Addictions and Mental Health (Graduate Certificate)

Durham College’s graduate certificate program in Addictions and Mental Health helps students develop the skillset required to support those facing two of the country’s leading issues.

Thanks to a combination of theoretical teachings and practical, clinical skills development, graduates will be able to successfully navigate their journey into helping others into wellness. At the end of the program, students are required to participate in a 490-hour clinical field placement, and be supervised by a qualified professional practitioner and monitored by a college advisor from the Addictions and Mental Health program.

This program meets the standards of the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation (CACCF) and is accepted as recognized formal addiction education for graduates who apply for certification.

Admission Requirements

• Degree in psychology or social work, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of three credits in post-secondary psychology courses.
• English language proficiency.

What You’ll Learn

• Best practices for both group and individual counselling techniques.
• How trauma in various forms impacts people in different ways, and how to help them through that.
• How to work with severe and chronic addicts.