The Career Center is excited to host its inaugural “Explore Careers in Education, Human Services, & Government” event on Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Park Campus. This event will provide students with valuable opportunities to explore career paths, learn about upcoming job opportunities and internships, and connect with employers. They have over 50 wonderful companies and organizations participating! Check out the list of employers and the roles they are hiring for here. 

Register today here!

Industry Focus

While this event is open to students and alumni from all years and majors, it will be most helpful for those interested in pursuing careers within the following industries:

• Education
• Counseling
• Non-Profit/Non-Governmental (NGO)
• International Relations
• Museums and Cultural Institutions
• Law and Law Enforcement
• Teaching and Instruction
• Policy & Public Service
• Human Services and Social Work

Spring Q 2025 Career Fair Season flyer

The Josselyn Center currently has some employment opportunities for soon-to-be graduates of the counseling program. Here is the link to several job openings and below is a job description for a beginning therapist. We have some former graduates of the counseling program who are currently employed at The Josselyn Center and who previously completed their internship there. If you are interested, please mention that you heard about this opportunity from Jay Lesenko/DePaul’s Professional Practice Office so that they know where the referral came from. Any questions can be sent to Thomas P. Tharayil at ttharayil@josselyn.org.

Position: Mental Health Therapist

Location: Northbrook, IL

Job Summary

The Staff Therapist is responsible for providing clinical services to children, adolescents, and/or adults, as assigned, to help Josselyn achieve its vision of Mental Health for All. The clinician is held accountable for all related clinical, administrative, and Quality and Compliance responsibilities.

Essential Responsibilities and Metrics

• Provides high quality services of therapy, counseling, crisis intervention, case management, and client centered consultation to clients and their families
• Maintains direct service hours per month of 60% for advanced clinicians and 56% for others
• Keeps detailed, confidential records of client sessions, progress, assessments, and treatment plans
• Creates IMCANS (IATP) Assessment (Completes IATP within 30 days of initial meeting with client, modifies and reviews as needed, updates and records IATP in CIS as needed and ensures updates are completed prior to six months due date) and complete the LOCUS in a timely fashion
• All Progress Notes will be entered into the medical record as soon as possible but in no more than three business days of the date of service
• Keeps EMR calendar, and any other primary sources, up to date
• Coordinates care with other clinical staff, both internal and external providers
• Attends and participates at clinical presentations, and all required meetings
• Is responsive to all outreach and coordination regarding client fees/payments
• Participates in Accreditation and Certification processes, Committee Work, Strategic Planning, and Community Related Services as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Clinically related graduate degree, including an M.A. in Counseling, MSW, MSMFT, Psy.D, Ph.D in Psychology, or a degree which qualifies for a QMHP in the state of Illinois
• Three professional references that reflect ability to perform clinical work

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Pay Range: $45,000 – $55,000 per year

The University of St. Francis in Joliet is currently taking internship applications for the 2025-2026 year. Interested students can reach out to Meghan Bahr, LCSW-AODA at meghan.bahr@aah.org with any questions. In order to apply, students must email:

• a cover letter
• transcript
• curriculum vitae
• three letters of recommendation (at least one letter of recommendation must come from a supervisor who is familiar with and can speak about your clinical work and experience)

• April 30 – deadline to RSVP for the Spring Commencement Ceremony. Go to Campus Connect and follow this path: Advising, Progress & Graduation > RSVP for Commencement to reserve your spot and your guest tickets. Each graduate receives 5 guest tickets.

• • If you are seeking more than five guest tickets, be sure to enter the Guest Ticket Lottery for a chance to receive additional tickets from the unclaimed ticket pool. The deadline to enter the lottery is April 30. You will be notified of the lottery results in early May. If selected, you may collect your original five tickets and tickets awarded through the lottery at the Commencement Pickup event in May/June.

• April 30 – deadline to order regalia. Regalia must be ordered through Herff-Jones. You will receive instructions on how to order your regalia after RSVPing for the ceremony.

• • Orders placed after January 15 will be available for pickup with no shipping fee at the Commencement Pickup event for your college in Spring. Please select “Pick up at campus distribution in May/June” at checkout.
  • All orders are available to ship to your home for an additional shipping charge. Please select “Ship to home” at checkout.
  • Master’s and doctoral degree regalia includes a cap, gown, tassel and hood. You are welcome to wear additional stoles and organization cords and decorate your cap for the ceremony. Refer to the Cap and Gown page on the commencement website for pricing and additional details.

• June 3 & June 4 – Commencement Pickup Event for COE. 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Lincoln Park Student Center, 120AB. You must attend the day and time for your college because your reader card, tickets, and regalia will only be available at that campus. Attending both days is not necessary. Graduates should anticipate being at the event for about 30-45 minutes. If you attended the Grad Fair in February, you still must attend commencement pickup to receive your reader card and tickets.

• June 14 – COE Ceremony at Wintrust Arena. ​College of Communication, College of Education & The Theatre School 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. (Graduates and guests arrive at 12:00 p.m.) A livestream of the 2025 June commencement ceremonies will be available here at the time of the ceremony. Following the event, a recording will also be available.​

Please email COEGraduation@depaul.edu and your advisor if you have any questions, concerns, or issues completing anything on this list. 

Thank you,

COE Graduation Team

Get some delicious popcorn to start off your Spring quarter! Chi Sigma Iota Delta Phi Upsilon chapter is hosting a Double Good fundraiser from April 8 to April 12! Please consider supporting our fundraiser which will help fund exciting events for all counseling graduate students here at DePaul University! Click here to view the flyer!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Delta Phi Upsilon Chi Sigma Iota’s Treasurer at iportell@depaul.edu

You can purchase popcorn from our unique link here. Get popcorn before April 12 @ 5pm!

We are excited to share with students/recent graduates an opportunity to learn more about the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy’s Advanced Training and Fellowship Programs.

The Spring Open House is on May 17, please see the flyer for more details on the meeting and the programs.

• Fluent in Spanish
• Graduate Counseling Student
• Intermediate experience in all Microsoft Office products
• Experience in website development

• Work virtually approximately 10 hours per week
• Flexible schedule

Wildflower Center for Emotional Health hopes you can join them for:

DECODING DIAGNOSES: UNCOVERING BIASES IN THE DSM (1.5 CEUS)

Date and Time: April 9th 2025, 1-2:30pm CST

Registration: https://decoding_diagnoses.eventbrite.com

Cost: $50. Student price: $10. Student Promo Code: Student10

Continuing Education:

1.5 CEUs for social workers, clinical professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and clinical psychologists are offered upon completion. These CEUs count toward the implicit bias requirements.

The College of Education Spring Quarter 2025 Student Teaching & Internships Scholarship opened today, Monday, March 24. The opportunity will be open from 3/24-4/13. This application is identical to the one from this past winter and fall quarters.

Any students who are currently doing their practicum or internship experience DURING Spring Quarter 2025 are eligible for this scholarship. Counseling interns are only eligible to be awarded during one quarter of their practicum and internship – they will not be awarded more than once even if they apply more than once.

APPLY HERE!

This award is offered to College of Education students who are currently participating in their capstone clinical experience – student teaching, counseling internship, or another field-based capstone. Counseling interns may only receive this scholarship for one academic quarter of their internship. The maximum award amount is $3,000 and the minimum award is $350. Students will be awarded within that range. To be considered, you must submit your application by Sunday, April 13, 2025 11:59 PM.