Student Intern Program

STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Earliest Availability: May 2024

Our Vision

Thrive's Student Intern Program is designed to help graduate counseling students on their journey to becoming competent licensed counselors. Here at Thrive, students will have opportunities to build experience working with PTSD, marriage and couples counseling, anxiety, depression, addiction, and other areas of need. We strive to tap into each student's fullest potential and nurture their growth. We believe each student accepted in our program will leave several steps further down the road to becoming a counselor, and will be more confident in their ability to provide ethical and effective therapy.

PHASE 1 | Practicum

The practical learning experience begins with our practicum program. Each practicum student is paired with an experienced licensed therapist (e.g., LMFT, LMFT-A, LCMHC) to sit in on sessions and observe therapy in action.

PLEASE NOTE:

Each semester of the Student Intern Program is considered a probationary period. Acceptance into the practicum program does not guarantee placement in the internship program. Similarly, completing the internship program does not guarantee employment with Thrive as a provisionally licensed therapist or counselor.

As a student, you may be unable to provide therapy services during semester breaks, as well as during the period between completing your master's degree and obtaining your provisional license.

PHASE 2 | Internship

The second phase of the program is the internship. During their first internship semester, students will begin providing co-therapy with their partner therapist, acting as the lead therapist. By the end of the first semester, interns will gradually move to conducting therapy sessions on their own. For the final semester of the intership program, students continue to provide solo therapy. In keeping with Thrive's vision to assist students towards full licensure, those who successfully complete their practicum and internship may be invited to continue working at Thrive once they obtain their provisional license (e.g., LMFT-A, LPC-A, LCSW-A).

Program Fees

FOR SEMESTER-BASED PROGRAMS: $100 Per Practicum/Internship Semester

FOR QUARTER-BASED PROGRAMS: $75 Per Practicum/Internship Quarter

Compensation Policy

Practicum Students and Interns are not employees of Thrive. As unlicensed student counselors, practicum students and interns may not be compensated for the services they provide to clients and they may not accept insurance.

Thrive does charge clients a minimal administrative fee when they see student counselors. These fees are intended to defray the costs of running the Student Internship Program and range from $5 to $30, scaled to the client's income level.

SIP APPLICATION FORM

Earliest Availability: May 2024

If you are interested in completing either your practicum or internship with Thrive, please complete the following application form. Note: We have limited slots in our Student Internship Program. With that, we want to encourage you to keep looking for the best placement. Please do not let this be the end of your search for your internship program.

Be prepared to upload copies of the following supporting documents on the application: