Students
Student practicum placements
Flora Psychotherapy takes practicum students from accredited counselling and psychotherapy programs. Placements cover virtual work across Ontario and, where suitable, in-person sessions in Midtown Toronto.
The placement
What a placement here looks like
You would be joining a small practice rather than a large clinic, which means close contact with the clinicians you are learning from and a caseload built deliberately rather than handed over in bulk.
The practice works with relationship difficulties and infidelity recovery, anxiety and stress, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy, and health anxiety connected to PCOS, thyroid conditions and Hashimoto’s. Sessions draw on cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and somatic awareness.
Sessions run virtually across Ontario and in person at our Midtown Toronto locations, so placements can be built around what your program requires and what you want experience in.
Supervision
Supervision, stated plainly
Clinical supervision is yours to arrange. You find your own clinical supervisor outside the practice, and that relationship — including its cost — sits between you and them. The practice does not provide clinical supervision and does not cover the fee for it. Please have this in place, or clearly in progress, before you apply.
Site supervision is provided. Day-to-day oversight of your work here: how the practice runs, how clients are held, and someone to bring a question to when one comes up mid-week.
Mentorship is provided, and it is the substance of what you get here. Not only oversight of individual cases, but the wider conversation about the kind of clinician you are becoming: how you think about the work, where your instincts serve you, and what to carry into your own practice afterwards. That is the part a small practice is genuinely better placed to offer than a large one, because you are working alongside the clinicians rather than somewhere down an organisational chart.
Placements are unpaid. Said plainly because you should know before you write an application rather than after. What the placement offers is the supervision, mentorship and caseload described here, and the professional development that comes from working closely with experienced clinicians in the areas you want to practise in.
If that split is different from what your program expects, tell us in your application and we will work out whether it can still fit.
Fit
Who we are looking for
Placements are limited, so fit matters more than volume of experience.
- Currently enrolled in an accredited counselling or psychotherapy program
- Eligible to register with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario on graduating
- Genuinely interested in the areas this practice focuses on, rather than looking for any placement that will do
- Comfortable working online, since a good part of the caseload is virtual
How to apply
Apply by email
Send your application to florapsychotherapy@gmail.com with the subject line Student Practicum Application. Applications are read personally and you will hear back either way.
Please attach:
- Your resume
- A cover letter saying why Flora Psychotherapy in particular, rather than a general placement letter
That button opens your own email app with the subject line already filled in. If it does not, email florapsychotherapy@gmail.com directly and use the subject line Student Practicum Application.
Does the placement have to be in person?
No. A good part of the caseload is virtual across Ontario, so placements can be built largely or entirely online. In-person sessions happen at our Midtown Toronto locations, and many placements mix the two depending on what your program asks for.
Does the practice provide clinical supervision?
No. Clinical supervision is yours to arrange with a supervisor outside the practice, and the cost of it sits with you rather than with us. What the practice does provide is site supervision — day-to-day oversight of your work here — and general mentorship. Please have your clinical supervision arranged, or clearly in progress, before applying.
Are practicum placements paid?
No. Placements here are unpaid, and it is worth knowing that before you apply rather than after. What the placement provides is site supervision, genuine mentorship and a caseload built deliberately around what you want experience in, alongside clinicians you are working with directly rather than at a distance. Clinical supervision remains separate and is arranged and paid for by you.
What kind of clients would I be working with?
The practice focuses on relationship difficulties and infidelity recovery, anxiety and stress, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy, and health anxiety connected to PCOS, thyroid conditions and Hashimoto’s. Sessions draw on cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and somatic awareness.
What should I send with my application?
A resume and a cover letter explaining why you want to complete your placement here specifically, sent to florapsychotherapy@gmail.com with the subject line Student Practicum Application. It also helps to include your program, your placement dates and the hours your program requires.
Questions before you apply?
If you are unsure whether your program or timing fits, ask before writing a full application. A short email is fine and saves everyone time.
Write to florapsychotherapy@gmail.com or use the contact page.