Boundaries vs rapport is a core ethical issue in helping relationships. Trust and connection are essential, but they must never blur professional roles. Rapport supports client goals and autonomy. Boundaries protect against harm, dependency, and role confusion. Ethical practice requires self awareness, supervision, and clear limits so the relationship remains client centered, purposeful, and professionally appropriate.

This course explores how addiction reshapes the brain through neuroplastic processes and how targeted interventions can promote measurable neural healing. Participants will examine the biological foundations of recovery, understand how substance use reorganizes reward, stress, and executive systems, and learn evidence-informed strategies that actively support brain repair across the recovery timeline.

This course examines substance use and addiction within probation and parole populations. Participants explore the intersection of addiction, criminal justice involvement, trauma, and systemic barriers, as well as the impact on treatment engagement and recovery. The course highlights practical approaches for assessment, justice-informed counselling, and coordinated support.

This course examines the intersection of borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders. Participants explore emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, relational instability, and self-harm risk as they relate to addiction and treatment engagement. The course highlights counselling considerations that support structure, safety, and integrated, evidence-informed intervention.

This course introduces addiction professionals to Internal Family Systems (IFS) as a therapeutic approach for working with substance use clients. Participants will explore core IFS concepts and consider how parts-based interventions can support insight, self-regulation, and recovery-oriented treatment planning.

This course examines the relationship between sexual trauma and the development of compulsive behaviors, including substance use and process addictions. Participants explore trauma-related coping patterns, shame responses, and emotional regulation challenges that can reinforce compulsivity. The course highlights trauma-informed counselling considerations that support safety, stabilization, and recovery.

This course examines the co-occurrence of complex post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders. Participants explore how prolonged trauma, emotional dysregulation, and relational harm contribute to addiction vulnerability and treatment complexity. The course highlights trauma-informed counselling considerations that support stabilization, safety, and integrated recovery.

This course provides an overview of the role of addiction counsellors within drug court settings. Participants examine interdisciplinary collaboration, ethical considerations, and the balance between therapeutic support and judicial requirements. The course highlights practical responsibilities related to assessment, reporting, and client engagement.

Trauma Informed Addiction Treatment trains addiction counsellors to recognize trauma and integrate trauma informed care into practice. The course explores trauma and ACEs, the neurobiology of trauma and addiction, trauma responses, and creating safety in therapeutic relationships. Participants examine complex trauma, attachment, cultural considerations, and gender responsive care. This three hour CACCF course equips counsellors with practical trauma informed treatment skills.

This course examines the therapeutic use of ketamine in the treatment of substance use disorders, with a balanced focus on clinical potential, limitations, and associated risks. Addiction professionals will explore current evidence, safety considerations, ethical issues, and the counselor’s role in supporting clients receiving ketamine-assisted interventions.