Clinical Psychotherapist

Location: Collingwood, ON
Reports to:  Director
Strategic Oversight: Director
Position Type: Independent Contractor (Weekdays required, weekends available but not required)

Welcome to CPYC

We’re so glad you’re here.

At the Collingwood Psychotherapy and Yoga Centre (CPYC), we hold space for deep transformation, both for our clients and our team. We are a relational, trauma-informed psychotherapy centre rooted in compassion, curiosity, and the wisdom of body-mind-spirit connection. We believe great therapy starts with how therapists show up as humans, and that means doing our own healing work first.

Our team is made up of experienced therapists and support staff who genuinely care about the work, and each other. We’re led by our Director, who holds the vision of a practice where therapists feel grounded, resourced, open to growth, and free to bring their full selves to their work.

We are currently seeking an experienced, trauma-informed psychotherapist who is looking for a longer-term clinical home and is available to build toward a sustainable caseload of approximately 15–25 client hours per week. This role is especially well suited to a therapist with experience in some or all of complex trauma, women’s mental health, relational healing, identity, embodiment, somatic work, parenting support, couples work, and/or LGBTQ+ affirming therapy.

We are especially interested in applicants who are looking for a longer-term clinical home; someone who wants to grow with CPYC over time, build a stable caseload, contribute to the culture of the practice, and become a trusted part of our community.

What We Offer You

• Practice support:
We handle the administrative systems, including Jane App, billing, scheduling support, policies, and practice infrastructure, so you can focus on your clinical work.
• Collaborative marketing support:
We offer a strong web presence, social media support, networking, brand recognition, therapy directories, Google Ads, positioning, and marketing strategy. You bring your ability to communicate your unique voice, offering, clinical strengths, and gifts.
• Referral pathways and caseload-building support:
We actively invest in referral pathways, community relationships, SEO, GEO, Google Ads, directory presence, and strategic positioning to support therapist caseload growth.
• Team culture:
We offer monthly peer consultation, administrative trainings, Director support meetings, in-house continuing education, optional clinical supervision/consultation opportunities, and an end-of-year team celebration.
• Furnished therapy offices:
Our offices are welcoming, private, and fully equipped.
• Flexible office availability:
We currently have weekday office availability for a therapist building a full roster. Weekend office times are also available if preferred, but weekend work is not mandatory.
• Compensation structure:
Compensation is based on a contractor percentage split, with opportunities for increased earning as caseload grows and practice targets are met. Compensation is discussed in the second interview.

Who You Are

You are a grounded, self-aware therapist who values personal and professional growth. You work with integrity, offer depth to your clients, and thrive in a flexible, collaborative environment.

You are a self-directed clinician who can manage your responsibilities independently while also staying connected, communicative, and responsive within a team structure.

You have done, and continue to do, your own personal deep healing work. You are always developing your psychotherapy knowledge through personal practice, clinical learning, supervision, consultation, and self-reflection. You take your own medicine; you do your own therapy. You bring authenticity, self-responsibility, self-awareness, and embodied presence to your practice. You can hold space for others because you have done the courageous work of holding space for yourself.

You value honest, direct communication and are open to the process of relational repair with both clients and colleagues. You understand that conflict, when navigated with care and humility, can lead to deeper trust and growth.

You are open to feedback and committed to self-inquiry. You embody trauma-informed, relational therapy; communicate with clarity, care, and directness; remain available for repair and non-defensive reflection; understand theory and use it to guide clinical decisions; and can balance independence with genuine team connection. You feel aligned with a practice that honours emotional, somatic, relational, and embodied spiritual healing.

You do not just use psychotherapeutic techniques — you embody them. You can clearly conceptualize client challenges through a grounded, trauma-focused theoretical lens and are confident applying your chosen frameworks to clinical work.

You understand the importance of consistency, therapeutic momentum, booking forward, and building a stable therapeutic frame over time.
You are willing to become visible in the community in ways that feel authentic to you, including contributing written content, video content, participating in outreach, and helping potential clients understand who you are and how you work.

Part of your journey to becoming the psychotherapist and person you are today, with all these gifts to share, is the work you have done to get here and the experiences you have endured and learned from. We value what you have invested in yourself.

Clinical Fit

We are especially seeking a therapist with experience in complex trauma, women’s mental health, relational wounds, identity, embodiment, life transitions, and depth-oriented psychotherapy.

We are particularly interested in clinicians whose work overlaps with women’s mental health, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy, complex trauma, relational wounds, parenting support, couples work, identity, embodiment, and major life transitions. You do not need to specialize in every area listed, but experience, comfort, and genuine interest in these populations will strengthen your application.

This role is best suited to someone who wants to build a meaningful, longer-term place within CPYC — someone who is interested in developing a stable caseload, contributing to the culture of the practice, and becoming a trusted part of our clinical community.

This role may not be the right fit if you are looking for a highly independent room-rental arrangement, are not interested in team participation or marketing collaboration, prefer to work entirely outside of a shared clinical culture, or are not open to feedback, consultation, and ongoing professional growth.

Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be responsible for:

• Providing trauma-focused psychotherapy services, including individual, couples, family, or group therapy based on experience and fit.
• Building toward a sustainable caseload of approximately 15–25 client hours per week over time.
• Offering a consistent weekly schedule based on office availability, client demand, and your own clinical capacity.
• Conducting intake, case conceptualization, and treatment planning.
• Maintaining timely clinical notes and ethical documentation standards.
• Participating in 15-minute discovery calls with potential clients to offer a personal, human-centred experience.
• Maintaining appropriate clinical supervision or consultation with a supervisor/consultant of your choice, in accordance with your regulatory college and clinical needs.
• Responding to administrative and marketing team requests related to scheduling, content, or client communication in a timely manner.
• Completing CPYC onboarding and orientation.
• Participating in ongoing administrative training.
• Contributing occasional marketing content or clinical reflections to support your visibility and client fit, with support from the CPYC team.
• Engaging with the community through occasional workshops, outreach opportunities, or collaborative events.
• Managing direct client contact, including promptly responding to voicemail, email, and other client communication.
• Providing treatment summaries to physicians when clinically appropriate.
• Providing treatment plans, treatment summaries, letters of support, or reports at client request, within your scope of practice.
• Participating in the CPYC therapist community through peer consultation, administrative trainings, Director check-ins, continuing education opportunities, and occasional team gatherings.

Qualifications & Experience

Applicants should have:

• • Full registration and good standing with a regulatory college in Ontario, such as CRPO, OCSWSSW, or another relevant regulatory body.
  • A relevant graduate degree, psychotherapy diploma, or equivalent recognized psychotherapy training.
  • A minimum of 1–5 years of clinical experience.
  • At least 100 hours of personal psychotherapy.
  • At least 100 hours of clinical supervision.
  • At least 1000 hours of client contact hours practicing psychotherapy.
  • Experience working with trauma-focused theories and/or modalities such as CRM, TIST, EMDR, IFS, DBR, Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, or related approaches.
  • Relational psychotherapy training and fluency, such as Relational Psychotherapy, Self Psychology, Intersubjective Theory, Feminist Relational Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, Object Relations, or related approaches.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • The ability to navigate therapeutic rupture and repair with clients and colleagues.
  • A strong ability to conceptualize clients using a coherent theoretical orientation.
  • Experience, comfort, or genuine interest in working with women’s mental health, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy, parenting support, couples work, identity, relational healing, complex trauma, embodiment, and/or major life transitions.
  • Must be able to reliably commute to Collingwood including in winter driving conditions. 

Anticipated Hiring Timeline

We are hoping to receive applications through May and June.

First and second interviews will likely take place in June and July.

We anticipate onboarding beginning in July/August and may continue through mid- to late September depending on hiring date.

The successful applicant would ideally begin seeing clients sometime in July- September to early October, depending on onboarding, availability, fit, and readiness.

We are willing to wait for the right person and are most interested in finding a therapist who is a strong long-term fit for CPYC.

Required Documents Upon Hiring

The successful applicant will be required to provide:

• • Clear Vulnerable Sector Check.
  • Proof of professional liability insurance.
  • Proof of general liability insurance.
  • Relevant degree, diploma, or training documentation.
  • Confirmation of registration and good standing with their regulatory college (CRPO, OCSWSSW, CPBAO etc).

To Apply

Submit your resume, availability (especially weekends), and a cover letter (required) explaining why CPYC resonates with you on the form below.

Our hiring process involves at least 2 interviews, personality tests and 3 strong references.

Please note: We do not accept applications submitted without a cover letter.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are only able to contact those who have been shortlisted. If you do not hear from us within 15 business days, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

CPYC is committed to fostering an inclusive, flexible, and meaningful practice space for therapists and clients alike.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA}, CPYC strives to ensure that all recruiting processes are nondiscriminatory and barrier-free. If you require an accommodation, please advise in advance of attending the interview.

We’d love to hear from you. Read all about or Recruitment Process here.