Shanti Psychotherapy offers subsidized therapy sessions at reduced rates ranging from $60 to $120 per hour to clients facing genuine financial barriers. You receive therapy with qualifying psychotherapists from accredited college and university programs, who are supervised and guided by experienced therapists to ensure you have a high-quality experience equivalent to what you’d get with any other therapist from our team. The next generation of psychotherapists receive real-world experience to practice their clinical skills, an important and meaningful step toward becoming fully licensed therapists.

MTAP Client Eligibility

You may qualify for this subsidy if you are:

• An international student referred through the Student VIP Program.
• A client with a capped annual insurance/benefit allowance (~$500/yr).
• A sliding scale client (via our Basic Sliding Scale tool) needing deeper reduction.
• A university, college, or international student (general).
• Referred by a community group or partner (settlement agency, campus health centre, shelter).
• Referred by RP Mental Health Matters, Laadliyan, or CAS/foster care.
• An Indigenous client not already covered under NIHB.
• A single parent or single-income household.

How MTAP Therapy Works

Once our intake counsellors approve you for this program, we will match you with a qualifying psychotherapist from accredited college and university programs. This next generation of therapists will be supervised and guided by qualified therapists to ensure you have a high-quality experience equivalent to what you’d get with any other therapist on our team. 

Information for Qualifying Therapists

Qualifying psychotherapists may apply to Shanti Therapy for enrollment in this internship program to receive real-world experience and practice your clinical skills, which are important and meaningful steps toward becoming fully licensed therapists.

Internship Program Term

Your internship term is fixed at 9 months and will not auto-renew. We will conduct reviews every three months to ensure you continue to meet our standard of care for this program.

Internship Eligibility

● You must be enrolled in or have graduated from an accredited college or university program.
● You must be registered or eligible as a CRPO Qualifying member or accumulating RSW hours.

Case Load

Shanti’s Intake Counsellors will onboard eligible MTAP clients and match them with you based on the relationship fit. You are expected to provide at least 10 client sessions per week.

Your Training Will Include

● Onboarding to Shanti’s clinical model, documentation & consent standards
● Culturally responsive practice training
● Modality-specific shadowing/workshops; CARES model training where relevant
● Basic business/practice-management training (billing, direct billing, documentation)
● And more

Supervision

You will participate in bi-weekly group supervision meetings to review and discuss your client cases, and receive a 30-minute one-to-one session with Shanti Psychotherapy founder Angie Agrawal Holstein.

What We Provide To Interns

● Access to booking, EMR, and billing platform (the App)
● Marketing/promotion: social media, Google Ads, website, community outreach, print
● Administrative and intake support staff and one App onboarding session
● Billing, collection, and direct-billing on the therapist’s behalf
● Office space for in-person sessions during designated blocks
● Client referrals to build their caseload and professional practice experience while in supervised practice.
● Team experience
● And more

Growing With Us

This Program is how we’re building the next generation of Shanti clinicians! At the end of your internship, we can explore opportunities for you to join our team as Independent Contractors, with compensation terms that are in line with our current team members. You can continue the client relationships and community impact that you build with us.

If you choose to pursue a different path at the end of your term, we hope your experience with us helps as you move forward in your career. We will remain grateful for the time, energy and care you brought to Shanti Psychotherapy.