Family Guidance Centers has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. Interested students can visit Current Employment Positions – Family Guidance Centers, Inc (atsondemand.com) for more details and to apply.

https://www.fgcinc.org/

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The Josselyn Center Northbrook location currently has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. The Josselyn Center is prioritizing interns who can see themselves staying at Josselyn if offered employment after their internship. Interested students can view the link below and reach out to Thomas Tharayil at ttharayil@josselyn.org for more details.

https://www.josselyn.org/about-us/clinical-internship/

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Mosaic Nature Therapy and Wellness in Homewood, IL currently has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. Interested students can reach out to Rosa King at rosievera2005@yahoo.com for more details.

https://www.mosaicnaturetherapy.com/

Life Counseling Institute in Willowbrook/Park Ridge currently has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. Interested students can reach out to Zuly Ramirez at zuly@lifecounselinginstitute.com for more details.

https://lifecounselinginstitute.com/

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The Wellness Center at Wilbur Wright College currently has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. Interested students can reach out to Hoyam Tanon at htanon@ccc.edu for more details.

https://www.ccc.edu/wright/departments/wellness-center/

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Obsidian Institute of Integrative Medicine in Midlothian, IL currently has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. Interested students can reach out to Erica Washington at ewashington@obsidianinstitute.org for more details.

https://sites.google.com/obsidianinstitute.org/oiim/home

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Thrive Counseling Center in Oak Park, IL currently has 2-3 internship openings for their Youth Internship Program for the 25-26 year. Interested students can reach out to Daisy Rios at drios@thrivecc.org or email internship@Thrivecc.org for more details. See additional details below and in the attached flyer as well.

www.thrivecc.org

Schedule for youth interns: 

• August 18^th – 21^st 9-5pm for intern training week
• Evenings (until 8pm) and Saturdays (9-2)
• Wed 1-3pm for group supervision and trainings
• Tues 1-3pm for clinical meetings and trainings (optional)

2nd year Master’s students:

• Bachelors in a mental health related field. 
• Thrive Counseling Center Internships are a minimum of 9 months (typically from August – May), 24 hours/week.
• Intern schedules are 40% direct clinical service, 60% indirect service, training, and supervision. This includes 1 hour/week of individual supervision with a licensed supervisor, 1 hour/week of group case consultation, and 2-4 hours of monthly clinical trainings.
• Gain experience working with a diverse population of adults, couples, adolescents, families, and groups. All internships include out-patient therapy, some offer the opportunity to gain additional areas of specialty including crisis intervention, and working with youth.

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Iroquois Mental Health Center in Kankakee, Watseka, and Manteno currently has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. The main office is in Watseka and they ask that interns come to this office for training prior to going to Kankakee or Manteno to see clients. Interested students can reach out to Jill Erickson at jerickson@imhc.net for more details.

https://www.iroquoismhc.com/

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Lu Rocha Counseling Services currently has 1-2 internship openings for the 25-26 year. They are especially interested in students who are bilingual Spanish/Mandarin speaking. Interested students can reach out to Lu Rocha at lu@lurocha.org for more details.

https://www.lurocha.org/

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Northwestern University Career Center currently has an internship opening for the 25-26 year. Please note that this internship is specifically for students interested in career services. Interested students can reach out to Jeff Jenkins at jjenkins@northwestern.edu for more details.

https://www.northwestern.edu/careers/

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CYN Counseling Center in Grayslake is currently accepting internship applications for the 25-26 year until the end of May. They ask that students send a Cover letter, Resume, 3 letters of recommendation, and unofficial transcripts. Interested students can reach out to Graciela Arroyo at gracielaa@cyngrayslake.org for more details.

www.cyngrayslake.org

Renowned international scholar, Dr. Marta Milani from the University of Verona, will be coming to DePaul this summer to host a summer seminar at the COE from July 8-11th. Attendees will receive CEUs and CDPUs. There are graduate student scholarships available as well. For more information, please reach out to Dr. Ockerman at melissa.ockerman@depaul.edu and check out the flyer.

COE Commencement Pickup will be held Tuesday, June 3, and Wednesday, June 4 10am – 6pm in the Lincoln Park Campus Student Center 120A&B. 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 at the most. If you attended the Grad Fair in February, you still must attend commencement pickup to receive your reader card and tickets. Learn more about the event here.

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.

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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.