With only two interns per year, you will receive intensive, personalized mentoring 

tailored to your specific professional goals and interests.

Gain realistic exposure to business operations, practice management, and entrepreneurial thinking that characterizes successful private practice.

Experience the future of psychology through our AI-assisted notetaking and assessment tools and evidence-based VR therapy applications.

Develop experience across a full spectrum of psychological services with opportunities to work with individuals across the lifespan, couples and families, comprehensive assessment, short- and long-term intervention, crisis management and consultation. Assessments opportunities could include psychodiagnostics, neuropsychological and psychoeducational cases for a wide range of presenting issues, including ASD, ADHD, and LDs.

Located in Canada's capital, Ottawa provides rich opportunities for multicultural practice with diverse clientele from across the National Capital Region.

Although in-person training is encouraged and the main service delivery model for the internship, virtual services are sometimes best practice or preferred. If interested, interns have the option to work virtually part of the time. 

Many interns find balancing their internship with the pressures of completing their dissertation stressful. At GPS, we would offer 2 hours per week of protected time for dissertation writing should this be of interest to our interns.  

Our internship site is not currently accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). However, we are in the process of developing our program in alignment with CPA standards. We understand that the term “non-accredited” can sound concerning at first, but it is important to know that many excellent training sites begin this way. GPS is a well-established practice, having been supervising, for example psychologists in supervised practice, for over 40 years! We have been hosting practicum students from both local universities as a response to the decrease in training opportunities in our city for students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CPA accreditation is a rigorous and lengthy process that often occurs after an official internship program has been successfully running for several years. In the meantime, students who train at non-accredited sites are still able to complete all necessary requirements for registration in most provinces, particularly when the program follows CPA-aligned standards and is supervised by registered psychologists. We are committed to offering a high-quality internship experience that reflects best practices in supervision, training, and ethical care. We are also happy to support students in understanding how this internship fits with their professional goals and future registration plans.