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, passionate, conscientious, 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. 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

• 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

• Registered Psychotherapist (R.P.) - Registered for Independent Practice with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario

  to provide evidence-based dynamic, emotion-focused, and attachment-based therapy approaches

• Registered Social Worker (MSW, RSW) - Registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers

  to provide evidence-based dynamic, emotion-focused, and attachment-based therapy approaches

Job details:

• 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. Contract may be renewed. 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:

• Only applicants currently licensed with an Ontario-regulated mental health professional licensing body will be considered.

• Required graduate level degree as per your licensing requirements.

• 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 various therapeutic modalities such as ISTDP, other psychodynamic therapies, emotion-focused therapy (EFT), EMDR, attachment-theory, and interpersonal/relational framework.

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

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

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