The following is a comprehensive listing of which documents are required for each membership designation. They need to be submitted with the CPCA Application for Registered Membership.

If unsure that the education you have completed meets registration criteria, please include an Education Substantiation (E1.1) for review with your application.

All supporting documents must be original submissions

Candidate (RPC-C)

• Copy of Training Certificate(s) & Original Transcripts
• Criminal Record Check 
• Vulnerable Sector Check
• Two Letters of Recommendation
• Curriculum Vitae

 Full (RPC)

• Copy of Training Certificate(s) & Original Transcripts
• Criminal Record Check 
• Vulnerable Sector Check
• Two letters of recommendation from Mental Health Professionals
• Curriculum Vitae
• Completed and Signed RPC Substantiation Form (R1.1)

 Master Practitioner in Clinical Counselling (MPCC)

Requires RPC to be substantiated. RPC is the foundational designation

• Official Transcript(s) 
• Criminal Record Check
• Vulnerable Sector Check
• Two letters of recommendation from Mental Health Professionals who have direct, personal knowledge of applicant’s clinical skills
• Curriculum Vitae
• Completed and Signed MPCC Substantiation Form (M1.1)

 Supervisor (MPCC-S)

Requires MPCC to be substantiated as well as RPC foundational designation

• Completed and Signed Clinical Supervisor Application
• The above described documents must be up to date and on file
• Documented verification of active clinical practice for eight (8) of the last ten (10) years
• Completed and Signed MPCC-S Substantiation Form (S1.1)

 Student

• Copy of the Course Description/Training Program Outline
• Proof of Enrollment in the described course/program
• Criminal Records Check 
• Vulnerable Sector Check

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Current members applying to upgrade their designation need to use the appropriate upgrade form not a substantiation form as above.

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