This specialized thesis-based degree is designed to help students develop the philosophical, theoretical, research, and practical expertise required to offer effective psychological education and counselling.
The program offers you the opportunity to study diverse topics of particular relevance to counsellors, including interpersonal communication, lifespan human development, family functioning, career assessment and evaluation, and statistics and research design.
The program follows a scientist-practitioner model of training and is delivered on campus only, with a two-year residency required. Training is based on the definition of counselling psychology approved by the Canadian Psychological Association’s board of directors.
Completing this program
- Core Courses: Advanced Clinical Supervision in Applied Psychology and Advanced Practicum in Counselling.
- Candidacy: Students will complete a research proposal and both oral and written candidacy exams.
- Internship: Students will complete a one year full-time or two year half-time supervised internship in a clinical setting.
- Additional Courses: Topics may include research methods, school and applied child psychology, professional skills and issues and more.
- Dissertation: Students will be required to submit and defend an original research dissertation.