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What Is CI Professional Training?
The Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training is a year-long, online educational program developed by Dr. Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur ND.
Designed for helping professionals, it equips you to bring a trauma-informed, compassion-centered approach into your work—whether you’re a therapist, coach, physician, psychologist, social worker, educator, or another professional in a caregiving role.
In this program, you’ll learn how to:
- Recognize and explore unconscious patterns and early adaptations that shape behavior and relationships.
- Create attuned, compassionate conditions grounded in safety and presence.
- Use presence, curiosity, and reflective listening to support those you work with in contacting what is true for them.
- Integrate somatic awareness and regulation practices appropriately within your scope of practice.
At a Glance:
- Duration: 12 months
- Format: Live online sessions + recorded teachings
- Structure: 8 modules, 3 progressive levels
- Pathway to certification as a Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner
*Approved Continuing Education (CE) credits are available
“The online CI training program is so thorough and comprehensive that accredited doctoral-level courses that I have taken pale in comparison.”
W.H.
Clinical Psychologist, Professor in Addiction Studies
Who Is This Training For?
This program is designed for professionals who support others through counseling, coaching, education, or care-related work, including:
- Mental health and medical professionals
- Coaches and bodyworkers with foundational counseling skills
- Educators and practitioners in caregiving or community roles
Disclaimer: The Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Training is an educational program intended for professional development. It is not psychotherapy, counseling, or clinical supervision. Participants are encouraged to maintain their own support systems while engaging in this experiential learning.
How You’ll Benefit
Implement a New Approach
Deepen your capacity to be present with those you support and create a compassionate space for exploring emotional patterns with safety and awareness.Â
Expand Your Skills
Embody the 11 Essential Qualities of a therapist and gain confidence with CI’s complete toolkit of Skills, Stepping Stones, and Pillars.
Show Up With Deeper Presence And Care
Use the CI Map and Feelings vs. Perceptions chart to respond in the moment and deepen awareness and support meaningful change.
Meet the Program Directors
Dr. Gabor Maté
Dr. Gabor Maté is a retired physician, bestselling author, an internationally renowned speaker and the creator of the Compassionate Inquiry approach to psychotherapy.
Gabor evolved this therapeutic approach over 20 years of his personal journey, and from his work with patients in family practice, palliative care, and addiction. He developed his system further while facilitating integration workshops focused on healing trauma through the use of psychedelics.
Sat Dharam Kaur ND
Sat Dharam Kaur ND has supported Dr. Gabor Maté in structuring the Compassionate Inquiry approach and developing the online training.
Sat Dharam is a naturopathic doctor, teacher and author, who combines naturopathic medicine with Compassionate Inquiry, yoga, breathing practices and meditation to support others in healing and integrating mind, body and spirit.
Course Content & Structure
The Professional Training unfolds across eight thematic modules, each revisited three times over the year to support deeper learning and integration.
You’ll explore key areas such as presence and attunement, patterns of behavior and relationship, family dynamics, personal stories, and compassionate awareness—progressing from self-inquiry to skill-building to mastery.
Course Format
Throughout the year you’ll receive:
- Teachings: Recorded lessons with Dr. Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur ND.
- Practice: Weekly small-group meetings, triads, and live supervision sessions.
- Tools: The Compassionate Inquiry® Map, Feelings vs. Perceptions chart, Essential Qualities, Skills, and Stepping Stones.
- Community: A supportive, global circle of learners and practitioners.
Weekly Commitment (what it involves)
The Professional Training requires a meaningful time investment:
- Bi-weekly small-group meeting (2 hours every two weeks)
- Weekly peer practice (triads), aiming for 50+ sessions across the year
- Module learning (readings, videos) + 2 quizzes per module
- 25 case studies minimum (≥13 with clients outside the training)
- Monthly workshops/masterclasses (live or recordings)
This structure ensures steady progress while fitting into your professional schedule.
Meet the Facilitators
You will be guided on your Compassionate Inquiry® journey by one of our highly skilled professional facilitators.
Join a global network of over 5,000 graduates practicing presence and compassion in their professional work.
Course Fees
Regular price One payment of
$4150 CAD
6 Monthly Payments of
$760 CAD
10 Monthly Payments of
$475 CAD
2 Monthly Payments of
$2125 CAD
Applications close: Sunday, December 14, 2025 (midnight ET)
Program runs: February 2, 2026 – February 21, 2027
Frequently Asked Questions
How much time per week is required?
Is the program offered in other languages?
What is the cancellation policy?
Who is eligible to apply?
Are Continuing Education (CE) credits available?
What are the course completion requirements?
How do I become a Certified Practitioner?
What if I can’t finish on time?
Join the February 2026 cohort and become part of a global community bringing compassion and presence into professional practice.
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