Overview

Key facts

With a strong framework of individual and group counselling skills, students study individual, gender, and societal considerations and the resulting treatment implications through the lens of trauma informed care.
The program in Addictions: Treatment and Prevention is offered at Georgian College.

They practice motivational interviewing techniques, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT) while learning to match client needs with intervention options. In addition, students reconstruct education and prevention strategies in an effort to design, facilitate and evaluate such tools.

Programme Structure

Course include:

Counselling: Motivating People to Change
Group Counselling: Dynamics and Processes
Treatment Modalities in Addictions
Practitioner Skills Development
Issues in the Field of Addictions
Concepts of Chemical Dependency

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00

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Language

English

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IELTS

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Delivered

Blended

Campus Location

Barrie, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Ontario College Diploma, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, Degree or equivalent with a specialty in related human services, social work, or social sciences.

Language Proficiency Requirement
The English proficiency requirement can be met through:
Completion of IELTS Academic only with a minimum score of 7.0
Completion of Level 8 of Georgian’s GAAS – English for Academic Purposes with 80% of higher

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Tuition Fees

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16154 CAD / year

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3752 CAD / year

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