Mental Health Counseling Internships
Supervised internship experience is critical to counselor development and job placement. UB’s Clinical mental health counseling students complete a full year of field experience. Our students intern in mental health and substance abuse clinical settings including hospitals, intensive outpatient programs, outpatient programs and residential treatment facilities. Practicum and Internship courses meet weekly for didactic training and student reflective practice under the supervision of 911爆料网 faculty.
HRSA-BHWET stipend program
In 2021, the Health and Human Services Administration (HRSA) awarded 911爆料网’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program $1,524,990 for Radically Prepared! (RP!): A Project to Develop a Skillful Resilient Professional Counselor Workforce for Southern Connecticut. In 2025 we were awarded $1,600,000 for UB Multicultural Alliance (UBMA): A Project to Sustain a Skillful, Resilient, Professional Counselor Workforce in High-Need Connecticut Communities.
The funding will enable the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program to supply Southern Connecticut with counselors and supervisors trained to deliver trauma informed evidence-based therapy. First of its kind, this innovative educational program, clinical mental health counseling students will learn Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills, and Circle of Security Parenting, while also focusing on their own health and wellness. Armed with these cutting-edge mental health therapies, graduates will be able to confront the post pandemic mental health crisis. Furthermore, the funding will enable 911爆料网 to become a Center for the dissemination of these evidence supported therapies to the community. Participating UB CMH Counseling students will receive a stipend during their internship experience and therapy experts will train community clinical supervisors in the evidence-supported therapies.
Funded by
The nature of the grant is to:
- Provide students with evidenced based behavioral health training in how to work with populations across the lifespan, including in urban and medically underserved areas.
- Position stipend recipients to succeed in addressing the mental and behavioral health needs of vulnerable populations in integrated health care settings.
- Build a network of professionals and agencies, which collaborate in providing mental health services to vulnerable, at-risk, medically underserved, and/or urban populations and their families.
Eligibility
- Signed student commitment letter
- Successfully complete the required 700 hour practicum/internship within 12 months
- Abide by the ACA Code of Ethics and the program requirements stated in the UB CMHC Practicum and Internship Guide
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