Volunteer Counsellor Training

Our Training Program

The Centre offers a volunteer counselling training program every year to train people to become volunteer counsellors with the Centre.

Volunteers receive approximately 160 hours of training with professional counsellors and educators over ten-months, one evening a week. In return they commit to offering the Centre 250 sessions of counselling once they graduate.

In addition to the weekly training evening, there are two weekend workshops, reading requirements and co-counselling practice. The training involves both personal growth work and the development of counselling skills in a variety of counselling approaches. Counsellors receive regular, ongoing supervision of their counselling through the Centre.

Our valued volunteers often describe the training as life changing.

The training program begins in September and ends in June each year. Eighteen people are chosen to participate from those interviewed. Applications for the training program are available annually in the Spring.

20 volunteers outside posed in front of some trees smiling and facing the camera on a sunny day
about 50 volunteers posed in front of a building facing the camera and smiling
Group of 20 volunteers posed on a playground structure all facing the camera and smiling

Citizens' Training Program Application

Our application process for our 2024/25 ten-month Volunteer Counsellor Training Program that starts in the fall of 2024 - is now closed. Thank you to all who applied.

Trainee Testimonials