Affordable Therapy With Our Graduate Interns
Graduate Internship Program
At Truth Center for Health & Healing, we are committed to excellence in both client care and professional education. Our internship program is designed to train the next generation of systemic trauma therapists while providing financially accessible services to our community.
Quality You Can Trust
We carefully select graduate-level interns who already possess advanced knowledge and experience relevant to trauma work. This ensures that even our most accessible services meet our high clinical standards.
Our interns don’t just “see clients”—they undergo a rigorous professional development process. They receive training and consultation in:
EMDR: Processing traumatic memories through neuroscience-backed techniques.
Eco-Structural Family Therapy: Understanding the “ecology” and structure of family systems.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Strengthening emotional bonds and attachment.
To ensure the best possible outcomes for our clients, our interns are supported by a multi-layered supervision team:
Direct Supervision: Weekly on-site guidance from our owner, Lavonda Handy, LMFT (an AAMFT Approved Supervisor).
Staff Mentorship: Regular consultation with other licensed clinicians on staff.
Quality Monitoring: Interns shadow seasoned clinicians and provide video/audio of their own sessions for detailed clinical review.
Are you a graduate student looking for a challenging and supportive environment to grow your systemic trauma skills? We invite you to apply.
- Depression & Anxiety
- Trauma & PTSD
- Relationship Issues
- Self-esteem & Self-worth
- Grief & Loss
- Stress and Burnout
It’s important for clients to be aware of the potential changes in their therapy sessions due to the nature of internships. Interns remain with the practice for about 1 year and may or may not remain with the practice after they graduate. This means upon completion of their graduate program, sessions will end with your intern therapist and/or you will transition to another therapist on our team.
*We have clinical interns accepting new clients!
Intern’s sessions start at $75 (with a very flexible sliding scale)
Contact us to secure your spot – Info@truthcenterhh.com 267-209-0628
There are numerous advantages to collaborating with a graduate intern, particularly for therapists:
Our interns, all nearing the completion of their master’s programs, offering therapy sessions at significantly reduced rates. Their fees typically amount to half or one-third of the charges of other therapists, with the added benefit of flexible sliding scales.
Interns benefit from supervision, training, and guidance from multiple seasoned therapists. This includes regular sessions with the therapists within our facility, as well as mentoring from professors and program liaisons at their university. This extensive oversight ensures interns are continually engaged in reflection, professional development, and enhancing their therapeutic skills.
Interns, embarking on their journey as therapists, bring a fresh perspective and boundless enthusiasm to their practice. Their curiosity, excitement, and creativity invigorate the therapeutic process, offering a dynamic approach to sessions.
Unencumbered by the weight of vicarious trauma or burnout, interns exude a vibrant energy and genuine zeal for their work. They are eager to embark on their new career, eagerly offering compassion, connection, and validation to clients.
Graduate students are immersed in intensive learning, staying abreast of the latest research, discussions, and supervised practice. While therapists may struggle to keep pace with evolving practices, interns are equipped with state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques. Their ongoing studies ensure they remain current with the latest findings in the field, providing clients with the most up-to-date therapeutic approaches.
We understand if you are reluctant to begin therapy, or may even deny you need it. However, sooner or later, the struggle to manage emotions or deal with unfulfilling personal interactions may become too difficult to live with, and you may decide to get into therapy to “get out of your rut” and try a new approach to life. Therapy offers you a separate time and place to deal with often-denied psychological issues.It is a commitment to healing, wellness, and self-care that can help you make everyday life easier, more productive, and more satisfying. While group therapy can be a helpful method of dealing with some psychological issues, an individual counselor in Philadelphia can help you identify unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that may need adjustment to provide more positive results for your everyday interactions.
Are You Interested In Interning At Truth Center For Health & Healing
Our internship program offers an avenue for delivering high-quality services at an affordable rate, fostering mutual growth opportunities. Recognizing the importance of accessible and top-notch services, our center is committed to providing low-cost trauma informed therapy through this program.
It’s essential to highlight that our internship program is highly competitive, exclusively open to final-year graduate students. With a surge in internship requests annually, priority will be given to applicants with previous training and expertise in systems therapy, trauma therapy, and personal growth work. Additionally, preference will be given to candidates who align with our mission of expanding access to quality trauma therapy across diverse communities.
We actively encourage applications from individuals from marginalized groups, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, and bilingual individuals, as we strive to create a diverse and inclusive internship cohort.
