COUNSELING & SOCIAL WORK INTERNSHIP
Qualifications – Counseling and social work interns must be enrolled in an accredited master’s Counseling or Social work program to participate in an internship placement at Road Home Program.
Time Commitment – The intern will be at Road Home Program at least 16 hours each week from 9 am to 5 pm. Availability on Wednesdays is required to accommodate didactics and supervision.
Application Requirements - For a complete application, please include a cover letter that describes your careers goals and how Road Home Program can facilitate your continued professional development, CV/resume, and two letters of recommendation.
The bulk of an intern’s time will be spent carrying an OP caseload of eight to ten cases. Road Home Program’s clinic serves veterans and their family members throughout Chicagoland and Illinois. Road Home Program emphasizes the use of short-term evidence-based interventions in individual therapy.
Depending on interest and availability, group psychotherapy is sometimes offered and interns are welcome to co-facilitate a group when available. In the past, Road Home Program has offered groups for MST, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), substance use, sleep hygiene, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills, family support, trauma-informed yoga, art therapy, and mindfulness.
Our IOP differs from many other PTSD programs both in the amount and frequency of trauma-focused treatment, with veterans receiving individual CPT sessions twice per day (i.e., massed-treatment). During the training year, interns can provide short-term interventions focused on MI and DBT skills to support individuals in the IOP. In addition, externs will complete comprehensive intake assessments that include a psychosocial history, self report measures, a records review, and diagnostic interviews for both OP and IOP veterans.
ART THERAPY COUNSELING INTERNSHIP
Qualifications – Art therapy interns must be enrolled in an accredited masters program in Art Therapy (Counseling) to participate in an internship placement at Road Home Program.
Time Commitment – The intern will be at Road Home Program for 16-24 hours each week from 8 am to 4 pm.
Application Requirements - For a complete application, please include a cover letter that describes your careers goals and how Road Home Program can facilitate your continued professional development, CV/resume, and two letters of recommendation.
Half of the internship time will be providing individual art therapy. The expected caseload will be 5-8 clients. Road Home Program’s clinic serves veterans and their family members throughout Chicagoland and Illinois. Road Home Program emphasizes the use of short-term evidence-based interventions in individual therapy.
The other half of the internship time will be co-facilitating outpatient (OP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) art therapy groups. The OP art therapy group runs twice per week and operates in an Open Studio format. The IOP art therapy groups run daily and are an integral part of the overall IOP treatment schedule.
In addition, art therapy interns have the option to complete comprehensive intake assessments that include a psychosocial history, self-report measures, records review, and diagnostic interviews for OP veterans and family members.
Individual supervision is provided on a weekly basis by a Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) who is also licensed in Illinois as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
