Client-Therapist Relationship

The Art of Human Connection

This course explores the human and ethical dimension at the heart of every therapeutic practice. It emphasizes that the quality of the relationship between practitioner and client determines the effectiveness of care just as much as technical skill. More than a simple exchange of information, the helping relationship becomes a space of trust, listening, and transformation.

Students learn to recognize that every client is first and foremost a unique individual, carrying a personal story, emotions, beliefs, and inner strengths. The therapist’s role is to welcome this individuality with compassion, to create a sense of safety and openness, and to maintain communication that is both clear and respectful.

The course is structured around four main themes:

The fundamental principles of the helping relationship — active listening, empathy, congruence, non-judgment, and authenticity.
Self-awareness and emotional management, for both therapist and client, to sustain a balanced and respectful relationship.
The foundations and process of the therapeutic consultation, including preparation, professional posture, the different consultation styles (directive, non-directive, guided), and the subtleties of verbal and nonverbal communication.
Psychological analysis tools, including defense mechanisms, motivation, transfer psychology, and an introduction to the Enneagram as a framework for understanding human behavior.

Included teaching methods:

E-Learning training: an interactive, motivating, and effective learning method.
Printable course workbooks
Online exams
Access to the student centre
Videos and virtual library.

Course Content Description

The Therapeutic Relationship Beyond Alternative Medicine

The personal aspect of each practitioner
Friendly support
Emotional support
Moral support
Energetic dynamic
The unconscious
The subconscious
Cognitive model
What we already know
Alternative medicine
Intuitive model
What we don’t know

Psychology

Analytical therapies
Body therapies
Surgical therapies
Transformational therapies
Behavioural therapies
Perceptual therapies
Transpersonal therapies
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Energy psychodynamics

From Energetic Blockages to Physical Manifestations

Energetic dynamics
Energetic techniques
Psychological dynamics
Techniques for awakening consciousness
Physiology of emotions
Main themes;
Vertical movement of the body
Horizontal blockage
“NO” and “YES” in the body
Expansion and contraction
Breathing
Sorrow
Rage
Fear
Joy

The Health Practitioner in the Therapeutic Relationship

Altruism
Listening
Empathy
Authenticity
Humility
Basic tasks in the therapeutic relationship
Non-directiveness
Reformulation
Levels of reformulation
Observation
Knowledge
Technique and helper
Judgment
Decisions
The purpose of the meeting
Your feelings
Transference and counter-transference
Support team

The Enneagram

Praise of differences
An impulse that becomes a compulsion
Making friends with oneself
How does it work?
An ancient tool well-suited to modern times
Self-knowledge and sense-seeking
Enneagram advantages in your personal life:
Enneagram advantages as a naturopath:
Links to physical health
A deep understanding of the inner world
A specific biochemical reality for my type
Some basic concepts
Humans, a tri-brain being (have three brains)
1) The visceral brain and bodily intelligence
Spiritually
Physically
Psychologically
Relational intelligence
Our personality type
Getting to the root cause

Brief Description of the 9 Personality Types - Type ONE, called The Reformer

An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – as a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
If this is your client, how to recognize them?
Their selective attention:
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect

TWO, called The Helper

Brief summary of this personality
An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
If your client is a Type Two – how to recognize?
Their selective attention:
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance.
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect – A few steps toward healing

Type Three, called The Achiever

If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
If this is your client: How to recognize?
Their selective attention:
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect

Type Four, called The Individualist

An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
If this is your client: How to recognize?
Their selective attention:
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect – A few steps toward healing

Type Five, called The Investigator

Brief summary of this personality
An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
If this is your client: How to recognize?
Their selective attention
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect

Type Six, called The Loyalist

An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
If this is your client: How to recognize?
Their selective attention
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance.
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect – A few steps toward healing

Type Seven, called The Enthusiast

An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
If this is your client: How to recognize?
Their selective attention
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect—
A few steps toward healing

Type Eight, called The Challenger

An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
Their selective attention:
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance.
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect – A few steps toward healing

Type NINE, called The Peacemaker

Brief summary of this personality
An adaptation strategy in 3 phases
If this is your type – As a therapist
Your positive traits
Your pitfalls
Your challenges
Their selective attention:
What they try to prove
Their physical appearance
Stress and imbalance
How to support their vital energy?
Diet
Herbalism
Psychological and spiritual aspect – a few steps toward healing

Questionnaire to Discover Your Enneagram Type

Review of knowledge
Answer key
Graded activities

Very comprehensive: I can see the great progress I can make in my interviews thanks to this information.

Armelle K., New-Brunswick, Canada

Very interesting course that allows us to know ourselves better. The enneagram is truly fascinating. Thank you!

Stephanie R., Quebec

Excellent course. Absolutely happy I took it.

Lina M., Germany

Excellent. In particular, the knowledge of the enneagram is a very interesting tool.

M. Saint-Val, Ontario, Canada

Fascinating course that would have been helpful to have from the very first practical cases. Excellent quality!

Amandine Vanhoutte, Paris, France

Super interesting overall, and especially the discovery of the enneagram with all this detail. Thank you

Coralie Leman, Ste-Lucie

Very interesting! I loved the enneagram

S. Vallette, physician, Montreal, Quebec

I really liked the chapter on the enneagram, especially the College’s approach that highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each type as a therapist and as a client. I found the use of herbalism as a bioenergetic complement very relevant.

Irazu Sanchez Hernandez, Quebec

This course is extraordinary!

Dr Mouna Belkhayat Zouggari, Morocco

The enneagram is a powerful tool for becoming aware of your strengths and weaknesses, truly amazing!

Isabelle Le Gregam, France

This course felt like a letter the author wrote directly to me, to reveal the deep knowledge I need to know myself, to truly be able to understand myself, and to understand others so as to live more easily with them. Thank you for this great treasure you have given us, and I will keep digging deeper.

Valentin Agon

Really helps broaden awareness regarding the therapist’s role and the importance of the client’s intention during the interview. Great guide! The enneagram was truly a revelation for me; I will now pay more attention to my challenges and pitfalls!

Elise Ménard, Quebec