Internship Opportunities
Open Hearts Counseling is proud to support the growth and development of future mental health professionals. Our internship program provides students with the opportunity to gain meaningful clinical experience in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Students interested in completing their internship with Open Hearts Counseling are encouraged to reach out.
To apply, please email your resume and a brief introduction to:
Jamie Phillips, LPC, NCC
jamiephillips@openheartscounselingmi.com
Internship Program Overview
The Student Internship Program at Open Hearts Counseling LLC provides graduate level counseling students the opportunity to gain direct clinical experience in a supportive trauma informed and client centered private practice setting. Our goal is to support the development of ethical confident and compassionate clinicians through hands on training individualized supervision and professional development.
Benefits of Interning with Us
Interns at Open Hearts Counseling gain meaningful clinical experience while developing their professional identity in a supportive environment.
Individualized Supervision: Receive supportive weekly supervision tailored to your clinical growth and learning goals.
Collaborative Environment: Join a team that values feedback, shared insight, and mutual growth.
Real World Private Practice Experience: Learn how a counseling practice operates, from clinical work to ethical business practices such as billing, credentialing, and EMR use.
Diverse Client Population: Gain experience working with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and presenting concerns.
Creative Clinical Freedom: Explore your own therapeutic style, theoretical orientation, and interests such as art therapy, DBT, or mindfulness.
Professional Development: Receive support building your resume, LinkedIn profile, and professional network within the mental health field.
Warm Supportive Culture: We prioritize intern wellbeing, reflective practice, and psychological safety.
Program Objectives
• Provide hands on clinical training aligned with CACREP and university standards
• Support the development of professional identity and ethical decision making
• Strengthen diagnostic documentation and therapeutic competencies
• Encourage self awareness and the development of a personal therapeutic style
• Offer practical insight into private practice operations
Supervision & Support Intern Responsibilities
• Weekly Individual Supervision with a fully licensed supervisor.
• Optional group or peer supervision sessions and trainings.
• Real time case consultation and ongoing feedback.
• Access to documentation templates and clinical resources.
• Optional exposure to the back end operations of a private practice, which is valuable for those interested in future practice ownership.
• Conduct intake assessments and provide individual therapy with supervision and support.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation using our EMR system.
• Participate in supervision, case consultation, and optional team meetings.
• Engage in ongoing ethical, cultural, and trauma informed reflection.
• Maintain confidentiality and follow ACA Code of Ethics and HIPAA standards.