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Become a Counselling Therapist

  • ONLINE delivery
  • Over 100 hours of counselling practice and supervision
  • Leads to professional designations as a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor or Registered Professional Counsellor
  • Graduates are eligible to apply for a degree at BCIT and Athabasca University
  • You don’t need a Degree to apply or to become a recognized Counsellor
Counselling Therapist program

About the Program

Our Counselling Therapist program is built on a foundation of evidence-based, reflective, and ethical practice. Under the guidance of expert counsellor instructors and practicum supervisors, you will apply and deepen your understanding throughout the program while learning how to support people in a meaningful way.

You will learn and identify how to best support clients through:

  • Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies
  • Behaviour therapy
  • Cognitive therapy
  • Humanistic therapy
  • Integrative or holistic therapy

Key Information

  • Delivery: ONLINE
  • Duration: 94 weeks (less than 2 years)
  • Starts: October 2025
  • Credential: Diploma
  • Designation: Leads to professional designations with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA) to become a Registered Professional Counsellor and the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists in Canada (ACCT) to become a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
  • Articulation – Direct Pathway (Post-Graduation): Graduates are eligible to apply for BCIT’s Business Management Advanced Diploma. Upon completion, they can continue to BCIT’s Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Career Prospects

After successfully completing the program, you will enter the workforce with an open mind, an open heart, and the ability to change lives. Through course work, simulated practice and supervised counselling sessions, this program prepares you for careers in:

  • Private practice
  • Human resource
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Wellness clinics
  • Treatment centres
  • Government
  • Non-profits
  • Career counselling
  • Sales and marketing
  • Professional communications
  • Management

Stenberg Wellness Centre

There is a practcium one day a week throughout terms 3 and 4 of the program. Students will complete 100 direct client hours supported by 20 hours of clinical supervision. Student interns will start their practicum internally at the Stenberg Wellness Centre. Students will have a Clinical Supervisor with additional support from the Practice Education Team throughout their learning journey.

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Stenberg College is designated by the BC government’s Ministry of Advanced Education through the Private Training Institutions Regulatory Unit (PTIRU). This program is approved by PTIRU, which is responsible for setting standards of quality and ensuring consumer protection. Stenberg College has also received the BC government’s Education Quality Assurance (EQA) designation, which is BC’s brand or “seal” of quality post-secondary education for public and private institutions.