Thriving Family
Thriving Family Co. – www.thrivingfamilyco.com
Location: Virtual clinic, with in-person potential opportunities within Mississauga, Oakville, Milton and surrounding areas
Description of the practicum site and student activities:
Thriving Family Co. – is a primarily virtual group practice with a focus on serving Ontario families in the early years of growing a family. Specifically, we support parents with infant and toddler sleep consultations from an attachment/responsive parenting lens along with perinatal mental health – mostly with mothers/primary caregiver – around postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, triggers from childhood trauma that surface as a parent, emotional regulation. We also specialize in providing holistic support for fussy babies and babies experiencing reflux.
An additional area of focus is supporting neurodivergent families and offering ADHD adapted therapy for individuals and couples, parenting coaching for children (including neurodivergent children).
Services offered include individual, couple and group therapy, fertility support, occupational therapy support for sensory processing differences and more.
We are a growing practice and see a large gap in supporting parents with navigating the service systems
Direct Service Delivery/Interventions/Working with Recipients of Service:
Conduct intake/needs assessments
Provide resources and referral information
Hold responsibility for a defined caseload/case management
Develop, promote, plan and/or (co)facilitate educational groups or workshops
Apply best practices as outlined by the organization
Interprofessional collaboration:
Attend staff/administrative meetings
Collaborate on organization’s projects
Consult and collaborate with professionals from other disciplines
Advocate for the client system
Participate, liaise and represent the agency at community meetings or plan of care meetings or task groups
Complete outreach to other service providers working with the same population
Indirect Service Delivery:
Prepare and maintain case notes, reports, statistics which meet the organization’s accountability guidelines
Contribute to research and other organizational initiatives
Develop skills in cross-cultural/spiritual competence
Develop, plan and implement prevention activities and programs
Other Activities
In terms of activities they would be completing during the practicum, here are the likely possibilities: – Completing clinical intakes and assessments for therapy and child sleep consultation clients – Providing counselling to clients in the perinatal period (prior to, during pregnancy and postpartum) – Providing parent coaching from a responsive/gentle/connected parenting model – Supporting families where one or more family member may be neurodivergent – be open to learning about working with such a population – Completing documentation for client sessions in a timely manner – Co-facilitating psycho-ed or therapy groups for moms – Supporting the development and refinement of curriculum for such groups – Completing administrative tasks as required and supporting with the marketing and outreach aspects of running a practice – such as ideas for social media content, blog posts and more
Practicum Requirements:
☒ Police Reference/Vulnerable Sector Check
☒ Comfort working with the population being served
☒ Lived experience/Current member of the community being served – this is not a requirement, but being a parent yourself and/or a neurodivergent individual is an asset
☒ Evening attendance
☒ Weekend attendance – occasional
Does your practicum require any previous experience?
No, however previous experience in client facing or customer service roles are helpful foundations to have. The student should have an interest in learning more about perinatal mental health, therapy for neurodivergent individuals, emotionally focused therapy, IFS and other body based approaches to therapy. It’s a bonus if the student is also interested in learning about infant and child sleep support.
Is this practicum in-person, remote or hybrid?
This practicum is remote (unless you live in the geographic areas mentioned above)
Will this practicum involve direct work or a mix of direct and indirect?
Yes, the practicum will involve both indirect and direct client work.
Number of practicums offered: 1
Field Instructor name and credentials: Fahreen Jeshani MSW, RSW
Certified Attached at the Heart Parenting Educator
Matrescence Educato
EFT Couples Therapist – Level 2
Infant and Child Sleep Specialist
Perinatal Mental Health Therapist
Application deadline:
September 29, 2025
Do you require a resume? Or resume and cover letter?
– Yes a resume and a cover letter.
Accessibility Considerations:
- Will the student have access to a private space for notes or computer use? Yes
- Are there breaks between clients/patients/meetings? Sometimes
- Is the practicum considered fast-paced? Medium
- Is there a high noise level in the practicum? Low
- Is the site wheelchair accessible? Click to Select
- What are the physical demands of the practicum? – There are no physical demands
- Are there any other accessibility considerations that potential applicants with disabilities should be aware of?
If you are interested in this practicum, please send a cover letter and resume to miri.ben.dat@utoronto.ca by 4pm on September 29, 2025. Applications will be sent to the site.