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We do not accept international students into our program. International students are not eligible to take our cognitive behavioural therapy Level II and III courses, as students in those courses need to be registered health professionals in Ontario.

Our program is designed to provide people with advanced training in certain types of psychotherapy, who are already health professionals (e.g., social worker, occupational therapist, registered therapist), it does not provide foundational skills/credentials to become a health-care professional.

If you are interested in taking all three of the cognitive behavioural therapy courses, you can apply for the diploma stream.

If you are interested in taking just one course, you can apply for the post degree.

Please note that if you are in doubt, we would recommend that you apply for the diploma stream, as each stream has a separate application process and we are unable to offer transfers between streams.

To be eligible to take CBS 721 (advanced cognitive behavioural therapy) and CBS 722a/b (consultation in cognitive behavioural therapy) you must be a registered health professional with one of the following regulatory colleges in Ontario:

The CBT 721 and CBT 722 courses involve the provision of psychotherapy to clients and, therefore, only students who are able to perform the Controlled Act of Psychotherapy as a member of one of their regulatory colleges will be eligible to take these courses.

The controlled act of psychotherapy as defined by the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA), is as follows:

Treating, by means of psychotherapy technique, delivered through a therapeutic relationship, an individual’s serious disorder of thought, cognition, mood, emotional regulation, perception, or memory that may seriously impair the individual’s judgement, insight, behaviour, communication or social functioning.