Undergraduate Summer Internship

*Now accepting applications for summer 2025! The deadline to apply is January 15, 2025.

We are on the lookout for fun, motivated college students! Whether for experience, personal interest, or because your mom made you apply, our summer internship is a fun and unique opportunity for students exploring a career in the field of psychology. While with us, our interns not only learn how a private group practice works, they have a chance to observe firsthand how information learned in the classroom is applied in a real-life mental health setting.

We accept all applications, but a typical intern is an undergraduate psychology major going into their final year of college. This is an ideal opportunity for a student who plans to attend graduate school but isn’t quite sure the direction that’s best for them. Master’s degree or doctorate? Psychology? Counseling? Social work? You get the idea.

The internship typically runs for 8-10 weeks, and interns can expect to work approximately 20 hrs/wk. This is an unpaid internship.

What to expect as an intern

Expect to have fun. From the minute you walk into our building you can tell it’s not your average psychology practice. You’ll see games for clients to play while they wait, movie posters on the walls, and caricatures outside our offices. We take our fun just as seriously as we take our work.

Expect to attend staff meetings. We meet as a staff every Wednesday during lunch. These meetings are a great opportunity to interact with the clinical team, observe case consultation, and participate in discussion related to private practice and professional development.

Expect to learn a lot and make connections. You’ll get an inside look at a real-life private practice comprised of over 20 clinicians who are experts in their field but took different paths to get there. They are always happy to share their hard-earned knowledge with you. You will attend weekly meetings with clinicians who will present information related to an area of clinical specialty or facilitate Q&A on subjects like grad school preparation or various subfields in psychology. There will be opportunities to work with clinicians individually on special projects or help with research, and if you are interested in a specific topic such as trauma or early childhood – we'll team you up with clinicians who specialize in that field. We want you get the most out of your time with us, and while it might sound cliche, it really is true that the more you put into this internship, the more you will get out of it."

Expect to be given a variety of tasks. In addition to clinically focused tasks, you will be assigned tasks related to marketing and relationship building; essential activities required to grow a successful private practice. Typical intern tasks include research and informal lit reviews, creating worksheets for groups, developing content for social media, updating service referral lists, special project collaboration with clinicians, and more. Expect to get familiar with the photocopier, but also expect to be assigned stimulating and challenging tasks that will require your input and your own ideas.

If you think you would be a good fit for our internship program, we encourage you to apply!

To apply, submit a cover letter and resume containing the following information:

Your name
Your school and major
Your estimated availability
Relevant psychology experience (research or otherwise) – This is not required, but when you’ve got it, flaunt it, right?
Additional skills – Are you great with kids? Do you have experience developing social media content? Are you a world record holder? Tell us about it.
How did you hear about our internship program and what made you want to apply?

Please email reception@southeastpsych.com if you have questions or would like to apply.

*If you or a family member are a current client with Southeast Psych, you are not eligible to apply for an internship.

Undergraduate Summer Internship

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