The Dynamic Psychotherapy & Psychology Centre is a thriving group practice with a very healthy flow of referrals. We are currently looking to expand our team with skilled, empathic, ethical, and motivated clinicians to help meet our centre’s clinical demands by providing high quality and effective care. We pride ourselves in upholding high clinical standards while fostering collaboration, career fulfillment, and wellness in our team.

We provide psychological and psychotherapy services virtually to individuals across Ontario and in-person at our beautiful group office space in Kingston, Ontario. The postings below are independent contractor positions and available as a hybrid or virtual model.

Our positions are ideal for clinicians who want to be part of a community of collaborative and passionate clinicians, and be able to provide clinical services without having to deal with any of the administrative tasks, the need to seek referrals, or figure out how to set up any of the systems and processes necessary. We are a great fit for clinicians who are passionate in or interested in learning more about psychodynamic, emotion-focused, experiential, and attachment-based treatment approaches. Our team meets on a regular basis for case consultation so you never have to feel isolated. We encourage continued professional development and provide a biweekly team consultation group meetings to learn from and support each other in our clinical work.

At DPPC, we are passionate about helping clients address their unconscious patterns, intrapsychic conflicts, and underlying emotional sources of their symptoms to facilitate meaningful and lasting change and reduction to their suffering. We take a client-centred approach based on well-established and evidence-based psychodynamic principles and emotion science with a focus on tailoring our services to meet the unique needs of each individual. 

Available positions:

• Psychologist (Ph.D./Psy.D., C.Psych.) - Autonomously registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario

  to provide psychodiagnostic assessment, treatment, and supervision (optional)

• Psychologist in Supervised Practice (Ph.D./Psy.D., C.Psych., Supervised Practice) - Registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario for supervised practice to provide psychodiagnostic assessment and treatment

Job details:

• Clinical duties: Psychodiagnostic assessments and individual therapy. If there is interest to provide couples therapy, group therapy, or supervision, there are opportunities for this as well.

• Job type and Hours: Part-time to full-time hours are available. Availability for a minimum of 12 client hours a week.

• Term: One-year contract as an independent contractor that is renewable. The contract starts upon successful hiring.

• Pay: We offer competitive pay. The exact rate is determined by your level of training and experience.

• Schedule: You determine your own schedule.

• Location: Hybrid model or remote. In-person services are provided in our Kingston, Ontario office, and virtual services via secure video telehealth for clients across Ontario.

Qualifications:

• Currently licensed with the College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO).

• Master’s or Doctoral degree in Clinical / Counselling Psychology from a CPA or APA accredited university.

• Strong psychodiagnostic assessment skills and experience.

• Solid psychotherapy foundation, no matter the modality. Strong ability to form a therapeutic alliance and case conceptualize using preferred evidence-based therapeutic modality.

• Commitment to ongoing professional development and staying up-to-date of best practices in the field of psychotherapy.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, ethical standards, and professional boundaries in all aspects of the job, as is required by ethical guidelines and applicable laws.

Assets:

• Working knowledge of or interest in integrating psychodynamic and relational framework and emotion-focused therapy.

• Experience working with chronic pain and trauma.

• Experience using online practice management software (i.e. Owl Practice, Jane App).

• Ability and experience providing psychological services using video-based online software.

• Experience working with veterans or Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), members of the Canadian Armed Forces, or WSIB.