Counseling Intern Program

Atlantic Street Center’s Behavioral Health Counseling internships provide invaluable training for interns who are looking for a dynamic and diverse working environment.  Our interns are working on the front lines with children, youth, and their families to help them challenge systemic inequity and build resilience and independence through behavioral health.

Atlantic Street Center offers interns:

  • The opportunity to provide essential behavioral health, advocacy, and case management services to under-served children and families in Seattle/King County at a social justice-oriented agency
  • Comprehensive orientation/training regarding the agency’s therapeutic orientations, policies and procedures
  • Weekly supervision with a licensed Washington State Approved Clinical Supervisor
  • Bi-monthly peer consult group where interns give and receive feedback regarding therapeutic interventions and strategies
  • Ongoing in-service trainings, including an online Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training
  • Membership in a cohort of interns who can offer camaraderie and support
  • Access to full-time therapists who are happy to share their vast knowledge and experience with our interns
  • An environment where co-collaborative learning is valued
  • An opportunity to collaborate with others in the community who may be serving the participants and their families in order to provide comprehensive care
  • A chance to develop and implement groups in schools or at the agency

We have had interns from many local Master’s programs, including:

  • Antioch University
  • University of Washington
  • Seattle University
  • Bastyr University
  • City University of Seattle
  • The Seattle School

ASC seeks out interns who are passionate about working in a community-based behavioral health setting while working towards increased cultural identity awareness. Interns should be aware of counter-transference and transference issues, and their impact on the therapeutic process. They should also be willing to navigate complex systems. Applicants should seek feedback for their professional growth, and be organized, creative, able to meet deadlines, and consider themselves an initiative-taker.

To apply, please complete our application, as well upload a resume and cover letter.
We have currently paused accepting new applications for the 2024-2025 intern cohort. If you submit an application, we will review it if any additional openings become available: Complete Application

For more information, please contact:

Matt McNall
Behavioral Health Internship Coordinator
Email: MattM@atlanticstreet.org | P: (206)-502-6893

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