we’re LOOKING FOR NEW CLINICIANS TO JOIN OUR TEAM!
Allura Sex Therapy Centre is BC’s leading trauma-informed therapy practice that exclusively focuses on sex, sexuality, and relationships. We are passionate about providing exceptional attachment-focused sex therapy services with additional focuses in relationship and trauma therapy, providing a supportive environment for both clients and team members.
We have 2 locations in BC: one in beautiful Downtown Vancouver and another in the quiet community of Oak Bay in Victoria, BC; our services extend virtually across BC and Canada (unregulated provinces only).
Are you the candidate we’ve been looking for?
You are a passionate, mature, and self-assured trauma-informed therapist who enjoys working collaboratively and is seeking to grow their clinical skills and expertise. You’re able to put clients at ease upon first meeting, and have a semi-structured approach to your work; you’re able to guide clients through the therapeutic process, building clear assessments and plans of care while ensuring the client(s) feel heard, supported, and validated and have ultimate choice of how the work progresses. You are seeking to be a part of a team that works together, rather than apart, and supports each other to do the best work. Further, you:
are committed to inclusivity and weaving an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens into your practice
have specialized training or experience in sex, couples, or trauma therapy
open to collaboration, growing your case management skills, and want to provide the best care possible
Are we the fit you’ve been looking for?
At Allura, we look to bring together therapists who want to build their practice and develop stellar counselling skills and reputations in the specialty of sex therapy, couples counselling, and trauma work who share our values and vision. This looks like:
Our Team Structure: Joining Allura means opting into a shared ecosystem that supports collaboration, consistency, and client care, despite operating under your own independent practice.
Specialized Expertise & Continuous Growth: we are deeply rooted in sex therapy, couples therapy, and trauma-informed care; we look for tea members who are committed to ongoing professional development and ensuring we are updating our skills and knowledge consistently and wanting to growth as individuals and professionals, both through our in-house opportunities and privately.
Collaborative and Like-minded Community: we work in collaboration with fellow clinical team members to ensure we are able to offer our clients well-rounded support and seamless care; while you may be conducting sessions independently, you feel the support of a team consistently around you.
what we offer
A steady stream of referrals that match your clinical skills and interests
Bi-weekly group consultation with our Clinical Director
Quarterly CE opportunities to update your clinical skills within sex therapy, couples therapy, and trauma therapy
Discounted seats for Allura-sponsored trainings & trainings offered through the Allura Academy
Access to an extensively curated Resource Portal to use for yourself and with clients
Monthly workshops on business & professional development
Flexibility in your schedule to support work-life balance, including hybrid work (in-person and virtual sessions)
Administrative support: reception, online booking, billing, and client care
Opportunities to design and lead programs and groups for clients
Opportunities to become a clinical supervisor
A beautifully designed and welcoming clinic space with everything you need
Competitive fee split, with a higher fee split for AASECT Certified Sex Therapists
The nitty-gritty of who would be a good fit for our clinical team
You must be a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), Registered Social Worker (RSW), or Registered Psychologist (RPsych)
At least 1 year post-masters experience as a counsellor
Experience and training in sex therapy and couples therapy, as well as trauma-informed practices
Strong ability to work with a broad range of sexual, sexuality, intimacy, and relational-based concerns (e.g., sexual functioning issues, BDSM/kink, paraphilias, fetishes, non-monogamy, desire discrepancy, LGBTQ2S+ concerns, trauma, etc.)
Availability for at least 12 clinical hours a week with availability during evenings and/or weekends (you are free to set your own schedule; however, those who have evening & weekend availability will be able to fill up a caseload quickly with lower demand/need for daytime sessions at this time)
Open to working both in-person (either locations) and virtually
Alignment with our team culture, values, and vision
Assets: Those with advanced couples training (EFT Externship/Core Skills, IFIO, Developmental Model Level 1, RLT Level 1&2, Gottman Level 1-3) and/or trauma training (EMDR, IFS, Brainspotting, etc.) will be in higher demand!
Our Values
Collaborative
We work as a collaborative team to provide clients with the best quality care, drive the mission forward, and contribute to our vision.
CURIOSITY
We are willing to be reflective, receive feedback, understand our growth edges and communicate our strengths and growth edges openly and with curiosity; this curiosity extends to clients and remaining curious about who they are.
Pleasure-centered
Good sex is rooted in pleasure – we wholeheartedly believe that moving beyond the symptom and centring pleasure as a part of healing is crucial to fulfilling sexual experiences and well-being.
Secure connection
We understand that relationships are rooted in attachment and we are aware of how attachment influences sexual and relational issues. This goes beyond the therapy space but also how how we show up as a therapist, colleague, and human.
commitment to growth
We aim to continuously grow and improve because clients deserve our best work and we enjoy the work when we feel confident and competent! We engage in monthly learning and education as a team, learning from each other and experts in our field, and pursue ongoing advanced training in sex therapy, relationship counselling, and trauma therapy.
inclusive & anti-oppressive
Every person and part of them is welcome at Allura. We created a safe space for people of all identities, particularly folk who may not feel safe otherwise. LGBTQ+, non-monogamous, kinky, sex workers, BIPOC. Beyond that, we actively challenge injustices and aggression in the system both in and outside of the therapy space while remaining aware of and reflective on our own power & privilege.
Our team acknowledges that we are uninvited settlers on the traditional, stolen, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations, also known as Vancouver, British Columbia. We hold gratitude and awareness of the history of the land and people to whom it belongs to, and are committed to decolonizing our practice as therapists and as humans.
How to Apply
Send an email to Owner & Lead Director, Diana Sadat, at diana@alluracentre.com with the subject “I want to join the Allura team!”. In your email, please include your latest CV and a cover letter letting us know why you want to join our team.
If it’s a fit, you’ll hear back from us shortly with more information about our practice and how we work, as well as an Inquiry Form to complete with some more details about yourself
From there, we’ll set up a clinical interview where we provided you with a case conceptualization prior to the interview and we’ll get to see how you work clinically. Think of this as a conversation to see if our ways of conceptualization will fit together.
Finally, we’ll check in with your references – then, we’ll make an offer if we both feel like we’d be a good fit to work together.
All along the way, we’ll ask you if you’d like to continue – we believe that fit is bi-directional and you need to feel the fit with us as much as we may feel the fit with you. Just like the therapeutic fit, we know that when everyone involved feels aligned, we’ll work best together.