This internship program is designed for students enrolled in a graduate institution, pursuing licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

 

Counseling Interns will be responsible for managing a caseload of at least 10 clients per week; this includes scheduling and conducting individual therapy sessions, administering assessments, developing treatment plans, completing documentation, and maintaining client records. Interns will also be expected to run and/or co-facilitate a therapy group in alignment with their specific areas of interest and expertise. Interns are expected to engage in ongoing reading and attend specialized trainings to support their learning, and may be eligible for need-based scholarship funding and/or payment plans to make training more accessible.

 

Interns will be able to see clients and run groups in person in our Audubon office, and/or conduct Telehealth sessions through HIPAA-compliant software.

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This program is best-suited to students interested in developing a counseling practice based in attachment science, interpersonal neurobiology, affirmative therapy, somatic mindfulness, and collaborative advocacy. At Heartwise Counseling,  we believe that cognitive behavioral approaches such as DBT, CBT, ACT, and ERP can be an important component of treatment, but we prioritize a bottom-up approach that aims to meet lower-order regulatory and relational needs prior to utilizing cortex-based interventions. Students who are interested in focusing solely on cognitive, behavioral, and/or solution-focused techniques (ABA, SFBT, REBT, CBT, ERP, DBT) will not be a good fit for this program.