Opportunity Summary:

This internship experience will provide an opportunity to work with a range of patient populations while developing professional and interpersonal skills needed to become a competent counselor. Students will be under the supervision of a licensed clinical professional counselor and will learn through observation, demonstration, and ongoing feedback to ensure that each individual’s leaning needs can be met fully and in an individual manner. Self-reflection, self-evaluation, and peer critique will further help to advance professional growth and development.

Opportunity time frame:

This is a fall through spring internship. The start date is flexible.

Eligibility requirements:

•Current Student of an accredited Counseling Institution
•Masters or doctoral level student
•Student must be enrolled at an academic Institution that has an existing contract with Sheppard Pratt. 

Learning model:

Day Hospital Service Line is part of the continuum of care. Interns will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team. Supervision is provided in a 1:1 supervision model by a licensed clinical professional counselor.

Student expectations:

Student expectations include self-directed learning; independently seeking learning opportunities and feedback, flexible thinking and adaptability. Readiness to learn from all experiences. Patience and compassion when working with this challenging patient population.

Student tasks:

Student tasks include psychosocial evaluations, group facilitation, treatment planning, discharge planning and crisis counseling.