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Work Experiences

This section features information on internships, practicums and preceptorships offered by Child and Youth Mental Health offices in British Columbia.

For information on regional opportunities, please contact the Regional CYMH Transition Managers as follows:

Fraser Region, Lesley Wolfe, 604 660-0602
Interior Region, Barry Fulton, 250 470-0888
North Region, Yvonne Reid, 250 638-2331
Vancouver Coastal Region, Dianne Wenham, 604 660-0063
Vancouver Island Region, Roxanne Still, 250 952-4707

Current opportunities are listed below.

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program

Saanich Child and Youth Mental Health Services is pleased to offer a pre-doctoral internship program in Clinical Psychology. This one-year training opportunity offers interns in-depth training in community based child and youth mental health through active clinical work, intensive supervision, and interaction with other health professionals. The focus is on developing the intern’s clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis, treatment and consultation. Interns are exposed to a broad variety of child and youth mental health issues and problems, with a wide spectrum of psychopathology.

This internship training program runs from September 1st to August 31st annually. The deadline for applications on our 2010-11 training year is November 15, 2009. For more information on this program read the Pre-Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology handbook.