addiction, and others.

Text and Materials:
Effective Counseling Skills: the practical wording of therapeutic statements and processes by Daniel Keeran, MSW (order here).
Qualifying Examination for Professional Counseling Practice (sent as a Word .doc file, $500 value included in tuition) from the College of Mental Health Counseling 
Clinical Assessment Form (sent as a Word .doc file, included in tuition) from the College of Mental Health Counseling


Assignments:
1. Design and create a minimum of 100-120 short and long-answer review questions covering the scope and depth of the text and provide responses with page numbers from the text where the answers are found.
2. Complete the Clinical Assessment Questionnaire with yourself as the client.
3. Complete the Clinical Assessment Questionnaire with a volunteer client.
4. Qualfying Examination - Open-book with text, all materials, and full instructor support available, the exam is designed to be a comprehensive learning experience.

Time for completion: Estimating 2 hours per week day, allow approximately 4 to 6 weeks with time extension granted on request. 

The Certificate of Professional Counseling and Therapy is awarded upon completion of the above requirements.

To register, please complete and send the Registration Form below, or request more information at collegemhc@gmail.com
 


 
Professional Counselor Training Course
Registration Form
(online distance learning)

To enrol in the College course, please complete and send the Course Registration Form below. On receiving your registration, the College will send the course text and assignments on the date you specify. Please contact the College with any questions prior to or during the course. The course should be completed within a six week period. Extensions are granted on request simply by contacting the College and giving a reason for the extension and date you will submit your assignments. 
Your information and email will be kept strictly confidential and used only within the College.
All fields are required. 

Confidential email address where course materials and assignments should be sent as attached PDF files:
The Start Date when I wish to receive the course materials and assignments.
Are you 18 years of age or over?
Are you enroling primarily for personal growth, for professional development, or both?
Full name to appear on the course certificate:
Full mailing address where the course text and final course certificate should be sent.
Country
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I will make a full tuition payment ($495 including text, materials, and assignments) by cheque/check or by paypal below. (Choose one.)
Secure online tuition payment ($495) using paypal:
(Your cheque/check or paypal payment will be to "Counsellor Holdings Inc.")

Thank you very much.
We will mail the course text within 7-10 days, followed by the materials and assignments.
We look forward to assisting you to acquire professional counselling skills.

Monthly payment option: $100 per month for 5 months

 
 

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EFFECTIVE COUNSELING SKILLS
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TO ORDER OUR BEST-SELLING COUNSELLING SKILLS MANUAL
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"Thank you for this amazing resource." - J. Martin, Licensed Counselor

COUNSELING SKILLS BOOK: $6

Do you buy and enjoy books on counseling?
To receive our grief counseling skills book as an attached PDF file sent to your confidential email, enter your email address here (not disclosed to third parties) and make a payment of just $6
 
Loss and Grief Counseling Skills: the practical wording of therapeutic statements and processes
$6.00
 
 
   
FREE DOWNLOAD ARTICLE:  HEALING THE PAIN OF GRIEF

by Daniel Keeran, MSW

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The College of Mental Health Counselling provides opportunities for the general public to receive online training
to provide counselling services in their communities independently or as members of the College.
Our mission is to train people to provide quality service for people seeking help.

Do you Share Our Vision?

making counselling skills common knowledge

If your answer is 'Yes' you are invited to enroll!

(We Also Provide Free Employment Services for Counselors in the US and Canada.)

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