At Counseling Works, we approach therapy with your individual needs at the forefront. We teach you how to live in the present and identify specific goals that encourage you to move forward. Our mission is to provide insight into your current challenges, understand why they exist, and discover how you can overcome them. By viewing your challenges from a broader perspective, you’ll have better self-awareness and find stability in your life. Along the way, you’ll develop coping strategies that contribute to your lifelong growth and healing.



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You must be enrolled in a CACREP-accredited graduate program in mental health counseling or related field, work evenings/weekends, and have strong computer skills.

You will provide therapy, facilitate groups, manage schedules, complete documentation, formulate diagnoses, participate in supervision, handle emergencies, consult with others, and maintain office tidiness.

Shorewood

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 Who We Are: Counseling Works is a thriving private therapy practice with offices located in Naperville, Frankfort, Lemont, and Shorewood, Illinois. We are an established group practice with a strong reputation and are excited to provide an opportunity for a mental health counseling intern to join our team.
 
 As an organization, we place focus not only on our clients, but on our professionals as well. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where we can foster the personal and professional growth of all of our clinicians, and continuously offer opportunities for career development. With openness and collaboration at our core, we recognize the needs of helping those within our work communities, and strive to provide opportunities for education and leadership through an internship program. Through therapy, we believe that ongoing happiness and a better life are possible, and we feel privileged to offer this type of support to our communities.
 
 Why Consider This Role: 
 The role of the therapy intern is perfect for the graduate student looking to gain real world experience with clients in a private practice setting. The intern will be expected to perform individual, couples, or family therapy, with close supervision. This includes conducting diagnostic assessments to formulate DSM 5 diagnoses, developing and completing treatment plans to support therapeutic interventions, and appropriately documenting work with clients. The candidate must be within good standing at their current place of enrollment.
 
 Please note: This application is for our Spring 2025 cohort.
 
 What You’ll Do: 
 <ul> 
 <li>Represent Counseling Works with warmth and professionalism</li> 
 <li>Ongoing support of a positive client experience at Counseling Works</li> 
 </ul>
 <ul>
 <li>Provide individual, couples, and/or family psychotherapy - in-person at one or more of our locations</li> 
 <li>Design and co-faciliatate a clinical group for clients</li> 
 <li>Complete electronic notes and current treatment plans in a timely fashion</li> 
 <li>Formulate DSM 5 diagnoses</li> 
 <li>Participate in individual and group supervision with assigned supervisor, no less than 1 hour per week</li> 
 <li>Schedule &amp; re-schedule clients for psychotherapy sessions with you</li> 
 <li>With support, manage client’s emergencies if/as they arise</li> 
 <li>Consult with other providers, psychiatrists and family members when appropriate</li> 
 <li>Continue to learn and grow to gain clinical expertise and skills</li> 
 <li>General tidiness of the office you are using and the common areas</li>
 </ul>
 
 
 What You’ll Get: 
 <ul> 
 <li>Sustainable caseload with a variety of clients</li> 
 <li>Opportunities for educational advancement, career building, and community networking</li> 
 <li>A medical biller to coordinate client benefits/eligibility, collect payment and submit claims</li> 
 <li>An intake coordinator who answers calls, schedules intake appointments, and gathers completed intake paperwork</li> 
 <li>Access to 1-on-1 direct supervision, peer mentorship program, and group consultation with other current interns and staff</li> 
 <li>Supportive team environment</li> 
 <li>Comfortable and well decorated office space</li>
 </ul>
 
 
 Education &amp; Experience Requirements: 
 <ul> 
 <li>Current enrollment and good standing in a graduate level program for mental health counseling, psychology, or a related field (CACREP preferred) </li> 
 <li>Willing to work weekends and evenings </li> 
 <li>Proficient computer skills–we use Google Docs &amp; TherapyNotes</li> 
 <li>Organized, professional, conscientious, timely and responsible.</li>
 </ul>
 
 
 License/ Certifications: 
 <ul> 
 <li>Working towards completion of MA, MEd or MS (CACREP program preferred)</li> 
 <li>Enrollment in an accredited graduate program</li>
 </ul>
 
 
 Please contact careers@counselingworks.com if you have any additional questions prior to applying.
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 Who We Are:  Counseling Works is a thriving private therapy practice with offices located in Naperville, Frankfort, Lemont, and Shorewood, Illinois. We are an established group practice with a strong reputation and are excited to provide an opportunity for a mental health counseling intern to join our team.
 
  As an organization, we place focus not only on our clients, but on our professionals as well. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where we can foster the personal and professional growth of all of our clinicians, and continuously offer opportunities for career development. With openness and collaboration at our core, we recognize the needs of helping those within our work communities, and strive to provide opportunities for education and leadership through an internship program. Through therapy, we believe that ongoing happiness and a better life are possible, and we feel privileged to offer this type of support to our communities.
 
  Why Consider This Role: 
  The role of the therapy intern is perfect for the graduate student looking to gain real world experience with clients in a private practice setting. The intern will be expected to perform individual, couples, or family therapy, with close supervision. This includes conducting diagnostic assessments to formulate DSM 5 diagnoses, developing and completing treatment plans to support therapeutic interventions, and appropriately documenting work with clients. The candidate must be within good standing at their current place of enrollment.
 
  Please note: This application is for our Spring 2025 cohort.
 
  What You’ll Do: 
  
  Represent Counseling Works with warmth and professionalism 
  Ongoing support of a positive client experience at Counseling Works 
 
 
  Provide individual, couples, and/or family psychotherapy - in-person at one or more of our locations 
  Design and co-faciliatate a clinical group for clients 
  Complete electronic notes and current treatment plans in a timely fashion 
  Formulate DSM 5 diagnoses 
  Participate in individual and group supervision with assigned supervisor, no less than 1 hour per week 
  Schedule & re-schedule clients for psychotherapy sessions with you 
  With support, manage client’s emergencies if/as they arise 
  Consult with other providers, psychiatrists and family members when appropriate 
  Continue to learn and grow to gain clinical expertise and skills 
  General tidiness of the office you are using and the common areas
 
  
  
  What You’ll Get: 
  
  Sustainable caseload with a variety of clients 
  Opportunities for educational advancement, career building, and community networking 
  A medical biller to coordinate client benefits/eligibility, collect payment and submit claims 
  An intake coordinator who answers calls, schedules intake appointments, and gathers completed intake paperwork 
  Access to 1-on-1 direct supervision, peer mentorship program, and group consultation with other current interns and staff 
  Supportive team environment 
  Comfortable and well decorated office space
 
  
  
  Education & Experience Requirements: 
  
  Current enrollment and good standing in a graduate level program for mental health counseling, psychology, or a related field (CACREP preferred)  
  Willing to work weekends and evenings  
  Proficient computer skills–we use Google Docs & TherapyNotes 
  Organized, professional, conscientious, timely and responsible.
 
  
  
  License/ Certifications: 
  
  Working towards completion of MA, MEd or MS (CACREP program preferred) 
  Enrollment in an accredited graduate program
 
  
  
  Please contact careers@counselingworks.com if you have any additional questions prior to applying.


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