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 with diverse intersecting identities 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
Safely explore their unique experiences of adolescence and identity development
Create a positive and empowered sense of self
Foster positive and effective coping methods
Set and achieve their goals
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
Assist in creating and facilitating curricula for multi-week groups or single-day workshops for youth and their parents/guardians
Support the ongoing clinical growth of the therapy team through participation in group supervision and case consultation
Meet the ever-expanding therapy needs of youth and families in our community
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 multi-day training offered in the fall, be available for a minimum 9-month commitment, and be currently enrolled in a Master's Program such as Couples and Family Therapy, Clinical Mental Health, or Social Work.
We are accepting applications for therapy internships at Ophelia’s Place. See the full internship job posting.
“I love the work environment of OP and of the therapy team. The team is supportive, caring, kind, compassionate, flexible, and understanding. OP values are inclusive, has an anti-diet culture, and includes a social justice lens. The work is empowering. The caseload is sustainable. The environment is fun and social. I love the fact that we are able to serve some people who may not be able to be served elsewhere. ”
“I am continuously in awe of how resilient adolescents are and their drive to learn healthier ways of coping. At the end of the day, I want to be the supportive & caring adult that I didn’t have growing up. This is part of my journey and I revel when my path crosses with the paths of OP youth.”