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Counseling & Clinical Internships

Internship Opportunities

Acacia Hospice and Home Care

  • Site Website: http://acaciahospice.org/
  • Location: Burlington, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Lisa Fox
  • Contact Information: lfox@njmasonic.org
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Not accepting interns for 2024
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Interns serve as members of the interdisciplinary team and act as companions and befrienders to our patients. They are patient advocates and are to act as a creative task force to help ensure comfort and care for our patients and their loved ones. This may include services such as music therapy, horticultural therapy, letter writing, verbal wellness checks, assistance with technology, and Veteran support and recognition.
    • Interns take on many roles and can spotlight their interests by working as assistants and shadowing various team members, including administration, office support, marketing, nursing, spiritual care, volunteers, and social work.
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: ~3 months prior to anticipated start of internship
    • Requirements prior to starting the internship: background and reference checks, 2-step PPD, physician clearance

Addictions Treatment FootPrints to Recovery

Advocacy NJ

Anchor House

  • Site Website: https://www.anchorhousenj.org/
  • Location: Trenton, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Claire Walton
  • Contact Information: cwalton@anchorhousenj.org
    • Phone: 609-439-4215 x102
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Interact with clients through personal engagement or entertainment.
    • Sit in on group, individual, and family counseling sessions.
    • Sit in on intakes and evaluations.
    • Participate in staff meetings and trainings.
    • Build rapport with clients who were in the shelter.
    • Shadow/interact with case workers, the clinical director, and the executive director.
    • Help with clerical work such as answering/making phones calls and setting up files.

AOD Office at TCNJ

  • Location: Forcina Hall, TCNJ
  • Site Supervisor: Christopher Freeman
  • Contact Information: freemanc@tcnj.edu
    • Phone: 609-771-2572
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024

CAPS: Anti-Violent Initiatives at TCNJ

  • Site Website: caps.tcnj.edu/get-involved/internships/avi-undergraduate-interns/
  • Location: Ewing, NJ
    • On-campus
  • Site Supervisor: Michelle Lambing
  • Contact Information: michelle.lambing@tcnj.edu
    • Phone: 609-771-2272
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024, Fall 2024
  • Application Process:
    • There are four positions from August until May
    • Application links go live typically in February
    • Group interviews are conducted through March
    • Students are hired in April and given multiple asynchronous training opportunities of the summer.
    • Formal, in person training is scheduled the week before school.
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Check out the website, for specific job functions, depending on the internship position you desire

Career and Community Studies Program at TCNJ

  • Site Website: https:/admissions.tcnj.edu
  • Location: Ewing, NJ
    • On-campus
  • Site Supervisors: Amy K. Schuler, Olivia Sullivan
  • Contact Information: schuler4@tcnj.edu, ccs@tcnj.edu
    • Phone: 609-771-2399
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024
  • Application Process:
    • CCS generally have 3-4 internship positions for Fall/Spring.
    • Must receive the student’s application to become an intern prior to our internal peer support scheduling, which is the end of June/December.
    • Once you submit your application, they will review, meet with the student, and then access scheduling/intern outcomes in August/January.
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Interns must display interest in working with peers who have intellectual disabilities in the academics, vocational, and/or campus life/residential pursuits.
    • CSS looks for students who are respectful to differences, can adapt a peer/peer modeling relationship and are open to training/direction.
    • Requires a high level of patience, flexibility, responsibility, and commitment.
    • All interns must attend the CCS mentor orientation to learn about the program philosophies and student needs.

Center for Integrative Wellness at TCNJ

  • Site Website: https://ciw.tcnj.edu/
  • Location: Ewing, NJ
    • On-campus internship
  • Site Supervisor: Jen Sparks
  • Contact Information: sparks@tcnj.edu
    • Phone: 609-771-2700
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Front desk/reception: check clients in, scheduling, answer phones/forwarding and messages, answer inquiries, etc.
    • Administrative projects
    • Working on social media projects
    • CIW and VOCA AmIOK education, tabling events, and program development
    • Training: Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, trauma-informed care, compassion training, etc.
    • Initial client phone intakes, once trained, will also do in-person initial intakes when appropriate
    • Group work at Christina Seix Academy (in conjunction with graduate clinicians)
    • Group supervision
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadlines: Fall internship – apply by the end of the prior spring semester; Spring internship – apply by November 15th.
    • Requirements prior to starting the internship: Background check, fingerprinting, sex offender registry and 10-panel drug screen

Children’s Home Society of New Jersey

  • Site Website: https://www.chsofnj.org/
  • Location: Trenton, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Taylor Hamilton
  • Contact Information: thamilton@chsofnj.org
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters:

Circle Care Services

  • Location: Highland, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Colleen Cook
  • Contact Information: colleenc221@gmail.com
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024

CONTACT of Mercer County, NJ

  • Site Website: http://contactofmercer.org/internships/
  • Location: Pennington, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Andrew Millin
  • Contact Information: internships@contactofmercer.org
    • Phone: 609-306-8160
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Suicide prevention efforts – On-site phone room shifts
    • Additional duties may be explored based on career goals.
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: ~2 months prior to anticipated internship start.
    • Required prior to starting the internship: CONTACT training, background check

Council Rock High School North

CPC Behavioral Healthcare

  • Site Website: https://www.cpcbehavioral.org/internship
  • Location: Aberdeen, Red Bank, and Freehold, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Bonnie Black
  • Contact Information:
    • Phone: 732-842-2000 x 4302
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Not accepting interns for 2024; Inquire in Spring 2024 for 2025 internship
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Active experience in the mental health field
    • Attend staff meetings with mental health professionals including psychiatrists
    • Bi-monthly training sessions on a variety of social work topics

Eden Autism

  • Site Website: https://edenautism.org
  • Location: Princeton, NJ
  • Site Supervisor:
  • Contact Information:
    • Phone: 609-987-0099
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Discrete Trial Teaching
    • Data collection
    • Implementing teaching techniques with students
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: prior to the anticipated semester start date.

Franklin High School

Friends Village

  • Site Website: https://www.friends-village.org/
  • Location: Newtown, PA
  • Site Supervisor: Laura Hornyak
  • Contact Information: LHornyak@fhvpa.org
    • Phone: 215-968-3346
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA

Future Scholars Early Learning Center

  • Site Website: www.futurescholarslearning.com
  • Location: Hainesport, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Jennifer Tenner
  • Contact Information: jennifer@futurescholarslearning.com
    • Phone: 609-518-1333
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Work with children in small and large groups
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: at least two weeks prior to anticipated start.
    • Required: training, background check, fingerprinting

Holisticare Hospice of NJ

  • Site Website: http://www.holisticarehospice.org
  • Location: Tom Rivers, New Jersey
  • Site Supervisor: Vellus Campbell
  • Contact Information: velluscampbell@holisticarehospice.org
    • Phone: 732-731-8100
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024, Fall 2024
  • Essential Job Functions/Professional Characteristics:
    • Provide companionship, socialization, and support to patients and their caregivers in their homes or at a nursing facility, throughout Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties.
    • Shadow Holisticare Staff (Chaplains and Social Workers)
    • Attend team meetings
    • Work with the bereavement department (Grief Group start-up and assistance, Celebration of Live Services, Memorial Services at the nursing facilities we partner with).
    • Assist with patient celebrations/events
    • *Interns who have not dealt with the passing of a loved one within the past year are ideal, due to the nature of the support we provide.
  • Application notes:
    • Step 1: General Paperwork & Documentation, Step 2: Background Check and Drug Screening, Step 3: Orientation, Step 4: Medical Files
    • Recommended application deadline: at least a month prior to the anticipated start date.
    • Must have reliable transportation to drive to the Toms River office along with pts. homes and facilities.
    • Required: Volunteer application/2 references/job description/emergency data/media and disclosure release forms/background check/orientation/medical file completion (includes being COVID 19 vaccinated/2 Step PPD/Tuberculosis test/Health screening/ MMR vaccination), and additional supervisory training.

Kenilworth Public Schools

LifeBack

  • Site Website: www.lifebacknj.com
  • Location: Lawrenceville, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Melissa Straker & Victoria Germano
  • Contact Information: internship@lifebacknj.com
    • Phone: 609-482-3701 x29
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Observe, Co-facilitate, and assist with documentation for group therapy
    • Observe individual therapy sessions (when appropriate)
    • Observe clinical Assessments
    • Attend clinical team meetings
    • Attend group supervision
    • Support clinicians with administrative tasks (progress notes, formulation of treatment plans, etc.)
    • Consultation with task supervisor weekly
    • Develop an understanding of a clinical language.
    • Support clinical director with chart audits and other quality assurance tasks.
    • Develop a clear understanding of clinical compliance
    • Develop a sense of the development of therapeutic alliance
    • Develop an understanding of the “behind the scene” task that supports a successful agency.
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: 2 months prior to the anticipated start date.
    • Requirements: Physical, TB test, MMR records, Background check/fingerprinting/drug screen, on-boarding, and training

Masonic Village

  • Site Website: www.njmasonic.org
  • Location: Burlington, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Christina Wharton, MSW
  • Contact Information: cwharton@njmasonic.org
    • Phone: 609-239-3843
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA

Medallion Care

Millhill Child and Family Development

  • Site Website: https://www.millhillcenter.org
  • Location: Trenton, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Glorivee Gonzalez
  • Contact Information: ggonzalez@millhillcenter.org
    • Phone: 609-989-7333 ext 211
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Observe referral calls, create new client charts, assist with sending records releases/intake packets/other documents to clientele/guardians for authorization/signature, scan and upload client documentation into the corresponding client chart, observe special case review meetings, observe treatment team meetings, and observe group therapy sessions
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: ~4 weeks prior to the anticipated start date.
    • Requirements: Interview, meeting with HR and Clinical onboarding process

Montville Township Public Schools

  • Site Website: montville.net
  • Location: Montville, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Erica Cerillilevine
  • Contact Information: erica.cerillilevine@montville.net
    • Phone: 973-331-7100 x2225
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: at least 4 weeks prior to the anticipated start date.
    • Requirements: background check, board approval

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Mercer County

  • Site Website: https://namimercer.org/get-involved/intern/
  • Location: Hamilton, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Janet Haag
  • Contact Information: jhaag@namimercer.org
    • Phone: 215-595-8087
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Responding to Helpline inquiries
    • Facilitating a support group
    • Making a presentation
    • Helping with special events: Night out with NAMI, NAMIWalks, and Harvest of Hope
    • Managing a social media campaign
    • Writing grants
    • Marketing programs and events
    • Tabling outreach events to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and introduce people to NAMI Mercer
    • Advocating through policy research, communication with legislators, and participation in public hearings
    • Assisting with administrative tasks
    • Maintaining resource library
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: at least 4 weeks prior to the anticipated start date.

National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

  • Site Website: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Site Supervisor: Gabe Gavito
  • Contact Information: ggavito@nationaleatingdisorders.org
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions/Professional Characteristics:
    • High energy, positive attitude, and enthusiasm
    • Meticulous attention to details and strong organizational skills.
    • Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to provide quality customer services
    • Strong computer skills, data entry, basic internet research, and word-processing ability
    • Dependable and self-motivated
    • Able to work effectively as an individual and part of a team
    • Recovery is important to us here at NEDA. We require the applicants with personal experience who are interested in getting involved with NEDA have two years of strong recovery due to the intense and triggering nature of this position.
  • Application notes:
    • Apply through the website as well as submit a resume and cover letter
    • Attend a 30-minute onboarding session
    • Complete 15 hours of self-paced training before beginning the life experience

New Jersey Department of Human Resources

Ninth Grade Academy

North Jersey Friendship House

O’Brien Academy (School Psychology)

Pace Charter School of Hamilton (School Counseling)

    • Site Website: http://pacecharter.com/pcs/
    • Location: Hamilton, NJ
    • Site Supervisor: Wendy Smith & Sara Walsh
    • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024, Fall 2024
    • Contact Information: sbaumgartner@pacecharterschool.org
      • Phone: 609-587-2210
    • Essential Job Functions:
      • Interns will work with students K-6 and on occasion be able to visit our middle school to work with grades 7-8.
      • Interns will shadow our school counselor, assist with group/individual counseling sessions, shadow and teach classroom guidance lesson, and participate in other fair share school responsibilities such as recess supervision.
      • We are looking for interns that can show professionalism in our school, empathy for our students, and genuine caring for the mental health and wellbeing of the school community.
    • Application Notes:

Princeton Child Development Institute

  • Site Website: https://pcdi.org/
  • Location: Princeton, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Christa Kassalow
  • Contact Information: ckassalow@pcdi.org
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Focus on Applied Behavioral Analysis
    • Data collection
    • Curriculum preparation
    • Assisting during group sessions
    • Implementing individualized programs
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: 6-8 weeks prior to the anticipated start date.

Princeton Medical Institute

  • Site Website: https://www.princetonmedicalinstitute.com/job-openings/
  • Location: Princeton, NJ
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Screen participants for study eligibility​
    • Observe TMS sessions and infusions
    • Coordinating and conducting community outreach events
    • Learn how to conduct various cognitive tests used for studies (MMSE, MOCA)
    • Ensure data completeness, maintain research files, providing information to participants regarding research protocols and procedure
    • Conduct standardized research assessments with the participants

Serv Behavioral

  • Site Website: https://www.servbhs.org/
  • Location: NJ sites
  • Site Supervisor: Theresa Lawton
  • Contact Information: tlawton@servbhs.org
    • Phone: 609-662-3163
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Interact with consumers by providing support during groups
    • Act as a co-group facilitator and develop groups if so desired, with staff assistance
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: ~6 weeks prior to the anticipated start date.
    • Required: Online training

Sharon School Elementary-Guidance Department

Social Clubhouse

  • Site Website: http://www.socialclubhouse.info
  • Location: Springfield, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: David Salomone
  • Contact Information: dsalomone@socialclubhouse.info
    • Phone: 862-432-0054
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: TBA
  • Essential Job Functions:
    • Work with consumers – in both group and one-on-one settings
  • Application notes:
    • Recommended application deadline: ~2 weeks prior to the start of the semester.

Stone Bridge Middle School (School Psychology)

  • Site Website: https://sbms.ufrsd.net/
  • Location: Allentown, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Christi Santora
  • Contact Information: SantoraC@ufrsd.net
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters:
  • Essential Job Functions:

Swimming River School, Tinton Falls School District (School Counseling)

The Forum School

  • Site Website: https://theforumschool.com/
  • Location: Waldwick, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Joe Neubert
  • Contact Information: joe.neubert@theforumschool.com
    • Phone: 201-444-5882
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024

VOCA AmIOK Program (Trauma support services, no or limited client contact)

  • *May not meet PSY398 requirements.*
  • Site Website: http://ciw.tcnj.edu/amiok/
  • Location: Ewing, NJ
    • On-campus
  • Site Supervisor: Katie Drake
  • Contact Information: warga2@tcnj.edu
    • Phone: 609-771-2164
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Spring 2024, Fall 2024
  • Essential Job Functions/Professional Characteristics:
    • Trauma-focused (or willing to learn/be trained)
    • Highly motivated, team oriented, organized, punctual, & communicative
    • Experienced with social media design and Canva
    • Willing to run groups
  • Application Notes:
    • One position per semester
    • Early October/November Applications go live for Spring Interns
    • March/April Applications go live for Fall Interns
    • Require an outreach to the program with a statement of interest that include hours, any specific requirements needed, & why the program is a good fit, along with a CV/Resume
    • Work on onboarding and training throughout the first week of work, which can occur prior to start date.

West Dover Elementary, Toms River Regional School District (School Psychology)

  • Site Website: https://www.trschools.com/westdover/
  • Location: Toms River, NJ
  • Site Supervisor: Jason Ruch
  • Contact Information: jruch@trschools.com
    • Phone: (732) 505-5920, ext. 3
  • Accepting Interns for the Following Semesters: Not accepting interns for 2024-2025 semesters
  • Essential Job Functions:

Wilson Elementary School

 

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