Careers & Training

Training and Career Opportunities

Gilmour offers training in psychological assessment for treatment, psycho-diagnostic, and psycho-educational purposes. 

Practicum students

Train at GPS while doing your Ph.D. in a clinical psychology program.

Supervised Practice

Work at GPS while doing your board exams necessary for your CPO registration as an autonomous practitioner.

Supervisors for Supervised Practice

Dr. Iris Jackson, C.Psych.

20 Sep, 2022
Dr. Jackson has focused on adult psychotherapy with individuals and couples since she opened her practice in Ottawa in 1981. She also conducts psychological testing of adults including psychological-legal assessments for specific types of civil, criminal and family law matters.

Dr. Deanna Drahovzal, C.Psych.

09 Sep, 2022
Dr. Drahovzal provides psychotherapy and assessment services to children, adults, couples, and families at Gilmour Psychological Services® in Ottawa.

Dr. Delyana Miller, C. Psych.

30 Aug, 2022
Dr. Miller’s theoretical orientation integrates interpersonal, cognitive behavioural, schema-focused and mindfulness-based approaches in helping clients develop an increased awareness of the factors that cause and maintain their difficulties. She guides them towards achieving their goals and making positive changes in their lives.

Dr. Angelina Chupetlovska, C.Psych., FIPA

28 Aug, 2022
Dr. Angelina Chupetlovska provides treatment to children, adolescents, adults and families. She also conducts child custody and access assessments. In her psychotherapy orientation Dr. Chupetlovska brings together aspects from the psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, rational-emotive, and humanistic approaches.

Dr. Emma Dargie, C.Psych.

22 Aug, 2022
Dr. Dargie maintains a client-centered, evidence-based, sex-positive, LGBTQ-positive approach to psychotherapy. She provides individual and couple therapy to Anglophone adults experiencing a wide variety of challenges and circumstances

Dr. Jennifer Fernie, C.Psych.

08 Aug, 2021
Dr. Fernie has worked extensively with childhood trauma and personality difficulties. Dr. Fernie has also worked with people who needed treatment overcoming single incident traumas, interpersonal difficulties, mood disorders (including anxiety and depression), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), self-esteem, stress and other major mental health issues. She is experienced in assessing and developing individualised treatment plans collaboratively with clients. Her therapy choices are client dependent and she uses an integrated approach.

Training Philosophy

Our philosophy revolves around providing the highest quality service and supervision to clients and students. 

Training Goals

Our Practicum Training Program is designed with training goals in line with CPO areas of competency.

Reinforce and practice evidence-based clinical assessment, conceptualization, report-writing, intervention, and progress monitoring.

Expand knowledge of sexual health/function, couple/relationship issues, and LGBTQ+ issues, and how to integrate this knowledge into clinical practice (for Dr. Dargie’s placement).

Expand knowledge and practice of assessment tools, assessment models and approaches, effort and validity testing, and differential diagnosis (for Dr. Drahovzal’s placement).

Expand knowledge of the impacts of cultural context on our assessments, case conceptualization and interventions with clients.

Build working knowledge of how to maintain ethical and efficient services within private practice, including issues related to confidentiality, security of records, setting appropriate boundaries, working with contracted psychometrists, etc.

Strengthen sense of professionalism, professional identity, personal process, and self-care.

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