Practicums

Training Opportunities for Non-Registered Clinicians

Individuals Eligible for Registration with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC

Wise Mind Centre offers clinical supervision to individuals who have obtained their doctoral degree in clinical/counseling psychology and want to start their registration application with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC. All of our former supervisees in this category have stayed on to become associates of the clinic after they become registered with the College. Applicants can request to work with registered psychologists at the clinic whose areas of expertise are compatible with their treatment approach and clinical interests. Preference is given to those who have obtained their doctoral degree and internship training from an accredited graduate program and/or internship site. We are particularly interested in applicants who have had solid training in evidence-based treatments with a behavioral focus (e.g., CBT, DBT, ACT, Prolonged Exposure, E/RP for OCD) and are interested in furthering their training in evidence-based treatment approaches. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. Please submit a letter of interest and CV to Dr. Debbie Leung (info@wisemindcentre.com).

Practicum Description:

This practicum provides supervised training in DBT and other evidence-based treatments for problems such as suicidality, deliberate self-harm, emotion dysregulation, interpersonal difficulties, avoidance behavior, severe anxiety, OCD, shame, and treatment-resistant depression.

Practicum students will have the opportunities to:

• Learn to form diagnostic impressions and make treatment recommendations based on initial assessment
• Gain in-depth understanding of functions and modes of DBT by
  • Providing DBT or DBT-informed individual therapy sessions to 3 to 5 clients
  • Co-leading a DBT skills group for 1.5 (multi-family adolescents) or 2 (adults) hours per week
  • Participating in weekly DBT consultation team meeting
  • Providing phone coaching in between sessions for clients in DBT program
• Learn how to conduct chain analyses
• Learn how to help clients solve their problems by using DBT skills
• Receive weekly supervision from a registered psychologist
• Learn how to manage waitlist for DBT program
• Writing integrated reports (depending on clinic needs and student interest)
• Write one blog article for the clinic website during the first practicum year

Number of positions: Adult track – 1; Adolescent track – 1

Length of Practicum: A minimum of a one-year commitment is required. Longer term preferred.

Start date: September 2026 (option to start earlier)

Trainees will be paid $30 per hour for direct clinical service in the first year.

Please note that we follow the UBC & SFU psychology departments’ practicum application
dates. The application and notification dates are Monday, February 23, 2026 and Monday,
March 23, 2026, respectively.

How to Apply:  If interested, please submit a letter of interest, CV, and 2 letters of recommendation from clinical supervisors to Dr. Leung (debbie@wisemindcentre.com)

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview. Thank you for your interest.