Counsellor, Mental Health, Healthcare

Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, The Centre for Student Development and Counselling at Toronto Metropolitan University invites applications for two career-stream positions as Professional Counsellors, effective 11 January 2027, subject to final budgetary approval.

The successful candidates will primarily focus on supporting students in accordance with an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed framework. The Counsellors will provide care for all student populations and will be responsible for: providing single-session appointments and brief therapy; providing individual and group counselling and psychotherapy to students living with the impacts of mental health issues, including but not limited to depression, anxiety, social relationships, eating concerns, trauma, difficult family dynamics;

engaging in community building, program development, and campus-wide initiatives to support student wellbeing on campus; and providing consultative support to university faculty and staff around student mental health needs.

The Counsellor position enhances the student experience at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), and embodies TMU’s commitment to a Whole Campus Whole Health approach to student development, health, and wellness. Counsellors engage in innovative program development and delivery aimed at fostering mental health and wellbeing and resilience in our diverse student population. This includes, but is not limited to working within a stepped care model of service delivery with a mandate to provide community referrals, individual and group psychotherapy, and crisis intervention.

In addition to direct psychotherapy provision, these roles also contain a component of upstream and prevention work in collaboration with other units within the Office of the Vice-Provost, Students (OVPS).

Candidates must hold a minimum Master's degree in Counselling Psychology or Social Work with a minimum of 5 years postgraduate experience in individual therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, and program development
. Candidates holding a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology or a related discipline are also welcome to apply without the minimum 5 years postgraduate experience.

Candidates shall further provide evidence of:

• Dynamic, innovative, evidence-informed counselling with a trauma-informed client-focused approach.
• Strong generalist counselling skills and an ability to work with a diverse client population in a brief/short-term goal-directed therapy practice model.
• Training and demonstrated practice of evidence-based trauma-informed therapeutic modalities such as, but not limited to CPT, DBT, EMDR, IFS, EFT, AEDP.
• Effective use of clinical judgment and decision-making skills to deliver counselling and crisis intervention services for students, including risk-assessment, complex case management, outreach and referrals.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an understanding and use of professional boundaries, roles and responsibilities; and strong collaboration and conflict resolution skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in program development/coordination and developing and delivering community level initiatives.
• An ability to function independently and as part of multiple teams, working with other student well-being staff who will be delivering programs to TMU students.
• An ability to effectively prioritize and ensure the completion of assigned work, to change priorities as the need arises, and to work efficiently.
• Experience or demonstrated capacity to thrive in a post-secondary setting.
• Membership, in good standing, of a regulatory college that is responsible…