Mental Health Therapist

Thinking about coming home to Nova Scotia or looking for a role where you can practise with greater creativity, collaboration, and support?

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Allied Therapy offers a flexible, growth-focused environment where you can use your clinical training, develop meaningful areas of practice, and help children, teens, adults, and families feel understood and supported.

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Location: Bedford, Nova Scotia, with opportunities to work in the clinic, community, and virtually.

Employment type: We are open to part-time and full-time employment options for the right therapist.

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Why Choose Allied Therapy?

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If you are a mental health professional who provides play therapy or focuses on supporting neurodivergent clients, this is an opportunity to build the kind of practice you envisioned when you entered the profession.

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We know many therapists are asking:

• “Will I have the freedom to practise in a way that reflects my values?”

• “Will I be supported when clients have complex or overlapping needs?”

• “Can I grow my practice without feeling isolated?”

• “Will I be part of a team that genuinely collaborates?”

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At Allied Therapy, you do not have to choose between clinical independence and team support.

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We are building an integrated model where mental health therapy works alongside occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and behaviour therapy. You will have the flexibility to use your professional judgment while benefiting from shared learning, mentorship, and thoughtful collaboration.

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What Makes This Role Different?

• A practice shaped around your strengths: Develop a caseload that reflects your training, interests, professional scope, and preferred populations.

• Flexible service delivery: Work with clients in the clinic, community, and virtually when clinically appropriate.

• Integrated care: Collaborate with occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, board-certified behaviour analysts, and other mental health professionals.

• Neurodivergent-affirming practice: Support clients without treating neurodivergence as something that needs to be corrected or normalized.

• Meaningful professional development: Participate in weekly learning, case consultation, mentorship, and ongoing professional development.

• A growing service area: Help shape how Allied Therapy delivers accessible mental health and play therapy services across Nova Scotia.

• A collaborative workplace: Join a team where your clinical perspective, ideas, boundaries, and contributions are respected.

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What You’ll Be Doing

Depending on your professional background, interests, and scope of practice, you may:

• Provide individual mental health therapy to children, teens, adults, or families.

• Provide registered or certified play therapy to children and youth using developmentally appropriate, relationship-based approaches.

• Support neurodivergent clients experiencing anxiety, emotional regulation challenges, burnout, identity concerns, life transitions, social stress, trauma, or difficulties navigating school, work, and relationships.

• Complete comprehensive intake and clinical assessment processes within your professional scope.

• Develop individualized, collaborative care plans based on each client’s priorities, strengths, communication style, and support needs.

• Use trauma-informed, strengths-based, and neurodivergent-affirming approaches.

• Work collaboratively with parents and caregivers while respecting the client’s voice, autonomy, privacy, and therapeutic relationship.

• Coordinate care with speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, behaviour analysts, physicians, educators, and community providers when appropriate and with consent.

• Maintain accurate, timely, and professional clinical documentation using Jane.

• Participate in weekly professional development, case consultation, and monthly team meetings.

• Contribute to groups, workshops, community education, or resource development based on your interests and experience.

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What We’re Looking For

We are interested in meeting mental health professionals who bring one or both of the following areas of practice:

• Certification in play therapy, with experience providing therapeutic support to children and youth; or

• Licensed Clinical experience supporting neurodivergent teens and adults through affirming mental health therapy.

• Eligible for Certification in Play Therapy as we have our own Certified Play Therapist that can supervise. 

Applicants should have:

• A master’s degree in counselling, counselling psychology, social work, psychotherapy, or another relevant mental health discipline.

• Current registration and good standing with the appropriate Nova Scotia regulatory body or eligibility to become registered before beginning clinical work.

• Training, certification, or meaningful experience relevant to play therapy, neurodivergent-affirming therapy, or both.

• An understanding of autism, ADHD, sensory differences, communication differences, executive functioning, masking, burnout, and the impact of environments on mental health.

• A trauma-informed, client-centred, and strengths-based approach.

• Strong clinical reasoning, communication, collaboration, and professional boundary skills.

• Respect for different communication styles, identities, family structures, cultures, and lived experiences.

• Comfort using electronic records and digital tools such as Jane and Google Workspace.

• A clear Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Check. 

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Additional Skills We Value

The following are welcome but not required:

• Experience supporting children, teens, adults, caregivers, or families.

• Experience with anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation, identity development, caregiver support, or major life transitions.

• Training in modalities that can be adapted for neurodivergent clients rather than applied rigidly.

• Experience facilitating therapeutic groups, caregiver education, or community workshops.

• Fluency in French, Arabic, Cantonese, or another language used within our community.

• Lived experience or perspectives that strengthen culturally responsive, accessible, and inclusive care.

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How You’ll Know You’re Succeeding

• Clients feel safe, respected, understood, and actively involved in their care.

• Your approach reflects each client’s individual goals, communication preferences, identity, and lived experience.

• Families receive practical guidance while the client’s autonomy and therapeutic relationship remain protected.

• You communicate and collaborate effectively with the wider care team when coordinated support is helpful.

• Your documentation is accurate, thoughtful, and completed on time.

• You continue developing your clinical skills while feeling supported, not isolated, in your work.

• Your ideas contribute to the continued development of Allied Therapy’s mental health services.

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Why Allied Therapy Is Different

“I’m comfortable where I am, but I’m not growing.” At Allied Therapy, you will have opportunities to expand your skills, shape your caseload, and contribute to a developing area of care while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries and flexibility.

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“What if I move into private practice and feel isolated?” You will work within a multidisciplinary team that values consultation, shared learning, and coordinated care. You will retain your clinical independence while having trusted colleagues around you.

“Will I be expected to fit clients into one standard approach?” No. We believe effective therapy begins with understanding the individual. You will be supported to adapt your approach to each client’s development, communication, nervous system, identity, culture, and goals.

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“Will I receive meaningful professional support?” Yes. Professional development is built into how we work. Weekly learning, case consultation, mentorship, and opportunities to develop new services are part of the Allied Therapy model.

Start the Conversation

If you are a Registered Play Therapist or clinical mental health professional committed to neurodivergent-affirming care, we would be pleased to hear from you.

To apply, email your résumé and cover letter to info@alliedtherapy.ca. Please tell us about your professional registration, preferred client population, clinical interests, availability, and the type of practice you hope to build.