Join Our Team
As a therapist at our clinic, you will provide therapy to teens and young adults across a variety of presenting concerns. Your caseload may include clients seeking support for anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationships, stress, life transitions, trauma, emotional regulation, and other mental health challenges.
While you will work with clients across many areas of mental health, we are specifically looking for a clinician who brings a strong passion and expertise in supporting high-performing teen athletes. This therapist will serve as a key resource within our practice for adolescent athletes and their families, offering both evidence-based therapy and mental performance coaching to help young athletes excel both on and off the field.
This position is ideal for someone who wants the variety of a general therapy caseload while becoming known for a specialized area of practice in youth athlete mental health.
Responsibilities
- Provide individual therapy to teens, young adults, and families across a range of mental health concerns
- Develop a specialty caseload of adolescent athletes (approximately ages 10–20)
- Deliver evidence-based mental performance coaching focused on:
- Confidence and self-belief
- Managing performance anxiety
- Mental resilience and emotional regulation
- Focus and concentration
- Motivation and goal setting
- Coping with mistakes and setbacks
- Managing pressure and expectations
- Identity beyond sport
- Returning to play following injury
- Support athletes experiencing concerns such as anxiety, depression, perfectionism, burnout, low self-esteem, stress, grief, or life transitions
- Partner with parents by providing guidance, coaching, and psychoeducation to help them effectively support their child's mental health and athletic development
- Facilitate parent sessions focused on communication, emotional support, healthy expectations, and navigating the demands of youth sport
- Collaborate with coaches and other professionals (when appropriate and with client consent)
- Develop individualized treatment plans and monitor client progress
- Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation
- Participate in clinical consultation, supervision, and ongoing professional development
- Contribute to workshops, presentations, or educational resources related to youth mental health, parenting, or sport performance (an asset)
Qualifications
Required
- Registered or licensed therapist in good standing with their professional regulatory college (e.g., Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Social Worker, Psychologist, or equivalent)
- Master's degree in counselling, psychology, social work, or a related mental health discipline
- Experience providing therapy youth, and/or families
- Strong clinical assessment, treatment planning, and documentation skills
- Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
- A genuine interest in supporting adolescent development and mental well-being
Preferred
- Experience working with competitive or elite youth athletes
- Training or certification in Mental Performance Consulting, Sport Psychology, or Mental Performance Coaching
- Experience supporting athletes with:
- Performance anxiety
- Perfectionism
- Burnout
- Injury recovery
- Confidence challenges
- Sport-related identity concerns
- Experience facilitating parent coaching or family sessions
- Familiarity with CBT, ACT, DBT-informed interventions, Solution-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, or other evidence-based approaches
- Experience delivering workshops or group programming
The Ideal Candidate
You are someone who enjoys supporting clients through a wide variety of mental health concerns while bringing a unique passion for working with young athletes.
You understand the culture and demands of competitive sport and believe that mental health and performance go hand in hand. Whether helping an athlete manage performance anxiety, navigate injury recovery, build confidence, or find balance beyond their sport, you are committed to helping them develop the skills they need to succeed in every area of life.
You also recognize the important role parents play in a young athlete's journey and feel confident providing guidance that strengthens family relationships and supports healthy development.
Above all, you are a collaborative, compassionate clinician who values inclusive, evidence-based, client-centred care and is excited to help grow this specialty within our practice.
What We Offer
- Flexible scheduling
- Administrative and intake support
- Ongoing clinical consultation and collaboration
- Opportunities to develop and lead specialty programming, workshops, and community presentations
- Marketing support to help build your caseload, including promotion of your athlete specialty
- A collaborative, supportive, and multidisciplinary clinical team
- Opportunities for professional growth and leadership within a growing practice
Who You Will Help
Our clients come from diverse backgrounds and seek support for a wide range of mental health concerns. Among them are ambitious young athletes striving for excellence in competitive sport while navigating the challenges of adolescence.
Through therapy, mental performance coaching, and collaboration with parents, you will help these athletes build confidence, resilience, emotional well-being, and lifelong skills that extend far beyond the field, court, rink, or track.
If you are passionate about supporting people through all stages of life while developing a recognized specialty in youth athlete mental health, we would love to hear from you.
Pay: From $225.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON
