Graduate Clinical Internship - LPC, LMFT, LCSW

Graduate Clinical Internship (Unpaid)

📍 Embark Behavioral Health – Bend, OR
🕒 Part-Time | Unpaid | Clinical Internship | Flexible Schedule

About the Internship

Embark Behavioral Health Bend is seeking passionate graduate-level clinical interns to join our team. This internship offers direct, hands-on clinical experience working with youth (ages 10–14) in a residential treatment setting. Interns receive supervision and training in:

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• working with youth with diagnoses such as mood disorders, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, etc

• Family systems work

• Crisis intervention- CPI training

• Recreational therapy

Interns work within a collaborative clinical team of 4 full-time clinicians and 1–2 interns, with opportunities for co-therapy and peer consultation.

About Embark

Embark Behavioral Health Bend supports preteens experiencing behavioral and emotional challenges. We provide care in a family-style home environment, encouraging connection, personal growth, and healing.
🌱 Our Mission: Create Joy and Heal Generations
💡 Core Values: Empathy · Service · Trusting Relationships · Growth

Internship Details

📅 Start Dates: Rolling (based on academic calendar)
📍 Location: Bend, Oregon (on-site)
🕒 Schedule: Flexible, 16–24 hrs/week (based on academic needs)
💸 Compensation: Unpaid – for academic credit

✔ Conduct individual, group, and family therapy
✔ Lead multiple weekly group sessions
✔ Complete clinical documentation (notes, assessments, treatment plans)
✔ Participate in treatment team meetings
✔ Perform diagnostic assessments
✔ Support family communication and discharge planning
✔ Co-lead family workshops (as needed)

✅ Currently enrolled in a Master’s program (Counseling, MFT, Social Work, or related)
✅ Preferably in 2nd year of program
✅ Prior experience working with youth
✅ Strong interest in working with ages 10–14
✅ Able to pass background check & drug screening
✅ 2–3 professional or academic references

What You’ll Gain

• Work within a team of experienced therapists using a variety of evidence-based methodologies
• Gain direct clinical experience under close supervision
• Collaborate with residential, medical, and academic teams for comprehensive treatment planning
• Learn about insurance billing and clinical documentation in a structured setting