(April 13) 2024-2025 Internship Application period is closed.
Boulder Emotional Wellness’ internship program began in 2011 and prepares 8 interns each year for success as an independent practice psychotherapist.
Due to the intimate nature of psychotherapy both in individual and couple therapy, Boulder Emotional Wellness ethically and legally discriminates based on gender identity and seeks to balance our staff in terms of gender presentation. For more information see Gender-Based Staff Composition Policy Based on the Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) Principle.
Submit application materials by emailing sarahroselpc@boulderemotionalwellness.org. Please do not send printed material to our office.
To scan paper documents, use “Genius Scan,” a free app for Android or iPhone.
Boulder Emotional Wellness is a Medicaid provider. All interns are required to serve Medicaid clients, and expected to produce timely records (intake interviews, diagnoses, treatment plans, mental status exams, session notes, termination statements) using a cloud based system (TherapyNotes).
BEW is committed to non-discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, age, gender preference, immigration status, or religion.
BEW has always offered psychotherapy to the Spanish speaking community and Spanish speakers are highly encourage to apply early.
BEW facilitates various modalities of treatment for children, teens, adults, and couples, and offers latitude for qualified practitioners. All BEW therapists develop competency with “Past Reality Integration” as a foundation modality for individual therapy. See Bosch, Ingeborg, “Past Reality Integration”.
BEW offers additional support and training for play therapists. Our offices have three play suites and we train and supervise following principles of Synergetic Play Therapy. Interns working with children participate in a 6 month Synergetic Play Therapy Institute monthly online training.
This play therapy training is required for interns seeking experience treating children younger than 11 years old. See Play Therapy Institute of Colorado. BEW pays for this training. Dion, “Aggression in Play Therapy” in the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology is essential reading.
BEW follows the PACT model for treating couples. Tatkins’ “We Do”, “Wired for Dating”, and “Wired for Love” are excellent introductions.
Application from students enrolled in Wilderness Therapy are welcome. Understand that BEW is unable to facilitate outdoor hours and Wilderness required outdoor hours must be gained in the summer before the internship.
We don’t offer art therapy supervision so BEW isn’t an appropriate placement for students seeking an art therapy internship.
Boulder Emotional Wellness provides training opportunities for students who are enrolled in a Masters program or PhD program in clinical psychology. The training program is designed to help interns increase their clinical competence as psychotherapists in a community setting. Trainees engage in a variety of professional activities typical of a community counseling environment. These activities include:
- Conducting intakes and assessments.
- Providing individual, couple and/or child psychotherapy. Strong interest in couple therapy is expected.
- Co-facilitating online psych-education groups.
- Attending and participating in organization in-service trainings.
- Case presentations and peer consultations.
- Preparation and participation in clinical supervision with licensed staff members.
Eligibility Requirements
- Enrollment in a masters or PhD level program.
- Approval from the program to seek internship.
- Willingness to make a 12-month, 15-hours per week commitment. Interns start in two groups, early summer and late summer. Please consider your start preference.
Please submit:
• A letter of intent with a description of your interest in Boulder Emotional Wellness.
• Documentation from your program delineating the requirements of a placement. Not required for Naropa University students.
• A current CV or resume. Significant time gaps (over 6 months) without work or education should be explained.
• Three reference letters, including one from a person who has direct knowledge of your counseling skills, and one from a person that has supervised you in a work environment. Applications that do not include a reference from a supervisor will not be considered.
We see letters of recommendation that have identical and near-identical sentences, or identical themes in identical order. If you are asked to write your own letter, please find a different reference.
• An unofficial transcript.
• A copy of a graded APA academic paper with professor’s comments. Must have APA style literature references. No “reflection papers” please. Only one paper please.
For more information contact:
Sarah Rose, Director of Client Experience, sarahroselpc@boulderemotionalwellness.org
