该计划适用于目前在教育和/或社区环境中从事咨询服务并正在寻找进修机会的专业人员。除了对咨询理论和实践的深入研究之外，该教育计划的辅导员培训还强调了辅导员在教育系统中的作用。学生还将获得有效的监督和咨询以及发展和评估学生咨询服务的技能。咨询心理学，咨询与心理治疗领域的教育博士（EdD CP）主要面向已经在教育和/或社区环境中从事咨询服务职业的学生。该学位强调辅导员在教育系统中的作用，获得有效的监督和咨询技能，发展和评估学生辅导服务以及对辅导理论和实践的深入研究。
In the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy, the MEd program provides individuals with the opportunity to learn and develop counselling skills appropriate for a variety of work settings. Students are encouraged to develop their courses and practicum learning experiences to suit their own goals. Examples of the types of goals for which suitable programs of study could be developed are adult counselling and psychotherapy, college and university counselling centres, career counselling, geriatrics counselling, multicultural counselling, and community mental health and family life centres. The program of study provides students with the basic preparation for certification as a Certified Canadian Counsellor (CCC) with the Canadian Counselling Association (CCA).<br><br>Counsellor training in the EdD program emphasizes the role of the counsellor in the educational system, the acquisition of effective supervisory and consultative skills, and the development and assessment of student counselling services in addition to the advanced study of counselling theory and practice. Graduates will be prepared to take leadership positions in the field of educational counselling, as educators in colleges and institutes of education, as directors and coordinators of school guidance programs, as specialists in the provision of counselling-related, in-service training for school personnel, and as providers of advanced levels of personal counselling to school, college, and related populations. This option will be especially attractive to individuals who have demonstrated a career commitment to the provision of counselling services in an educational and community setting.