Program Mission
The Counselling Psychology Program's mission, in line with the mission of the University, is to study, examine, and reflect on the methodology and grounds for knowledge in counselling psychology, especially with respect to its validity, applicability, and limits.

As a professional program with a mandate to educate counsellors, it emphasizes both training in techniques (skills) and knowledge for specific purposes determined by time and place rather than knowledge for its own sake. The faculty are encouraged to focus on the education of the whole person - that is, promoting the development of the student's intellectual, physical, and emotional potential. The program recognizes the multicultural dimensions of society and therefore provides leadership in understanding culturally-based concerns in learning, human development, measurement and counselling.

Faculty are encouraged to view their roles as facilitators of learning rather than as providers of information and to strive for excellence in their research, teaching, and community and professional involvement. The program assumes major responsibility for the training of counsellors, counselling psychologists, and researchers in the field of counselling psychology. The program also contributes significantly to the preparation of teachers.