The Graduate Certificate in Couple and Family Counselling Studies is the only program of its kind in Alberta! Gain key mental health-care knowledge and skills for relationships. Enhance your practice or pursue further education

Enhance the wellbeing of individuals, families and communities. Counselling skills are increasingly relevant to a range of disciplines, including nursing, social work and teaching. You can deepen your skills and respond to the evolving needs of individuals and communities with ECU’s online Graduate Certificate of Counselling. You will examine techniques of counsellors in various modalities, and you will gain practical knowledge of how to apply person-centred approaches to counselling. You will also begin to develop reflective practices to continue your development as you walk alongside individuals and communities.

Recommended for professionals who wish to enhances their skills as licensed counselors/therapists, or to supplement an existing degree in health and human services, this certificate serves as a toolkit for those working with grieving individuals and families who have experienced traumatic loss or significant life-changing events, and need support and validation in the process of healing. The certificate counts as a cognate for students pursuing the master's degree in hospice and palliative studies at Madonna. If you have completed your bachelor's degree you may apply to earn this certificate through the Graduate School.