Can I get certified after taking the Counselling Psychology Program?
Most of our students get certified with the Canadian Counselling Association. This is a very straightforward process and detailed information about it can be obtained at http://www.ccacc.ca. A recent, more difficult process is to become registered as a Psychological Associate with the Ontario College of Psychologists. This process is described in detail at their website: http://www.cpo.on.ca/Registration/PsychAssociate. There are not enough courses in our program to meet all of their requirements nor do we have courses in some of the areas they require, such as biological bases of behaviour or cognitive-affective bases of behaviour. You would need to have upper level bachelor level courses for these areas or take Master level courses from the Psychology Department while you are in our program. So far only one of our graduates has begun the process of becoming registered as a Psychological Associate.
