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Welcome
Counselling Psychology Information Session
Counselling Psychology Program Streams
• Counselling & Psychotherapy
Master of Education (MEd) Doctor of Education (EdD)
• Guidance and Counselling
Master of Education (MEd)
Professional and Regulatory Bodies
• MEd / EdD: Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
• Follows registration requirements for the new regulatory body: College of Registered Psychotherapists on Ontario.
www.crpo.ca
Master of Education (MEd): Counselling & Psychotherapy
• Professional, non-thesis degree • Available full-time and part-time • Average length: 2 years full-time; 3-4 years part-
time • 10 half-courses • Minimum 250 practicum hours • Basic preparation for certification with the CCPA • No guaranteed funding package
MEd Counselling & Psychotherapy
Admission Requirements: • Four year undergraduate degree
equivalent in any area • GPA equivalent to a University of Toronto
B+ or better in last year • At least one year of relevant experience
MEd: What is Relevant Experience?
• Proof that you have had a substantial amount of exposure to counselling others prior to this degree, whether through work or volunteer experience
• Community work: advising, counselling, providing social support, or generally working with vulnerable people
Examples of Relevant Experience
• Community Mental Health staff nurse • Women’s Sexual Assault Helpline volunteer • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health addictions
counsellor • Distress Centre volunteer crisis counsellor • Centre for Victims of Torture volunteer coordinator • Concurrent Disorders Outpatient Clinic head
nurse • Women’s Shelter re-establishment counsellor • Hospice volunteer • Bereavement support coordinator
Master of Education (MEd): Guidance and Counselling
• Interested in practicing guidance and counselling in schools
• Strong preference to experienced teachers • Basic preparation for certification with CCPA • Degree credited towards Parts I and II of the
Ontario College of Teacher’s Specialist Certificate in Guidance
• No guaranteed funding package
MEd Guidance & Counselling: Admissions Requirements
• Four-year undergraduate degree or equivalent in any area
• GPA equivalent to a University of Toronto mid-B or better in last year
• Teacher certification • Check with school board to see what
certification is needed
Doctor of Education (EdD): Counselling & Psychotherapy
• Advanced counsellor training; consideration of the role of counsellor in educational system
• Graduates can take leadership positions in the field of educational counselling
• Available part-time and full-time • Completion and defense of thesis • Eight half-courses • 500 practicum hours, 500 internship hours • No guaranteed funding package
EdD Counselling & Psychotherapy: Admission Requirements
• M.A. or M.Ed. Degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto, or its equivalent
• GPA of University of Toronto B+ or better
• Successful professional experience (at least 3-4 years) as a counsellor in an educational setting or in a related position
• If non-thesis Master’s degree: Completion of a Qualifying Research Paper
Collaborative Programs
Available to MEd and EdD Students: • Aboriginal Health (MEd, EdD, MA, PhD) • Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life
Course (MEd, EdD, MA, PhD) • Community Development (MEd) • Sexual Diversity Studies (MEd; MA; EdD; PhD) • Women’s Studies (MEd, EdD, MA, PhD)
Application: What You Need
• Deadline: December 1, 2014 • Official and sealed university transcripts • Contact information for two referees • Résumé • Statement of Intent • Instructions:
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ro/Graduate_Admissions • Application website: https://apply.sgs.utoronto.ca
Internships and Practica
• Dr. Judy Silver
MEd/EdD Counselling & Psychotherapy Placements
• Community health services • University and College counselling centres • Family services • Career centres • Health and wellness centres
Internships and Practica: MEd G&C Placements
• Guidance offices • Community college counselling offices
Faculty Profiles
• Counselling & Psychotherapy
• Guidance and Counselling
Dr. Charles Chen, Faculty Research Interests • Vocational and career
psychology • Life career development • Career theories and
counselling approaches
Dr. Roy Gillis, Faculty Research Interests Sexual Orientation and
Gender Diversity Assessment and Diagnosis of
Personality / Psychopathology
Preventing School Violence
Dr. Abby Goldstein, Faculty Research Interests • Addictive behaviours • Models of risk and resilience • Child maltreatment • Motivational interviewing
Dr. Roy Moodley, Faculty Research Interests • Critical multicultural
counselling and psychotherapy • Race and culture • Integrating traditional healing
into counselling
Dr. Niva Piran, Faculty Research Interests • Women’s health/mental health • Body image development • Embodiment • The relationship between body
and culture
Dr. Marg Schneider, Faculty Research Interests • Human-animal bond • Animals and mental health • Professional ethics • Sexual orientation and
psychosocial issues
Dr. Lana Stermac, Faculty Research Interests • Sexual Violence and Trauma • Posttraumatic Mental Health • Feminist Issues in Sexual
Assault
Dr. Suzanne Stewart, Faculty
Research Interests • Indigenous mental health • Traditional healing • Indigenous youth identity
and cultural knowledge
Dr. Jeanne Watson, Faculty Research Interests • Person-centered and
experiential psychotherapy • Emotion focused therapy • Emotional processing and
affect regulation
Application: Program Selection
• Deadline: December 1, 2014
• Application website: https://apply.sgs.utoronto.ca
• Program Choice Hierarchy: – Graduate Unit: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – Program: Counselling Psychology (APHD) – Degree Program: (MEd or EdD) Counselling Psychology – Start: Fall 2015 – Field of Study: Counselling Psychology or Guidance and Counselling
Don’t Forget!
Almost everything you learned today is
available on our website! www.oise.utoronto.ca/aphd