Recertification as a Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner

Note: The following is for those who have completed the Professional Training, completed the Mentorship Program, and have been certified as a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner.

The Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner must apply for recertification at least 30 days before the two-year expiration of the practitioner’s original certification date as listed on his/her/their certificate. If a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner does not re-certify, all of the privileges of certification are discontinued.

The requirements for recertification include:

1. At least 50 hours of clinical practice per year in the previous two years, totalling 100 hours.

2. At least 6 documented supervision or Compassionate Inquiry mentoring sessions each year, during the first 2 years of clinical practice. This would be 12 supervision and/or mentoring sessions in the 2 year period before applying for re-certification. At least 50% of the mentoring or supervision sessions must be obtained from an approved Compassionate Inquiry Mentor. All of the Compassionate Inquiry Mentors are trained in supervision. We highly recommend that at least 2-3 of the sessions include a video review by a CI Mentor. The other 50% of sessions may be obtained from an approved Compassionate Inquiry Mentor or from a psychotherapist/psychologist with background training in at least 30 hours of supervision. You may include group mentoring or supervision sessions as part of these recertification requirements, as long as each person has 40 minutes of attention in these sessions. i.e. an 80-minute session for 2 people or a 2-hour session for 3 people.

   An alternative to the above is to complete the CI Mentorship Program within the 6-Month period before your re-certification due date. If your personal mentor confirms that your final video is certifiable, then the completion of the Mentorship Program may be a replacement for the paragraph above and the only submission requirements needed would be your 20 CE credits and 50 documented clinical practice hours in addition to the 50 hours obtained in the Mentorship Program.

3. Submission of 5 case studies as well as a 20-50 minute review of 1 Compassionate Inquiry session with a client along with the signed permission to video record CI Session. The video must include the beginning and end of the session (Please write exactly how many minutes your video is).
   • You must record the Zoom session “gallery view” OR record the session in such a way as to ensure that both you and your client can be seen simultaneously on the screen
   • Your client must be someone who is not trained in CI. 
4. Download permission to video record CI Session fillable document here.
5. 20 CE credits every 2 years (see below).
6. Submission of Professional Liability Insurance that covers Compassionate Inquiry, unless it is unavailable in your country.
7. Be registered with a professional regulatory body that includes counselling within its scope of practice and that provides you with a membership number and a Code of Ethics to abide by.
8. Be legally able to practice Compassionate Inquiry within your professional scope of practice and within your jurisdiction.
9. Recertification fee of $280 CAD.
10. If the initial video is inadequate, allowance for 2 more video submission, for an additional cost of $280 for each video review, due within 3 months of completion of the first video review.
11. If the applicant is still not certifiable, he/she/they will be recommended to participate in the Compassionate Inquiry 6-month Mentorship Program.
12. If the practitioner does not recertify by the expiration date printed on their previous Certificate as a CI Practitioner, their name and listing will be removed from the CI website and they may no longer use the designation of CI Practitioner. They may say that they completed the various CI programs, but are no longer certified.
13. A CI Practitioner may apply for recertification within a 2-year window after the expiration date on their certification certificate. If they would like to recertify after that 2-year window has expired, they are required to retake the Mentorship Program before applying for recertification.

Subsequent Recertification

1. After the first two years of CI clinical practice, when re-certifying for the second and subsequent times, at least 3 mentoring or supervision sessions are required per year (6 every two years) and 50% of these must be with an approved CI Mentor, while the remaining 50% can be with an approved CI Mentor or a supervisor who is a psychotherapist, social worker or psychologist of one’s choice who has trained in at least 30 hours of supervision.
2. The requirement of at least 50 clinical practice hours per year, or 100 hours over two years is required for re-certification each time, as is submission of a 25-50 minute video and a recertification fee of $280 CAD.
3. 20 CE Credits every 2 years.
4. No case studies are required.
5. In order to maintain your listing on our website, please submit your re-certification form by 1 month before the deadline.

For participants already certified, needing to re-certify, who are enrolled in the Mentorship Program, if your Personal Mentor during your 5th mentoring session indicates that you would pass a certification review, you DO NOT need to submit another video for re-certification. Your Mentor will email the Certification Coordinator letting them know this so they can update your file. If your Personal Mentor assesses that the video submitted for your 5th mentoring session is not certifiable, you will need to select a new video and apply for a formal re-certification review and pay the associated fee.

Form Downloads:

Download the Supervision Tracking Sheet here:

CI Supervision Tracking Sheet for CI Practitioners

CI Supervision Tracking Sheet for CI Active/Non-Active Facilitators, Certification Reviewers and CI Mentors

Download the 5 case studies fillable document here:

Download the Clinical Tracking Sheet here:

Continuing Education Credits:

Proof of completion of at least 20 hours of Compassionate Inquiry Continuing Education within the 2-year period is required for re-certification.

1. These can include attendance or viewing the recording of the monthly zoom calls with Gabor and the recordings of the Master Classes, as well as attendance at the annual Compassionate Inquiry Conference, the Compassionate Inquiry guest lectures, or assisting at a Compassionate Inquiry training. In time we may offer specialty workshops taught by other Compassionate Inquiry Practitioners that can be used for CE credits.
2. Proof of attendance at trauma-related, or IFS or meditation related workshops, or training related to the material on the Compassionate Inquiry recommended reading list (up to 10 hours of the 20 required)
3. You will receive 1 CE credit for every hour of continuing education
4. You will submit a CE log every 2 years, listing dates of master classes, guest lectures and monthly zoom sessions with Gabor (or other Advanced Compassionate Inquiry professional) attended, and/or the Compassionate Inquiry conference or related conferences.
   You can download a CE Log Template below.