The BREM Program is designed for immigrant professionals who have:

• Post-secondary education in psychology or a related field where a significant component is mental health (e.g., counselling, social work, medicine with specialization in psychiatry or psychotherapy, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy focusing on mental health, divinity counselling, etc).

• The applicant’s post-secondary education must be evaluated as equivalent to a four-year Canadian Bachelor’s Degree, at the minimum.

​​Note: Applicants with a degree in medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, divinity, education and any other degree that isn’t directly related to psychology, must have a significant educational component related to mental health (minimum 100 hours). ​

• A minimum of two years of relevant work experience in psychotherapy, counselling or community mental health outside of Canada.

• Sufficient language skills (across all four language domains – reading, writing, listening, speaking) based on the following examinations (or equivalent):

  • CLBPT – score of 7

  • TOEFL score of 80

  • IELTS score of 6.5

  • CELBAN score of 7

• Immigration status: Refugee Claimant with work permit, Convention Refugee, Permanent Resident, Canadian Citizen.

For eligibility requirements for the Applied Psychotherapy Practice in Ontario class, click below.