Edmonton Cross-Specialty Psychology Residency Consortium (ECPRC)
The Edmonton Cross-Specialty Psychology (ECPRC) Residency Consortium is located in the greater area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – a large city with a metropolitan population of over 1.4 million. Edmonton is the fifth largest city in Canada and is situated in central Alberta along the North Saskatchewan River.
The ECPRC is delighted to offer a clinical and counselling psychology residency training program hosted by The University of Alberta, Millard Health (WCB Alberta), the YWCA Edmonton, and the Cross Cancer Institute (Alberta Health Services). Our main areas of training focus on clinical and counselling psychology across the lifespan, including specialized training in interventions, formal assessment, and health psychology.
There are five primary training tracks:
- Adult - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology. The Cross Cancer Institute (AHS) residency position focuses on health psychology and counselling/clinical psychology.
- Adult - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology. Millard Health (WCB) offers a residency position focusing on health psychology (including work-focused rehabilitation), counselling/clinical psychology, and general/formal assessment.
- Lifespan - Clinical and Counselling Psychology. The YWCA residency position focuses exclusively on clinical and counselling training. This training position offers skill development in working with individuals across the lifespan, though typically from adolescence onward.
- Lifespan - Clinical and Counselling Psychology. The University of Alberta offers one residency position primarily focusing on counselling/clinical psychology and formal assessment training. This training position offers skill development in working with individuals across the lifespan, including children.
- Early Lifespan – School and Child Clinical Psychology. The University of Alberta offers one residency position primarily focusing on skill development in school and child clinical psychology. This training position offers skill development in working with individuals from early childhood to early adulthood (25 years of age or younger). This position also offers formal assessment training for school and child clinical psychology.
Our training program takes place over 12 months, from September to August, and includes a minimum of 2,000 hours of training. These minimums aim to meet the registration requirements for the College of Alberta Psychologists as well as other jurisdictions in Canada.
Public Disclosure of Resident Applications
* Each site has different compensation and benefits. Please see p. 24 & 25 of the Brochure for more details
Accreditation Through the Canadian Psychological Association
The ECPRC is currently in the process of applying for accreditation via the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). The ECPRC accreditation application was submitted to CPA in the spring of 2023.
We have a virtual site visit scheduled for November 27th & 28th, 2023.
Please be advised that there is no assurance that we will be able to successfully achieve accreditation
For any questions regarding CPA Accreditation, please contact the CPA Accreditation Office: