Practicum Application TY 25-26
Practicum Application TY 25-26
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Centered Therapy Chicago (CTC)is a female owned group private practice in the Ravenswood/Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. We viewclients from a holistic perspective and take a mind/body/spirit approachtoour work. We utilize a feminist relational strengthbased collaborative approach in our work. Weoffer a range of evidencebased practices and integratemindfulness meditation movement creative/expressive therapies and somatic approaches as needed.
Centered Therapy Chicago is committed to providing a highquality clinical training experience within a feminist relational traumainformed bodyoriented integrative and holistic private practice. We offer a supportive and growthpromoting environment to students in a thriving and collaborative private practice. Therapist selfcare/trauma stewardship cultural humility professional collaboration community involvement and ethical decisionmaking are key components of our training program.
CTC values a diverse workplace and strongly encouragespeople of all genders sexualidentitiesabilitystatuses religions immigrationstatuses and racial and ethnicidentitiesto apply.CTCis an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race color creed sex sexualidentity genderidentity or expression age religion national origin citizenship status disability ancestry marital status veteran status medicalconditionor any protected category prohibited by localstateor federal laws.
We provide:
- A fun engaging respectful relational supportive learning environmentthat is focused on lifelong learning growth and professional development
- Weekly individual supervision with a Licensed Clinical Psychologist
- Participate in weekly group supervision and/or didactics
- Participate in 3 all staff meetings a month with a focus on practice/professional development ethics and peer consultation
- Participate in our CTC Training Center eventsCTC Training Center
- Learning important skill of marketing by collaborating with marketing committee and developing skills related to buildinga personal marketing plan relational networking building a professional referral network and attending networking events
- Weekly individual supervision with a Licensed Clinical Psychologist
- A supportive environment that takes care of the operational and business aspects of our clinical work so that the clinician can focus on clinical skills
- Comprehensive orientation schedule in July to support students in onboarding and orienting to private practice and ongoing administrative support throughout the training year
- Intake coordination
- Abundant and intentional referrals with attention to promoting client assignments that are a good fit between therapist and client and for students developmental needs
- Billing support which includes insurance billing coordination of benefits/eligibility and claims submission
- Marketing support
- Beautifully decorated and comfortable office space as well as an office with a common area for therapists to gather and connect
Centered Therapy Chicago is seeking the following:
Training Program Requirements:
- We do onsite training and clinical work
- Expected to be onsite 34 days per week
- Wednesdays is a required training day
- Evenings and Saturday are required for clinical
- Clinical work is provided primarily in person with training and support for a small telehealth caseload
- This an 11month practicum (July 16 2025 June 26 2026
- Schedule a caseload of a minimum of 13 clients per week
- Training week is 2024 hours which includes clinical work administrative time training and supervision
- 68 training days off dependent on trainee schedule
- Additional time off includes 12/22/2512/28/25 for holiday and Federal Holidays including New Years Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day
- We use a cloudbased software for client records scheduling and documentation
- Cases may includeindividualcouples families and 12 children based on individual student interestsand client availability; please note that we arenot a child or couples focused site
- We serve clients across the lifespan including clients as young as 3 years old and clients 60
- We support clients from diverse backgrounds (race religion spirituality gender sexuality ethnicity and other intersecting identities)
- All ofour clients are predominantly Englishspeaking
- We workwith a wide variety of presenting concerns which include anxiety relationship concerns and trauma (please see our website for more information)
- Join staff and participate in CTC sponsored community outreachesand/ortrainingsduring the training year
- Opportunity to participate in and write a blog post/article for the practice newsletter on a topic you are passionate about
- Learn how to work in/build a private practice including billing insurance networking and marketing
- Refine your therapeutic interests and clinical skills in a supportive and collaborative environment
- Selfcare and trauma stewardship are encouraged and reinforced in the practice andtrainingour students
- Experience supervision and therapeutic work from a holistic traumainformed feministrelational lens
- Develop a Year Long Project that is relevant to professional goals/interests and working in a private practice setting
Ideal Applicants to Our Program:
Employment Type
Volunteer
