THERAPIST ASSOCIATE – EXPERIENTIAL / PROCESS-ORIENTED FOCUS
Wellspring Counselling & Psychotherapy Inc.
Location: Virtual — Serving clients across British Columbia and select Canadian provinces. Associates may also see clients from their own private practice office, if desired.
Type: Independent Contractor — Flexible Hours
Minimum Commitment: Minimum of 10 client hours per week across several different days, in prime hours (for example, evenings and weekends).
MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES
Are you looking to join a dynamic, integrative counselling practice that values depth, authenticity, and meaningful transformation?
Wellspring Counselling & Psychotherapy Inc. is growing, and we are seeking a skilled and experienced Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) or Registered Psychologist (R.Psych) to join our compassionate and professional team.
This is a meaningful opportunity to do deep, transformative therapeutic work with a high degree of autonomy, flexibility, and support from an established and ethical practice.
THE CLINICAL FIT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are especially interested in clinicians with strong grounding in experiential, attachment-based, developmental, relational, and process-oriented psychotherapy.
Preference will be given to clinicians with formal training that included live instruction, supervised practice, and, where applicable, certification in one or more of the following:
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
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Emotion-Focused Therapy (Les Greenberg model)
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Schema Therapy
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Gestalt Therapy
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Coherence Therapy
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Attachment-based approaches
- Neuroscience-informed (e.g., Interpersonal Neurobiology)
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Developmentally informed approaches (e.g., Neufeld)
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Object Relations
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Psychodynamic therapy with a strong experiential, relational, or attachment-focused orientation
COUPLES THERAPY
For clinicians offering couples work, preference will be given to those with formal live and supervised training, and ideally certification, in:
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EFT for Couples
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Imago Relationship Therapy
This role is best suited to therapists who can work beyond purely supportive, psychoeducational, or primarily cognitive approaches and who are comfortable facilitating meaningful emotional and experiential change.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking a counsellor or psychologist who is both clinically skilled and values authenticity, insight, emotional depth, and relational connection in their work.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
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Master’s or Doctoral degree in Counselling Psychology or Clinical Psychology
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Registration in good standing as an RCC (BCACC) or Registered Psychologist (CPBC)
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Strong competence in working with adults, teens, couples, or families
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Comfort and experience with online counselling across British Columbia
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Ability to work independently while also being part of a collaborative and supportive team
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Strong professionalism, ethics, reliability, and clinical judgment
- Experience and proficiency with Janeapp
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Formal training in the modalities used, including live and supervised components rather than self-study alone
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Relevant certifications, or substantial progress toward certification, strongly preferred where applicable
STRONG ASSETS
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Meaningful experience applying experiential and process-oriented methods in actual clinical practice
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Ability to track emotional process, relational dynamics, attachment patterns, developmental themes, and unmet needs in session
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A passion for transformative rather than surface-level work
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Strong ability to facilitate experiential change, not just insight or discussion
- Ability to work independently in managing a caseload of clients in attending to emails and correspondence with clients, clinical and other documentation, and scheduling
WHAT WE OFFER
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70/30 fee split in favour of the associate
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Flexible independent contractor arrangement
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No exclusivity — associates are free to work elsewhere and maintain other professional opportunities
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No long-term commitment required
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Either party may end the arrangement with 30 days’ notice
ABOUT WELLSPRING COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY INC.
Wellspring Counselling & Psychotherapy Inc. is an established, ethical private practice offering high-quality online therapy across British Columbia and other select provinces.
Our mission is to support meaningful, lasting change in the lives of our clients, and that includes supporting our therapists as well.
We value fairness, integrity, professionalism, and sustainability. We are especially interested in clinicians whose work aligns with experiential, emotionally engaged, attachment-informed, and transformation-oriented therapy.
IMPORTANT NOTE
This role is primarily intended for clinicians who already have meaningful formal training in experiential, relational, attachment-based, developmental, or process-oriented psychotherapy.
Applicants whose approach is mainly supportive, psychoeducational, or primarily cognitive, or whose training is based largely on reading, self-study, or unsupervised workshops, are unlikely to be the best fit.
TO APPLY
Please send the following:
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Your resume or CV
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A brief cover letter
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A short summary of your therapeutic approach
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A summary of your formal training, supervised training, and certifications in the modalities you use
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Whether you work with individuals, couples, families, teens, or some combination
We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
How and Where to apply:
TO APPLY
Please send the following:
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Your resume or CV
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A brief cover letter
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A short summary of your therapeutic approach
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A summary of your formal training, supervised training, and certifications in the modalities you use
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Whether you work with individuals, couples, families, teens, or some combination
Please send applications to: [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
https://wellspringcounselling.ca/join-our-team/
Closing Date:
Who are we? Wellspring Counselling & Psychotherapy Inc.
Wellspring Counselling & Psychotherapy Inc. is an established, ethical counselling practice founded by Alistair Gordon, offering high-quality online therapy across British Columbia and select Canadian provinces. We are committed to helping clients create meaningful, lasting change through depth-oriented, experiential, and integrative psychotherapy. Our practice values emotional depth, authenticity, transformation, and clinical excellence. Our team integrates approaches such as Emotion-Focused Therapy, EMDR, Gestalt, Parts Work / IFS, psychodynamic and attachment-informed therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, and CorMorphosis™ Psychotherapy. We provide a supportive, professional environment for therapists who value transformative work and high standards of therapy.
Contact Information:
Alistair Gordon
(604) 468-5811
https://wellspringcounselling.ca/
