Virtual Practicum Placements

Cambrian Counselling & Wellness accepts Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology & Social Work / Social Service Worker Student Placements three times a year (January, May, September).

We are currently accepting applications for January 2024.

You will:

Develop a set of goals for your practicum, based on your therapeutic interests and the needs of the practice site.

Understanding and implementation of basic talk therapy techniques such as reflection of feeling, reflection of meaning, paraphrasing, and active listening.

Demonstrate and understand cultural competence and social/political issues clients may face including low income, discrimination, racism, and language barriers in order to work with a variety of clientele, in addition to higher socioeconomic status clients.

Be expected to address any issues of safety, harm, or duty to warn at the beginning of each supervision session before case presentations. 50% of the time, raw data such as clinical notes or recordings (audio or video) are expected.

Be provided 1 hour of weekly individual and/or triadic clinical supervision during the entirety of the Practicum, for a minimum total of 30 hours of individual supervision hours.

Requirements:

You must be available 3 days a week (5-hour shifts), including one evening.

Registered and/or in the process of registering as an RP - Qualifying with CRPO (MACP Students only).

Submit the Practicum Application CCW Form.

E-mail info@cambriancw.com your Resume & Proof of Liability Insurance.

Clinical Supervision

The goal of supervision is to promote the development of the Supervisee's professional identity and competence. The Supervisor will help the Supervisee gain knowledge, case conceptualization, and skills within the defined scope of practice. Together the Supervisor and Supervisee will understand ethics, codes, rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines (including consent, confidentiality/ privacy).

Internal Clinical supervision is available online through the Jane App and is covered by Cambrian Counselling and Wellness.

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Your Clinical & Site Supervisor

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Cierra Garrow is a Registered Psychotherapist and a Marriage and Family Therapist with many years of clinical and teaching experience. Cierra’s clinical approach is informed by Emotionally Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Trauma Informed. Cierra is specialized in working with children/youth, families, and couples. Cierra will also incorporate the outdoors, land-based interventions, and creative approaches that meet clients where they are at. Cierra takes a systems perspective to assessment, case conceptualization and collaborative treatment planning.

Cierra uses the Reflective Model of Supervision as the foundation for clinical supervision practice to support clinicians in capacity building, providing space to explore the complexities of their clients’ experiences, and the intended and unintended impacts of our work. She will use solution-focused strategies (asking “what’s going well?” at the beginning of each of our sessions) and encouraged exploration of a wide variety of techniques (“what resources do you and they have access to, to move you closer to your goals?”) to address the wide variety of presenting issues. Cierra believes in the power of connection and focuses on this with her supervisees to support them in their own heart-led practices.

Supervision Training Credentials

Clinical Supervision Specialist Certificate- 45 hours (Online Therapy Institute);
Yorkville University Practicum Supervisors Training;
Approved Yorkville Practicum Supervisor & Approved Practicum Site;
Meets all requirements for CRPO Clinical Supervision;
Ongoing formal and informal peer support;
Ongoing formal supervision of supervision;
Ongoing independent study with structured readings.