Who We’re Looking For

We’re seeking a trauma therapist who is grounded in anti-oppressive frameworks and who values collective care, curiosity, and ethical relationship-building. You don’t need to know everything, but you must be deeply committed to showing up for survivors, your coworkers, and yourself.

This role might be for you if you

• Know that healing work is political, relational, and not one-size-fits-all

• Can hold grief, rage, resistance, and joy without rushing to “fix”

• Believe rest, boundaries, and consent apply to staff, too

• Are willing to stay in hard conversations with care

• See therapy not only as a service, but as a space to challenge oppressive systems

Qualifications

• Education: A master’s degree in Social Work, Counselling Psychology/Counselling education, Mental Health Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, or equivalent with current or eligible registration with the appropriate professional body.

• Clinical Experience: Minimum two years of providing one-on-one therapy, preferably with survivors of sexualized violence and individuals living with complex trauma, dissociation, and attachment disruptions.

• Critical Analysis of Social Factors: Strong critical analysis of social and cultural factors contributing to sexualized violence and child abuse, with a commitment to anti-oppressive, decolonizing, pro-choice, and feminist practice.

• Therapeutic Modalities: Experience with or interest in Feminist Narrative, EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Compassion-Focused Therapy, CPT, and other body and justice-based approaches.

If you are interested in learning more, please review the full job ad here. 

If your values and vision for a community free of sexual violence aligns with ours, we would like to hear from you! The PEI Rape and Sexual Assault Centre (PEIRSAC) vision is a community where all people feel safe and are free from sexual abuse and assault, and where those who have been affected are supported in their healing.

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WE BELIEVE THAT:

• Prevention of sexual abuse is everyone's responsibility. The community has a responsibility to support survivors in their healing and to work towards ending sexual violence.

• Sexual assault and sexual abuse are crimes that involve control and power.

• Survivors have the right to receive the support they need to heal from abuse.

• The trauma of sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse can severely impact the quality of life for survivors.

• Ensuring confidentiality and respecting the choices of survivors are top priorities.

• Healing that results in long term enhanced quality of life takes time.

• The impacts of sexual assault and childhood abuse permeate all of society. Sexual violence is a systemic issue.

• All survivors deserve access to services.

• Sexual violence will continue until the root causes of violence against women and children are addressed.

• Working collaboratively with the community is essential to address the needs of survivors.