Internship

The third year of study centers around the nine-month, 700-hour clinical internship. As interns in community agencies, students receive on-site supervision while working in a specialized area. During this year students join with classmates to practice weekly meditation. In addition, students participate weekly in small tutorial groups of three students and two clinical faculty members.

Using a specially designed contemplative practice called "Body, Speech, and Mind," students foster the ability to fearlessly and gently touch another’s pain. When combined with ongoing meditation practice, these groups cultivate compassion and the ability to be present with others in genuine relationship.

Graduates leave the program with a strong foundation in the principles and practices of promoting health in themselves and in others. They are qualified to work as counselors and psychotherapists in a variety of settings including community mental health centers, residential treatment facilities and social service agencies.

The following is a small sampling of some of the agencies in the Boulder-Denver area currently participating in the field placement program. Available placements change slightly from year to year—internship coordinators add placements each year while others are discontinued.

• Boulder Alcohol Education Center
• Catholic Charities of Denver
• Colorado AIDS Project
• Access Counseling (Individual Team and the Marriage & Family Team)
• Health Department of Boulder County
• Inpatient Detox Facility
• Outpatient Substance Abuse Program
• Prevention & Intervention Program
• Jewish Family Services
• Maria Droste Services of Colorado, Inc.
• Mental Health Center of Boulder County
• Adolescent Treatment Program
• Child, Adolescent and Family
• Community Support System Team
• Elementary Day Treatment
• Emergency Psychiatric Services
• Geriatrics
• Inpatient
• Multicultural Consolation Office
• Outpatient Drug Treatment
• Rape Crises Team
• University of Colorado
• Counseling & Career Services: A Multicultural Center
• Employee Assistance Program
• Veteran's Center