REGULATING PSYCHOLOGISTS IN NOVA SCOTIA SINCE 1980

The program must include practica and/or internship directly supervised by psychologists. While members of other allied regulated professions may serve as secondary supervisors, the primary supervisor(s) must be a psychologist.

The practica must be an organized and integrated component of the graduate training program in psychology. Supervision outside of one’s program does not count.”During my graduate degree, I had two years of practicum where I saw clients at my university and where both of my supervisors were psychologists. If my supervisor at my internship site was a registered psychotherapist, and not a psychologist, is it acceptable to consider my university practicum supervisors as my primary supervisors? 

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The program must include practica and/or internship directly supervised by psychologists. While members of other allied regulated professions may serve as secondary supervisors, the primary supervisor(s) must be a psychologist.

The practica must be an organized and integrated component of the graduate training program in psychology. Supervision outside of one’s program does not count.”During my graduate degree, I had two years of practicum where I saw clients at my university and where both of my supervisors were psychologists. If my supervisor at my internship site was a registered psychotherapist, and not a psychologist, is it acceptable to consider my university practicum supervisors as my primary supervisors? 

Category: Public

To answer your question, NSRP requires the primary supervisor to be a psychologist. If the supervisor of your internship was a psychotherapist, and not a registered psychologist, then the internship would not meet all NSRP requirements.

However, you have noted that your practicum was supervised by psychologists. If you applying to NSRP for registration, then such information should be identified on the verification of practicum form with respect to the practicum. However, the verification of internship form should accurately reflect the qualifications of the primary supervisor which you noted was a psychotherapist.

Reference: 
Practica Supervised by psychotherapist
Posted on December 29, 2021
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