Practicum and/or Internship Students

The applicant must be eligible for trainee status from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board—counselor trainee (CT) or marriage and Family Therapist trainee (MFTT).

• Emerge is seeking graduate students (e.g., clinical mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy) looking for a clinical practicum and/or internship site.  

Qualifications

• Current student in a graduate program (Master's or doctoral) in a counseling-related field interested in integrating faith and psychotherapy.
• Eligible for trainee status from the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board – counselor trainee (CT), Marriage and Family Therapist trainee (MFTT).
• Strong desire to integrate Christian faith into counseling techniques and methods, and able to collaborate in a team environment.
• Proficiency in professional business technology (e.g., Microsoft Word, email system, electronic medical record system, etc.).

Organization Overview

Emerge Counseling Ministries provides compassionate, Bible-based, and Spirit-empowered mental health care. Our licensed psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists combine clinical counseling theories and practices with spiritual and theological integration. We help adults, adolescents, children, couples, and ministry leaders from all walks of life to heal and find freedom. Emerge highly values education and training and provides weekly training for continued professional growth. Please visit our website (Emerge.org) to learn more about us.

Position Overview

We seek graduate students with a teachable heart to join our team. For this role, you'll need to live in or near Akron, Ohio, as you'll meet clients face-to-face at our offices with telehealth counseling opportunities.

EMERGE aims to provide a full range of Practicum and Internship experiences, focused on integrating faith with outstanding, cutting-edge clinical work. Our Practicum and Internship students work with all populations, including children, adolescents, and adults, presenting a range of issues. We expect our Practicum and Internship students to be willing to meet the following requirements:

Practicum Students

• Agree to be on site a minimum of 10 hours per week, over at least 2 days. These hours will include direct client time, supervision, clinical meetings, and administrative tasks.
• Schedule 6 clients per week, at least 2 of which must be during prime hours (4 PM to close).
• Agree to complete your 2-semester internships with EMERGE following the post-practicum.
• Attend weekly clinical team meetings on Thursdays from 1 PM to 2 PM.
• Attend one hour of supervision weekly.
• Practicum students will begin seeing clients after a 2-week “shadowing period.”

Internship Students

• Agree to be on site a minimum of 18 -20 hours per week. These hours will include direct time with clients, supervision, clinical meetings and administrative time.
• You must schedule at least 12 clients per week, and at least 4 must be scheduled during prime hours (4 p.m. to close).
• Attend weekly clinical team meetings on Thursdays from 1 PM to 2 PM. 
• Attend one hour of supervision weekly. 
• Agree to complete both internship semesters at EMERGE.
• Internship students will begin seeing clients as soon as they start at EMERGE.

Benefits Include:

• Weekly supervision from an experienced clinician with supervision designation (e.g., LPCC-S).
• Weekly training in different clinical focus areas: trauma, child & adolescent, marriage & family therapy, assessments, faith integration, working with ministers, missionaries and ministry leaders. 
• Collaboration and consultation with highly skilled and experienced clinicians.