Clinical Counsellor | Parksville Wellness Collective

Parksville Wellness Collective; Parksville; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A wellness collective in Canada seeks experienced clinicians for its unique integrated counselling practice. You will have the opportunity to conduct thorough intake assessments and tailor individual treatment plans, all while supported by a dedicated team handling client communication and scheduling. This role prioritizes depth in therapy over superficial symptom management, allowing you to work flexibly and sustainably. You must be registered with the BCACC and equipped for comprehensive mental health care, offering competitive pay and a rewarding work environment.

Qualifications

• Registered with the BCACC and current liability insurance.
• Experience conducting intake assessments and developing treatment plans.
• Ability to communicate therapeutic concepts clearly to clients.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive intake assessments and individual counselling.
• Develop collaborative treatment plans with measurable outcomes.
• Maintain thorough clinical documentation that meets BCACC standards.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Evidence-informed approaches

Clear communication

Collaborative care

Education

Registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors

Current liability insurance

Job description

Clinical Counselling With the Space to Actually Help

Most counsellors end up in one of two unsustainable situations: agency work where you're managing impossible caseloads with 45-minute sessions and endless paperwork, or solo practice where you're the therapist, marketer, bookkeeper, and insurance biller simultaneously.

We've created a third option.

What Makes This Different

You're joining an integrated wellness collective where clinical counselling can be practiced with the depth, nuance, and time it actually requires. We've built the infrastructure that lets exceptional therapists focus on clinical work while someone else handles everything that isn't directly healing people.

Clinical Practice, Done Properly:

• Session lengths that match client need (50-90 minutes, you determine what each situation requires)
• Collaborate with naturopaths, chiropractors, RMTs, Acupuncturists, and medical aestheticians who understand the mind-body connection
• Build your therapeutic approach based on what works for each client, not agency mandates or insurance restrictions

The Business Infrastructure, Completely Handled:

• Full-time reception managing scheduling, intake coordination, insurance verification, and client communication
• Social Media Marketing
• Online booking with direct billing to extended health plans covering counselling
• Clinical documentation systems that meet regulatory requirements without drowning you in admin
• Secure, PHIPA-compliant client management and billing

Economics That Value Clinical Excellence:

• Competitive compensation structure with transparent benchmarks
• Client base that invests in real therapeutic work, not just crisis management
• Autonomy to recommend session frequency and treatment modality based on clinical judgment
• Caseload flexibility—build at your pace without pressure to max out your schedule

Your Practice, Your Therapeutic Vision:

• Set your own schedule and manage your caseload to prevent burnout (because depleted therapists can't do good work)
• Private counselling rooms designed for safety and confidentiality
• Support that scales with your expertise—whether you want a focused practice or diverse caseload

Who This Is For

You're not looking for a job. You're building a clinical practice. Specifically:

You're clinically grounded. Registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) with current liability insurance. But beyond credentials: you've done your own therapeutic work. You know your triggers, your limitations, your countertransference patterns. You can hold someone else's pain without absorbing it or deflecting it.

You practice depth, not symptom management. You're interested in what's underneath the anxiety, beneath the depression, behind the relationship patterns. You can work with parts, with attachment wounds, with nervous system dysregulation. You understand that insight without embodied change is just intellectual entertainment.

You're trauma-informed without being trauma-obsessed. You can recognize and work with developmental trauma, complex PTSD, and nervous system activation. But you also know when someone just needs practical cognitive tools or when existential work is what's actually needed. You can flex your approach.

You're integrative and evidence-informed. You have your theoretical foundations (CBT, DBT, EMDR, IFS, somatic work, attachment theory—whatever your training), but you're not dogmatic. You use what works for each client. You stay current with research. You're willing to say "I don't know, but let's find out together."

You communicate clearly about the work. Clients understand what you're doing and why. You can explain therapeutic concepts without jargon. You're honest about timelines—you don't promise six sessions will fix complex trauma, but you also don't create dependency. You empower people to do their own healing.

You're collaborative, not territorial. You know when someone needs psychiatric assessment, naturopathic support for hormone dysregulation, or bodywork for trauma stored in tissue. You coordinate care intelligently. You see integrated treatment as enhancing your work, not threatening it.

You're building for sustainability. This isn't a burnout trajectory. You want a caseload that challenges without depleting you. You want clients who do the work between sessions. You want a practice that's financially viable and emotionally sustainable for decades.

What You'll Actually Do

• Conduct comprehensive intake assessments to understand presenting concerns, history, attachment patterns, and treatment goals
• Provide individual counselling using evidence-informed approaches appropriate to each client's needs
• Develop collaborative treatment plans with measurable outcomes and realistic timelines
• Maintain thorough clinical documentation that meets BCACC standards
• Coordinate with other practitioners when clients benefit from integrated care (naturopathy for hormones, bodywork for somatic trauma, chiropractic for nervous system regulation)
• Provide psychoeducation on mental health, coping strategies, and nervous system regulation
• Stay current with research, training, and best practices in your areas of focus
• Participate in peer consultation or clinical supervision as needed

Areas of Focus We're Interested In

(Not required—tell us what you're genuinely passionate about treating)

• Anxiety and depression (root causes, not just symptom management)
• Complex trauma and PTSD
• Attachment wounds and relationship patterns
• Perinatal mental health and postpartum support
• Eating disorders and body image
• ADHD and neurodivergence
• Grief and loss
• Life transitions and identity work
• Chronic illness and pain psychology
• Men's mental health (underserved in our area)
• Whatever your expertise and genuine clinical passion

Location & Culture

Parksville Wellness Collective is located in one of Vancouver Island's most desirable communities—ocean access, natural beauty, and a slower pace that supports the kind of presence therapeutic work requires. Our team is supportive without being enmeshed, professional without being cold. We consult on complex cases. We celebrate clinical breakthroughs. We respect boundaries. We actually like each other.

The clients? They're ready for depth. They're not looking for a Band-Aid—they want to understand and change their patterns. They show up. They do the work between sessions. After nine years and thousands of five-star reviews, we've built a practice that attracts people who value real transformation over quick fixes.

Next Step

Send your CV and Resume to

Email: [e-mail]
Text: 250-954-8206

We review applications as they arrive. Clinical fit matters infinitely more than timing.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $150.00-$160.00 per hour

Work Location: In person