Practicum Program

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Thank you for your interest in joining the Kiru Psychotherapy Team!

Practicum ProgramWe are proud to announce that we’re Canada’s leading virtual + in-person clinic for Individual, Couple and Family Therapy.

In fact, we are trained and equipped to provide services at our Newmarket, ON clinic, as well as in a virtual setting.

Our mission here at Kiru Psychotherapy Clinic is to disrupt the current delivery of mental health care by making it widely accessible and exceedingly practical.

Operating as an in-person + virtual practice helps us make this mission a reality.

We help our clients build confidence and connection in every area of their lives, and we are so passionate about this work!

We are proud to partner with the following schools as a CRPO approved practicum site for graduate level students:

Yorkville
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Ready To Apply?

If you are ready to move forward and enter our application process, we will need the following 5 items:

  1. A current PDF of your resume + covering letter. Please keep your covering letter concise (1/2 page) so we have a clear understanding of your unique training and experience.
  2. A short, blog-style article outlining your favourite therapeutic modality. Please include 3 tips on how a client might use this particular modality to build confidence. The submission should be less than 1 page.
  3. A short video telling us why you want to become a therapist. The video should be no longer than 2 minutes. It will be up to you to choose software to record and submit your video. Please ensure that the format you choose does not require a login or password for us to access the file. Please do not read from a script; we want to see your natural ability to connect via video.
  4. Complete the Big Five personality test and share your results (https://www.123test.com/personality-test/).
  5. Finally, please complete the brief application form at the link below to better understand your goals for practicum placement:

Please submit all 5 responses in a SINGLE email to hello@kirupsychotherapy.com

People of any race, culture, religion, age, sexual orientation, and gender are encouraged to apply. We are proud to offer a safe and inclusive workspace and continue the work to create more diversity in the field of mental health.

Finally, please note that only candidates that will move ahead in the process will be contacted.

We kindly ask that you refrain from emailing us to follow up on the status of your application.

If you do not hear back from us, we thank you for your time in submitting an application and wish you all the best!

— Kiru Psychotherapy Clinic Team