BC Psychotherapist Exam Lab · in planning

    Getting licensed as a psychotherapist in BC, and preparing for it

    British Columbia is regulating psychotherapists, with licences required by 29 November 2027. The entry requirements, including any exam, are not set yet. Join the list and we will prepare you for them as soon as they are published.

    No launch date and no price: the rules are not out yet. Independent of the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC.

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    What is known

    As the College describes it. The College decides what applies to you.

    1. 29 November 2027

      Psychotherapists in British Columbia must be licensed by the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC, as mandated by the Ministry of Health.

    2. Requirements

      The entry-to-practice requirements, including education and examination, have not been established yet. The College will publish them through its bylaw amendment and consultation process.

    3. Who it affects

      The College counts over 10,000 providers offering unregulated counselling services in BC today.

    CHCPBC: regulating psychotherapists(opens in a new tab)

    What we would build

    A plan, not a promise: it waits for BC’s rules.

    1. Ready when the rules are

      We follow the College’s consultations and start the moment the requirements are published. Everyone on the list hears first.

    2. Practice in BC’s own format

      Original practice written for BC’s requirements and law, never from recalled exam items.

    3. A head start on the case format

      Our CRPO Exam Lab already trains the case-based COMPASS exam used in Ontario and PEI, with an AI study guide.

    4. English and French

      On a phone, tablet or computer.

    See the case format now: the CRPO Exam Lab’s free practice test (Ontario law)

    Questions

    About BC licensing and our plans.

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