Aspire Counselling and Psychology Inc.

The idea of beginning an internship at a place you have never been, and with people you have never met, is terrifying! Adding the fact that I was doing this at the age of 45 was dreadful. Self-doubt began seeping in and I feared that I had made a huge mistake making a career change at this point in my life. THEN there was the fact that I have always had to minimize my personality in professional settings; I was anxious about speaking too fast, or too loud, or being “too much”

The process to become a registered psychologist is neither easy nor expeditious. One must first complete a 4-to-5-year undergraduate degree, followed by a 2-to-3-year master’s degree. This culminates in a 6-month internship before beginning practice as a provisional psychologist. During these 8 years, one of the most stressful experiences was finding a suitable internship site. One must look for a site that is aligned with their professional ambitions in terms of both populat