- Teacher: Faris Khalifeh
Available courses
This is a place where we can share resources, tools and exercises for the Life Coach Certificae program.
- Teacher: Jill Cherewyk
- Teacher: Belinda Grames
- Teacher: Stacey Huget
- Teacher: Elizabeth Klein
- Teacher: Lindsay Lefebvre
- Teacher: Lindsay Robertson
- Teacher: Natasha Tsakiris
- Teacher: Natasha Tsakiris
- Teacher: Natasha Tsakiris
- Teacher: Jill Cherewyk
- Teacher: Nadia Yang
- Teacher: Arthur Krohnert
- Teacher: Natasha Tsakiris
- Teacher: Barbara Fojkar
- Teacher: Olivia Lohan
- Teacher: Stacey Huget
- Teacher: Christopher Testa
- Teacher: Jill Cherewyk
- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Stacey Huget
- Teacher: Kim McMillan
- Teacher: Lindsay Robertson
- Teacher: Belinda Grames
- Teacher: Michelle Keevil
- Teacher: Olivia Lohan
- Teacher: Christopher Testa
- Teacher: Ingrid Brito
- Teacher: Jill Cherewyk
- Teacher: Stacey Huget
- Teacher: Michelle Keevil
- Teacher: Natasha Tsakiris
- Teacher: Jill Cherewyk
- Teacher: Michelle Keevil
- Teacher: Student Services
This course provides students with the opportunity to study the cultivation of spiritual wellbeing by engaging with diverse spiritual perspectives and practices. Students will examine and articulate their own beliefs and world-views, while developing the ability to understand and honour the world-views of others. This course is an experiential exploration of spiritual wellness that equips students with the essential knowledge and skills to support the spiritual growth and development of others.

- Teacher: Alexandra Goldwell
- Teacher: Belinda Grames
This course offers students the essential knowledge and skills to develop emotional wellness, including identifying, taking ownership and expressing feelings; understanding and articulating one’s personal emotional challenges, including unresolved issues from early life; identifying needs; and understanding the nature of emotions. Participants will learn techniques for self-awareness and emotional regulation.

- Teacher: Alexandra Goldwell
- Teacher: Belinda Grames
- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
This course will teach participants how to apply four different therapy approaches to counselling and coaching settings to enhance mental wellness. Using an experiential approach, students will be employ strategies from each of these therapies to develop their own mental wellness, while cultivating skills to support others. The four therapies that will be explored include Cognitive Behavioural, Dialectical Behaviour, Narrative Therapy and Non-Violent Communication.

- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
The Physical Wellness program is designed to help students discover the inter-relationship between mental, emotional and physical wellness. Taking a holistic approach, students will discover the link between physical sensations, cognitive belief systems and emotional states. They will develop tools to facilitate positive change in their personal lives and professional roles.

- Teacher: Kirsten Johansson
- Teacher: Ashleen Pratap
- Teacher: Renee Therrien
This course will teach participants how to apply four different therapy approaches to counselling and coaching settings to enhance mental wellness. Using an experiential approach, students will be employ strategies from each of these therapies to develop their own mental wellness, while cultivating skills to support others. The four therapies that will be explored include Cognitive Behavioural, Dialectical Behaviour, Narrative Therapy and Non-Violent Communication.

- Teacher: Edith Lacombe
- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
The Physical Wellness program is designed to help students discover the inter-relationship between mental, emotional and physical wellness. Taking a holistic approach, students will discover the link between physical sensations, cognitive belief systems and emotional states. They will develop tools to facilitate positive change in their personal lives and professional roles.

- Teacher: Tammy Bordt
- Teacher: Tamar Chante
- Teacher: Kirsten Johansson
This course offers students the essential knowledge and skills to develop emotional wellness, including identifying, taking ownership and expressing feelings; understanding and articulating one’s personal emotional challenges, including unresolved issues from early life; identifying needs; and understanding the nature of emotions. Participants will learn techniques for self-awareness and emotional regulation.

- Teacher: Edith Lacombe
- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
This course provides students with the opportunity to study the cultivation of spiritual wellbeing by engaging with diverse spiritual perspectives and practices. Students will examine and articulate their own beliefs and world-views, while developing the ability to understand and honour the world-views of others. This course is an experiential exploration of spiritual wellness that equips students with the essential knowledge and skills to support the spiritual growth and development of others.

- Teacher: Alexandra Goldwell
- Teacher: Patricia Gonzalez
- Teacher: Irfan Suwito
This course provides students with the opportunity to study the cultivation of spiritual wellbeing by engaging with diverse spiritual perspectives and practices. Students will examine and articulate their own beliefs and world-views, while developing the ability to understand and honour the world-views of others. This course is an experiential exploration of spiritual wellness that equips students with the essential knowledge and skills to support the spiritual growth and development of others.

- Teacher: Alexandra Goldwell
- Teacher: Belinda Grames
- Teacher: Lindsay Robertson
- Teacher: Irfan Suwito
This course offers students the essential knowledge and skills to develop emotional wellness, including identifying, taking ownership and expressing feelings; understanding and articulating one’s personal emotional challenges, including unresolved issues from early life; identifying needs; and understanding the nature of emotions. Participants will learn techniques for self-awareness and emotional regulation.

- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
The Physical Wellness program is designed to help students discover the inter-relationship between mental, emotional and physical wellness. Taking a holistic approach, students will discover the link between physical sensations, cognitive belief systems and emotional states. They will develop tools to facilitate positive change in their personal lives and professional roles.

- Teacher: Bianca Brisbourne
- Teacher: Tamar Chante
- Teacher: Kirsten Johansson
- Teacher: Student Services
This course will teach participants how to apply four different therapy approaches to counselling and coaching settings to enhance mental wellness. Using an experiential approach, students will be employ strategies from each of these therapies to develop their own mental wellness, while cultivating skills to support others. The four therapies that will be explored include Cognitive Behavioural, Dialectical Behaviour, Narrative Therapy and Non-Violent Communication.

- Teacher: Deidre Keating
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
- Teacher: Amber Smith
This course offers students the essential knowledge and skills to develop emotional wellness, including identifying, taking ownership and expressing feelings; understanding and articulating one’s personal emotional challenges, including unresolved issues from early life; identifying needs; and understanding the nature of emotions. Participants will learn techniques for self-awareness and emotional regulation.

- Teacher: Patricia Gonzalez
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
This course provides students with the opportunity to study the cultivation of spiritual wellbeing by engaging with diverse spiritual perspectives and practices. Students will examine and articulate their own beliefs and world-views, while developing the ability to understand and honour the world-views of others. This course is an experiential exploration of spiritual wellness that equips students with the essential knowledge and skills to support the spiritual growth and development of others.

- Teacher: Vanessa Andy
- Teacher: Alexandra Goldwell
- Teacher: Kaitlyn Milani
- Teacher: Student Services
The Physical Wellness program is designed to help students discover the inter-relationship between mental, emotional and physical wellness. Taking a holistic approach, students will discover the link between physical sensations, cognitive belief systems and emotional states. They will develop tools to facilitate positive change in their personal lives and professional roles.

- Teacher: Franco Cado
- Teacher: Kirsten Johansson
- Teacher: Kaitlyn Milani
This course will teach participants how to apply four different therapy approaches to counselling and coaching settings to enhance mental wellness. Using an experiential approach, students will be employ strategies from each of these therapies to develop their own mental wellness, while cultivating skills to support others. The four therapies that will be explored include Cognitive Behavioural, Dialectical Behaviour, Narrative Therapy and Non-Violent Communication.

- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Catherine Hajnal
This course provides students with the skills necessary to identify the addictive process and to counsel clients in various stages of the process of change. The many forms of addictions will be examined, and the skills needed to assist clients will be demonstrated and practiced. The focus of the course is the development of a thorough understanding of the Stages of Change Model. The course will provide insight into the use and mis-use of psychoactive drugs in the human body including information on neurobiology and pharmacology. Students are asked to identify their own habits/addictions and asked to examine what effects they may have on their lives, keeping a journal of their personal experience of withdrawal. This course provides theory and practice in methods of counselling in the process of recovery and rehabilitation. Self-regulation Theory, reduction of enabling behaviour, and the appropriate/responsible use of intervention strategies will be examined.

- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Munir Velji
Participants learn the fundamentals of development related to children and youth. The course focuses on issues that impact healthy development and which may result in the onset of problematic behaviour in childhood and adolescence. The importance of developing rapport, mutual trust and respect when working with young clients is highlighted throughout the course.
Family issues, peer culture, puberty, respect and responsibility, drug and alcohol issues, high-risk behaviour and aggression are considered. Therapeutic approaches for working with young people are addressed, and assessment and screening tools and their application will be examined. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to assist youth to navigate the challenging path leading to adulthood and therefore assist them to become healthy, productive and contributing participants in the community.

- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Lyn Firth
This course focuses on the effects of sexual abuse and other psychological traumas on individuals, families and communities. Participants will understand the nature of post-traumatic stress and assist clients to begin their recovery. Sexual abuse/assault, victimization of vulnerable populations including children exploited in residential schools and other forms of abuse resulting in the traumatization of victims will be examined, and specific skills including screening and assessment and referral procedures will be provided for working with survivors and their families.

- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
Participants learn how to assess family systems and define problematic couple and family dynamics. The course emphasizes and identifies various approaches and techniques of family therapy and teaches participants to develop an awareness of the verbal and nonverbal messages that tend to dominate patterns of family interaction. The course provides skill development opportunities for learning a variety of assessment and intervention techniques.

- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Maura Ivison
This introductory course is a pre-requisite for all students in the diploma program. In this course we present the information and skills needed to provide individual counselling, including client interviewing, risk assessment, and referral. This course combines counselling theory and skills practice. Course content is built on humanistic theory developed by Carl Rogers, and uses The Egan Model (Gerard Egan) as its foundation. Each participant is required to demonstrate competency in empathizing, responding and assessing needs.

- Teacher: Cody Erasmus
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Kim McMillan
- Teacher: Ann Nakaska
This course provides students with the skills necessary to identify the addictive process and to counsel clients in various stages of the process of change. The many forms of addictions will be examined, and the skills needed to assist clients will be demonstrated and practiced. The focus of the course is the development of a thorough understanding of the Stages of Change Model. The course will provide insight into the use and mis-use of psychoactive drugs in the human body including information on neurobiology and pharmacology. Students are asked to identify their own habits/addictions and asked to examine what effects they may have on their lives, keeping a journal of their personal experience of withdrawal. This course provides theory and practice in methods of counselling in the process of recovery and rehabilitation. Self-regulation Theory, reduction of enabling behaviour, and the appropriate/responsible use of intervention strategies will be examined.

- Teacher: Fiona Jeyachandran
- Teacher: Kim McMillan
Participants learn the fundamentals of development related to children and youth. The course focuses on issues that impact healthy development and which may result in the onset of problematic behaviour in childhood and adolescence. The importance of developing rapport, mutual trust and respect when working with young clients is highlighted throughout the course.
Family issues, peer culture, puberty, respect and responsibility, drug and alcohol issues, high-risk behaviour and aggression are considered. Therapeutic approaches for working with young people are addressed, and assessment and screening tools and their application will be examined. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to assist youth to navigate the challenging path leading to adulthood and therefore assist them to become healthy, productive and contributing participants in the community.

- Teacher: Kim McMillan
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Lyn Firth
- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
This introductory course is a pre-requisite for all students in the diploma program. In this course we present the information and skills needed to provide individual counselling, including client interviewing, risk assessment, and referral. This course combines counselling theory and skills practice. Course content is built on humanistic theory developed by Carl Rogers, and uses The Egan Model (Gerard Egan) as its foundation. Each participant is required to demonstrate competency in empathizing, responding and assessing needs.

- Teacher: Fiona Jeyachandran
- Teacher: Kim McMillan
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
- Teacher: Munir Velji
This course focuses on the effects of sexual abuse and other psychological traumas on individuals, families and communities. Participants will understand the nature of post-traumatic stress and assist clients to begin their recovery. Sexual abuse/assault, victimization of vulnerable populations including children exploited in residential schools and other forms of abuse resulting in the traumatization of victims will be examined, and specific skills including screening and assessment and referral procedures will be provided for working with survivors and their families.

- Teacher: Amelia Bradaric
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
Participants learn how to assess family systems and define problematic couple and family dynamics. The course emphasizes and identifies various approaches and techniques of family therapy and teaches participants to develop an awareness of the verbal and nonverbal messages that tend to dominate patterns of family interaction. The course provides skill development opportunities for learning a variety of assessment and intervention techniques.

- Teacher: Maura Ivison
- Teacher: Kim McMillan
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Tammy Bordt
- Teacher: Ann Nakaska
This course provides students with the skills necessary to identify the addictive process and to counsel clients in various stages of the process of change. The many forms of addictions will be examined, and the skills needed to assist clients will be demonstrated and practiced. The focus of the course is the development of a thorough understanding of the Stages of Change Model. The course will provide insight into the use and mis-use of psychoactive drugs in the human body including information on neurobiology and pharmacology. Students are asked to identify their own habits/addictions and asked to examine what effects they may have on their lives, keeping a journal of their personal experience of withdrawal. This course provides theory and practice in methods of counselling in the process of recovery and rehabilitation. Self-regulation Theory, reduction of enabling behaviour, and the appropriate/responsible use of intervention strategies will be examined.

- Teacher: Tammy Bordt
- Teacher: Ben Wong
Participants learn the fundamentals of development related to children and youth. The course focuses on issues that impact healthy development and which may result in the onset of problematic behaviour in childhood and adolescence. The importance of developing rapport, mutual trust and respect when working with young clients is highlighted throughout the course.
Family issues, peer culture, puberty, respect and responsibility, drug and alcohol issues, high-risk behaviour and aggression are considered. Therapeutic approaches for working with young people are addressed, and assessment and screening tools and their application will be examined. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to assist youth to navigate the challenging path leading to adulthood and therefore assist them to become healthy, productive and contributing participants in the community.

- Teacher: Tammy Bordt
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Lyn Firth
- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
This introductory course is a pre-requisite for all students in the diploma program. In this course we present the information and skills needed to provide individual counselling, including client interviewing, risk assessment, and referral. This course combines counselling theory and skills practice. Course content is built on humanistic theory developed by Carl Rogers, and uses The Egan Model (Gerard Egan) as its foundation. Each participant is required to demonstrate competency in empathizing, responding and assessing needs.

- Teacher: Tammy Bordt
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
This course focuses on the effects of sexual abuse and other psychological traumas on individuals, families and communities. Participants will understand the nature of post-traumatic stress and assist clients to begin their recovery. Sexual abuse/assault, victimization of vulnerable populations including children exploited in residential schools and other forms of abuse resulting in the traumatization of victims will be examined, and specific skills including screening and assessment and referral procedures will be provided for working with survivors and their families.

- Teacher: Amelia Bradaric
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
Participants learn how to assess family systems and define problematic couple and family dynamics. The course emphasizes and identifies various approaches and techniques of family therapy and teaches participants to develop an awareness of the verbal and nonverbal messages that tend to dominate patterns of family interaction. The course provides skill development opportunities for learning a variety of assessment and intervention techniques.

- Teacher: Tammy Bordt
- Teacher: Maura Ivison
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Catherine Hajnal
This introductory course is a pre-requisite for all students in the diploma program. In this course we present the information and skills needed to provide individual counselling, including client interviewing, risk assessment, and referral. This course combines counselling theory and skills practice. Course content is built on humanistic theory developed by Carl Rogers, and uses The Egan Model (Gerard Egan) as its foundation. Each participant is required to demonstrate competency in empathizing, responding and assessing needs.

- Teacher: Amelia Bradaric
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Renee Therrien
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
- Teacher: Student Services
Participants learn the fundamentals of development related to children and youth. The course focuses on issues that impact healthy development and which may result in the onset of problematic behaviour in childhood and adolescence. The importance of developing rapport, mutual trust and respect when working with young clients is highlighted throughout the course.
Family issues, peer culture, puberty, respect and responsibility, drug and alcohol issues, high-risk behaviour and aggression are considered. Therapeutic approaches for working with young people are addressed, and assessment and screening tools and their application will be examined. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to assist youth to navigate the challenging path leading to adulthood and therefore assist them to become healthy, productive and contributing participants in the community.

- Teacher: Jade Karra
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Munir Velji
This course provides students with the skills necessary to identify the addictive process and to counsel clients in various stages of the process of change. The many forms of addictions will be examined, and the skills needed to assist clients will be demonstrated and practiced. The focus of the course is the development of a thorough understanding of the Stages of Change Model. The course will provide insight into the use and mis-use of psychoactive drugs in the human body including information on neurobiology and pharmacology. Students are asked to identify their own habits/addictions and asked to examine what effects they may have on their lives, keeping a journal of their personal experience of withdrawal. This course provides theory and practice in methods of counselling in the process of recovery and rehabilitation. Self-regulation Theory, reduction of enabling behaviour, and the appropriate/responsible use of intervention strategies will be examined.

- Teacher: Jade Karra
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Munir Velji
This course focuses on the effects of sexual abuse and other psychological traumas on individuals, families and communities. Participants will understand the nature of post-traumatic stress and assist clients to begin their recovery. Sexual abuse/assault, victimization of vulnerable populations including children exploited in residential schools and other forms of abuse resulting in the traumatization of victims will be examined, and specific skills including screening and assessment and referral procedures will be provided for working with survivors and their families.

- Teacher: Amelia Bradaric
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Renee Therrien
Participants learn how to assess family systems and define problematic couple and family dynamics. The course emphasizes and identifies various approaches and techniques of family therapy and teaches participants to develop an awareness of the verbal and nonverbal messages that tend to dominate patterns of family interaction. The course provides skill development opportunities for learning a variety of assessment and intervention techniques.

- Teacher: Maura Ivison
- Teacher: Student Services
This introductory course is a pre-requisite for all students in the diploma program. In this course we present the information and skills needed to provide individual counselling, including client interviewing, risk assessment, and referral. This course combines counselling theory and skills practice. Course content is built on humanistic theory developed by Carl Rogers, and uses The Egan Model (Gerard Egan) as its foundation. Each participant is required to demonstrate competency in empathizing, responding and assessing needs.

- Teacher: Jade Karra
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
Participants learn the fundamentals of development related to children and youth. The course focuses on issues that impact healthy development and which may result in the onset of problematic behaviour in childhood and adolescence. The importance of developing rapport, mutual trust and respect when working with young clients is highlighted throughout the course.
Family issues, peer culture, puberty, respect and responsibility, drug and alcohol issues, high-risk behaviour and aggression are considered. Therapeutic approaches for working with young people are addressed, and assessment and screening tools and their application will be examined. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to assist youth to navigate the challenging path leading to adulthood and therefore assist them to become healthy, productive and contributing participants in the community.

- Teacher: Deidre Keating
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Nadia Yang
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Emmett Martyinuk
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
- Teacher: Student Services
This course provides students with the skills necessary to identify the addictive process and to counsel clients in various stages of the process of change. The many forms of addictions will be examined, and the skills needed to assist clients will be demonstrated and practiced. The focus of the course is the development of a thorough understanding of the Stages of Change Model. The course will provide insight into the use and mis-use of psychoactive drugs in the human body including information on neurobiology and pharmacology. Students are asked to identify their own habits/addictions and asked to examine what effects they may have on their lives, keeping a journal of their personal experience of withdrawal. This course provides theory and practice in methods of counselling in the process of recovery and rehabilitation. Self-regulation Theory, reduction of enabling behaviour, and the appropriate/responsible use of intervention strategies will be examined.

- Teacher: Jade Karra
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Munir Velji
Participants learn how to assess family systems and define problematic couple and family dynamics. The course emphasizes and identifies various approaches and techniques of family therapy and teaches participants to develop an awareness of the verbal and nonverbal messages that tend to dominate patterns of family interaction. The course provides skill development opportunities for learning a variety of assessment and intervention techniques.

- Teacher: Maura Ivison
- Teacher: Student Services
This course focuses on the effects of sexual abuse and other psychological traumas on individuals, families and communities. Participants will understand the nature of post-traumatic stress and assist clients to begin their recovery. Sexual abuse/assault, victimization of vulnerable populations including children exploited in residential schools and other forms of abuse resulting in the traumatization of victims will be examined, and specific skills including screening and assessment and referral procedures will be provided for working with survivors and their families.

- Teacher: Amelia Bradaric
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Catherine Hajnal
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
- Teacher: Negar Parsa
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Munir Velji
- Teacher: Negar Parsa
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Munir Velji
Participants learn the fundamentals of development related to children and youth. The course focuses on issues that impact healthy development and which may result in the onset of problematic behaviour in childhood and adolescence. The importance of developing rapport, mutual trust and respect when working with young clients is highlighted throughout the course.
Family issues, peer culture, puberty, respect and responsibility, drug and alcohol issues, high-risk behaviour and aggression are considered. Therapeutic approaches for working with young people are addressed, and assessment and screening tools and their application will be examined. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to assist youth to navigate the challenging path leading to adulthood and therefore assist them to become healthy, productive and contributing participants in the community.

- Teacher: Negar Parsa
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Munir Velji
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Catherine Hajnal
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Catherine Hajnal
- Teacher: Negar Parsa
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Munir Velji
- Teacher: Fiona Jeyachandran
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Maura Ivison
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Maura Ivison
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Amelia Bradaric
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Michelle Keevil
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
This introductory course is a pre-requisite for all students in the diploma program. In this course we present the information and skills needed to provide individual counselling, including client interviewing, risk assessment, and referral. This course combines counselling theory and skills practice. Course content is built on humanistic theory developed by Carl Rogers, and uses The Egan Model (Gerard Egan) as its foundation. Each participant is required to demonstrate competency in empathizing, responding and assessing needs.

- Teacher: Lindsay Lefebvre
This course provides students with knowledge related to assisting people in making decisions about their choice of employment. Students will explore some of the barriers to employment that the individual may encounter. Students will come to an understanding of some effective skills and strategies, as an outgrowth of the Egan model.

- Teacher: Jill Cherewyk
- Teacher: Nicole Porter
This course builds on the theory taught during the Life Skills Counselling program. It provides the students with the opportunity for one on one counselling sessions while under supervision from their instructors and staff members at Rhodes Wellness College.
- Teacher: Lindsay Robertson
This course provides students with the skills necessary to identify the addictive process and to counsel clients in various stages of the process of change. The many forms of addictions will be examined, and the skills needed to assist clients will be demonstrated and practised. The focus of the course is the development of a thorough understanding of the Stages of Change Model. The course will provide insight into the use and mis-use of psychoactive drugs in the human body including information on neuro-biology and pharmacology. Students are asked to identify their own habits/addictions and asked to examine what effects they may have on their lives, keeping a journal of their personal experience of withdrawal. This course provides theory and practice in methods of counselling in the process of recovery and rehabilitation. Self-regulation Theory, reduction of enabling behaviour, and the appropriate/responsible use of intervention strategies will be examined.
- Teacher: Lindsay Robertson
- Teacher: Deidre Keating
- Teacher: Nadia Yang
- Teacher: Alexandra Goldwell
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
Participants learn how to assess family systems and define problematic couple and family dynamics. The course emphasizes and identifies techniques in the application of systemic/structural and narrative approaches to family therapy and develops an awareness of the verbal and nonverbal messages that tend to dominate patterns of family interaction. The course provides skill development opportunities for learning a variety of assessment and intervention techniques.
- Teacher: Deidre Keating
Participants learn the fundamentals of development related to children and youth. The course focuses on issues that impact healthy development and which may result in the onset of problematic behaviour in childhood and adolescence. The importance of developing rapport, mutual trust and respect when working with young clients is highlighted throughout the course.
Family issues, peer culture, puberty, respect and responsibility, drug and alcohol issues, high-risk behavior and aggression are considered. Therapeutic approaches for working with young people are addressed, and assessment and screening tools and their application will be examined. Students will be provided with the tools necessary to assist youth to navigate the challenging path leading to adulthood and therefore assist them to become healthy, productive and contributing participants in the community.
- Teacher: Deidre Keating
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
This program is designed to provide students with the practical skills to design and run a Professional Counselling or Coaching Practice. The specific areas of studies include: business set up, website creation, account management, marketing and branding, report writing and documentation, networking, practical training with clients or workshops while under supervision.
- Teacher: Faris Khalifeh
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
Learners will be engaged in the process of understanding various approaches to relationship counselling. A diversity of relationship types and structures will be examined. We will look at how problems presented in relationships have to do not only with current conflicts, but relate to unresolved issues from early relationships. Emphasis will be on learning to engage clients facing a variety of relationship concerns in effective, ethical and culturally appropriate therapy. Exploration of the role of attachment in relationship therapy will be addressed.

- Teacher: Deidre Keating
The course introduces students to the necessary topics in ethics to meet professional practice standards to ensure industry compliance with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA). The class is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of a professional, ethical counselling practice. The class consists of basic ethical decision-making principles, and developing a code of ethics. Ethical dilemma management, recognizing unethical behaviours, corporate social responsibilities, understanding consequences and barriers in professional practices are crucial components. Students will develop skills and knowledge in the field of counselling.

- Teacher: Chris Murray
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
Using principles of life-span development, this course addresses predictable developmental issues that individuals face on their life journey. We will examine the inter-connectedness of physical, emotional, environmental, cognitive, and social aspects of human development, and focus on applying understanding of the normative range of human development to counselling practice.

- Teacher: Monte Tugwete
This program is designed to provide students with the practical skills to design and run a Professional Counselling or Coaching Practice. The specific areas of studies include: business set up, website creation, account management, marketing and branding, report writing and documentation, networking, practical training with clients or workshops while under supervision.
- Teacher: Faris Khalifeh
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
This course provides an overview of the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders. DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for specific mental health disorders will be introduced, along with models of recovery and treatment. This course will examine the nature, causes, and prevalence of mental illness, as well as treatment options, including medication, psycho-social rehabilitation and mental health counselling interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing. This course will provide experiential opportunities for students to demonstrate their assessment and counselling skills in the treatment of mental health disorders.

- Teacher: Renay Bajkay
The program is designed to provide students with an extended skill set for effective small group facilitation. The program focuses on facilitator confidence, managing group dynamics, group therapy, and challenges facilitators are likely to encounter. Students will achieve competency in running groups as a basic or developmental facilitator.

- Teacher: Stacey Huget
- Teacher: Christopher Testa
This introductory course provides students with an overview of Expressive Arts Therapy. Essential components of Expressive Arts Therapy will be described, with an emphasis on acquiring practical tools for its application. The focus of this course is highly experiential, with opportunities to practice putting techniques into practice. Students will explore a variety art forms including drawing, collage, dance, poetry, and music. During this course, students will explore themes such as: self-compassion, grief, loss, connection, resilience, and life transitions.

- Teacher: Kirsten Johansson
This course focuses on the major theoretical approaches to counselling and associated methods. Through an exploration and examination of each approach, coupled with the integration of multicultural and competencies, students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to apply the strategies and techniques of counselling theories. Ethical decision-making will be incorporated into the analysis and practice of each theoretical approach.
- Teacher: Deidre Keating

- Teacher: Amelia Bradaric
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
The course introduces students to the necessary topics in ethics to meet professional practice standards to ensure industry compliance with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA). The class is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of a professional, ethical counselling practice. The class consists of basic ethical decision-making principles, and developing a code of ethics. Ethical dilemma management, recognizing unethical behaviours, corporate social responsibilities, understanding consequences and barriers in professional practices are crucial components. Students will develop skills and knowledge in the field of counselling.

- Teacher: Chris Murray
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
Using principles of life-span development, this course addresses predictable developmental issues that individuals face on their life journey. We will examine the inter-connectedness of physical, emotional, environmental, cognitive, and social aspects of human development, and focus on applying understanding of the normative range of human development to counselling practice.

- Teacher: Chris Murray
- Teacher: Monte Tugwete
Learners will be engaged in the process of understanding various approaches to relationship counselling. A diversity of relationship types and structures will be examined. We will look at how problems presented in relationships have to do not only with current conflicts, but relate to unresolved issues from early relationships. Emphasis will be on learning to engage clients facing a variety of relationship concerns in effective, ethical and culturally appropriate therapy. Exploration of the role of attachment in relationship therapy will be addressed.

- Teacher: Deidre Keating
This program is designed to provide students with the practical skills to design and run a Professional Counselling or Coaching Practice. The specific areas of studies include: business set up, website creation, account management, marketing and branding, report writing and documentation, networking, practical training with clients or workshops while under supervision.
- Teacher: Chris Murray
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
Using principles of life-span development, this course addresses predictable developmental issues that individuals face on their life journey. We will examine the inter-connectedness of physical, emotional, environmental, cognitive, and social aspects of human development, and focus on applying understanding of the normative range of human development to counselling practice.

- Teacher: Monte Tugwete
Learners will be engaged in the process of understanding various approaches to relationship counselling. A diversity of relationship types and structures will be examined. We will look at how problems presented in relationships have to do not only with current conflicts, but relate to unresolved issues from early relationships. Emphasis will be on learning to engage clients facing a variety of relationship concerns in effective, ethical and culturally appropriate therapy. Exploration of the role of attachment in relationship therapy will be addressed.

- Teacher: Mark Kerr
The course introduces students to the necessary topics in ethics to meet professional practice standards to ensure industry compliance with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA). The class is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of a professional, ethical counselling practice. The class consists of basic ethical decision-making principles, and developing a code of ethics. Ethical dilemma management, recognizing unethical behaviours, corporate social responsibilities, understanding consequences and barriers in professional practices are crucial components. Students will develop skills and knowledge in the field of counselling.

- Teacher: Rachel Erdos
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
This course focuses on the major theoretical approaches to counselling and associated methods. Through an exploration and examination of each approach, coupled with the integration of multicultural and competencies, students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to apply the strategies and techniques of counselling theories. Ethical decision-making will be incorporated into the analysis and practice of each theoretical approach.
- Teacher: Deidre Keating
This introductory course provides students with an overview of Expressive Arts Therapy. Essential components of Expressive Arts Therapy will be described, with an emphasis on acquiring practical tools for its application. The focus of this course is highly experiential, with opportunities to practice putting techniques into practice. Students will explore a variety art forms including drawing, collage, dance, poetry, and music. During this course, students will explore themes such as: self-compassion, grief, loss, connection, resilience, and life transitions.

- Teacher: Kirsten Johansson
- Teacher: Amber Smith
The program is designed to provide students with an extended skill set for effective small group facilitation. The program focuses on facilitator confidence, managing group dynamics, group therapy, and challenges facilitators are likely to encounter. Students will achieve competency in running groups as a basic or developmental facilitator.

- Teacher: Stacey Huget
This course provides an overview of the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders. DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for specific mental health disorders will be introduced, along with models of recovery and treatment. This course will examine the nature, causes, and prevalence of mental illness, as well as treatment options, including medication, psycho-social rehabilitation and mental health counselling interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing. This course will provide experiential opportunities for students to demonstrate their assessment and counselling skills in the treatment of mental health disorders.

- Teacher: Renay Bajkay
- Teacher: Lindsay Lefebvre
This program is designed to provide students with the practical skills to design and run a Professional Counselling or Coaching Practice. The specific areas of studies include: business set up, website creation, account management, marketing and branding, report writing and documentation, networking, practical training with clients or workshops while under supervision.
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
- Teacher: Jill Cherewyk
- Teacher: Stephen Garrett
- Teacher: Alexandra Goldwell
- Teacher: Belinda Grames
- Teacher: Catherine Hajnal
- Teacher: Stacey Huget
- Teacher: Maura Ivison
- Teacher: Kirsten Johansson
- Teacher: Deidre Keating
- Teacher: Michelle Keevil
- Teacher: Olivia Lohan
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
- Teacher: Janice Prinsloo
- Teacher: Bea Rhodes
- Teacher: Student Services
- Teacher: Monte Tugwete
- Teacher: Kerry Vega
- Teacher: Munir Velji
Tips and Tricks for successfully teaching online.
- Teacher: Katarina Osterlind
- Teacher: Joe Student
- Teacher: Belinda Grames
- Teacher: Stacey Huget
- Teacher: Elizabeth Klein
- Teacher: Lindsay Robertson
This course provides an overview to the online learning system and gives tips on how to learn in an online environment.
Integrating both Eastern & Western approaches to healing, The Foundations of Yoga Therapy is designed to broaden and deepen yoga teachers’ knowledge and skills, enabling them to create individualized treatments as well as therapeutic yoga classes.
This intensive program of study offers a holistic approach to therapy, looking at the person as a whole. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the application of yoga techniques to support their client’s healing on all levels of their being – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic.
- Teacher: Nancy Gouge
- Teacher: Amanda Kingsmith
- Teacher: Chelsea Lee
- Teacher: Sam Issari

- Teacher: Nancy Gouge
- Teacher: Marie Salton

- Teacher: Amanda Kingsmith
- Teacher: Chelsea Lee
- Teacher: Lindsay Robertson
- Teacher: Chantal Russell
- Teacher: Rebekka Walker
- Teacher: Trisha Wilson
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