The internship at Al-Kindi Counseling Services is designed to train competent, culturally attuned, and ethically grounded counselors who embody the Al-Kindi philosophy—providing compassionate, client-centered care that honors diversity and promotes healing within a culturally responsive framework. Our goal is to prepare interns not only to deliver exceptional psychotherapy in private outpatient settings but also to embrace the holistic values that guide our work: respect for individual stories, community connection, and evidence-based practice.
This internship offers practical, face-to-face clinical experience, equipping students with essential therapeutic skills alongside an understanding of the business and administrative aspects of practice. Interns are empowered to pursue their personal and academic growth while developing professional competencies necessary for successful careers.
As a critical step in your graduate-level training, this internship provides exposure to diverse clinical cases and ongoing supervision by licensed clinicians who embody Al-Kindi’s commitment to cultural humility and collaborative care. Interns provide individual, couples, family, or group therapy, accruing direct client contact hours with clinical and administrative oversight shared between the site and your academic institution.
Al-Kindi Counseling Services ensures comprehensive supervision, including detailed reports, evaluations, and feedback tailored to support your growth. Supervisors foster strong relationships built on open communication, clear expectations, and mutual respect, focusing on case management, theoretical integration, and skill development aligned with our philosophy.
Supervision at Al-Kindi prioritizes helping you objectively and subjectively assess your clinical competencies while embedding cultural sensitivity, ethical standards, and professional integrity into your practice. You will be guided through critiques, role-plays, case discussions, and exploration of therapeutic approaches grounded in our mission to serve diverse communities with dignity and care.
Interns are expected to maintain professional liability insurance, manage a Psychology Today profile, track hours using Time2Track, engage in client care throughout the internship, and participate actively in mandatory trainings, staff meetings, and weekly supervision sessions—both individual and group.
Your supervisors will evaluate your strengths and challenges across clinical knowledge, therapeutic skills, ethical decision-making, cultural competence, case documentation, crisis management, boundary setting, and the ability to establish meaningful therapeutic alliances—all while embodying the Al-Kindi commitment to respect, inclusivity, and healing.