Independent Contractor Psychotherapist
Part-Time | Hybrid | Orangeville and Virtual in Ontario
Strength Within Psychotherapy is seeking an experienced and independently practicing psychotherapist to join the practice as an independent contractor for approximately 5–10 client hours per week with room to grow.
This is a unique opportunity for a clinician interested in providing both traditional psychotherapy and Movement & Exercise Psychotherapy™ (MEP™). The successful candidate will provide virtual psychotherapy across Ontario and some in-person services at our private gym location in Orangeville.
Strength Within Psychotherapy is beginning a thoughtful expansion of its clinical team. Because this is a highly specialized role, the priority is finding a clinician whose experience, values, and approach align well with the practice rather than filling the position quickly.
About Strength Within Psychotherapy
Strength Within Psychotherapy provides psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families across Ontario.
In addition to traditional psychotherapy, the practice offers Movement & Exercise Psychotherapy™, an experiential approach that thoughtfully integrates psychotherapy with movement, exercise, strength-based activities, and embodied interventions.
MEP™ is provided within a private and supportive gym environment and is tailored to each client’s therapeutic goals, physical abilities, comfort level, and clinical needs.
The Role
The contractor will gradually develop a small caseload based on their availability, clinical experience, areas of competence, client fit, and referral demand.
Responsibilities may include:
- Providing individual psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults
- Providing couples counselling
- Supporting parents and families, where appropriate
- Offering virtual psychotherapy to clients across Ontario
- Providing in-person MEP™ sessions in Orangeville
- Integrating movement, somatic, embodied, or experiential interventions when clinically appropriate
- Completing timely, accurate, and professional clinical documentation
- Maintaining all ethical, privacy, professional, and regulatory requirements
- Collaborating with the practice owner regarding referrals, client fit, risk concerns, and continuity of care
- Participating in monthly group practice consultation meetings
- Maintaining independent clinical judgment and responsibility for all services provided
Required Qualifications
Applicants must:
- Be registered and in good standing as a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, or as a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
- Be authorized to practise psychotherapy independently within their professional scope
- Be responsible for their own clinical supervision if needed
- Hold a recognized Certified Personal Trainer credential
- Carry their own professional liability insurance, and current First Aid/CPR certification.
- Carry any additional insurance required for movement- or fitness-related services within their scope
- Have established experience providing psychotherapy independently
- Have experience or formal training in couples counselling
- Demonstrate strong clinical judgment, professionalism, reliability, and communication
- Be comfortable working independently within an independent contractor arrangement
- Be available to provide some in-person services in Orangeville
- Be interested in integrating movement and exercise into psychotherapy thoughtfully, safely, and within professional scope
Please note that this position is not suitable for RP (Qualifying) applicants.
Preferred Clinical Experience
The ideal applicant will have experience working with several of the following populations or areas of concern:
- Couples and relationship concerns
- Children and adolescents
- Neurodivergent clients, including clients with ADHD, autism, or intellectual and developmental differences
- First responders and frontline professionals
- Anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, burnout, and emotional regulation concerns
- Parents and families
- Clients who may feel uncomfortable with traditional office-based talk therapy
- Clients who benefit from experiential, movement-based, or body-oriented approaches
Training or experience in somatic, embodied, experiential, trauma-informed, or nervous-system-informed psychotherapy is strongly preferred.
Practice Consultation and Collaboration
The successful clinician will participate in monthly group practice consultation meetings.
These meetings will provide an opportunity to discuss:
- Referral and caseload updates
- Client fit and practice capacity
- Practice procedures and documentation expectations
- Continuity-of-care and risk-management concerns
- The delivery and development of MEP™
- Professional collaboration and peer case consultation
As the founder of Movement & Exercise Psychotherapy™, the practice owner will provide orientation, consultation, and ongoing feedback regarding the MEP™ model and its implementation within the practice. These meetings are intended for practice consultation and collaboration and do not constitute clinical supervision. Contractors must be authorized to practice independently and remain responsible for obtaining any external supervision or consultation required by their regulatory college, professional scope, or individual practice needs.
Compensation and Schedule
- Independent contractor, fee-for-service position
- 60/40 fee split in favour of the contractor
- Approximately 5–10 client hours per week
- Hours are based on clinician availability, referrals, client fit, and practice demand
- Flexible hybrid schedule
- Virtual services provided across Ontario
- Some in-person availability required in Orangeville
- Opportunity to gradually increase hours as the practice grows
- Compensation and contract terms reviewed annually
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an experienced clinician who is confident working independently while valuing consultation, collaboration, and connection within a growing practice.
They are warm, adaptable, clinically grounded, and comfortable supporting a varied caseload. They will have particular competence in couples counselling and an interest in working with children, youth, neurodivergent clients, first responders, and clients experiencing trauma-related, mood, anxiety, OCD, or other emotional regulation concerns.
They will also be genuinely interested in moving beyond a traditional office-based model of psychotherapy and incorporating movement, exercise, somatic awareness, and embodied interventions in a clinically appropriate way.
Because MEP™ is a specialized service developed by Strength Within Psychotherapy, the successful clinician will receive orientation and ongoing practice consultation regarding the model, clinical expectations, and use of the in-person gym environment.
How to Apply
Please submit a résumé and brief cover letter outlining:
- Your psychotherapy experience and current areas of clinical practice
- Your experience and training in couples counselling
- Your experience working with children, adolescents, neurodivergent clients, first responders, or trauma-related concerns
- Any training in somatic, embodied, experiential, or movement-based psychotherapy
- Your personal training certification and relevant movement or fitness experience
- Your interest in providing Movement & Exercise Psychotherapy™
- Your availability for virtual and in-person work
- Confirmation that you are authorized to practice independently
- Confirmation that you carry appropriate professional liability insurance
Applications may be submitted through the contact form at:
strengthwithinpsychotherapy.ca
Only applicants who meet both the psychotherapy registration and personal training certification requirements will be considered.
Pay: $120.00-$135.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Application question(s):
- Available for in-person sessions in Orangeville
Licence/Certification:
- Certified Personal Trainer (required)
- CPR Certification (required)
- First Aid Certification (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Orangeville, ON L9W 1P8
