45-Week Addictions Intervention Counselling

You are a caring person who wants to pursue a career working with families and individuals who are impacted by addictions. You want to counsel and educate people to make better choices in life.

The 45-week Addictions Intervention Counselling program at CTS Canadian Career College prepares the graduate for professional and paraprofessional positions in areas of counselling and intake within correctional facilities, group homes, young offender facilities, emergency shelters, schools, youth and adult counselling facilities, mental health centers, and more!

This intense 45-week program presents the most up-to-date training methods delivered by highly qualified and certified instructors. The program is approved through the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation. A 300-hour inclusive work placement experience is included.

Courses Include:

Educational Success Basic Psychology
Case Record Management Case Management and Assessment
Group Counselling Techniques Human Services Resources
Introduction to Substance Use and Abuse Pharmacology
Preventive Health Promotion Relapse Prevention and Intervention
Secondary Traumatic Stress Dynamics of Family Counselling
After Care and Life Skills Job Search
The Helping Relationship Interviewing Practices
Communication Strategies Introduction to PCs & Word Processing
Working with Youth Crisis Intervention 300-hour inclusive placement

Program Coordinators

Stefani Hayes, SH. BSoc, SSw, CEIS
Program Coordinator
Barrie Campus

Julie Foggia, CAC II
Program and Placement Coordinator
North Bay Campus

Theresa Haley, B.A.
Program Coordinator
Sudbury Campus