Opportunities for Students in Social Work, Counseling, Clinical Psychology and Expressive Therapy

As a regional leader in behavioral medicine, Ascension Illinois offers numerous graduate-level internship opportunities to help you advance your career. We provide high-quality clinical training to graduate students who are eager to learn how to effectively treat mental health disorders in an outpatient setting. 

Ascension Illinois serves as a site for required clinical internships and practicums for various institutions across the Chicagoland area. We are affiliated with graduate schools and universities at the local and national levels and attract students from diverse professional disciplines.

Internship programs: 

• Adolescent program
• Adult mood disorders program
• Anxiety and OCD program
• Center for Addiction Medicine
• Child program
• Community mental health center
• Eating disorder program
• Expressive therapy
• Pregnancy and postpartum mood and anxiety program
• Social anxiety/school refusal

Interested students are encouraged to review our brochure for more information about our programs. To take the next step, please contact the Student Training Department  behavioralhealthinternships@ascension.org.