Clinical Internship Residency Program

Interns are trained in the art of conducting a psychodynamic process and maintaining a psychodynamic frame.

This clinic is being developed to address a common limitation in clinical training: many internship placements offer minimal formation beyond required supervision. In addition to fulfilling the requirements set out by CACREP and most Masters Level Counseling Psychology programs in the state of Washington, our program is designed to provide a more rigorous, coherent, and developmentally grounded training in psychodynamic psychotherapy.

The internship integrates in-person clinical work, close supervision, and theoretical cultivation within a unified framework shaped by object relations, depth psychology, and existential traditions. It is informed by our training at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology and The Center for Object Relations, and by experience in clinical education.

Clinically, the site partners with community organizations whose capacities are exceeded, offering sliding-scale, in-person psychodynamic psychotherapy to adults, adolescents, and couples.

Educationally, the internship unfolds across three trimesters and centers on the art of conducting a psychodynamic process. Interns engage in sustained clinical work, weekly individual supervision, biweekly group supervision with guest consultants, and a structured seminar curriculum focused on frame, process, intuition, theory, and listening.

Recognizing the demands placed on graduate interns, all group learning is organized into a single weekly two-hour block. Readings are kept concise and clinically oriented.

The internship year stands on its own while also forming the foundation of a longer curriculum designed to support clinicians from internship through full licensure.