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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 Leads as follows:

Fraser Region, Lesley Wolfe, 604 951-5916
Interior Region, Pam Singh, 250 470-0888; Dr. Chuck Geddes (Pre-doctoral psychology internship) 604 392-6715
North Region, Yvonne Reid, 250 638-2331
Vancouver Coastal Region, Olga O'Toole, 604 660-2433
Vancouver Island Region, Roxanne Still, 250 952-4707

Current opportunities are listed below.

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program

The Child and Youth Mental Health Services of both the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser regions have joined together to offer a one-year, pre-doctoral residency in Clinical Psychology. The VCF PRP recently received accreditation through the Canadian Psychological Association. Supervision and training will be provided in the psychological assessment and treatment of children and youth and families within a multidisciplinary community mental health team. Residents are offered a wide variety of settings, from urban to more rural, and will work with children, youth and families facing challenges of varying types and complexity. Students from Counselling, Clinical , and in some cases School Psychology graduate training programs are encouraged to apply.

The Psychology Residency Program runs from September 1st to August 31st annually. The deadline for applications is November 15th. For more information on this program please read the Vancouver Coastal/Fraser Child & Youth Community-Based Psychology Residency Program Handbook.

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 is November 15th. For more information on this program read the Pre-Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology handbook.