Internship

A Commitment to Education

The Women’s Home believes that overcoming Houston’s homeless and mental health care crisis requires a commitment to educating future mental health professionals. As a part of this commitment, The Home is proud to be a training site for psychiatric residents from Baylor College of Medicine, as well as graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Houston campuses, the University of Texas School of Nursing, Our Lady of the Lake University, and Texas Southern University.

Our internship program provides real-world, hands-on mental health training to some of the best and brightest students in the Houston area. Interns are fully integrated into our programs and work side by side with our experienced staff, learning important professional skills while serving some of the most vulnerable members of our community. Opportunities include co-facilitating groups, individual therapy, and performing a number of different types of clinical assessments. Interns will participate in treatment planning and be supervised by licensed and experienced staff. The preponderance of hours at The Women’s Home will be in direct practice, while also gaining important experience and training in clinical documentation, professional practice, ethics and working with a multi-disciplinary team.

During practicum, interns will have the opportunity to learn more about addiction and recovery, mental health, and trauma, particularly as it relates to women, and be trained in evidence-based practices to treat clients with these issues. For more information about our program, including our WholeLife model and treatment perspective, please explore our website.

General Internship Application Process

Opportunities are available for graduate students attending accredited (APA, CACREP, CSWE) Counseling, Clinical Psychology, and Social Work Programs.

If you'd like to apply, please include the school, and program you are currently attending, the start and end dates of your internship, and the number of hours per week that you need. Please know that we typically accept two semester placements, require at least 20 hours per week, and prefer 24 hours per week. For one semester or summer placements, we require 30 hours per week for at least 10 weeks.

Applications are accepted during the below time frames. If your school has a different term schedule or deadlines for procuring a practicum/internship location, please email Theresa Allen to inquire about a potential placement. We have a competitive program, so you are encouraged to apply promptly.

Spring Term: Apply October 1- 31

Summer Term: Apply February 1-28

Fall Term: Apply June 1-30

Hours Toward Licensure

The Women’s Home also has opportunities for gaining hours towards clinical licensure (LPC and LCSW) doing group and individual therapy on a volunteer basis.12-month commitment required in order to do individual therapy. 6-month commitment preferred for group therapy. Hours available are within the following timeframe: 9a-4p Mon-Fri, 9a-2p Sat. If you would like to apply, please send a resume and letter of interest to Theresa Allen. Please include your current license, your supervisor’s name and license information, the number of hours per week you have available, and the length of experience that you are seeking. Once accepted, you will need to provide copies of the following prior to client care:

• Your current liability insurance
• Copy of your supervision agreement
• Copy of board approval of The Women’s Home as a client site