Empowering You to Empower Youth
Become an OP Therapy Intern
You’re ready to make a difference. At Ophelia’s Place, you will.
As a therapy intern at Ophelia’s Place, you have the opportunity to provide community-serving mental health to girl-identified youth ages 10-18. OP is a vibrant community filled with strong social justice values, an empowering culture, and an interest in celebrating individuality. It’s a space to grow your therapy skills and make a positive difference to young people, their communities, and in your own life.
Being an OP therapy intern empowers you to empower youth. Our services are strengths-based, trauma-informed, and responsive to the needs of youth from all backgrounds and abilities. Our interns help provide a safe and welcoming place where youth can develop the tools needed to:
Cultivate healthy relationships and communication skills
Make healthy choices and expand decision-making abilities
Create a positive and healthy sense of self
Foster positive and effective coping methods
OP therapy services include individual, family, or group therapy via tele-therapy or in-person. We rely on the contribution of interns from Social Work, Clinical Mental Health, and Couples and Family Therapy graduate programs to:
Provide individual, family, or group counseling on-site, in a school setting, or via telehealth
Co-facilitate multi-week or one-day therapy workshops for youth and their parents/guardians
Co-facilitate Girls Empowerment Groups and/or Young Amazing Women of Color Groups at middle or high schools
Create new workshops or facilitate one from existing curriculum
Participate in individual and group supervision
Observe the operations of OP and provide feedback and suggestions
Work in collaboration with a small staff while tailoring your internship to meet your personal and academic goals
All interns must attend a mandatory 2-day training available in the fall, are available for a minimum 9-month commitment, and are currently enrolled in a Master's Program such as Couples and Family Therapy, Clinical Mental Health, or Social Work.