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How to Become a Professional Counsellor in Canada

For many professional counsellors, their genuine empathy and concern for others has made the career path a lifelong calling. In a world that so often seems preoccupied with portraying an extroverted image of strength and success, people with a high level of sensitivity and an aptitude toward...
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October 21st, 2016

3 Strategies for Working with Dual Diagnosis Clients After Addictions Counselor Training

If you’re motivated to help those in your community affected by addiction, your motivation, an enduring, supportive nature, as well as the right training can help make recovery possible. You can devote your career to encouraging individuals to overcome addiction and achieve lasting physical,...
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September 16th, 2016

How Graduates Put Their Addictions Counselling Training into Practice in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Communities

“When I was six years old I was snatched from my home and sent to Residential School in Marieval, Saskatchewan,” recalls Robert Kakakaway. “I went from a warm and loving environment to a lonely cold world where I was called a Pagan and a Heathen. The nuns slapped us and pulled our...
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August 19th, 2016

3 Key Differences Between Coaching and Counselling You Should Know

Both professional counselling and life coaching involve providing valuable life-changing advice and helping others through difficult times. As the International Coach Federation (ICF) explains, these careers involve “inspiring others to maximize their personal and professional potential.” If...
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July 15th, 2016

3 Tips for Working with Resistant Clients as a Counsellor

If you are considering a counselling career, the right training program can set you on-track to help clients overcome their personal obstacles to wellness. Sometimes, clients themselves can be resistant to making the changes necessary for achieving their goals. According to Dr. Clifton Mitchell,...
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July 1st, 2016

Want to Become a Life Coach? Here’s 3 Tips for Helping Clients Open Up

As a professional life coach, you will have the opportunity to meet all kinds of people as you help them to lead more fulfilling lives. Most clients are eager to decipher their problems and will be generally forthcoming in their responses, but others may be less communicative. Resistance to therapy...
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June 17th, 2016

Helping Clients Overcome Prescription Drug Abuse with Addictions Counsellor Training

According to the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), harm associated with prescription drugs has emerged as a leading public health and safety concern across North America. Here in Canada, some First Nations organizations have even declared states of crisis owing to the prevalence of...
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June 3rd, 2016

3 Relapse Prevention Strategies You’ll Learn in Addictions Counsellor Courses

What is addiction? Essentially, addiction has two main criteria: difficulty controlling use and duration of use of substances such as alcohol or drugs, and the inability to discontinue use, even after negative impact on one’s life, including the impact on relationships. The challenge for addiction...
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April 22nd, 2016

3 Ways Your Life Coach Training Can Apply to Working with Youth

Life coaching intervention is shown to enhance goal-striving, wellbeing, hope, and life satisfaction. Life coaching can increase quality of life, and even reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Just as these problems aren’t faced by adults alone, the benefits of life coaching have no age limit....
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April 8th, 2016

A Guide to Compassionate Language for Students in Professional Counselling Training

Language is powerful. We use language to understand experiences, express ourselves, and communicate with others. When we engage in dialogue, our words express not only our ideas but also our intentions, emotions, and even personal biases. For those in the professional counselling industry,...
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March 25th, 2016
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Rhodes Wellness College has been delivering education since 1996, establishing connections within the industries we and our students serve. Committed to maintaining high standards and safeguarding public trust, our programs are accredited and recognized by leading associations that uphold stringent educational standards, ensuring excellence and competency in coaching, counselling, nutrition, and wellness. Please click here to learn more about our accreditation and the recognition we have earned in the field.



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  • PCTIA
  • EQA
  • Imagine
  • CPCA
  • ACCT

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