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About LivLove Clinic

LivLove Clinic is a relational healing practice grounded in the understanding that all healing happens in relationship. With a team of licensed therapists and wellness practitioners, we provide depth-oriented, relationally-focused mental health services that honour the inherent wholeness of every person.

We believe that symptoms arise when we lose connection to our sacred essence, and that unhealthy coping strategies developed to protect against pain can be shifted by accessing inherent internal resources. Our approach recognises that primary relationships contribute to wounds, and that the relationships we create often re-wound us, as well as, give us the opportunity to heal those wounds.

At LivLove Clinic, we exist to support the restoration of coherent relationship — with self, others, environment, and sacred essence. In a world increasingly shaped by AI, we protect what cannot be replicated: human presence, relational depth, and the irreplaceable power of being truly seen.

Contract Summary

LivLove Clinic is seeking an experienced couples therapist to join our team as an independent contractor, providing relationally-focused therapeutic services to couples and partnerships. This role is ideal for clinicians who understand that intimate relationships are where our deepest wounds and greatest healing opportunities exist, and who are committed to working from their own coherent essence.

The successful candidate will approach their work with presence, authenticity, and a deep commitment to honouring the wisdom and internal resources of both partners in relationship.

Here’s What We Offer:

- Competitive compensation $87.50 – $111.00/hr session (min 15 client hrs a week)
- Full office services and dedicated human adminstration support
- Referrals to help you build and grow your caseload
- Regular consultations and team meetings for support and connection
- Ongoing opportunities for professional development and growth
- A modern, light-filled space with free parking

Join a team that’s passionate, collaborative, and invested in your success.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Practice:





- Provide relationally-focused couples therapy using approaches that honour the wholeness of both partners
- Support couples experiencing relationship conflicts, communication breakdowns, infidelity, intimacy issues, and life transitions
- Work from a foundation that both partners are inherently whole and resourced, not broken
- Help couples recognise and shift relational patterns that create disconnection
- Support partners in accessing vulnerability, authenticity, and emotional intimacy
- Practice from trauma-informed, relationally-attuned, and presence-based care principles

Client Empowerment:

- Provide exceptional relationally-focused couples therapy services, helping partners restore coherent relationship with themselves and each other
- Collaborate with our multidisciplinary team of licensed therapists
- Participate in team consultation and collaborative care approaches
- Work with a dynamic team of therapists, sharing insights and strategies to continually enhance our depth-oriented services and outcomes

Professional Development:

- Benefit from ongoing professional development opportunities, including specialised training in relational and somatic approaches
- Access to ongoing training opportunities in Restorative Coherence Practice methodologies

Administrative:

- Maintain timely, respectful clinical documentation aligned with practice standards

Key Characteristics

- Relationally-attuned : Demonstrates capacity to create genuine therapeutic connection and hold space for authentic expression
- Trauma-informed and resource-oriented : Understands trauma as disconnection and believes in clients’ inherent capacity to heal
- Presence-based : Works from embodied awareness and authentic connection rather than technique-driven approaches
- Wholeness-oriented : Sees clients as inherently resourced rather than pathologised
- Collaborative and humble : Works in partnership with clients and honours their internal wisdom
- Growth-committed :



Engaged in their own ongoing healing and professional development
- Emotionally regulated : Maintains grounded presence when working with intense emotions and trauma
- Authentic and vulnerable : Comfortable with genuine human connection within professional boundaries
- Systems-aware : Understands how relational patterns impact all areas of life

Qualifications

Education & Licensing:

- Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, Counselling, Social Work, or related clinical field
- Hold a qualifying or full membership in psychotherapy, social work, or psychology and be registered in positive standing with relevant regulatory bodies (CRPO, OCSWSSW, etc.)

Experience & Expertise:

- Extensive experience providing couples/relationship therapy services
- Strong understanding of attachment theory and trauma’s impact on intimate relationships
- Training or experience in evidence-based couples therapy modalities (EFT, Gottman, Imago, etc.)

Personal Qualities:

- Genuine desire and ability to help couples and deep commitment to honouring both partners’ inherent wholeness and wisdom
- Engaged in own ongoing healing and professional development
- Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and contribute to supportive team environment
- Strong interpersonal, clinical, and organisational skills
- Ability to work independently while remaining connected to team collaboration
- Knowledge and ability to use Google Suite and Jane Scheduling software
- Proficiency with electronic documentation systems

Strongly Preferred

- Experience with sexual intimacy and betrayal trauma issues
- Training in somatic or body-based couples work
- Personal couples therapy experience and ongoing commitment to relational growth

Ready to Join Us?

If you’re a dedicated therapist ready to practice from your authentic essence and support profound relational healing, we’d love to hear from you!

Pay: $87.50 – $111.00/hr session based on experience and credentials. Minimum 15 client hrs a week as an Independent Contractor.

Work Location: In-person and virtual sessions available at Owen Sound, Ontario and Port Elgin, Ontario locations

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📌 Couples Therapist (Independent Contractor) (Owen Sound)
🏢 LivLove
📍 Owen Sound