Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 10 - Health and related fields
• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.15 - Mental and social health services and allied professions

51.1508 - Mental health counselling/counsellor

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to provide evaluations, referrals, and short-term counselling services to help people prevent or remediate personal problems, conflicts, and emotional crises. These programs include courses in human development, psychopathology, individual and group counselling, personality theory, career assessment, patient screening and referral, observation and testing techniques, interviewing skills, professional standards and ethics, and applicable laws and regulations.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • mental health counselling
  • mental health counsellor
  • suicide prevention

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • mental health care(51.1502)
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) counselling(51.1513)
  • psychiatric nurse(51.3810)
  • psychiatry - residency(61.2401)
  • trauma counselling(51.1513)